Foreign Mission Board
July 17, 1958
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 3»00 p.ra. in the
chapel of the First Baptist Church with Mr. Jenkins presiding, on Thursday,
July 17, 1958.
Present: Howard L. Arthur, J. E. Boyles, Solon B. Cousins, Horace Ford, J.
Levering Evans, Oscar L. Hite, L. Howard Jenkins, C. Bailey Jones, Garis T. Long,
Elton Phillips, Emmett Y. Robertson, Herman P. Thomas, James Todd, P. Earle Wood,
W. 0. Vaught, Jr., George Wilson, Preston B. Sellers, Monroe F. Swilley, Carroll
Hubbard, J. Edwin Hewlett, Dotson M. Nelson, Jr., C. Murray Fuquay, Baker J.
Cauthen, Winston Crawley, Elmer S. West, Jr., E. L. Hill, E. L. Deane, E. L. Wright,
Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, James G. Stertz.
Guest: Rev. Jaap Broertjes, Holland
Rev. Murray Fuquay led in prayer.
On the motion of Dr. Hite the following candidates were appointed as missionaries
of the Foreign Mission Board:
Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy Albright, Central Africa
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Adkins, Hong Kong - Special Appointees
Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Allen, Jr., Guatemala
Rev. and Mrs. Colon Leo Godwin, Ghana
Rev. and Mrs. Francis L. Lewis, Indonesia
Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Ray Milligan, East Africa - Special Appointees
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Ralph Stewart, Thailand
Rev. and Mrs. John Hartmon Sullivan, Nigeria - Special Appointees
Rev. and Mrs. B. Terry Thorpe, -Central Africa
Each missionary gave a brief testimony of his Christian experience and call to
missionary service.
Dr. Cauthen gave the charge to the new missionaries and Dr. Hubbard led in the
prayer of dedication.
Dr. Cauthen made the following report:
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
The thoughts of Southern Baptists have turned toward our missionaries in Lebanon
and the Near East in recent days. The experience of working in turbulent areas
is well known to missionaries. In every instance missionaries are aware that
they have unlimited backing from the Foreign Mission Board in making whatever
emergency decisions are needed. I have sent this week the following cable to our
missionaries in Lebanon and Jordan:
WATCHING SITUATION CLOSELY. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER DECISION
MAY BE NECESSARY. KEEP US INFORMED BY CABLE. REMEMBERING YOU IN PRAYER.
The attitude of missionaries toward these situations i3 indicated by this para¬
graph from a recent letter from Mr. and Mrs. Russell Morris, who are new appoin¬
tees now living in Beirut:
"Russell and I were talking the other day, while explosions and gunfire was going
on outside, about some of the things we used to think about before coming overseas
to the mission field. One of the things that we had wondered about at home was,
•I wonder what the missionaries do where there is a revolution or a war.1 Now we
knowl We just keep on about our regular duties, as much as possible. We hope
to take our first Arabic exam the last of this month, so we are continuing our
classes and our studying. We have our children all home from school now, so we
are playing with them and taking care of them. We have our church work and find
it very satisfying. YesI The Lord is very gracious to us."
No one can measure at this point what will be brought forth in the Near East
crisis. It is our hope that the situation may be contained and will not result
in widespread disturbances. In any event, it points up the unmistakable fact
that mission work in our day must be projected in an atmosphere of crisis and
tension. We are fully prepared to follow our Lord in the world we face in order
to make His gospel known.
