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March 10, I960
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday,
March 10, I960 with Mr. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, Solon B. Cousins, Lawrence Bradley, Howard Arthur,
Garis T. Long, Josaih Hoover, J. Levering Evans, Herman Thomas, Horace Ford,
Emmett Robertson, P. Earle Wood, Mrs. John C. Tyree, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson,
Mrs. Kenneth Burke, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen, Cornell Goerner, Winston Crawley, Elmer
West, James G. Stertz, Luke Smith, Miss Edna Frances Dawkins, Rogers Smith,
E. L. Deane, E. L. Wright, E. L. Hill, Floyd North, Stuart Grizzard.
Dr. Evans led in prayer.
On the motion of Dr. Ford it was voted to appoint the following candidates as
missionaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haylock, Honduras
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawhon, Sr., The Philippines
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lee, Peru
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Neely, Central Africa
Miss Doris Penkert, Brazil
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Singleton, Nigeria
Miss Louise Sparkman, Nigeria
Mr. and Mrs. James Westmoreland, Central Africa
Dr. Cauthen gave the charge to the new missionaries and Dr. Hoover led in the
prayer of dedication.
Dr. Cauthen gave the following report:
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
The appointment of fourteen missionaries today brings to a total of 1,390 mission¬
aries assigned for service in forty-four countries.
We are grateful to God not only for the number of missionaries coming for appoint¬
ment, but for the high quality of men and women who are being led to give their
lives for this service.
In recent months there have been many friends in Southern Baptist life who have
had the privilege of seeing mission work overseas. Some of these have been
engaged in evangelistic campaigns and other special projects in evangelism and
church development.
In hearing the reports these friends bring, it is interesting to note how many
of them speak of the high quality of men and women who are serving as missionaries
of this Board in locations overseas.
As we move ahead in missions advance, we become aware that not only must there
be a larger number of missionaries at work in this worldwide task, but the impact
of our service abroad must be accelerated.
This calls for greatly increasing the prayer support for world missions. We must
address ourselves with all possible creative thinking to the objective of harnessing
the prayer potential of millions of Baptist people in world missions.
Since the close of the war with Japan, we have been aware of the vast spiritual
potential in that land. Many have yearned that there might come a great spiritual
awakening that could grip the entire nation of Japan with the gospel of Christ.
Such an awakening could come about only through the power of God's Holy Spirit.
We have learned to organize for enlistment, evangelism, stewardship and other
important functions in our church life, but there remains a vast area of need in
organizing the prayer potential of the millions of people who make up the churches.
We may well discover that this is our largest challenge in the years ahead. If
this challenge can be properly served, we may find that spiritual power can be
brought to bear upon needy places across the world with fruitful results.
The recent evangelistic crusade of Billy Graham in Africa bears evidence of the
readiness of vast areas of the world to hear the gospel of Christ. We must
recognize that in the decade before us large-scale evangelism to a degree not
