FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
October 11-14, 1976
The Foreign Mission Board met in annual session, Wednesday October 13, 1976, 8:45 a.m. ,
in the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. The President James G. Harris, presided.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama : Charles T. Carter, L. Earl Tew, J. R. White; Arkan¬
sas : James F. Sawyer; California: Mrs. Cherry Y. K. Chang; Colorado: Glen E. Braswell;
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: B. Ross Morrison; Florida: Mrs. R. J. Alexander, Andrew W. Hall; Georgia: Mrs.
L. G. Hicks, Jr., Mrs. W. Jack Smith: Illinois : A. F. Tuck; Indiana: Ronald P. Lies-
mann; Kansas : J. W. Pace; Kentucky: Rollin S. Burhans , Mrs. Ray Mullendore; Louisiana:
John G. Alley, Miss Myra Gulledge; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Mrs. Fern
Dannelley: Mississippi : Joe Neil McKeever, James Richardson; Missouri : Homer D. Carter,
John W. Goodwin: New Mexico: J. D. Ratliff; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Mrs. J. E.
Collette, Grady B. Wilson, Mrs. Thomas C. Womble;
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o; W. Paul Payne; Oklahoma: William
Neptune; Oregon: William 0. Crews, Jr.; South Carolina: Ira Q. Craft, Lonnie H. Shull;
Tennessee: Jonas L. Stewart, C. Clifton Ward; Texas : Travis S. Berry, Harold T. Branch,
Morris G. Cobb, James G. Harris, Ralph M. Smith, Joe E. Trull; Virginia: W. Curtis Eng¬
lish, Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr.
Local Members: V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey,
Bruce H. Price, Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen, Robert B.
3ass, J. Roy Clifford, Paul E. Crandall, Gurney W. Grant, J. Leonard Moore, John W.
Patterson, Raymond L. Spence, Jr., H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney; Paul D. Stotts.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, J. Bryan Brasington, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Winston
Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane, James G. Edwards,
Franklin T. Fowler, Cornell Goemer, lone Gray, W. Eugene Grubbs, George H. Hays, Ward S.
Hildreth, Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, David Lockard , Ralph A. Magee, William W.
Marshall, Frank K. Means, Stanley A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, William R. O'Brien, R. Keith
Parks, Samuel M. Pittman, G. Norman Price, Don A. Reavis, Sidney C. Reber, Davis L.
Saunders, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, Truman Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur N.
Todd, Melvin E. Torstrick, William R. Wakefield, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
Regional Personnel Representatives: Billy Kruschwitz, Louisville, Kentucky; Randy
Wood, Fort Worth, Texas.
Emeritus Missionaries: Dr. and Mrs. Coleman D. Clarke (Japan), Rev. and Mrs. James A.
Lunsford (Brazil), Miss Georgia Mae Ogburn (Chile), Rev. and Mrs. Orvil W. Reid (Mexico).
Guests: Fraternal Representatives: Dr. Troy Prince (Alaska), Rev. Carl K. Kinoshita
(Hawaii), Rev. Bynum Orr (West Virginia), Mrs. James T. Cravens (Pennsylvania).
State Convention Leaders from Florida: Dr. and Mrs. J. Woodrow Fuller, Missions Direc¬
tor; Miss Bernice Popham, Director of WMU of Florida; Mr. Robert Rowell, Director of
Baptist Brotherhood of Florida.
Other Guests: Wives and/or husbands of Board Members and staff.
MONDAY, October 11, 1976
12:00-12:30 P.M. - SERVICE, for Completion of Run by Orvil W. Reid - FMB Parking Lot
SPECIAL COMMITTEES of the Board met, according to the following schedule:
2:00 P.M. - RETIREMENT COMMITTEE - Rm. A
J. Rov Clifford, Chrm.
James Richardson
Mrs. E. S. Stratton
Hunter Riggins, Ex Of
James Harris, Ex Of
Baker J. Cauthen
(Staff)
3:00 P.M. - BUILDING COMMITTEE - Rm. A
Robert Bass , Chrm
Travis Berry
Glen Braswell
J. Roy Clifford
Ira Craft
Curtis English
Mrs. Whalen
J. R. White
4:00 P.M. - OVERSEAS COUNCIL - Rm . A (Area Committee Chairmen & Vice-Chairmen)
Mrs. E. S. Stratton
J. R. White
William Self
J. D. Ratliff
Allen Gaines
Travis Berry
Ralph Walls
Scott Humphrey
William Crews
Robert Bass
Harold Friend
H. I. Willett
Mrs . Whalen
J. W. Pace
Morris Cobb
Franklin Hall