Foreign Mission Board noons
• ove.'.iber 5, 1P53
The Foreign Fission Board net in regular monthly session at 3:30 p.n.
on Thursdev, ovember 5, 1953, with r. Jenkins presiding.
Present: L. Howard Jenkins, . -,:ush Loving, T. Shad i-edlin, Perry
Mitchell, Oscar L. ite, P. T rams, . B. Tillman, L. G. ' os ley,
et- i . , . . . . . . ill, Jr..,
Frank K. Means, £. L. T.’ri -ht, E. L. Vesr.e
Dr. Therms led in prayer.
Dr. 'll gave the fallowing re ort:
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-hr Colombian Missi
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is re-.ioioin over the receipt
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i 100, w 'run the
Jarman Foundation for the constr ction o. the Central Baptist Church of
Bogota, capital of the nr
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ion.
In the roar future Kev. and r: . V.'. J, irebb will be returnin' to Guate:. a la ,
where the-- will resume their issionery duties; and he will immediately
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plans for the opening of a new Baptist work in Honduras in cooperation
it! three yottn issi s —Re" . rs, Pa 1 C. ell, Jr.: - .
and hr:;. Harold E. Hurstj and hev. and hrs. Jolm D. Ratliff. Th© two
latter couples have completed their language study and will move to
Honduras around January 1, 1354.
Dr. George . Kollnar of “a-vanquille., C -lonbia, has been ir. the United
States due to the serious illness; of - rs. hoi
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r, Who, we are grateful
to report, is now steadily im ro' .in. . He is searching diligently in
cooperation with the Person cl Department for two doctors to become
associated with Min in the great hospital work in B&rranquilla •
Rev. and h s . Clyde L. Clark have arrived in Venezuela to become the
third resident couple in that nation, and will settle in Barouisi. net
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to sul stitute for Kev. and rs . J. torn- hoss who will be returning in
December for their second furious h.
The Board has faced some problems in obtaining visas for our new mission¬
aries oin to Oru;r-ay, but we are :ow
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hopeful since the Ja os V< .
■ art levs have conferred
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squally wit: the Consul in hew York. tomorrow,
Ypveraber 5, the following missionaries will sail for Argentina from Hew
Orleans: ev. and --rs. ... H. Ferrell, -ev. and rs . ' lg - iss
Christine aids on, and i*s . _. a 1 Free wav, whose husband died May 12, 1953.
In Brazil we are facing the usual labor problems, necessitating an increase
in the eperatin expenses of the Publishing House. However, this institu¬
tion is considered one of our lost strategic institutions since it provides
all o' the Baptist literature or the Sunday School, Trainin' Union,
Woman's Mission- rv Union, books for se. .inaries and pastors, and visual
aid materials.
Along with the other secretaries, my responsibilities have waken me to
stave conventions, including Sedalia, iSsouri, with plans to visit
similar conventions in hontgor; r , ivlabe.na; Greensboro, orth ‘•'are li-na j
ant Owensboro, Kentucky.
- use--! of my time is also be in. spent d-.-rir.- these fall and winter months
in reparing a stud - course book oh "I’ilgrima brazil," which must
be completed before the end of the year.
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Dr. Sadler read the following telegram from Dr. Cauthen sent fro 1'okyo
on o^ejfiber 4: ''-GREHT^hdS TO* :0A. D A' - S1AI : . ..OR
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