Foreign Mission Board
March lii, 1957
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at 300 p.m. on Thursday,
March lit, with Mr. L. Howard Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, J. E. Boyles, Howard L. Arthur, Horace Ford, Mrs. Clyde
V. Hickerson, Emmett Y. Robertson, H. P. Thomas, Solon B. Cousins, H. B. Tillman,
Mrs. Kenneth Burke, Oscar L. Hite, Perry Mitchell, Garis T. Long, J. Levering Evans,
C. Bailey Jones, P. Earle Wood, Neal Ellis, George W. Sadler, Frank K. Means, J.
Winston Crawley, Elmer S. West, Bill B. Cody, E. H. Hill, Rogers M. Smith,
коп
H.
Scofield, Floyd North, E. L. Wright, E. L. Deane.
Dr. Ellis led in prayer.
Cn the motion of Dr. Hite the following candidates were appointed as missionaries:
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Dale Carter, North Brazil
Rev. and Mrs. Marion Gerome Fray, Jr., Southern Rhodesia
Rev. and Mrs. Moudy Frank Gillham, East Pakistan
Rev. and Mrs. Willis Trueman Moore, East Pakistan Special Appointees
Rev. and Mrs. Carlos Richard Owens, Tanganyika
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Wayne Pinkston, Indonesia
Mr. and Mrs. John Clifford Raborn, Hong Kong Special Appointees
Rev. and Mrs. Edward Bruce Trott, North Brazil
Miss Sarah Georgia Wilson, Argentina
Each missionary candidate gave a brief testimony of his Christian experience and
call to missionary service.
Dr. Sadler gave the charge and Dr. Henry Sodergren, of Emporia, Virginia, led in
the prayer of dedication.
Dr. Sadler read the following cablegram from Dr. Cauthen sent from Johannesburg,
South Africa:
EXCELLENT VISIT NIGERIA GOING SOUTHERN RHODESIA TODAY GREETINGS TO BOARD, STAFF,
NEW APPOINTEES.
Dr. Sadler gave the following report:
REPORT OF SECRETARY FOR AFRICA, EUROPE, AND THE NEAR EAST
The principal event in the life of African missions during the past month is the
visit of Dr. and Mrs. Cauthen. The latest message indicates the Cauthens are now
in Southern Rhodesia. Evidently they were impressed and inspired by what they saw
in Ghana and Nigeria.
Europe: The crisis in Hungary has passed. It is pleasing to report that Southern
Baptists played a worthy part in meeting need at a time when many Hungarians were
in a desperate plight. The evidence is that our Baptist people have more freedom
than they enjoyed prior to the uprising. Dr. and Mrs. Sandor Haraszti are now re¬
lated to the Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, he as an employee and she as an ob¬
server. They still hope to serve as missionaries in one of our medical centers.
Not in many a day have we had such a good report about work in Spain as the one
which came a few days ago from missionary Joseph Mefford. Not only were the Bap¬
tists of Valencia allowed to recondition the building for church purposes but they
were given the permission of the governor of the district to occupy it. That does
not mean, of course, that religious liberty has been born in Spain. What liberty
is allowed is dependent partly upon the attitude of local government officials.
Near East: We began to breathe somewhat easily when Israeli troops withdrew from
the Gaza strip, but now we are disturbed by the threat of Egypt to send administra¬
tive officials back to the area. It is certain that a movement of that sort would
create local tension if not an actual outbreak of hostilities. In either case, our
representatives would be affected. Of one thing we are certain, our missionaries
will stay by the stuff and meet need as long as may be possible.
