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FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
September 12, 1978
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session, Tuesday, September
12, 1978, 2:00 p.m. , in the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. William L. Self,
president, presided.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama: L. Earl Tew; Arizona: Mrs. Glen E. Crotts : D.C. : Ross
California: Mrs. Wilma G. Eurich; Florida: Mrs. R. J. Alexander, Andrew W. Morrison;
Hall, Mrs. James A. Ponder; Georgia: Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr., William L. Self,
Ohlen R. Wilson; Illinois : A. F. Tuck; Indiana : Ronald P. Liesmann; Kansas-
Nebraska: J. W. Pace; Kentucky : Mrs. Ray Mullendore; Maryland : Ralph D.
Walls; Mississippi : Joe Neil McKeever, Gene Triggs ; New Mexico: Morris H.
Chapman; North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Mrs. J. E. Collette, William Henry
Crouch, J. Albert Leath, Jr.; Oklahoma: Charles A. Tope; South Carolina:
Ira Q. Craft, Alastair C. Walker; Tennessee : Wendell C. McClinton, Trevis
Otey; Texas : Travis S. Berry, Harold T. Branch, Richard M. Cobb, H. F. Scott,
Robert E. Smith; Virginia: Lonnie E. Quillen, Jr., Mrs. R. L. Rhodes, Jr.
Local Members: V. Allen Gaines, Franklin D. Hall, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T.
Jones, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr., Mrs. E. S. Strattion, Robert B.
Bass, J. Roy Clifford, J. Leonard Moore, John W. Patterson, Raymond L. Spence,
Jr., H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: Paul D. Stotts.
Staff: Baker J. Cauthen, J. Bryan Brasington, Charles W. Bryan, Thurmon E.
Bryant, 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, George H. Hays, Ward S. Hildreth, Thomas W. Hill,
J. D. Hughey, William W. Marshall, John E. Mills, Lewis I. Myers, Jr., Stanley
A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, William R. O'Brien, R. Keith Parks, Samuel M. Pittman,
G. Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber, Harold D. Richardson, Davis L. Saunders, Rogers
M. Smith, Robert L. Stanley, Truman Smith, Melvin E. Torstrick, William R. Wake¬
field, Elizabeth Minshew.
The presiding officer called the meeting to order.
The audience joined in singing the Hymn: "Blessed Be the Name," led by Sidney
C. Reber.
Dr. Self called for a Season of Prayer. He made brief references to the over¬
seas journey taken by him and Mrs. Self in the summer of 1978, with an emphasis
on the time spent in Burma. While there, he was especially conscious of the
work carried on by Adoniram and Ann Judson.
The audience joined in a Season of Prayer which was closed by the President,
William Self.
A cordial welcome was extended to the audience and guests were recognized.
Minutes of the Board for July 25, 1978 were approved.
The President recognized the Executive Director, Dr. Baker J. Cauthen.
Report of the Executive Director - Baker J. Cauthen
We extend our heartiest welcome today to three new board members who are
attending their first meeting of the board. They are: Rev. Albert Leath, Jr.,
associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Cherryville, North Carolina;
Dr. Morris H. Chapman, pastor of First Baptist Church of Albuquerque, New
Mexico; Dr. Robert E. Smith, Director of Missions, Rio Grande Valley Baptists,
Weslaco, Texas.
These brethren have been here during the board meeting, sharing in the orienta¬
tion for board members as planned by the orientation committee. Dr. Andrew
Hall of Florida is chairman of that committee, and we are grateful for the
excellent program that was presented and the opportunity of fellowship with
these new board members .
In addition, we welcome Charles Tope to his continued work as a board member
