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NORTH CAROLINA

BAPTIST

ANNUAL

ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR

CITY AUDITORIUM ASHEVILLE

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BDWARDt • BROOSHTON CO., RALIICII

Annual of the

Baptist State Convention

of

North Carolina

Containing Proceedings of the One Hundred Thirty-Seventh Annual Session

City Auditorium Asheville November 13-15, 1%7

Edited by E. Norfleet Gardner

Recording Secretary Henderson, N. G.

Statistical Reports and Directories Associational and Convention

Prepared by

Ted W. Williams, Secretary

Department of Statistics and Survey

The Next Annual Session will be held November 11-13, 1968 Raleigh, N. C.

ZENO WALL

Zeno Wall has been described as "one of the Giants in North Carolina Bap- tist life," and in almost every possible way he filled the part. His radiant per- sonality, commanding physique, resonant speaking voice, longevity, spiritual vision and love for people combined to enable him to actually and symbolically to "stand head and shoulders" above many of his peers. Always Zeno Wall maintained a genuine concern and regard for people which found expression through his "pastor's heart" toward them.

He was born August 20, 1882, near Mooresboro in Rutherford County. His parents were Sidney Wall and Jane Robinson Wall. He received his secondary education in the local schools from which he went to Mars Hill College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1917, Mississippi College at Clinton honored him with a Doctor of Divinity degree.

He married Ada Kate Ramsey of Marshall, North Carolina, in May, 1911, and they had five children: Zeon, Jr., of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Mrs. J. Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain, North Carolina; Yates of Columbia, South Carolina; Woodrow of Newnan, Georgia; and Mrs. Walter Fanning of Ridgewood, New Jersey. Mrs. Wall preceded him in death by 8 years, March 11, 1959.

In the spring of 1906 he preached his first sermon and was ordained July 8, 1908, by the Cliffside Baptist Church. His first pastorate was at the Marshall Baptist Church, Marshall, North Carolina. From 1911 to 1922 he served in Mississippi, where he was pastor at Mt. Olive, Columbia, and Clinton, the latter being the home of Mississippi College, with which he was closely as- sociated during this period. He returned to North Carolina in 1922 as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Goldsboro, before going to Shelby on October 1, 1925, where he was to serve for 23 years as pastor of the First Baptist Church.

During his ministry, the Shelby Church grew from 600 members to 2,600 members, and he realized three noteworthy objectives he set before the church at the beginning of his ministry: first, the erection and equipment of an ade- quate church building with 1,000 Sunday School members; second, a great revival for Shelby (Dr. George W. Truett led it and 217 people joined the First Baptist Church); and four-year status for Gardner-Webb College, which the College Trustees voted to request of the North Carolina Baptist State Conven- tion the day before he died.

As a denominational servant he had few equals. He served without pay as President of Gardner-Webb from 1930 to 1932. He was President of the State Convention for four successive terms — 1933-1936. For 2V2 years (1948-1950) he was General Superintendent of the Baptist Children's Homes at Thomasville, after having been a trustee and chairman of the board for many years. He also was a trustee of the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, and preached the Convention Sermon in 1927 in Durham.

His influence extended beyond his community and his denomination into the halls of government as he led the inaugural prayers for two of North Carolina's governors, O. Max Gardner and Clyde R. Hoey, both from Shelby.

His influence and example are being carried on by 54 ministers and lay- workers who went out from the Shelby church. Four of these became College Presidents: E. Eugene Poston, President of Gardner-Webb College; Hoyt Black- well, the former President of Mars Hill College; Arthur Gillespie, President of a Seminary and School in China; and the late Andy Tate, the former President of William Carey College in Mississippi.

Following his retirement, he served numerous churches as interim pastor. His most notable work was a five-year pastorate at the Elizabeth Baptist Church in Shelby after his 70th birthday. He led the church in constructing a beautiful $250,000 building following a disastrous fire. During his entire ministry he baptized more than 5,000 persons and officiated at thousands of weddings and funerals.

He was the author of three books : Heartening Messages, Verities of the Gospel, and A Doty for God-Called Men.

Some have characterized him in this way: "Dr. Wall loved people with a genuine compassion. He was a fearless preacher, diligent Bible student, a dedicated pastor, and a constant soul-winner. He was a heroic man, a man of vision, and a strong man of God. He was a living sermon." With all this, much more could be said about this humble and great man, yet his greatness rests not in men's opinions of him, but in what he was under God. It seems certain that "a great man has fallen in North Carolina" and we shall not soon see another like him.

E. E. P.

ZENO WALL

J. R. CANTRELL

J. R. CANTRELL

J. R. Cantrell was born April 24, 1888, in Cherokee County, South Carolina. He graduated from Boiling Springs High School (later Boiling Springs Junior College, now Gardner- Webb College), in 1919. Evidently his decision to enter high school at the age of twenty-seven was influenced by his surrender to the call to preach. He had been licensed to preach by the StateUne Baptist Church in 1915.

In 1920, Cantrell "sold his farm and horses" and, against the advice of his many friends, entered Wake Forest College. This part of his story, that of an ordained minister entering college with a family to support, and that during the pre-depression days, is an old and familiar one. During these days at Wake Forest he served as student pastor of the Hillsboro Baptist Church. After graduation he remained as pastor at Hillsboro until 1928.

In 1928, he went with the North Carolina Baptist State Convention as an evangelist. In 1931, he returned to the pastorate to serve the Newton Baptist Church (1931-1937), and Calvary Baptist Church, Morganton (1937-39).

In 1939, while the threat of a second war hung heavy over this country, Cantrell left the pastorate to lead the Boiling Springs Junior College as Presi- dent( 1939-43). The remainder of his active ministry was spent as pastor of two churches near his home in Boiling Springs; Poplar Springs Baptist Church (1941-50), and Lattimore Baptist Church (1949-61). Four years later, on Feb. 23, 1965, his wife, Lettie Henderson Cantrell, died. Some two years later, June 25, 1967, J. R. Cantrell died. He had been in ill health since a stroke suffered in 1963.

He is survived by two sons, Cleatus H. Cantrell, Asheville, and Dr. John W. Cantrell, Orlando, Fla., and one daughter, Mrs. A. G. Harmon of Boiling Springs. A second daughter, Letha, was killed in a plane crash in 1949. In addition, there are several grandchildren.

Cantrell's ministry was one of strong guidance, and vigorous inner develop- ment of the various phases of church organization, especially B.Y.P.U. He "be- came its champion wherever he went." He served as President of the B.Y.P.U. Convention of the Newton district of the South Fork Association for several years.

While he was never involved in what would be considered a "ministry of notoriety," Cantrell was another "Joshua of the hour" for every church he served. He led people and challenged them to grow.

He demonstrated his interest in Christian Education, and his ability as an administrator during his years as President of Boiling Springs Junior College. He led that institution from a point of financial bankruptcy and certain death to the point where it was ready to apply for accreditation. Today, twenty-five years after his retirement as President, Gardner-Webb is one of our strongest junior colleges. Plans are for it to become a senior college by 1970. In recog- nition of his contribution to the college and the people of North Carolina, Gardner- Webb conferred an honorary Doctor's Degree in 1963.

Dr. Cantrell retired in May, 1961, at the age of seventy-three. In spite of his age upon entering the ministry, thirty-one, he had served his Lord and North Carolina Baptists for forty-two years. Few others have served longer, more capably, or more faithfully.

H. L. B.

FLOY HAVNAER CROUCH

Dedicated Christian! Devoted companion! Wise mother! Friend of youth! Any one or all of these phrases can be used to describe the life of Floy Havnaer Crouch.

She was bom in Hickory, North Carolina, January 8, 1908, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Gay Havnaer. She was educated in the public school system and attended Hickory High School. Later she attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary along with her husband.

When she was eighteen years of age, Floy Havnaer married W. Perry Crouch, who was then living in Hickory. Together they answered God's call to the Christian ministry. Together they served usefully as pastor and pastor's wife in HoUis, Oklahoma; at Calvary Church, Morganton, North Carolina; at the First Baptist Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina; and at the First Baptist Church, Asheville, North Carolina. In her capacity as pastor's wife, Floy Crouch served actively in Woman's Missionary Union; found her place in Sunday School, particularly with young people; and found an active place in Baptist Training Union work. She was Superintendent of the Young Adult Sunday School Department in Asheville for approximately twenty years. She was used in North Carolina and other states as an Approved Sunday School Worker. On many occasions she served as a leader in Family Life Conferences at Ridgecrest, in local churches and at various state assemblies over the south. She found a place of usefulness on the State Woman's Missionary Union Executive Board in North Carolina.

During two periods of their joint ministry, she stood with her husband in denominational capacities in the state of North Carolina. When her husband served as Secretary of Christian Education in the churches, she frequently traveled with him to his engagements over the state. When he became the Ex- ecutive Secretary of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, she im- mediately found her place by his side in his statewide ministry.

Her influence as a parent continues to be felt in the lives of her children. One son, Rev. Henry Crouch, is a minister. Another son. Dr. Robert Crouch, is a respected surgeon in Asheville, North Carolina. A third son, Daniel C. Crouch, is making a contribution as a Christian businessman in Asheville. A foster daughter, Mrs. Allen Patterson of Asheville is a useful housewife and active church leader.

Zest, exuberance, and abundant life are terms that seem naturally to refer to her. Like some bubbling spring she overflowed and transformed arid life around her until it, too, began to bloom.

One could not know Floy Crouch without a deeper understanding of the mean- ing of "fun." In her the word lost any of the superficiality that men try to read into it. She knew how to make "fun" and "life" synonymous.

At a time when many parents and adults lost their ability to communicate with and influence youth, she was on speaking terms with them. She did not lower her own standards to accommodate them, nor was she so "goody goody pious" as to repulse them. Youth found it easy to accept her because she so understandingly identified with them. Hundreds of young people found it easy to think straight about life because they had found her.

Those who witnessed her courage and maturity during her last illness were blessed by her simple tmist in God. She was human enough to grow weary in physical suffering. She was Christ-like enough to think of others in her suffer- ing. She even sought to protect her family and friends from the unpleasantness of her own personal anguish. In doing so she magnified her faith in the tri- umphant, risen Lord. Her departure took place on Nov. 22, 1967.

N. C. B.

FLOY HAVNAER CROUCH

ISAAC GARFIELD GREER

ISAAC GARFIELD GREER

Isaac Garfield Greer was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, in 1881. He received his education in the elementary school at Zionville and the high school at Boone. He attended the University of North Carolina from which he was graduated with the B.A. Degree in 1910. He later engaged in a period of graduate study at Columbia University and in 1942 Wake Forest University honored him by conferring upon him the degree Doctor of Laws

Education, culture and the fine arts always held a large place in the life of Dr. Greer. Following his graduation from the University of North Carolina, he returned to the mountains and to the people whom he loved to devote the next twenty-five years of his life. He taught in the public schools of Watauga County from 1908 to 1910 and at Appalachian State University from 1910 to 1932. Seldom has a teacher been more profoundly loved and appreciated by his students. In addition to subject matter taught, he had the unusual ability of sharing a wholesome philosophy of life.

