FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
November 6, 1979
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session on Tuesday, November
6, 1979, 3:00 p.m., in the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. John W. Patterson,
president of the Board, presided.
PRESENT: Alabama: A1 Finch, L. Earl Tew; Arizona: Mrs. Glen E. Crotts ;
Arkansas : James F. Sawyer; California: Mrs. Cherry Y. K. Chang, Mrs. Wilma
G. Eurich; D.
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: B. Ross Morrison; Florida: James B. Henry, Mrs. James A.
Ponder; Georgia: J. Hoffman Harris, Mrs. W. Jack Smith; Indiana : Ronald P.
Liesmann; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield; South Carolina: Ira Q. Craft,
Lonnie H. Shull, Jr.; Texas : Morris G. Cobb; Virginia: Mrs. R. L. Rhodes,
Local
МетЬе^ч:
V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Neal T, Jones, Mrs. E. S.
Stratton, Robert B, Bass, Gurney W. Grant, J. Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson,
Raymond L. Spence, Jr.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, Charles W. Bryan, Thurmon E. Bryant, James W. Cecil,
Louis R. Cobbs, Robert C. Covington, Winston Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins,
William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane, Franklin T. Fowler, lone Gray, W. Eugene
Grubbs, George H. Hays, Ward S. Hildreth, Thomas W. Hill, Carl W. Johnson,
William W. Marshall, John E. Mills, Lewis I. Myers, Jr., Floyd H. North,
William R. O'Brien, Samuel M. Pittman, G. Norman Price, Don A. Reavis, Sidney
C. Reber, Rogers M. Smith, Melvin E. Torstrick, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth
Minshew.
The President called the meeting to order.
The audience joined in singing the Hymn: "The Morning Light Is Breaking," led
by Sidney C. Reber, of the Board staff.
Hoffman Harris, Board member from Georgia, led in the Opening Devotion.
Several Board members, missionary families, and friends were remembered on
behalf of illnesses and other difficult days through which they are passing.
These included: Mrs. Hunter Riggins, Miss Myra Gulledge, Mrs. Jewel Moore,
the Mitchell Lands and Dr. T. B. Maston. Everyone was asked to be very much
in prayer for those who had been mentioned.
The President extended a warm welcome to all visitors.
Minutes of the Board for October 11, 1979 were approved.
The President recognized the Executive Director, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Baker J. Cauthen
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE: DIRECTOR
We are thinking today of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Riggins is a particular manner
because she is entering Riverside Hospital in Newport News for surgery tomorrow
morning, Let us remember them in prayer, both during the time of the operation
and subsequently that she may have full and early recovery in keeping with our
Lord's will. We regret that Mr. Riggins cannot be with us today, but he needs
to be at home in view of this situation.
We are grateful for the excellent work which has been done in recent weeks
with regard to an amendment to the 1978 Foreign Earned Income Act which is
creating a very serious problem for the Foreign Mission Board because the
projected taxation of missionaries will call for a minimum of a million
dollars additional funds.
Mr. Reber, Dr. Crawley, Dr. Ray Spence, Dr. John Alley, and Dr. Joe McKeever
have all done outstanding work in making contacts with essential people in
Washington. Mr. Reber will have more to say about this in his report.
Legislation has been introduced in both houses of Congress with a view to
securing an amendment to the Foreign Earned Income Act of 1978.
