FOREIGN MISSION 30ARD MINUTES
Mav 10, 1977
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session, May 10, 1977, 3:00 p.m. , in
the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. The President, William L. Self, presided.
PRESENT: State Members : D.C. : B. Ross Morrison; Georgia: Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr.,
William L. Self; Indiana: Ronald ?. Liesmann; Kentucky: Mrs. Ray Mullendore;
Missouri : Homer D. Carter; Tennessee : C. Clifton Ward; Texas : Travis S. Berry;
Virginia : W. Curtis English, Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr.
Local Members: V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey,
Neal T. Jones,
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H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen, Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall, J.
Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson, Raymond L. Spence, Jr.
Board Attorney: Paul D. Stotts.
Staff :
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J. Cauthen, Bryan Brasington, Charles Bryan, Louis Cobbs, Winston Crawley,
Edna Frances Dawkins, William Dawson, Everett L. Deane, James Edwards, Franklin Fowler,
lone Gray, Ward Hildreth, Thomas Hill, David Lockard , Floyd North, William O'Brien, R.
Keith Parks, Samuel Pittman, Norman Price, Don Reavis, Harold Richardson, Davis Saunders,
Fon Scofield, Truman Smith, Robert Stanley, Richard Styles, Wilbur Todd, Melvin Tors-
trick, William Wakefield, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
The President called the meeting to order.
Hiram Harrison, local 3oard member, read a passage of Scripture and led in prayer.
Minutes of the 3oard for April 18-20, 1977 were approved.
The President recognized visitors and extended a cordial welcome to the group.
The presiding officer recognized the Executive Director, Baker J. Cauthen
Dr. Cauthen welcomed the new officers of the Board: William L. Self, president;
Travis Berry, first vice-president; John W. Patterson, second vice-president; Mrs.
Ray Mullendore, recording secretary.
Special attention was called to the Appointment Service to be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
Chapel.
Dr. Cauthen reported that Cooperative Program receipts remain on a high level, showing
an increase over the same period in 1976 of 8.94 percent. Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering receipts as of May 10, 1977 reflect a total of $28,314,616.58; a total ahead
of the same date in 1976 of $1,245,195.46.
Dr. Cauthen gave brief background information on a recommendation that would be brought
to the Board from the Administrative Committe. with reference to the closing of Lottie
Moon Christmas Offering books as of May 31 annually, rather than A.pril 30, the date
adhered to previously.
Dr.. Cauthen ' s formal report is given below:
Report of the Executive Director
We meet today with gratitude for the experience in Atlanta. Great
numbers of letters have come indicating the blessings growing out of the
meeting of the Board in that city in April. The memory of the great
congregation assembled for the appointment service will abide in our
minds for years.
We are delighted to announce that the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering at
present stands at the figure $28,314,616.58. This represents a total of
$2,145,195.46 more than the offering last year.
We have become aware that each year considerable money for the Lottie
Moon Offering comes to the Board in May. The Southern Baptist Convention
now meets annually in June. This is the same month in which the annual
meeting of Woman's Missionary Union is conducted.
It is evident there would be great value in including the receipts for
the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in May in the final total to be
announced, and also there are values from the standpoint of these two
meetings .
