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Foreign Mission board. Rooms
May 12, 19b9
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session at
Ц:00
p.m.
on Thursday, May 12,
19Ц9
vrith Mr. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, T. F. Adams, Garis T. Long, J. G. Loving,
T. Rupert Coleman, Mrs. Simeon Atkinson, Rush V,'. Loving, Kill Montague,
Clyde V. Hiekerson, M..T. Rankin, George1.’,'. Sadler, Everett Gill, Jr.,
Josef Nordenhaug, E. P. Buxton, G. E. Maddox, Frank K. Means, Edna
Frances Dawkins, Louis P. Seay, Marjorie E. Moore, Mary Hunter,
Genevieve Greer.
Dr. Nordenhaug opened the meeting with prayer.
On motion of Dr. J. G. Loving the following candidates were appointed as
missionaries of the Board:
Dr. and Mrs. Lome Brovm - Arabia
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hill - Nigeria
Miss Helen Nixon - Latin America
Miss Evelyn Schwarts - Hawaii
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shelton - Argentina
Dr. Rankin delivered the charge to the new missionaries and Dr. Adams
gave the prayer of dedication.
Dr. Rankin i'ave a very brief report on the plans for Foreign Mission
night at the Southern Baptist Convention.
Dr. Sadler gave the following report:
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE HEAR EAST
Africa
You will recall that several months ago the Baptist women of Nigeria
set before themselves the task of teaching ten thousand persons to read
the Bible. It was hoped that this goal might, be reached by the time of
the centennial celebration In 19S>0. Miss Neale Young recently wrote that
almost five thousand books in connection vrith the reading campaign has
been bought and that another five thousand had been ordered. She con¬
tinued to say: "If the YJ.'I.U. does not have ten thousand new Bible
readers by the time you arrive for the Centennial, I shall be greatly
disappointed.
Joel Fsrgeson, recently .arrived in Nigeria, makes this observation:
"The grind is exceedingly hard but gloriously heartening as we contem¬
plate the changes that God is working in this land through us.... How
our hearts are moved by the signal victories that have been and are be¬
ing won; yet how poignant is the hope that ere Ion;: v:c can. help to launch
out into untouched areas with the Gospel."
Europe
J. D. Hughey, Jr., writing on April 13th about a conference of Spanish
Baptists stated that "the most important work of the conference was the
election of a missions committee made up of two laymen, two pastors and
two male missionaries. It is my intention that this committee actually
function. It will meet every throe months to discuss policies, make
plans, and decide important questions. It is a lonj step towards turning
over to the Spanish people the responsibility for the work here. I will
make no decision with respect to pastors' salaries, the employment of
workers, the building of churches, or anything else of Importance without
first consulting this committee. I have the utmost confidence in all of
the committee."
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