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Foreign Mission Board Rooms
October 14, 1947
The Foreign Mission Board met in semi-annual session on October 14, 1947 at
8:00 p.m. with Mr, Jenkins presiding.
Dr. E. H. Ratliff of California read a passage of Scripture from the fourth
chapter of John and led in prayer.
The following officers were elected unanimously:
President....... . . . L. Howard Jenkins
First Vice-President . F. C. Feezor
Second Vice-President . Clyde V. Hickerson
Recording Secretary . .J. Levering Evans
Auditor . Basil M. Gwathmey
Attorney . . . Hill Montague
Assistant Attorney.......... . John C. Williams
Medical Director.... . J. G. Loving, M.D.
On motion of Dr. Slaughter the following salaried officers were elected:
Executive Secretary . .
Assistant to the Executive Secretary............
Secretary for Africa, Europe & the Near East....
Secretary for Latin America. . .
Secretary for the Orient . .
Secretary of Education and Promotion..... .
Treasurer .
Assistant Treasurer.... . . . . . .
Assistant to the Treasurer . .
Manager of Literature & Exhibits . . . .
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Book Editor . . .
Editor & Business Manager, The Commission.,....,
Managing Editor, The Commission... .
Asst. Secretary, Dept, of Missionary Personnel..
M. Theron Rankin
Gene Newton
George W. Sadler
Everett Gill
Baker James Cauthen
Frank K. Means
E. P. Buxton
Everett L. Deane
Philip J. Snider
Mary M, Hunter
Nan F. Weeks
E. C. Routh
Marjorie E. Moore
Edna Frances Dawkins
The following members were present at the evening session or the morning
session on October 15: John L. Slaughter, Ala., M. R. McKay, Ark.; L. D.
White, Ariz.; M, P. German, D.
С.;
E. K. Ratliff, Calif.; C. Roy Angel 1,
Fla.; R. C. Gresham, Ga.; Searcy Garrison, Ga.; W, A. Gray, Ill.; W. A.
Bell, Miss.; Vernon B. Richardson, Md.; D. M. Nelson, Mo.; Ralph A. Herring,
N. C.; R. Knolan Benfield, N. C.; J. E. Rawlinson, S.
С.;
0. E. Turner, Tenn.;
A. Hope Owen, Tex.; F. C. Feezor, Tex.; Charles S. McKinney, Tex.; R. P. Downey,
Va.
Local: T. F. Adams, Mrs. Simeon F. Atkinson, T. Rupert Coleman, Solon B.
Cousins, J. Levering Evans, R. E. Gaines,
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M. Gwathmey, Clyde V, Hickerson,
L. Howard Jenkins, W. Rush Loving, Garis T. Long, J. G. Loving, Mrs. T.
Justin'Moore, R. Hugh Rudd, Mrs. P. Earle Wood, R. Aubrey Williams, John C.
Williams.
Staff: M. T. Rankin, Everett Gill, Jr., Frank K. Means, E. P. Buxton,
Everett L. Deane, Philip J. Snider, Mary M. Hunter, Nan F. Weeks, E. C.
Routh, Marjorie E. Moore, Edna Frances Dawkins, Gene Newton.
On motion of Dr. Adams it was voted to dispense with the reading of the
minutes of the September meeting.
Dr. Rankin read the following report of the Executive Secretary:
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
At this meeting of the Foreign Mission Board we welcome the largest
number of new members that we have ever had. It is, therefore, in order for
me to present a brief review of the work of our Board.
Through the Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptists are assisting Bap¬
tist churches in twenty-five separate nations or national areas around the
world in the promotion of programs of Christian missions.
In Latin America we are assisting in such programs in Mexico, Guatemala,
Hondurus, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.
As yet, we do not have missionaries located in Guatemala, Hondurus, or Vens-
zuela. It is probable that within another year we shall have at least one
missionary couple in Guatemala. We are providing assistance to Baptist
churches in all three of these countries at the present time.