In 1928 Dr. Greer was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Chil- dren's Homes of North Carolina, an agency which was to receive an increasing portion of his time and interest. Following the death of Dr. M. L. Kesler in 1932, Dr. Greer was the unanimous choice of the Trustees to become General Super- intendent of the Homes, a position which he held with distinction until 1948.

The impact of his courageous and pioneering leadership was soon felt beyond the borders of North Carolina. He added significant strength to the Child Wel- fare League of America and to the Children's Bureau of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington. The Southeastern Child Care Association, the North Carolina Conference for Social Service, and the Group Child Care Project of the School of Social Work of the University of North Carolina are the outgrowth of his vision and work.

People in all walks of life held "Ike" Greer in high esteem. His personal integrity, his enlightened concern for the wellbeing of others, his ability to stimulate and guide the intellectual and spiritual growth of his students, his depth of sympathetic understanding of the needs of children and their families, his capacity for constructive counsel, his excellence of performance in many fields of endeavor made him a much beloved and trusted leader. He had the art of making people feel comfortable in his presence, regardless of condition, status or circumstance in life. Consequently, he became confidant to statesmen, musicians, executives, educators, ministers, doctors, lawyers, social workers, and to the rank and file of people who made their way to his door.

As Dr. Greer approached denominational retirement age, he resigned as Gen- eral Superintendent of the Children's Homes and returned to his Alma Mater to become Executive Vice-President of the North Carolina Business Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a position which he held until 1954. The associations which this position afforded further served to strengthen and enhance his varied interests in life. During this period several years of leadership were provided the Children's Homes as Chairman of the Board of Trustees and later as promotional consultant. At the time of his death he was serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Baptist Foundation.

He possessed a wonderful zest for living. He was able to transmit his en- thusiasm for life to his audiences from platforms and pulpits across the nation. His ability as a public speaker and pulpiteer was hardly surpassed in his gen- eration. His use of humor, pathos, personal experiences and simple human in- terest stories held his audiences captive. He had an appropriate word for every occasion.

Honors and recognitions which came to Dr. Greer during a long and fruit- ful life are far too numerous to list here. The following are simply suggestive: President of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, first President of the Allied Church League (now the Christian Action League) for 17 years. President of the Good Health Association of North Carolina, President of the North Carolina Folk Lore Society, President of the Southern Appalachian His- torical Association which produces "Horn in the West." Even in retirement he remained active in his church, denomination, civic and social organizations. Named in his honor were buildings at Appalachian State University and the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina at Thomasville; the Greer Home Campus of the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is also a memorial to him.

The North Carolina Conference for Social Service in 1959 presented him with an award for outstanding service.

No man could accomplish so successfully and joyously what this man did without the loyal love and devotion of a good wife. In 1916 Dr. Greer was married to Willie Spainhour of Morganton who graced his home until her death in 1959. Her beautiful Christian spirit complemented all that he did. Two sons were born to this union, I. G. Greer, Jr., an officer in the United States Air Force, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Joseph P. Greer, Adminis- trator of Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. In 1963 he was married to the former Hattie S. O'Briant of Rocky Mount. Their life together was brief, but happy and meaningful both to them and to their numerous friends.

Isaac Garfield Greer leaves an immortal heritage in the fields of education, history, child care, music, government, counseling and in Christian citizenship.

W. R. W.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Addresses : Section Page

Bates, Carl (8) 49

Butt, Howard E., Jr (11) 50

Estes, Joseph R (75) 178

Graham, Billy (80) 178

Pearce, J. Winston (123) 184

Phillips, Gordon (64) 176

Stassen, Harold (169) 194

Annual Dedicated to J. R. Cantrell, Mrs. W. Perry- Crouch, I. G. Greer and Zeno Wall (118) 2-5, 183

Appreciation (155) (169) 193, 194

Auditor's Report and Financial Statements,

Convention's Institutions 437

Baptist Education Study Task (BEST) (87) 129, 179

Biblical Recorder, Directors of

Report of (119) 183

Committees and Reports

Annuity Board 126

Christian Action 163

Christian Life Committee 157-162

Christian Social Services (64) (127) 176, 184

Committee of 20 (129) 167-169, 187

Committee on Committees (127) 184

Convention Arrangements 47

Enrollment (84) 179

Historical 164

Memorials 151

Nominations (128) 185

Place and Preacher (130) 188

Public Affairs 152, 169

Resolutions 169

Social Services (115) 182

Trustee Orientation (131) 162, 188

Trustees of Convention 166

Constitution and Bylaw^s 22

Amendment to Bylaws (106) (107) 76, 79-81, 181

Amendment to Constitution (103-105) 76, 78, 79, 180

Convention Proceedings 45

Alcoholic Beverages (32) (33) 153) 169, 170, 191

American Bible Society (116) 183

Baptist Student Work 108

Borrowing (92-101) 70-75, 180

Budget for 1968 61-67, 180

Committee of 20 (71) (153) 167-169, 177, 190

Convention Sermon (38) 171

Crusade of the Americas (160-167) 58, 99, 133, 193,

194

Division of Christian Ethics (153) 169, 190

Election of Officers (44) (45) (47-51) 172

Executive Committee S. B. C (43) 171

Fraternal Greetings and Sympathy (15) (35) (46) (108) 50, 171, 172, 181

History North Carolina Baptist (Huggins) (109-113) 59, 181, 182

Home Missions Presentation (75)) 178

Mars Hill College Request for

Faculty Aid (52-59) (70) (134-152) 172, 173, 177,

188-190

"Mother of the Year" Award (73) 177

President's Address (8) 49

Recognitions

New Pastors (5) 49

Others (74) (77) (90) (158) (159) (170) 117, 178, 179, 183,

193 195

Resolutions from Floor....(32) (33) (60) (62) (63) (72) (154) 169, 170, 174,' 175,

177, 192

Seminaries (122) (123) 184

State Missions Presentation 81

Truett (Geo. W.) Home Place (114) 58, 182

Directories ' !

Associational Moderators and Clerks 328

Baptist State Convention of North Carolina 9

Baptist World Alliance 21

Foreign Missionaries from North Carolina 377

General Board and Its Organization 12

Institutions of the Convention 14

Ministerial Students in Colleges and Seminaries 381

N. C. Baptist Conferences 19

Ordained Ministers in N. C.

Active 395

Retired or Otherwise Employed 428

Southern Baptist Convention 20

Staff Personnel Serving the Churches 386

Standing Committees 13

Section Page

Sunday School Superintendents 336

Superintendents of Missions 392

General Board, Report of 51-167

Division of Business Management 437

Division of Church Programs 101-118

Division of Christian Higher Education 127-144

Division of Christian Social Services 145-147

Division of Evangelism 97-101

Division of Missions 81-97

Division of Stewardship Promotion 121-127

N. C. Baptist Foundation 150

Recommendations 59-67

Historical Table of Convention 331

In Memoriam 196

Messengers by Associations 197

Motions and Resolutions

Alcoholic Beverages (32) (33) (63) (153) 169, 170, 175, 191

Borrowing by:

Campbell College 71

Chowan College 73

Fruitland 71

Mars Hill College 74

Meredith College 75

N. C. Baptist Hospital, Inc 70

WMU of N. C 75

Mars Hill College Request (52-59) (70) (134-152) 172, 173, 177

188-190

N. C. Council of Churches (62) 175

Truett Home Place (114) 58, 182

War in Vietnam (60) (72) (154) 173, 177, 192

Reports:

Baptist Children's Homes of N. C (93) 57, 68, 145, 180

Audit Report 472

Trustees 14, 15

Baptist Foundation (88) (89) 150, 179

Directors 16

Biblical Recorder (119) 148, 183

Directors 15

Budget for 1968 (91) 61-66, 180

Business Manager 437

Campbell College (92) (98) 60, 68, 134, 180

Audit 466

Trustees 16

Chowan College (99) 60, 135, 180

Audit 467

Trustees 16

Council on Christian Higher Education (85-87) 127-144, 179

Statistical Report for Colleges, 1966-1967 136

Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute 92, 117

Audit 464

Gardner-Webb College 138

Audit 467

Trustees 17

Mars Hill College (cf. Convention Proceedings) (100) 61, 139, 180

Audit 468

Trustees 17

Meredith College (94) (101) 61, 69, 141, 180

Audit 469

Trustees 17

N. C. Baptist Assembly 116

Audit 462

N. C. Baptist Homes for the Aging 146

Audit 473

Trustees 15

N. C. Baptist Hospitals, Inc (97) 60, 70, 147, 180

Audit 471

Trustees 15

North Dakota Mission 81

Radio and Television 125

Wake Forest University 142

Audit 469

Trustees 18

Wingate College 143

Audit 476

Trustees 18

Statistical Reports 118, 207

Associational 208

Summary by Associations 324

Statewide Summary 334

Woman's Missionary Union 57, 61

Directory 11

Report of 118-121

Worship Periods (14) (42) (69) (83) (126) 50, 171, 176, 179,

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DIRECTORIES OF THE BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF NORTH CAROLINA

Baptist Building 301 Hillsborough Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

I. OFFICERS

Claud Bowen, First Baptist Church, Greensboro President

David Britt, Raleigh First Vice-President

Cecil Sherman, First Baptist Church, Asheville Second Vice-President

W. Perry Crouch, Raleigh General Secretary-Treasurer

E. Norfleet Gardner, 153 Young Avenue, Henderson Recording Secretary

James M. Bulman, Oak Ridge, N. C Parliamentarian

II. TRUSTEES

N. M. Gurley, 318 S. McDowell St., Raleigh Trustee

R. L. McMillan, Insurance Building, Raleigh Trustee

T. Lacy Williams, First-Citizens Bank Building, Raleigh Trustee

III. ADMINISTRATION

W. Perry Crouch General Secretary-Treasurer

Robert H. Bruhn Administrative Assistant

Miss Ruth Williams Secretary to General Secretary

Mrs. Doris Salter.. Secretary to Administrative Assistant

IV. DIVISION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Leon P. Spencer Business Manager

Miss Wixie Herring Bookkeeper

Miss Mary Alice Gray Bookkeeper

Mrs. Edith Yelverton Assistant Bookkeeper

Mrs. Joyce Ward Office Secretary

Mrs. Anne McDonald Receptionist and Switchboard Operator

Banks Williams Building and Print Shop Superintendent

Percy Smith Assistant Print Shop

Eddie Hall Mail Messenger

V. DIVISION OF EVANGELISM

Julian S. Hopkins Director

W. C. Lamb Associate

Mrs. Shirley Stanis Office Secretary

VI. DIVISION OF MISSIONS

Howard J. Ford Director

Mrs. Mary Lou Maynard Office Secretary

CHEROKEE MINISTRIES

Ed Sharpe Pastor, Cherokee Bapt. Ch.

