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Foreign Fission Board
Set : 12, 1?1'7
"'he. Forei-n Fission Board met - n regular session at 3;00 p.rn. on Thursday,
September 12, ±957, with -Mr. Jenkins presiding.
Present! L. -Howard Jenkins, Gar is T. Long, Neal W. Ellis, Mrs. Kenneth Burke,
Mrs. Clyde V. flicker son, Elton Phillips, P. Earle Food, Horace. Ford, Emmett.
1. Robertson, Howard L. Arthur, C. Bailey Jones, H. B. Tillman, Ferry Mitchell,
<[. 1. Boyles, Baker J. Cauthen, li. C. Goerner, Frank K. Means, Winston Crawley,
E. L. Hill, Elmer S. West, James 0. Sfertz, E. L. Deane, Bill Cody, E. L.
Wright .
Dr. Tillman led in prayer.
Gn the motion of Mrs . Hicksrson it. was voted to elect the following candidates
as missionaries -of the Foreign Mission Board:
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Morris - Malaya
Miss Alma Oates - South Brazil
Dr, Cauthen. gave the charge and Dr. Horace Ford led in the Prayer of dedication.
Dr. Cauthen gave the following report:
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
All members of the Board will be happy to know of the rapid recovery of Dr.
Sadler following surgery. 'He is expected to go home from the hospital tomorrow.
All of us will remember him in prayer that he may have complete and early
recovery.
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welcome today Dr. Goerner as he shares his first meeting of the Board since
arriving in Richmond as the secretary-elect for Africa, Europe and the Near East.
His coining is very timely in view of the illness of Dr. Sadler. He has -already
rendered very definite service in these days of emergency arid is getting himself
acquainted with all the aspects of the work in a vast area as rapidly as possible.
It is fort hate that Dr-. Goerner and Dr. Sadler will have the remainder of 1957
together in the office in Richmond before Dr. Goerner will leave about the first
of the year for a .journey to the area.
From all over Africa, Europe and the Hear East have Gome repeated expressions
of joy in the election of Dr. Goerner to this post of high responsibility.
Seldom has any man come to a new labor with a wider welcome than, he is receiving:.
All of us .are gratified to observe that work has begun on the new headmmrters
build in.' • of tiie Foreign Mission Board. The schedule is well in advance. Early
request:- for steel have resulted in deliveries far ahead of scheduled time.
Unless there is some unforeseen emergency, we can anticipate holding the October
meeting of the Foreign Mission Board in i?5R in the new headquarters building.
'Je can plan formal medication services of the new building for that meeting.
The summer of 1957 has been one of the most constructive periods for foreign
missions we have had in a long while, lever in the history of the assemblies
has there been a finer response than has been observed this year. Attendance
has been excellent, and "t many conferences life decisions have been made which
will result in an enlarged number of missionary volunteers in the days' ahead.
The work being done by Mr. Cody in the Personnel Department is very significant
in this relationship, ’ e are in better position than ever before to follow
through on these commitments for life service than we have ever been.
The Foreign Missions Weeks in C-lorieta and Ridgecrest reached a high peak. The
meeting in -Glorieta had a spiritual quality which make some people characterize
it as being a missionary revival.
We come to the end of the summer grateful to God for His blessings in a strenu¬
ous period of labor and for the many answers to prayer that God has given.
We are now in the period of preparation for the annual meeting of the Board next
month. The major responsibility is that of preparation of the budget. GarefUl
