FOREIGN MISSION BOARD MINUTES
September 9, 1975
The Foreign Mission Board met in regular monthly session, Tuesday, September 9, 1975,
at 3:00 p.tri. , in the Baker James Cauthen Chapel. The First Vice-President, J. Roy
Clifford, presided.
PRESENT: State Members: Alabama: L. Earl Tew, j. R. White; Colorado: Glen E.
Braswell; District of Columbia: B. Ross Morrison; Georgia: Mrs. Lindsey Barron,
Mrs. L. G. Hicks, Jr., William L. Self, Ohlen R. Wilson; Illinois: A. F. Tuck;
Indiana: Ronald P. Liesmann; Kentucky: Mrs. Ray Mullendore; Louisiana: John G.
Alley, Miss Myra Gulledge; Maryland : Ralph D. Walls; Michigan: Hubert G. Keefer;
North Carolina: Ray W. Benfield, Mrs. Thomas C. Womble, Jr.; Oklahoma: William
Neptune; Oregon: William 0. Crews, Jr.; Tennessee: C. Clifton Ward; Texas : Travis
S. Berry, Harold T. Branch, Morris G. Cobb, Joe E. Trull; Virginia: Lonnie E.
Quillen, Jr.
Local Members: Robert B. Bass, J. Roy Clifford, V. Allen Gaines, Gurney W. Grant,
Franklin D. Hall, Hiram L. Harrison, Scott C. Humphrey, Neal T. Jones, J. Leonard
Moore, John W. Patterson, Julian H. Pentecost, Bruce H. Price, M. Hunter Riggins, Jr.,
Mrs. Ross S. Shearer, Mrs. E. S. Stratton, Mrs. Thomas Whalen, H. I. Willett.
Board's Attorney: John C. Williams
Staff : Baker J. Cauthen, J. Bryan Brasington, Charles W. Bryan, Louis R. Cobbs,
Winston Crawley, Edna Frances Dawkins, William K. Dawson, E. L. Deane, James G.
Edwards, Franklin T. Fowler, H. Cornell Goerner, lone Gray, George Hays, Ward S.
Hildreth, Eugene L. Hill, Dwight A. Honeycutt, J. D. Hughey, Ralph A. Magee,
Frank K. Means, Stanley A. Nelson, Floyd H. North, R. Keith Parks, Sam Pittman,
G. Norman Price, Sidney C. Reber, Don A. Reavis, Davis L. Saunders, Fon H. Scofield,
Rogers M. Smith, Truman S. Smith, W. L. Smith, Richard M. Styles, Wilbur N. Todd,
Melvin E. Torstrick, Ralph West, Elizabeth Minshew.
Radio-TV Commission Representative (working in liaison with Foreign Mission Board in
Richmond): Fred Laughon
Special Committees: Members present met Monday afternoon, September 8, 1975 as follows:
4:00 P.M. -- Retirement Committee — Rm. A
J. Roy Clifford, Chrm. James M. Richardson
Mrs. E. S. Stratton Hunter Riggins, Ex Of James Harris, Ex Of
4:30 P.M. -- Special Committee to Recommend New Attorney for Board -- Rm. A
M. Hunter Riggins, Chrm, John G. Alley
J. Roy Clifford Ralph Walls James Harris, Ex Of
5:30 P.M. -- Special Committee Re: Secy., Promo. & Fur. Min, -- Dinner Mtg.,
Conf. Den, Holiday Inn, W.
Julian Pentecost, Chrm. Mrs. Mullendore
Jonas Stewart John L. Taylor, Ex Of James Harris, Ex Of
The Committee on Selection of a New Secretary for Missionary Education held a
breakfast meeting in the Conference Den, Holiday Inn, West, 7 A.M. Tuesday, September 9.
Travis S. Berry, Chrm.
Hubert Keefer
William Crews
Hiram Harrison
Mrs. L. G. Hicks
Mrs. T. C. Womble
Ronald Liesmann
James Harris, Ex Of
Work Study Groups : Members present met on Monday and Tuesday, as follows:
5:30 P.M. -- Work Study Group 5 -- Dinner Mtg., Rm. C - FMB Headquarters Bldg.
J. Roy Clifford, Chrm.
J Leonard Moore, V Carta.
Ray W. Benfield
Harold T. Branch
B. Ross Morrison
James Harris, Ex Of
Louis Cobbs
Keith Parks
Don Re avis
8:30-11:00 A.M. -- Work Study Groups
Group 1 - Rick Styles' Office
Group 2 - E. L. Wright's Office
Group 3 - Rm. D
Group 4 - Davis Saunders' Office
Group 9 - Frank Means' Office
Group 10 - Rm. C
Group 11 - Truman Smith's Office
Group 12 - Dr. Goerner 's Office