Miss Ion Johns Director of Child Care Program

CITY AND METROPOLITAN

Ernest C. Upchurch Secretary

Mrs. Kay Grimmer Office Secretary

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin James Southard, Eden.. Director, Baptist Center, Eden, N. C.

Maurice Briggs.. Director Pilot Mountain Association

Juvenile Rehabilitation, Winston-Salem, N. C.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERRACIAL COOPERATION

Corbin L. Cooper Secretary

Mrs. Mary Washington Office Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF WORK WITH DEAF

Jerry F. Potter, Rt. 3, Box 169, Thomasville Secretary

Neal Peyton, 602 S. Main St., Wake Forest Associate

MINISTRY TO MILITARY PERSONNEL

J. N. Beatty, Sr., Box 655, Jacksonville Military Personnel Visitor

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INSTITUTIONAL MINISTRIES

John D. Hales, Jr., Interim Southern Pines Chaplain, Samarcand

Michael Ray, Carthage Chaplain, Morrison Training School

Richard Hopkins, McCain Chaplain, Leonard Training School

A. T. Robertson, Jr., McCain Chaplain, McCain Sanatorium

C. R. Edwards, Fayetteville Chaplain, McCain Sanatorium

Dalphon J. Thompson, Potecasi Chaplain, Odom Prison

Miss Annie Locklear, Pembroke Pembroke Association

FRUITLAND BIBLE INSTITUTE AND FRUITLAND CAMP Gary Harthcock, P. O. Box 2468, Hendersonville

General Director-Business Manager Alex Booth, P. O. Box 2468, Hendersonville Academic Dean

TOWN AND COUNTRY AND SEMINARY EXTENSION

Roy J. Smith Secretary

Mrs. Nan Jones Office Secretary

VII. DIVISION OF CHURCH PROGRAMS

Nathan C. Brooks, Jr Director

Mrs. Sally Jones Office Secretary

Mrs. Mildred Vick Pool Secretary, Church Programs Division

SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Claude White Secretary

Miss Hilda Mayo Associate in Charge of Elementary Promotion

Mrs. Myra S. Motley.. ..Associate in Charge of Vacation Bible School Promotion

Associate in charge of Training and Enlargement Associate in charge of Associational Promotion

Mrs. Barbara Chason Office Secretary

Miss Patricia Moore Assistant Office Secretary

TRAINING UNION DEPARTMENT

Sam O'Neal Secretary

Maurice Cooper Associate in Charge of Associational Promotion

Davis Bowen Associate in Charge of Young People's Work

Gene Phillips Associate in charge of Junior-Intermediate Work

Miss Doris Morgan Associate in charge of Children's Work

Miss Kaye Frances Currin Office Secretary

Mrs. Mary Conn Assistant Office Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT WORK

Secretary

Quentin M. Perreault Western Area Director

Robert M. Phillips Eastern Area Director

Mrs. Miriam H. Prichard Part-time Associate

Mrs. Annie M. Holt Office Secretary

William M. Bell, A &T State University Director

Henry W. Greer, Appalachian State University Director

R. Hargus Taylor, Chowan Director

James Y. Green (Interim), Duke Director

J. Randall Mishoe, East Carolina University Director

Charles W. Freeman, Gardner-Webb (Part-time) Director

Robert A. Melvin, Mars Hill (Part-time) Director

Charles W. Parker, Jr., Meredith Director

Herbert H. Eaton, N. C. College at Durham Director

Charles Francis Wilson, N. C. Baptist Hospital (Part-time) Director

Leroy P. Richardson, Jr., N. C. State University Director

, Pembroke (Part-time) Director

James Z. Alexander, Shaw University Director

John R. Halsell, HI, UNC-Chapel Hill Director

Dwight R. Fickling, UNC-Greensboro Director

Edgar D. Christman, Wake Forest University Director

F. Joseph Clontz, Jr., Western Carolina University Director

Thomas Faulkenberry, Wingate (Part-time) Director

DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH BUILDING PLANNING

Richard D. Smith Secretary

Mrs. Elizabeth Mercer Office Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH MUSIC

Joseph O. Stroud Secretary

Charles S. Gatwood Associate

Miss Joan Puckett Office Secretary

OF North Carolina

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BROTHERHOOD AND ROYAL AMBASSADOR DEPARTMENT

J, Edwin Bullock Secretary

Richard Brown Associate in Charge of Royal Ambassador Work

Mrs. Jo Morrisson Office Secretary

Mrs. Geneal Heatherley Office Secretary

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION Auxiliary to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield President

Miss Miriam J. Robinson Executive Secretary

Miss Kathryn Bullard Woman's Missionary Society Director

Miss Linda Warren Young Woman's Auxiliary Director

Miss Sara Ann Hobbs Girl's Auxiliary Director

Miss Bernice Popham Sunbeam Band Director

Miss Vivian Nowell Financial Secretary

Mrs. Pina Powell Office Secretary

Mrs. Dan Magour Office Secretary

Miss Beulah Mae Gill Literature Secretary

CAMP CARAWAY

B. W. Jackson Director, Camp CaRAway

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSEMBLY Fred J. Smith, Southport Manager

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND SURVEY

Ted W. Williams Secretary

Mrs. Lafata Lusk Office Secretary

VIII. DIVISION OF STEWARDSHIP PROMOTION

Ottis J. Hagler Director

Mrs. Wilma Coats Office Secretary

STEWARDSHIP PROMOTION DEPARTMENT

Harold M. White Secretary

Mrs. Dot Smith Office Secretary

STEWARDSHIP DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

R. Tom Greene Secretary

Mrs. Susan Cochrane Office Secretary

FIELD PROMOTION

E. C. Wilkie Carey Rd., Kinston

ANNUITY DEPARTMENT

Guy S. Cain Secretary

Mrs. Dot Smith Office Secretary

DEPARTMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICES

L. J. Morriss Secretary

Mrs. Esther Kidd Office Secretary

Mrs. Frances Riley Assistant Office Secretary

IX. DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

Ben C. Fisher Director

Miss Grace Yow Office Secretary

COUNCIL ON CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

Robert Simms Chairman

X. DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES

W. Perry Crouch Acting Director

John Stone Chairman, Social Service Committee

XI. BAPTIST FOUNDATION

C. Gordon Maddrey Director

Mrs. Marie Denmark Office Secretary

Claude Gaddy Chairman, Board

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XII. GENERAL BOARD Committees of the General Board

Term Expiring 1968: W. O. Warren, Alexander Association; Bobby Elledge, Alleghany; Lloyd Mauney, Avery; W. A. Snyder, Buncombe; Earl Payne, Checah; Hayne Rivers, Gaston; Beamer Barnes, Liberty; W. Thomas Lane, Macon; Ben Lee Ray, Mitchell; Marion Parker, Montgomery; Ben Cox, Mt. Zion; Billy Mobley, New River; J. Melvin Daughtridge, North Roanoke; Harold Steen, North Roanoke; Troy Hamrick, Pilot Mtn.; Robert Simms, Raleigh; Warren Huyck, Robeson; Mrs. E. Carr Choate, Rowan; Mannuel Cunnup, Sandy Creek; Johnny Enloe, South Mtn.; E. O. Bustle, Stoney Fork; Joe Medford, Transyl- vania; W. D. Graham, West Liberty; Downey J. Boot, Yates; Gilmer Cross, Region 2; John Lawrence, Region 4; Warren Coble, Region 6.

Term Expiring 1969: Justus McKeel, Anson; Willis Abernethy, Blue Ridge; Coy Welborn, Brier Creek; E. J. Prevatte, Brunswick; Gordon Rhodes, Brushy Mountain; Edison Hill, Buncombe; Purnell Swett, Burnt Swamp; Billy Rivers, Caldwell; James L. Morris, Jr., Cherokee; Aubrey McLellan, Chowan; Francis Chesson, Columbus; Leon Ward, Dock; Spurgeon Yelton, Green River; Frank B. Hopkins, Haywood; Horace Ricks, Johnston; C. A. Kirby, Kings Mountain; Ernest Smith, Kings Mountain; W. R. Hackney, Mecklenburg; Robert Clegg, Tuckaseigee; R. R. Jackson, Yadkin; Ralph Faires, New South River; Lois Edinger, Piedmont; Ronda Robbins, Raleigh; Robert Hughes, Randolph; Forrest Hunt, Sandy Run.

Term Expiring 1970: F. L. Baker, Jr., Ashe; John Worth Long, Atlantic; W. C. Hopkins, Beulah; Jerry Wallace, Bladen; Charles Storey, Cabarrus; Cade Shaver, Caldwell; James L. Pharr, Central; W. H. Phillips, Cullom; W. J. Leffew, Dan Valley; William Lewis Summer, Gaston; W. O. Johnson, Little River; James Potter, Mecklenburg; Scott Turner, Pee Dee; William G. Wilson, Piedmont; Tom Elmore, Pilot Mtn.; John D. Stone, Sandhills; Mrs. James March- man, Sandy Run; Irvy Jackson, South Roanoke; Fred Reece, Surry; John A. Bracey, Tar River; George E. Gibbs, West Chowan; Ernest Holt, Yates. Wood- row Hill, Region 5; Carlos Young, Region 8; M. D. Smith, Region 9; David Britt, Region 3.

Term Expiring 1971; C. H. Greene, Carolina; W. A. Huneycutt, Catawba River; Norman Ay cock. Eastern; Murl Newman, Elkin; Warren Bush, Flat River,; Wade Huey, French Broad; Carl Bates, Mecklenburg; Jack P. Hankins, Neuse; Lloyd Young, New Found; James Cammack, New South River; Ed Brandon, Raleigh; Dean Dillard, Rocky Face; Richard Hicks, South Fork; Lester Martin, South Yadkin; Maurice Pickler, Stanley; Thomas Privette, Stone Mountain; Simon Davis, Tennessee River; James Rowles, Theron Rankin; Clyde Greene, Three Forks; Harold Funderburk, Union; Col. Kenneth West, Western North Caro- lina; James Pollard. Wilmington; A. J. Jamerson. Yancey; Merrill Evans, Region 1; Parker McLendon, Region 7; Jesse Bailey, Region 10.

COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL BOARD Officers: Gilmer Cross, Chairman; John Lawrence, Vice-Chairman; Dr. Lois Edinger, Secretary; Miss Ruth Williams, Staff Secretary.

