FOREIGN MISSION 30ARD MINUTES
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October 9-11, 1973
The Foreign Mission 3oard met in annual session, October 9-11, 1978, in the
Board headquarters, Richmond, Virginia. The President, William L. Self, pre¬
sided .
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama: Charles T. Carter, Harrell R. Cushing;
Arizona: Mrs. Glen E. Crotts; Arkansas : Mrs. Jewel Moore, James F. Sawyer;
California : Mrs. Cherry Y. K. Chang, Mrs. Wilma G. Eurich; Colorado : Luther
M. Mann; D. C . : 3. Ross Morrison; Florida: Mrs. R. J. Alexander, Andrew W.
Hall, James B. Henry, Mrs. James A. Ponder; Georgia: J. Hoffman Harris, Mrs.
L. G. Hicks, Jr., William L. Self, Mrs. W. Jack Smith, Ohlen R. Wilson;
Illinois : A. F. Tuck; Indiana : Ronald P. Liesmann; Kansas-Nebraska : J. W.
Pace; Kentucky: Rollin S. Burhans , Mrs. Ray Mullendore; Louisiana: John G.
Alley, Miss Myra Gulledge, W. N. Prather, Sr.; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls;
Michigan: Mrs. Fern Dannelley; Mississippi : Joe Neil McKeever, James Richard¬
son, Gene Triggs; Missouri : Homer D. Carter, John W. Goodwin, Mrs. Carter
Reed; New Mexico: Morris H. Chapman; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Mrs.
J. E. Collette, Mrs. T. C. Womble, Jr.; Ohio: T. A. Benefield; Oklahoma:
Jerry Fielder, William Neptune, Charles A. Tope; South Carolina: Ira Q.
Craft, Lonnie H. Shull, Jr.; Tennessee : Trevis Otey, Carroll C. Owen, Jonas
L. Stewart; Texas : Travis S. Berry, Harold T. Branch, Morris G. Cobb, Richard
M. Cobb, H. F. Scott, Joe E. Trull; Virginia: W. Curtis English, Mrs. R. L.
Rhodes, Jr.; SBC President: Jimmy Allen.
Local Members: V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott
C. Humphrey, Neal T. Jones, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. Ross
S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, Gurney W.
Grant, J. Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson, Raymond L. Spence, Jr.,
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Board ' s Attorney : Paul D. Stotts.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, J. Bryan 3rasington, Charles W.
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Thurmon E.
Bryant, James W. Cecil, John R. Cheyne, Louis R. Cobbs, Robert C. Covington,
Winston Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, Everett L. Deane,
James G. Edwards, Franklin T. Fowler, lone Gray, W. Eugene Grubbs, George H.
Hays, Ward S. Hildreth, Thomas W. Hill, J. D. Hughey, Harold F. . Hurst, W. David
Lockard, William W. Marshall, John E. Mills, Lewis I. Myers, Jr., Stanley A.
Nelson, Floyd H. North, William R. 0'3rien, R. Keith Parks, Samuel M. Pittman,
G. Norman Price, Don A. Reavis, Sidney C. Reber, Harold D. Richardson, Davis
L. Saunders, Rogers M. Smith, Truman Smith, Robert L. Stanley, Melvin E.
Torstrick, Joseph B. Underwood, William R. Wakefield, E. L. Wright, Elizabeth
Mins hew
C-UESTS: Emeritus Missionaries: Mr. and Mrs. Bennie T. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs.
John S. McGee, Miss Helen Meredith, Dr. and Mrs. John A. Moore, Miss Marv
Lucile Saunders, Dr. and Mrs. Roy F. Starmer, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Stuart,
Miss Wilma Weeks.
Fraternal Representatives: Rev. Farrell Mills, Alaska Baptist Convention;
Rev. Mori Hiratani, Hawaii 3aptist Convention; Rev. George Eichler, I'tah-
Idaho Baptist Convention; Rev. John Herrington, Northern Plains 3aptist
Convention; Rev. Ron Madison, New York Baptist Convention.
Agency, State, and Local Leaders: Dr. and Mrs. Russell Dilday, Jr., president,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Dr. Jimmy Allen, president, Southern
Baptist Convention; Dr. W. 0. Vaught, former Board member and pastor, Immanuel
Baptist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas; Dr. W. Douglas Hudgins, former Board
member; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Collum, former Board member; Miss Carolyn Weatherford,
executive secretary, Woman's Missionary Union, SBC; Mr. A. R. Fagan, executive
director, Stewardship Commission, SBC; Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Adams, Dr. and Mrs.
Luther Joe Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Hill, Dr. and Mrs. Frank K. Means,
Dr. and Mrs. Cornell Goerner, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. Magee, Mr. Lloyd F. Jackson,
Jr., Dr. Fred Laughon, Dr. and Mrs. Meredith Roberson, Miss Frances Roberts,
Mr. James Beck and Mr. Miles Carey Johnston, Jr., Carneal & Johnston; Mr. Harry
Barker and Mr. Hank Boston, Barker Construction Company; Mr. Jack Woodson,
Carmine Foods, Inc.; Mr. Ed Briggs, Religion Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch ;
Rev. Rudy Duett, First Baptist Church, Reno, Nevada; and Ronald Boswell, S. Brazil.
