FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
September 11, 1973
The Foreign Mission Board held its regular monthly meeting at 3:00 p.m., September
11, 1973, in the Foreign Mission Board Chapel, Richmond, Virginia with the President,
W. Douglas Hudgins, presiding.
PRESENT: State Members: D. C. : Kenneth E. Thornton; Kentucky : Mrs. Ray Mullendore;
Mississippi : W. Douglas Hudgins; South Carolina: Ira Q. Craft, Robert L. Deneen;
Texas : E. H. Westmoreland.
Local Members: Robert B. Bass, Mrs. R. B. Carter, Sr., J. Roy Clifford, Paul E.
Crandall, Austin W. Farley, Joseph B. Flowers, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T. Jones,
John W. Patterson, Julian H. Pentecost, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr.,
Meredith K. Roberson, Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen,
H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams. Staff : Baker J. Cauthen, James D. Belote,
Charles Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, E. L. Deane,
Samuel A. DeBord , James G. Edwards, Jesse Fletcher, Franklin Fowler, Cornell Goerner,
lone Gray, Eugene Grubbs, Ward Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill, Dwight Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey,
Frank K. Means, Stanley Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Keith Parks, Sam Pittman, Norman
Price, Sidney C. Reber, Davis L. Saunders, Fon H. Scofield, Rogers M. Smith, W. L.
Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur Todd, Melvin Torstrick, Elizabeth Minshew.
Radio-TV Commission Representative (working in liaison with Foreign Mission Board
in Richmond) : Fred Laughon.
The meeting was called to order.
The meeting was opened with the Hymn: "Crown Him with Many Crowns."
Joseph B. Flowers, local Board member, read a passage of Scripture from the second
chapter of Ephesians and led in an opening prayer.
Board Minutes for August 1973 (Convention-wide Meeting at Glorieta) were approved.
The Executive Secretary was recognized.
Dr. Cauthen and the President of the Board extended a cordial welcome to all who were
present .
The President asked for the indulgence of the audience and called a brief Executive
Session of all Board members, in Conference Room A. (Report to follow Oct. Bd. Mtg.)
Immediately following the brief Executive Session, the Board reconvened and the
President called the meeting to order.
Dr. Cauthen referred briefly to several highlights in his formal report, especially
in relation to the extensive plans for the projection of the Board Budget for 1974.
: n that connection, Dr. Cauthen asked for the prayers of the Board and staff on be¬
half of very strategic details that would be under discussion during the forthcoming
meeting of the SBC Executive Commi t tee, Nashvi lie , Tennessee . During these discussions,
decisions would be made with reference to financial matters affecting all SBC Boards
and Agencies.
Dr. Cauthen filed the following report:
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
When we gather for the meeting of the Board in October, we will be con¬
sidering the budget for 1974.
At this point we are involved in the heavy responsibility of preparing the
budget. It is one of the most far-reaching responsibilities of the entire year.
The process of budget preparation begins on the mission fields where needs
are studied in every unit of the work and recommendations are brought to the
official meeting of the Missions where decisions are made for requests to be
presented to the Foreign Mission Board. Long experience has indicated that
needs are always in excess of resources and consequently many items are deleted
by the Missions in their process of formulating official recommendations to the
Board.
The Mission actions are forwarded to the offices of area secretaries at
the Foreign Mission Board where careful study is given to all items presented.