Stewardship Promotion: Bill Snyder, chairman; Clyde Greene, Johnny Enloe, Jack Hankins, Wade Huey, Robert Hughes, Ben Lee Ray, Horace W. Ricks and Spurgeon Yelton.

Eangelism: Ernest Holt, chairman; E. O. Bustle, Francis Chesson, Bobby Elledge, W. D. Graham, Frank B. Hopkins, John Lawrence, Jerry Wallace, Coy Welborn.

Missions: James S. Potter, chairman; Billy T. Mobley, Vice Chairman; Manuel Cunnup, secretary.

Town and Country and Seminary Extension: Earl Payne, chairman; Dean Dillard, Joe Medford.

City and Metropolitan Missions: James Potter, chairman; Downey J. Booth, Gilmer Cross.

Interracial Cooperation: James L. Pharr, chairman; Billly T. Mobley, Cecil Sherman.

Deaf Work: James L. Morriss, Jr., Chairman; Manuel Cunnup, Ralph Faires.

Fruitland Institute & Camp: Harold Steen, chairman; Harold Funder- burk, Jessie Bailey.

Special Missions: Col. Kenneth West, chairman; Beamer Barnes, Thom- as F. Privette.

Ex Officio Members: Mrs. Knolan Benfield, President, WMU, North Carolina; Mr. Robert Shields, President, Brotherhood, North Carolina; Rev. Floyd Rhyne, President, Associational Missionaries.

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Church Programs: James Cammack, chairman.

Brotherhood: Scott Turner, chairman; Simon Davis, W. A. Honeycutt, Warren Huyck, Murl Newman, Marion Parker.

Church Building Planning and Survey and Statistics: W. O. Warren, chair- man; Claud Bowen, C. H. Greene, C. A. Kirby, W. J. Leffew, Leon Ward.

Mtisic: Charles Storey, chairman; Willis Abemethy, Ben Cox, John W. Long, Lloyd Young.

Student: Irby Jackson, chairman; James Cammack, Thomas Lane, Mrs. James Marchman, Maurice J. Pickler.

Sunday School: William G. Wilson, chairman; Norman Aycock, Richard Hicks, Woodrow Hill, A. J. Jamerson, Ronda Bobbins.

Training Union: Troy Hamrick, chairman; W. C. Hopkins, Aubrey Mc- Lellan, Billy Rivers, Ernest Smith, M. D. Smith, Jr.

Christian Higher Education: Robert Simms, Chairman.

Administration and Finance: Carl Bates, W. E. Brandon, David Britt, George Gibbs, R. N. Simms, Jr., Carlos Young.

Correlation and Instruction: Warren Bush, Dr. Lois Edinger, Thomas Elmore, W. A. Johnson, Hayne Rivers.

Christian Emphasis and Church School Relations: John A. Bracey, Warren Coble, Merrill Evans, Forrest Hunt, Roger Jackson, Justus McKeel, E. J. Prevatte.

Social Services: John Stone, Chairman; Children's Homes, Pumell Swett, chairman; Homes for Aging, Melvin Daughtridge, chairman; Baptist Hospital, Edison Hill, chairman; F. L. Baker, Mrs. E. Carr Choate, Robert Clegg, Melvin Daughtridge, W. R. Hackney, Jr., Edison Hill, Lester P. Martin, J, Lloyd Mauney, J. Parker McLendon, W. H. Phillips, James Pollard, Fred Reece, Gordon Rhodes, James R. Rowles, Cade Shaver, John D. Stone, W. Lewis Summey, Pumell Swett.

Ex Officio (non voting members) : General Secretary-Treasurer, WMU Presi- dent, Brotherhood President, Recording Secretary, SBC Ex. Committee members.

Ex Officio (voting members): President State Convention, First Vice Presi- dent State Convention, Second Vice President State Convention.

Honorary Members: President BSU, President Associational Missionaries Con- ference.

STANDING COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS

E. W. Price, Jr., Chairman, Green Street Church, High Point ~ Claude Gaddy, Raleigh; John Tiller, Morganton; James Stertz, Wake Forest; Mrs. John Lawrence, Raleigh; Mrs. Leroy Parker, Greensboro; J. C. Thomas, Wilmington; Robert Clegg, Sylva; J. Roy Robinson, Hickory.

CHRISTIAN ACTION COMMITTEE

Robert Fincher, Chairman, High Point O. T. Binkley, Wake Forest; Lin Fincannon, Elkin; Kenneth Burnett, Winston- Salem; Van Murrell, Buies Creek; Colon Jackson, Fayetteville; Coy Privette, Kannapolis; Paul Avery, Gastonia; Fred Mauney, New Bern.

CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMITTEE

George Griffin, Chairman, Winston-Salem Ernest Klutz, Gastonia; Broaddus E. Jones, Jr., Concord; Warren E. Kerr, North Wilkesboro; Frank Moran, Morehead City; James F. Heaton, Raleigh; Harold Anderson, Sylva; Gordon Conklin, Kinston; Elroy Lamb, Albemarle; Welton F. Walker, Currituck; Roberts C. Lasater, Charlotte.

HISTORICAL COMMITTEE

Henry Stroupe, Chairman, Winston-Salem David Smiley, Winston-Salem; John L. Bell, Jr., Cullowhee; L. A. Peacock, Raleigh; Garland Allen, Boiling Springs; Oscar Creech, Sr., Ahoskie; Ethel Underwood, Mars Hill; Perry Langston, Buies Creek; M. A. Huggins, Raleigh; Allen Burris, Laurinburg, Leslie Campbell, Buies Creek; Henry B. Anderson, Durham.

MEMORIALS COMMITTEE E. Lowell Spivey, Chairman, Shelby Mrs. C. R. Hinton, Albemarle; Joe Hough, Norwood; E. F. Baker, Black Moun- tain; A. P. Stephens, Lumberton.

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE James Cammack, Chairman, Snyder Memorial Church, Fayetteville George E. Williamson, Hudson; Joe Burnette, Charlotte; J. Dave Taylor, Charlotte; Mrs. W. C. Reed, ICinston; Jim Smithwick, Winston-Salem; Robert Kicklighter, Elizabeth City; Leon Rice, Winston- Salem; R. F, Smith, Durham; Fritz Hemphill, Boone; Tom Freeman, Dunn; T. L. Cashwell, Jr., Raleigh; Mrs. Nane Starnes, Asheville.

COMMITTEE ON PLACE AND PREACHER

Ernest Russell, Chairman, Concord Curtis Burge, Waynesville; Albert A. Young, Hickory; Jack Wilder, Greens- boro; J. C. Jones, Jr., Charlotte; G. Rodney Beals, Wendell; Carlton Prickett, Burlington; Paul Nickens, Plymouth; Walter Long, Belmont.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

T. L. Cashwell, Chairman, Hayes Barton Church, Raleigh Harry Wood, Leaksville; James Helvey, Thomasville; James Lowery, Starr; A. L. Lineberry, Greensboro; Mrs. C. C. Warren, Charlotte; Miss Iris Dean Starkey, Asheville; Donald Green, Hickory; Marion Powell, Taylorsville.

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS Hoyle T. Allred, Chairman, Gastonia Bob D. Shepherd, Mooresville; William L. Mills, Jr., Concord; Wallace I. West, Wilmington; W. W. Finlator, Raleigh; Roy Ethridge, Elizabeth City; Warren Coble, Albemarle; Wendell Davis, Charlotte; Fred Bentley, Mars Hill.

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

J. Marse Grant, Chairman, Raleigh Orville Scott, Thomasville; Jimmy Morriss, Raleigh; Henry Belk, Goldsboro; J. D. Fitz, Morganton; William L. Pearson, Jr., Canton.

COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEE ORIENTATION

Bud Smith, Chairman, Wingate A. R. Burkot, Buies Creek; Leonard Lowe, Henrietta; Ronald E. Wall, Greens- boro; Gilmer Cross, Goldsboro; Robert Walker, Winston-Salem; Ralph Scales, Winston-Salem; William H. Puckett, Jr., Mt. Gilead; Beamer Barnes, Lexington.

THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CONVENTION

BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. General Managership Began January 12, 1885 W. R. Wagoner, President, Thomasville F. T. Bowman, Treasurer, Thomasville

MILLS HOME BRANCH Vernon S. Sparrow, Superintendent, Thomasville

KENNEDY HOME BRANCH Transfer of Property, April 26, 1912 First Group Admitted, June, 1914 Roger E. Williams, Jr., Superintendent, Kinston

ODUM HOME BRANCH Transfer of Property, January 1, 1958 Chesley Hammond, Superintendent, Pembroke

GREER HOME, CHAPEL HILL Blan Minton, Director

WALL HOME, WALLBURG

Don McIntyre, Director

CHARITY AND CHILDREN Orville Scott, Editor, Thomasville David Farlow, Manager Print Shop, Thomasville Published Weekly at Mills Home Branch of Baptist Children's Homes, Inc. Founded by John H. Mills in 1887

Board of Trustees Carroll C. Wall, Jr., Chairman, Lexington Term Expiring 1968: Tom Clayton, Sylva; Nelson Hayes, Badin, Lewis H Jenkins, North Wilkesboro; Mrs. Arthur Smith, Charlotte.

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Term Expiring 1969: Olin T. Binkley, Wake Forest; Mrs. Roger H. Crook, Raleigh; A. C. Glenn, Smithfield; Randolph L. Gregory, Wilmington; English Jones, Pembroke.

Term Expiring 1970: James W. Clontz, High Point; Mrs. George McNeill, Morehead City; John T. Stegall, Statesville; Carroll C. WaU, Jr., Lexington.

Term Expiring 1971: D. E. Ward, Jr., Lumberton; William M. York, Greens- boro; Robert Gatlin, Raeford; Don G. Bryant, Charlotte; Glenn Brown, Waynes- ville.

BAPTIST HOSPITAL

Authorized by Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, November 17, 1920 Chartered, December 27, 1922 Began Operation, May 28, 1923 Reid T. Holmes, Administrator, Winston-Salem

Board of Trustees Carter M. Preslar, Chairman, Asheville Term Expiring 1968: Wesley Brown, Winston-Salem; A. H. Field, Hickory; Egbert L. Davis, Jr., Winston-Salem; Carter M, Preslar, Asheville; Henry D. Ward, Lumberton; Dorsey Welch, Washington,

Term Expiring 1969: J. Boyce Brooks, Boone, Fleming Fuller, Kinston; W. B. Hair, Gastonia; J. Edward Landers, Jr., Winston-Salem; Fred A. Mauney, New Bern; Mrs. C. Odell Matthews, Winston-Salem.

