Foreign Mission Board Rooms,
March 10, 1938.
.The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 4:00 P. M.
with President Jenkins presiding.
The meeting was opened with prayer by Brother Matthews :
The following members were present: Brethren Jenkins, Montague, Gaines,
Adams, Williams, Loving, Matthews, Bryant, Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Wicker and
Miss Foster; also Executive Secretary, Dr. Maddry, Executive Assistant, Miss
Ford and Treasurer, Mr. Buxton.
Secretary Maddry read the resignations of the following missionaries
of ' the Board; Miss Helen Yates of China. ,' Misses
Maude Cobb and Ruth Mahan of Hungary, and Dr. and Kirs. Leonard Long of
Africa. Upon motion their resignations were accepted with regret.
Miss Ford made a report relative to the status of our missionaries in
China.
Secretary Maddry asked that a special committee of five be appointed
to consider the question of our Board’s having a representative at the
Madras conference in December, and that they report to the May meeting of
the Board. President Jenkins appointed the following as this committee:
Dr. T. F. Adams, chairman , Rev. Wade Bryant, Dr. W. A. Harris, Dr. S. B.
Cousins and Mrs. J. J. Wicker, Jr.
Secretary Maddry recommended that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Craighead of
Bessarabia, who are now in this country, be brought to Richmond in May with
a view to their appointment as missionaries of the Board. The recommendation
was approved. The appointment of certain other missionaries was reco~mended
provided their salaries and expenses were guaranteed.
The treasurer's report was approved as follows:
Balance in banks at February 1, 1938 .
TREASURER'S
REPORT RECEIPTS:
$ 144,138.97
Cooperative Program
Designated Gifts
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
China Emergency Fmd
China Relief Fund
Debt Account: Designated
Proceeds from Sale of
Property
Income from Securities
Miscellaneous Income
THE COMMISSION (Subscriptions)
Mrs. W. E. Sallee Memorial Fund
Notes Receivable - Trust Funds
Annuity Contracts
Book Department - Sales & Collections
DISBURS--: -NTS:
Foreign Fields
Woman's Missionary Union
Book Department: Purchases
Expenses
Publicity
Pensions
THE COMMISSION (Expenses
Printing and Stationery
Interest on Borrowed Money
Expenses of Missionary Appointees
China Relief (Unexpended 1937)
China Relief Expense
China Emergency Expense
Reserve - Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Accounts Payable
| 2,454.42
$ 28,730.61
10,451.14
70,967.05
1,316.47
7,774.49
556.97
3,011.39
436.97
1,455.21
605.62
71.29
50.00
500.00
759.59
126,129.83
$ 270,268.80
59,869.18
2,000.00
247.16
180.54 427.70
320.00
1,112.71
256.79
419.93
3,151.94
407.65
151.00
1,192.27
997.72
175.00
54.88
