FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
October 13-15, 1969
The Foreign Mission Board held its Annual Convention-wide session, October 13-15,
1969, in Richmond, Virginia, with Dr. W. Morris Ford presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: Harvey Albright (Oklahoma), Mrs. Lindsey Barron (Georgia),
Mrs. Carl E. Bates (North Carolina), Glen E. Braswell (Colorado), Clyde J. Childers
(Texas), Virgil Clark (Indiana), Daniel W. Cloer (South Carolina), T. Rupert
Coleman (Florida), Robert L. Deneen (South Carolina), Mrs. H. Cowen Ellis (Virginia),
James Flamming (Texas), W. Morris Ford (Texas), C. Wade Freeman (Texas), J. Ray
Garrett (D.C.), Greer Garrott (Tennessee), Drew J. Gunnells, Jr. (Alabama), C. J.
Humphrey (Texas), Mrs. William M. Jones (North Carolina), Charles A. Lassiter (Michigan),
Mrs. W. K. McGee (North Carolina), W. D. Malone (Oregon-Wash.), B. J. Martin (Texas),
D. E. Meade (Kentucky), Don Mott (Florida), Bruce H. Price (Virginia), Loyed R.
Simmons (California), Ralph M.G. Smith (Missouri), Miss Mary Essie Stephens (Alabama),
Eldred M. Taylor (Kentucky), H. Todd Taylor (Illinois), Johnny L. Taylor (Mississippi),
W. E. Thorn (Kansas), W. 0. Vaught, Jr. (Arkansas), Jaroy Weber (Alabama), Grady
Baxter Wilson (North Carolina) , Clifton W. Woolley (Tennessee) .
Local Members: Mrs. R. B. Carter, Curtis English, Austin W. Farley, Joseph B. Flowers,
V. Allen Gaines, David S. Hammock, Mrs. Clyde V. Hickerson, John W. Kincheloe, Jr.,
Robert T. Marsh, Jr., John L. Moran, Julian H. Pentecost, Lucius M. Polhill, James E.
Rayhorn, Hunter Riggins, Meredith K. Roberson, Edwin L. Shattuck, Mrs. Thomas Whalen.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams Staff : Baker J. Cauthen, James D. Belote, Charles
W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Winston Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson,
Everett L. Deane, Samuel A. DeBord, Jesse C. Fletcher, Franklin Fowler, Cornell
Goerner, lone Gray, Eugene L. Hill, J.D. Hughey, W. David Lockard, Ralph A. Magee,
Frank K. Means, Stanley Nelson, Floyd North, R. Keith Parks, Norman Price, Sidney C.
Reber, Rogers M. Smith, Melvin Torstrick, Joseph Underwood, Ralph West, Elbert L.
Wright, Elizabeth Minshew.
Invited Guests: Dr. and Mrs. George W. Sadler, Dr. and Mrs. Luther Joe Thompson, Dr.
L. Howard Jenkins, Dr. Paul Crandall, Mrs. R. L. Mathis, Miss Alma Hunt, Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Stephenson, Mrs. Harold Basden, Mrs. Everett Gill, Jr.
Retiring Missionaries (recognized at the Luncheon on Wednesday, October 15): Rev. and
Mrs. W. W. Lawton, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Carlisle, Miss Auris Pender, Miss Onis Vineyard,
Miss Vada Waldron.
The meeting of the Board opened on Monday evening, October 13, with a Dinner for Board
members and the Board's administrative staff, served in the Large Green Room, Holiday
Inn - West, 3200 West Broad Street.
Dr. John L. Moran, Board member from Virginia, led in the opening prayer.
The Board's Executive Secretary, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen, extended a warm welcome to Board
members and expressed appreciation of their presence fX: this significant meeting. Per¬
sonal introductions were made by members of the Board and its staff.
Dr. L. Howard Jenkins was recognized in a special way and Dr. Cauthen expressed deep
gratitude for all that Mr. Jenkins means and has meant to the Board through the years.
He served on the Board for a period of 30 years.
Mr. R. L. Mathis, elected in 1969 for the second time, as president, Woman's Missionary
Union, SBC, was recognized. Mrs. Mathis responded to this recognition and expressed
the wholehearted desire of Woman's Missionary Union, to promote the cause of missions,
in every possible way.
Dr. Ford turned the meeting over to Dr. Cauthen.
Dr. Cauthen mentioned the significance of this meeting as the first Annual Board meet¬
ing for members who were elected to the Board by the SBC in June, 1969. He explained
that, more and more, the Monday evening session of the Convention-wide meeting is
designed to provide "in-depth" interpretations of the different facets of the Board's
program, to enlighten everyone, and to allow time for questions.
The burden of this discussion period was: "What Goes into the Appointment of Those
Who Give Their Lives for Mission Service."