Term Expiring 1970: T. Clyde Collins, Jr., Greensboro; Emery B. Denney, Raleigh; Mrs. J. F. Gilbreath, Jr., Charlotte; Earle J. Rogers, Madison; H. A. Hodge, Wendell; Isaac Terrell, Ahoskie.

Term Expiring 1971: C. E. Hamilton, Greensboro; Colin Stokes, Winston- Salem; Mack M. Goss, Hendersonville; W. A. Hoggard, Elizabeth City; D. R. Perry, Durham; W. C. Hennessee, Sylva.

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOMES, INC. Authorized by the Convention, November 14, 1950 First Superintendent Elected, January 9, 1951 First Group Admitted as Operations Began, March 16, 1951 Incorporated as North Carolina Baptist Homes, Inc., May 30, 1951 William A. Poole, Superintendent, Winston-Salem

Board of Trustees

James L. Mattox, Chairman Term Expiring 1968: Mrs. Paul Price Davis, Rt. 2, Yadkinville; Don Gaither, Winston-Salem; P. W. Green, Mount Airy; L. T. Hamrick, Shelby; Edwin Young, Canton.

Term Expiring 1969: Mrs. Lee P. Frans, Hickory; Mrs. Ruth Hewett, Greens- boro; James L. Mattox, Red Springs; Nicholas W. Mitchell, Winston-Salem; Norman Everett, Hamilton.

Term Expiring 1970; Robert Andrews, Wilmington; Bruce Daniels, Newland; Jasper L. Memory, Jr., Winston-Salem; Coite Jones, Raleigh; E. W. Price, High Point.

Term Expiring 1971: Archie Allen, Winston-Salem; Clyde P. Harris, Wilson; Harold Herring, Fairmont; Joe Burnette, Charlotte; Carlisle W. Evans, Jr., Burlington.

BIBLICAL RECORDER

Founded in 1833 by Thomas Meredith in Edenton. Moved to New Bern in 1835, then to Raleigh in 1938. Publication suspended in 1841, but resumed in 1843. Originally incorporated 1901 and owned by the Biblical Recorder Publishing Co. until purchased by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in 1938. On January 4, 1939, the first issue was published by the Convention. Published every Saturday in Raleigh, as the Journal of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. J. Marse Grant, Editor, Raleigh

Board of Directors Bob D. Shepherd, Chairman, Mooresville Term Expiring 1968: Seth Macon, Greensboro; Jack Porter, Raleigh; John Ryberg, Smithfield; Henry Stough, Aulander,

Term Expiring 1969: Alden Angline, Asheville; Ted Key, Winston-Salem; Bob Shepherd, Mooresville; Thomas C. Womble, Jr., Bladenboro.

Term Expiring 1970: Mrs. Robert J. Andrews, Wilmington; Frank Campbell, Statesville; Roscoe McNeill, North Wilkesboro; Vivian Parks, Durham.

Term Expiring 1971: Max Linnens, Boiling Springs; Vassar Shearon, Roles- ville; Bob Poole, Elizabeth City, T. Robert MuUinax, Cary.

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BAPTIST FOUNDATION

Authorized by Baptist State Convention, November 12, 1919 Organized, December 15, 1919 First Meeting of Directors, November 17, 1920 C. Gordon Maddrey, Director, Raleigh

Board of Directors Claude Gaddy, Chairman Term Expiring 1968: L. O. Branch, Durham; Garland Johnson, Elkin; J. O. Williams, Concord.

Term Expiring 1969: L. H. Beck, Fuquay Springs, Charles Larkin, Kinston; William Wyatt, Jr., Raleigh.

Term Expiring 1970: Charles C. Coffey, Kannapolis; Mrs. Charles D. Fornay, Jr., Lawn dale; Gilbert T, Stephenson, Pendleton.

Term Expiring 1971: Peyton J. Brown, Raleigh, Claude F. Gaddy, Raleigh; Sam Wilson, Greensboro.

Term Expiring 1972: Jack Taylor, Aberdeen; Lloyd Griffin, Raleigh; Joe Moore, Belmont.

TRUSTEES OF COLLEGES

CAMPBELL COLLEGE Opened as Buie's Creek Academy, January 5, 1887 Became Buie's Creek Junior College, August 21, 1926 Authorized by Baptist State Convention to become Campbell College December 17, 1926 New Charter Campbell College adopted by Trustees, April 7, 1927 Campbell College began a senior college program with the junior year class in the year 1961 N. A. Wiggins, President

Board of Trustees W. M. WoMBLE, Chairman Term Expiring 1968: Robert Culler, High Point; Jack M. Euliss, Burlington; Romulus A. Hedgepeth, Lumberton; Miss Margaret Louise Johnson, Raleigh; Randall LoUey, Winston-Salem; George Simmons, Hillsborough; Charles Whit- ley, Mt. Olive.

Term Expiring 1969: James L. Austin, Clinton; Raymond A. Bryan, Jr., Goldsboro; Donald Clayton, Fayetteville; Marion L. Eakes, Greensboro; P. S. Jones, Rocky Mount; Fred Keith, St. Pauls; Willis Kivett, Southern Pines.

Term Expiring 1970: Allen Bailey, Charlotte; Mrs. Clayton Fulcher, Jr., At- lantic; Colon Jackson, Fayetteville; Mrs. W. H. Jones, Kinston; B. Y. Tyner, Raleigh; Jack B. Wilder, Greensboro; William M. Womble, Sanford,

Term Expiring 1971: Brantley C. Booe, Winston-Salem; Robert A. Harris, Spray; J. Addison Hill, Burlington; Howard Holly, Burgaw; Mrs. Robert Pomeranz, Sanford; J. Brian Scott, Rocky Mount; Dane E. Stewart, Raleigh; Mrs. J. Hunter Strickland, Four Oaks; Fred Taylor, Troy.

CHOWAN COLLEGE Founded and opened for students as Chowan Female Institute, October 11, 1848 First called Chowan Female College Institute in 1851 First called Chowan Baptist Female Institute in 1868 Became Chowan College, May 17, 1910 Changed to a Junior College, September, 1937 Bruce E. Whitaker, President, Murfreesboro

Board of Trustees H. D. White, Chairman Term Expiring 1968: Joe E. Eagles, Macclesfield; John C. Gill, Jr., William- ston; Herbert Jenkins, Jr., Aulander; William R. Raynor, Ahoskie; J. Guy Revelle, Jr., Murfreesboro; Russell Stephenson, Wilson; Dewey Wells, Elizabeth City.

Term Expiring 1969: Mrs. C. W. Beasley, Colerain; H. Douglas White, Rocky Mount; Roland L. Garrett, Elizabeth City; A. B. Whitley, Jr., Greenville; W. Raleigh Parker, Sr., Woodland; Edwin L. Williams, Kinston; Clarence E. Godwin, Oxford.

Term Expiring 1970: Charles R. Revelle, Sr., Murfreesboro; J. E. Ferebee, Camden; Charles Lee Smith, Jr., Raleigh; Frank S. Pittman, Scotland Neck; Ollie M. Brown, Ahoskie; Mrs. Lois A. Daniel, Wake Forest; Bennie Pledger, Colerain.

Term Expiring 1971: A. J. Watkins, Henderson; Ronald W. Crow, Greensboro; Oscar Creech, Ahoskie; E. R. Evans, Sr., Ahoskie; Mrs. William C. Roberts, Roles- ville; Thomas H. Caulkins, Goldsboro; Mrs. Russell Wiley, Washington.

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GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE Chartered first as Boiling Springs High School, Incorporated, December 2, 1905 Opened as Boiling Springs Junior College, September 3, 1928 The name was changed and a new charter granted to Gardner-Webb Junior College, Inc., June, 1942 Charter amended in conformity to the Constitution of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, November, 1946 Admitted to the North Carolina Baptist State Convention at the Convention held in Asheville, November 21, 1946 Eugene E. Poston, President, Boiling Springs

Board of Trustees

R. Patrick Spangler, Chairman, Shelby

Term Expiring 1968: H. Paul Bridges, Cliff side; H. Max Craig, Stanley; T. W. Estes, Winston-Salem; G. B. Harrill, Forest City; Vance Huggins, Char- lotte; G. P. Nanney, Gastonia; J. Roy Robinson, Hickory.

Term Expiring 1969: Arthur C. Garrison, Charlotte; Earl T. Groves, Gas- tonia; Garrie L. Kendrick, Mount Holly; Forest C. Roberts, Sr., Gastonia; Rob- ert B. Scruggs, Tryon; Wade H. Short, Ellenboro; R. Patrick Spangler, Shelby.

Term Expiring 1970: J. Toliver Davis, Forest City; Ralph W. Gardner, Shelby; John Gibson, Dallas; J. L. Nichols, Jr., Wallace; D. A. Rawley, Sr., High Point; Hobart C. Smith, Charlote; Henry B. Stokes, Tryon.

Term Expiring 1971: James Beason, Boiling Springs; Lloyd C. Bost, Shelby; Reed Gasking, Charlotte; Brodie Griffith, Charlotte; Boyce Grindstaff, Forest City; W. T. Hendrix, Winston-Salem; A. T. Withrow, Charlotte.

MARS HILL COLLEGE

First commencement or exhibition as French Broad Baptist Institute, July 4, 1857 Chartered Mars Hills College, February 16, 1859 Opened as Mars Hill Junior College, August 14, 1922 Mars Hill College began a senior college program with the Junior year class in the year of 1962 Fred B, Bentley, President, Mars Hill

Board of Trustees W. R. Chambers, Chairman

Term Expiring 1968: Hoke Coon, Lexington; Henry Crouch, Winston-Salem; C. G. Fox, Hickory; Robert L. Garrison, Charlotte; J. W. Jackson, Henderson- ville; Cecil Lee Porter, North Wilkesboro; Ernest Stines, Canton.

Term Expiring 1969: Emory C. McCall, Lenoir; Mrs. Burette Myers, States- ville; Robert Owen, Canton; Tommy Payne, Greenville; Ula Stroupe, Mount Holly; C. C. Wall, Sr., Lexington; W. Glenn Watts, Statesville.

Term Expiring 1970: Haynes Baird, Charlotte; Carl Meares, Fair Bluff; W. R. Chambers, Marion; W. O. Duck, Mars Hill; C. C. Harrell, Morganton, Nane Starnes, Asheville; Robert Wren, Gastonia.

Term Expiring 1971: Walter Gibson, High Point; John H. Knight, West Ashe- ville; C. Ray Lawrence, Boone; Mrs. George Pennell, Asheville; Ralph H. Ramsey, Brevard; Robert Seymour, Chapel Hill; Keith Snyder, Lenoir.

MEREDITH COLLEGE

Incorporated as Baptist Female University of North Carolina, February 27, 1891

Opened for students, September 27, 1899 By legislative enactment became Baptist University for Women, January 20, 1905 Became Meredith College by legislative enactment, January 24, 1911 E. Bruce Heilman, President, Raleigh

Board of Trustees L. M. Massey, Chairman, Zebulon

Term Expiring 1968: Edwin S. Coates, Raleigh; R. W. Kicklighter, Elizabeth City; L. M. Massey, Zebulon; Donald G. Myers, Reidsville; Mrs. Charles Norwood, Goldsboro; W. Roy Poole, Kinston; W. Fred Williams, Greensboro.

Term Expiring 1969: Douglas Aldrich, Gastonia; Raymond A. Bryan, Golds- boro; C. C. Cameron, Charlotte; Elizabeth J. Dotterer, Sanford; Hayden B. Hayes, Hickory; Mrs. James W. Reid, Raleigh; E. T. Rollins, Jr., Durham.

Term Expiring 1970: Charles B. Deane, Rockingham; Mrs. T. B. Knight, Madison; J. R. Noffsinger, Winston-Salem; Bland B. Pruitt, Louisburg; E. L. Rankin, Jr., Raleigh; Jack A. Sneeden, Wilmington; Henry Turlington, Chapel Hill.

Term Expiring 1971: Mrs. Walter E. Clark, Asheville; Mrs. Egbert Davis, Winston-Salem; Basil Hill, Roxboro; Bertram A. Jones, Raleigh; Seby B. Jones, Raleigh; Joe Savage, Spring Hope; Owen Meredith Smaw, New Bern; W. H. Trentman, Raleigh; Straughan H. Watkins, Henderson.

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WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Opened as Wake Forest Institute, February 3, 1834 Chartered as Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, December 28, 1838 Bowman Gray Medical School of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, officially opened, July 1, 1941, and the first class of students began work, September 10, 1941 Wake Forest College authorized by special session of Convention meeting in Greensboro, July 30, 1946, to move to Winston-Salem First session in Winston-Salem began with the summer term, June 18, 1956 Wake Forest College became a university June 12, 1967 J. R. Scales, President, Winston-Salem

Board of Trustees Leon L. Rice, Jr., Chairman, Winston-Salem

Term Expiring 1968: Murchison Biggs, Lumberton; Henry L. Bridges, Raleigh; Wade E. Brown, Raleigh; William J. Conrad, Winston-Salem; John S. Dilday, Durham; G. Maurice Hill, Drexel; J. Dewey Hobbs, Jr., Marion; Robert L. Holt, Greenville; W. Boyd Owen, Waynesville.

Term Expiring 1969: R. Knolan Benfield, Morganton; Rexford R. Campbell, West Jefferson; Mrs. Leo Carr, Burlington; J. Sam Holbrook, Statesville; Lex Marsh, Charlotte; James W. Mason, Laurinburg; George W. Paschal, Jr., Ra- leigh; Leon L. Rice, Jr., Winston-Salem; Joseph P. Smith, Gastonia.

Term Expiring 1970: Claude U. Broach, Charlotte; Marion J. Davis, Winston- Salem; C. O. Greene, Lawndale; John C. Hamrick, Shelby; C. C. Hope, Jr., Char- lotte; Claude A. McNeill, Jr., Elkin; James R. Nance, Fayetteville; J. Robert Philpott, Lexington; James B. Turner, Jr., Raleigh.

Term Expiring 1971: William L. Bingham, Lexington; E. Lee Cain, Winston- Salem; Thomas H. Davis, Winston-Salem; Walter E. Greer, Jr., Greensboro; Riley M. Jordan, Raeford; J. Everette Miller, Raleigh; Carlton S. Prickett, Bur- lington; Samuel C. Tatum, Greensboro; Lonnie Boyd Williams, Wilmington.

WINGATE COLLEGE

Authorized by Union Baptist Association, 1895 Opened, 1896; Chartered, 1897 From its founding until 1923 operated and controlled by trustees from the Union and surrounding Baptist associations Since 1923 owned by Baptist State Convention of North Carolina In 1949 the trustees were first appointed by the Baptist State Convention of

North Carolina BuDD E. Smith, President, Wingate

Board of Trustees

E. D. Gaskins, Chairman, Monroe

Term Expiring 1968: J. A. Burris, Lincolnton; W. B. Carr, Matthews; E. D. Gaskins, Monroe; Thomas H. Leath, Rockingham; C. O. Milford, Charlotte; Fred Sandusky, Wake Forest; D. O. Tice, Greensboro.

Term Expiring 1969: W. L. Bennett, Wadesboro; Roy L. Holbrook, Albemarle; G. Carl Lewis, Rockingham; James Richardson, Laurinburg, Glenn Rushing, Marshville; Bruce M. Simpson, Monroe.

Term Expiring 1970: Howard Boozer, Raleigh; J. Herbert Bridges, Charlotte; William Burton, Charlotte; W. T. Harris, Charlotte; Raiford Miller, Concord; T. B. Rushing, Marshville; Lindsay S. Wall, Winston-Salem.

Term Expiring 1971: Grady Gaulk, Monroe; Fred B. Helms, Charlotte; Ful- ton A. Huntley, Wadesboro; Albert S. Lineberry, Sr., Greensboro; Croson B. Miller, Albemarle; W. E. Spears, Jr., High Point; Richard A. Williams, Maiden.

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSEMBLY

Acquired by purchase from the Federal Government in 1949 Fred J. Smith, Manager, Southport

FRUITLAND BAPTIST BIBLE INSTITUTE AND FRUITLAND CAMP

Gary Harthcock, Director, Hendersonville

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION

Auxiliary to the Baptist State Convention

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield, President, Morganton Term Expiring 1968: Mrs. Lynn Buckner, Candler; Mrs. Anne Brooks, Mon- roe; Mrs. Paunee Byrd, Asheville; Mrs. A. L. Stancil, Rocky Mount; Mrs. Walter Ward, Corapeake; Mrs. H. B. Whitley, Whiteville; Mrs. D. D. Williamson, Wilkesboro.

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Term Expiring 1969: Mrs. Hoyle Allred, Gastonia; Mrs. J. F. Gilreath, Jr., Charlotte; Mrs. C. D. Forney, Lawndale; Mrs. Earl Harden. Burlington; Mrs. Leland Kitchin, Sr., Scotland Neck; Mrs. C. Gordon Maddrey, Raleigh.

Term Expiring 1970: Mrs. Boyce Brooks, Boone; Mrs, G. Carl Lewis, Second Vice-President, Rockingham; Mrs. Hugh Noffsinger, Jr., Wilmington; Mrs. A. L. Parker, Greensboro; Mrs. Judson Rotan, Sylva.

Term Expiring 1971: Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield, President, Morganton; Mrs. Oren Bradley, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Gilmer Cross, First Vice-President, Goldsboro; Mrs. W. K. McGee, Winston-Salem.

Term Expiring 1972: Mrs. Hubert Mumford, Recording Secretary, Durham; Mrs. Jeneal Teander, Assistant Recording Secretary, Raleigh; Mrs. C. C. Warren, Charlotte.

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST PASTOR'S CONFERENCE

Officers for 1968 John Knight, President, Asheville M. O. Owens, Jr., Vice-President, Gastonia Jack Wilder, Treasurer, Greensboro Don Braxton, Secretary, Spruce Pine David Byler, Music Director, Hickory John Laverty, Organist, Durham

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONARIES' CONFERENCE

Officers for 1968

Floyd A. Rhyne, President William H. Spradlin, First Vice-President Clifton J. Dunevant, Second Vice-President Fred B. Lunsford, Third Vice-President Lewis Ludlum, Secretary-Treasurer John F. Wright, Pianist Raymond Moore, Chorister Mrs Ruth Prince, Public Relations Director

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD

Officers for 1968 C. R. Shields, President, Rocky Mount Buford T. Henderson, Vice-President, Winston-Salem Cecil U. Faulkner, Secretary, Henderson

NORTH CAROLINA CHAPLAINS' ASSOCIATION

Officers for 1968

David Wilkinson, President, Charlotte William C. Spong, Vice-President Ralph Miller, Secretary-Treasurer, Morganton L. L. McGee, Custodian of Archives, Winston-Salem

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND MUSIC CONFERENCE

Officers for 1968 Fred Kelly, President, 1st Baptist, Winston-Salem Norman Brisson, Vice-President, 1st Baptist, Kannapolis Miss Anna Rivers, Secretary -Treasurer, 1st Baptist, Concord Section Leaders Music, Elwood Coggin, Enderly Park Baptist, Charlotte Education, Joe West, Immanuel, Greensboro Youth, Richard Brown, Sunday School, Baptist State Convention Elementary, Mrs. R. W. Page, First Baptist, Asheville Secretary, Miss Pat Hardin, First, Greensboro

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MINISTERS' WIVES' CONFERENCE

Mrs. Douglas Aldridge, President, Gastonia Mrs. Coit Troutman, Vice-President, Charlotte Mrs. Jack Weaver, Secretary-Treasurer, Morehead City

Mrs. Rodney Beals, Publicity Chairman, Wendell Mrs. James Pharr, Regional Representative , High Point Mrs. Curtis Burge, Reginoal Representative, Waynesville Mrs. Colon Jackson, Regional Representative, Fayetteville

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DIRECTORY OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

The Convention was organized May 8, 1945, and held its first meeting in Augusta, Georgia.

The 1943 and 1945 Conventions were deferred by the Southern Baptist Con- vention Executive Committee in view of war restrictions on travel.

The 1967 session was held in Miami Beach, Florida, May 30-June 2, 1967.

Future sessions to be held in Houston, Texas, June 11-14, 1968; New Orleans, Louisiana, May 20-23, 1969; Denver, Colorado, June 2-5, 1970; St. Louis, Missouri, June 1-4, 1971; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 5-9, 1972.

Officers of the Convention:

President: Henry Franklin Paschall, First Baptist Church, 7th and Broad- way, Nashville, Tennessee.

First Vice-President: Landrum P. Leavell, II, 1200 Ninth, Wichita FaUs, Texas.

Second Vice-President: John A. Abernathy, 1928 Hobson Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Recording Secretary: Clifton Judson Allen, 127 Ninth Avenue, North, Nash- ville, Tennessee 37203.

Registration Secretary: William Frederick Kendall, 1812 Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.

Treasurer: Porter Wroe Routh, 460 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee.

Executive Committee:

Porter W. Routh, Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Nashville, Tennessee. North Carolina Members: Nane Starnes, Asheville; Claude F. Gaddy, Raleigh; E. W. Price, Jr., High Point.

Boards of the Convention:

Foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Virginia, Baker J. Cauthen, Executive Secretary. North Carolina Members: Howard J. Ford, Raleigh; Mrs. W. K. McGee, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Carl E. Bates, Charlotte.

Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Georgia, Arthur B. Rutledge, Executive Sec- retary. North Carolina Members: Carl E. Bates, Charlotte; Joseph S. Lennon, Aberdeen; Mrs. A. L. Parker, Greensboro.

Annuity Board, Dallas, Texas, R. Alton Reed, Executive Secretary. North Carolina Members: A. Warren Huyck, Lumberton; R. N. Simms, Jr., Raleigh; James P. Marsh, Boone.

Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tennessee, James L. SuUivan, Executive Secretary. North Carolina Members: William Henry Crouch, Winston- Salem; Claude U. Broach, Charlotte; James S. Potter, Charlotte.

Institutions of the Convention:

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Duke K. McCall, President, Louis- ville, Kentucky. North Carolina Members of the Board of Trustees: A. Douglas Aldrich, Gastonia; Henry D. Ward, Lumberton; J. Boyce Brooks, Boone.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Robert E. Naylor, President,

Fort Worth, Texas. North Carolina Member of the Board of Trustees:

Joe Burnette, Charlotte. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Harold K. Graves, President.

North Carolina Member of the Board of Trustees: Charles C. Coffey,

Kannapolis.

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Olin T. Binkley, President,

Wake Forest, North Carolina. North Carolina Members of the Board of

Trustees: Term Expiring 1968: John W. Gore, Rockingham; Wilbur A.

Huneycutt, Valdese. Term Expiring 1969 : Claude B. Bowen, Greensboro;

Emery B. Denny, Raleigh. Term Expiring 1970; Nash H. Underwood,

Wake Forest; A. J. Hewett, Greensboro. Term Expiring 1971 : W. Perry

Crouch, Raleigh; Carlos L. Young, Shelby. Term Expiring 1972 : Henry L.

Bridges, Raleigh; James F. Heaton, Raleigh. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Millard J. Berquist, President,

Kansas City, Missouri. North Carolina Member of the Board of Trustees:

James C. Cammack, Fayetteville. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, H. Leo Eddleman, President,

New Orleans, Louisiana. North Carolina Member of the Board of

Trustees: Mrs. C. C. Warren, Charlotte. Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. North Carolina Member

of the Board of Trustees: Howard G. Dawkins, Concord. Southern Baptist Foundation, Kendall Berry, Executive Secretary-Treasurer,

Nashville, Tennessee. North Carolina Member of the Board of Directors:

Peyton Brown, Raleigh.

Commissions of the Convention

Education Commission, Rabun L. Brantley, Executive Secretary, Nashville,

Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Ben C. Fisher, Raleigh. Christian Life Commission, Foy Valentine, Executive Secretary, Nashville,

Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Robert Seymour, Chapel Hill.

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Radio and Television Commission, Paul M. Stevens, Director, Fort Worth, Texas. North Carolina Members: J. Marse Grant, Raleigh; Billy Graham, Montreat.

Commission on the American Baptist Theological Seminary: Rabun L. Brantley, Acting Executive Secretary-Treasurer.

Historical Commission, Davis C. Woolley, Executive Secretary, Nashville, Tennessee. North Carolina Member: George J. Griffin, Winston-Salem.

Brotherhood Commission, George W. Schroeder, Executive Secretary- Treasurer, Memphis, Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Lin Fincan- non, Elkin.

Stewardship Commission, Merrill D. Moore, Executive Director, Nashville, Tennessee. North Carolina Member: Albert S. Lineberry, Greensboro.

Members from North Carolina on Standing S. B. C. Committees:

Committee on Denominational Calendar, Dan D. Bryson, Joplin, Missouri,

Chairman. No Members from North Carolina. Committee on Order of Business: J. Norris Palmer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,

Chairman. No Members from North Carolina. Committee on Public Affairs, C. Emanuel Carlson, Executive Secretary, Washington, D. C. North Carolina Member: Charles B. Deane, Rock- ingham.

North Carolina Members of Special Committees of the Convention to Report in 1968:

Committee on Baptist State Papers, Herschel H. Hobbs, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Chairman; J. Marse Grant, Raleigh.

Committee on Canadian Baptist Cooperation, Arthur B. Rutledge, Chair- man, Atlanta, Georgia. No Members from North Carolina.

Committee on Boards: T. T. Crabtree, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Chair- man; Henry B. Stokes, Tryon; David Mashbum, Lumberton.

Officers of the Woman's Misisonary Union:

Organized May 14, 1888, an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, Headquarters, Birmingham, Alabama. Miss Alma Hunt, Executive Sec- retary; North Carolina President, Mrs. R. Knolan Benfield, Morganton.

BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE

Dr. William R. Tolbert, Jr., President, 25 Benson Street, Monrovia, Liberia Dr. Josef Nordenhaug, General Secretary Headquarters: 1628 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Organized London, England, 1905. First session, London, England, July 11-19, 1905. Last ses- sion, Miami Beach, Florida, 1965. Next session, Tokyo, Japan, 1970.

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CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE

For the declaration of its fundamental purposes and the perma- nent guidance and control of its activities, the body does adopt the following as its Constitution, to wit:

ARTICLE I. Name

The name of this body is the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

ARTICLE II. Purposes

The object of this Convention shall be to promote missions, evangelism, education, social services, the distribution of the Bible and sound religious literature, and to co-operate with the work of the Southern Baptist Convention.

ARTICLE III. Authority

While independent and sovereign in its own sphere, the Con- vention does not claim and will never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist body, whether church, auxiliary organization, association, or Convention.

ARTICLE IV. Composition

The Convention shall be composed of

(1) Two messengers from each co-operating church, and one additional messenger from each church for every hundred members or major fraction thereof, beyond the first one hundred members; provided, that no church shall be entitled to more than ten mes- sengers. No one shall be a messenger who is not a member of a church co-operating with the Convention, and messengers must be duly elected by their churches; a co-operating church shall be one that supports any object of the Convention and which is in friendly cooperation with this Convention and sympathetic with its purpose and work; and (2) The officers of the Convention, the members of the General Board, the editor of the Biblical Recorder, and the President of the Woman's Missionary Union.

ARTICLE V. Meetings

The Convention shall convene annually on Monday after the sec- ond Sunday in November at 7:00 p.m. In case of emergency the General Board is empowered to change the time or place of meet- ing, cancel the sessions of the Convention, or call a special meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present when the vote is taken.

ARTICLE VI. Officers

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Secretary-Treasurer, three Trustees, and a Parliamentarian. The terms of the President, the Vice-President and the Parliamentarian shall commence at the conclusion of the annual session at which they are elected and continue until the close of the next annual session of the Convention. The President and Vice-Presidents ma>' not be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The election of all officers subject to annual election shall be on the afternoon of the first full day of the annual Convention, but the elections may be completed, if necessary, on the morning of the second full day. A vacancy in any of the above-mentioned offices, except that of Presi- dent, occurring between sessions of the Convention may be filled by the General Board; such vacancies in the presidency shall be filled by the Vice-Presidents succeeding to the office in order of their rank.

a. In case of a vacancy in the office of General Secretary-Trea- surer, the General Board shall nominate a man to the Convention to fill this office.

b. Opportunity shall be given to receive additional nominations from the floor of the Convention.

c. The man receiving the majority of votes cast shall be declared elected. Upon election, the General Secretary-Treasurer shall hold office for an indefinite period, with retirement at age 65, his term of service ending on December 31 of the calendar year in which he reaches age 65.

d. In case the position of General Secretary-Treasurer becomes vacant between sessions of the Convention, the General Board, upon the recommendation of its Executive Committee, shall name an acting General Secretary-Treasurer to serve until the next regular session of the Convention.

The General Secretary-Treasurer is the chief executive officer of the General Board, the chief administrative and program officer of the General Board staff, the chief budget officer of the General Board staff, the chief professional adviser of the General Board and its committees, the secretary and treasurer of the General Board and the Convention, and one of the denomination's spiritual leaders, providing statewide guidance and inspiration.

The General Secretary-Treasurer and the President of the Con- vention shall serve ex-officio without voting on all committees and aid by furnishing information, printed materials and needed guid- ance for the work of the committees.

ARTICLE VII. Trustees of the Convention

The Convention shall have three trustees who shall serve for one year and shall hold title to the property of the Convention and con- vey and use the same as directed by the Convention, its General Board or Executive Committee. They shall execute obligations only in behalf of and as ordered by the Convention. They shall have the powers granted to trustees of religious societies by the laws of the State of North Carolina, but subject always to the limitations im- posed by this Constitution and by action of the Convention, its

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General Board or Executive Committee. They shall require the Treasurer of the Convention to give suitable bond, with corporate security and in adequate amount as determined by the General Board, and they shall cause such bonds to be safely kept. Failure on the part of the Treasurer to maintain such a bond in force for as long a period as ten days shall authorize the Trustees to remove him from office. The Trustees shall make full, detailed reports to the annual sessions of the Convention and at other times if requested by the General Board. They shall safely keep the seal of the Convention and affix it only as authorized by the Convention, its General Board or Executive Committee. The seal shall be circular in form and shall bear the words:

"Trustees of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, In- corporated 1893.

SEAL."

The Trustees shall keep full minutes of all their meetings and preserve the same in permanent forms. They shall elect their own Chairman and Secretary. Any vacancy occurring in their member- ship between sessions of the Convention shall be filled by the General Board.

ARTICLE Vm. The General Board

A. Membership

1. One member shall be elected from the area of each District Association; one additional member from each District Association with a membership of 20,000 to 40,000; and one additional member from any District Association with a membership of more than 40,000; ten members to be elected at large, one from each region of the state, these ten to be nominated by the convention nominating committee; with a limit of one member from any church and three members from any association.

2. The President and First and Second Vice-Presidents of the Convention shall be ex-officio voting members of the General Board and its Executive Committee. These members, selected by virtue of their Convention offices, shall not be used in determining the number of members from a District Association or church.

3. The General Secretary-Treasurer, the Recording Secretary, the State Woman's Missionary Union President, and the State Brotherhood President shall be ex-officio non voting members.

4. Members of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina who are not then serving as elected members of the General Board shall be non-voting, ex-officio members of the General Board.

5. No one who is employed by any institution or agency of the convention, whether the salary be total or supplemental, shall be eligible for membership on the General Board except as an ex- officio member.

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from which he was elected to another in the state, his membership shall be terminated on December 31.

7. Any vacancy on the General Board occurring between an- nual sessions of the Convention may be filled by action of the Executive Committee. Those elected shall serve through the re- mainder of the calendar year. The Convention shall at its next regular annual session fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

B. Election

1. The Nominating Committee, as directed by the By-Laws of the Convention and in keeping with Baptist policies and practices, shall present to the annual session a slate of nominees for election, and after opportunity for further nominations from the floor is given, the members shall be elected by the Convention in session.

2. Board members shall be elected for a term of four years with, as nearly as may be possible, one-fourth of the membership being elected at each annual session, provided, however, that any such board member who shall have been elected to fill a vacancy of less than two years, shall be eligible to be re-elected to a full term of his own.

C. Powers and Functions

Except as specifically limited by the constitution, the General Board shall have the power to act for the Convention in the interim between sessions, and shall have general supervision of all agencies and institutions fostered and supported by the Convention.

ARTICLE IX. Institutions and Agencies of the Convention

A. Trustees and directors of the Convention's Agencies and In- stitutions.

The charter of every institution owned or supported in whole or in part by the Convention shall contain the following provisions :

1. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina shall elect the trustees and directors of said corporation for terms of four years, except that the Directors of the Baptist Foundation shall be elected for terms of five years. At the first election by the Conven- tion one-fourth of the board of trustees or directors shall be elected to serve for one year, one-fourth for two years, one-fourth for three years, and the remaining one-fourth for four years. At each subsequent regular annual session of the Convention one-fourth of the Board of Trustees or Directors of said corporation shall be elected by the Convention to succeed the members of said Board retiring.

2. The trustees and directors shall be responsible to the Con- vention for the operation of its institutions in accordance with Baptist principles; report of work done and undertaken shall be made annually to the Convention; any change in the charter of any institution which would affect, alter or change the purpose of the

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institution or the relationship of the institution or its board of trustees to the Convention shall have the prior approval of the Convention. No change of policy shall be made without securing the prior approval of the Convention or its General Board; no program shall be inaugurated which might involve the Convention directly or indirectly in a debt, without securing the prior ap- proval of the Convention.

3. The members of the Board of Trustees or Directors of said corporation shall be residents of the State of North Carolina and members of churches co-operating with the Convention.

4. Removal of a member of a Board of Trustees or Directors.

If for any reason a member of a Board shall cease to be a mem- ber of a church co-operating with the Convention or shall remove his residence from the State, his membership on any Board shall be thereby terminated. Any vacancy on a Board shall be filled by the remaining members until the next regular annual session of the Convention, and the Convention shall at its next regular annual session fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Board of Trustees or Directors of said corporation by affirmative vote of three-fourths of the entire membership given in regular annual meeting or in a special meeting called for the purpose, shall have the power to remove from office any trustee or director of such corporation for cause considered sufficient by such Board, but only after reasonable notice to such trustee or director and opportunity to be heard by the Board. The Convention shall have the right to remove any trustee or director for cause considered sufficient by the Convention, but only after reasonable notice to such trustee or director, and opportunity for him to be heard by the Convention. Notice of such contemplated action and hearing by the Convention may be given by the Executive Committee of the General Board of the Con- vention.

5. The trustees or directors of the institutions and agencies of the Convention shall be elected by the Convention after receiving nominations from the Convention's Nominating Committee or from the floor. The trustees and directors of all institutions owned and supported by the Convention shall make an annual report to the above committee of all vacancies to be filled.

B. Baptist Foundation

The Baptist Foundation shall be operated by fifteen directors who shall serve for five-year terms. One-fifth of the directors shall be elected annually by the Convention. The purposes of the Founda- tion shall be to receive, hold and administer donations of money and property which charitable-minded persons may leave to it from time to time.

C. Council on Christian Higher Education

1. The Council shall be composed of the members of the General Board comprising the Christian Higher Education Committee, to- gether with the President, Dean, and chairman of the trustees of

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each of the colleges receiving funds from the Convention, and as ex-officio members: the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Baptist State Convention, the President of the Convention, the President of the General Board, and the President of the WMU. The chairman of the General Board's committee on Christian Higher Education shall be president of the Council; and the Director of the Division of Christian Higher Education of the General Board shall serve as secretary of the Council. The duties and powers of the Council shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Convention.

2. Representatives on the Council from the colleges will not have voting power in the allocation of funds. No member of the Council who occupies a salaried position with the Convention or its institu- tions or its auxiliary shall have a vote on appropriations that may be made to the institutions; and all appropriations agreed upon shall be subject to the approval of the General Board.

D. Council on Christian Social Services

1. The Council shall be composed of the members of the Christian Social Services Committee of the General Board; the administrators of the North Carolina Baptist Children's Homes, the North Carolina Homes, Incorporated, and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital; the presidents of the Boards of Trustees of these institutions; the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention, the President of the General Board and the President of the Woman's Missionary Union. The Chairman of the General Board's Committee on Christian Social Services shall be President of the Council, and the Director of the Division of Christian Social Services of the General Board, when chosen, shall serve as secretary of the Council. The duties and powers of the Council shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Con- vention.

2. Representatives on the Council from the institutions will not have voting power in the allocation of funds. No member of the Council who occupies a salaried position with the Convention or its institutions or its auxiliary shall have a vote on appropriations that may be made to the institutions; and all appropriations agreed upon shall be subject to the approval of the General Board.

ARTICLE X. Concerning Debts

All borrowing by the Convention for its own use, or for its institutions or agencies, or borrowings by any institution or agency of the Convention, the payment of which would require an extension of time beyond the close of the subsequent fiscal year, shall be authorized only on the following terms and condition:

A. The General Board shall have authority to borrow money in anticipation of current revenue, provided that any unpaid balance of such borrowing at the end of the current fiscal year shall be provided for in and made a part of the budget for the subsequent fiscal year.

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B. No institution or agency of the Convention shall encum- ber its property or change its status with respect to the Convention without authority from the Convention. Institutions and agencies of the Convention, subject to the approval of the General Board, shall have authority to borrow money in anticipation of current revenue, provided that any unpaid balance of such borrowing at the end of the current fiscal year shall be provided for in and made a part of the budget for the subsequent current year.

C. Any and all resolutions which propose the borrowing of money shall set forth all pertinent facts and a definite schedule for re- payment. Such requests shall be sent to the Executive Committee or General Board by October 1 of each year for recommendation to the Convention. These recommendations shall be included in the General Board's report and subject to the rules concerning the adoption of this report.

(1) Notice of any and all contemplated borrowings shall appear in the Biblical Recorder in three separate issues in advance of the meeting of the Convention during which it is proposed that action be taken.

(2) Any and all resolutions which propose the borrowing of money shall set forth all pertinent facts and definite schedule for repayment. Such requests shall be sent to the Executive Committee or General Board by October 1 of each year for recommendation to the Convention. These recommendations shall be included in the General Board's report and subject to the rules concerning the adoption of this report.

ARTICLE XI. Miscellaneous

A. The Convention's fiscal year shall close on December 31.

B. The members of the boards of trustees and directors of the institutions and agencies of the convention shall be distributed as widely as practicable. The term of office of a trustee who has not resigned, died, become disqualified, or been removed shall not expire until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

No individual shall serve on any board, institution, or agency, who is at the same time holding membership on any other board, in- stitution, or agency. Not more than three members of any board of any institution or agency supported wholly or in part by the Convention shall be members of the same church.

C. Individuals, churches and associations, or others desiring the assistance and co-operation of the Baptists of the Convention in any work not already fostered by the Convention shall present such project to the agency under which it should be properly placed. If the agency fails or refuses to approve it, it may be presented to the Convention under miscellaneous business or as a special order.

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the Federal or State governments or any governmental agency, except for definite and full services rendered by the institution or agency and by and with the approval of the Convention or its General Board.

ARTICLE XII. Woman's Missionary Union

The Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina is recognized as an auxiliary of this Convention whose accomplishments and po- tentialities in good works are appreciated as being of immeasurable power to our Christian cause.

ARTICLE XIII. Amendments

This Constitution may be changed or amended on the second full day of any annual session of the Convention by a two-thirds vote of the registered messengers present when the vote is taken, provided that notice of any and all amendments to the Constitution shall ap- pear in the Biblical Recorder in two separate issues in advance of the meeting of the Convention in which the proposed action is to be taken.

ARTICLE XIV. Validate

The adoption of this new Constitution shall not invalidate any action validly taken by or in behalf of the Convention or any of its institutions or agencies prior to the date this new Constitution be- comes effective.

BYLAWS

The work of the Convention shall be governed by the following bylaws :

ARTICLE I. Duties of Officers of the Convention

A. The president shall preside over the deliberations of the Convention and discharge such other duties as are imposed upon him by the Convention or as are incumbent on the presiding officer of a deliberative body. He shall in advance of the meeting of the Convention and with the assistance of the Vice-Presidents appoint a Committee on Enrollment consisting of nine members and a Committee on Committees consisting of fifteen members. He may appoint other committees when so directed by the body. He shall also serve ex-officio as a voting member of the General Board and its Executive Committee. He shall also serve as an ex-officio non- voting member of all Convention committees.

B. The Vice-Presidents

1. In the event of the death of the President or his incapacity to serve the Vice-Presidents shall succeed him in the order of their rank; and so succeeding shall have and discharge the duties in- cumbent upon the President.

2. They shall assist the President in naming those Convention

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Committees for which he is responsible and shall serve ex-officio as voting members of the General Board and its Executive Com- mittee.

C. The Recording Secretary

The Recording Secretary shall record and preserve the proceedings of the Convention and shall prepare the copy for printing.

D. The General Secretary-Treasurer

1. The General Secretary of the Convention shall promote the whole program of the Convention, including Missions, Evangelism, Higher Education and Social Service, and may serve as adviser to all the institutions, agencies and committees of the Convention. He shall work under the direction of and be subject to the authority of the General Board; and shall have administrative supervision of such work as shall be assigned to him by the Convention or its General Board.

2. In carrying out the responsibilities of each and all these func- tions, the General Secretary-Treasurer shall:

a. Co-ordinate and evaluate General Board programs with the help of the General Board and its Executive Committee;

b. Advise and otherwise assist the General Board, the Convention and their committees and subcommittees, including the provision of direct staff help in planning meetings, preparing agenda, pre- senting analyses, facts, and recommendations;

c. Plan, co-ordinate and supervise the entire budgetary process (formulation, authorization and administration) under the direc- tion of the Executive Committee and, where appropriate, the Con- vention;

d. Assume responsibility for the administration, co-ordination and direction of General Board staff, including the recommendations of all divisions and department heads, organization of professional staff, development of professional staff position descriptions, and preparation of personnel policies;

e. Encourage staff members to make their fullest contribution to the work of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina;

f . Work on a co-operating basis with the heads of all Boards and agencies of the Convention;

g. Promote participation in and support for all North Carolina Baptist and Southern Baptist Convention programs and represent the General Board, as appropriate, to the denomination and the public.

3. As Treasurer he shall receive all funds sent him for the objects of the Conventions, and make acknowledgment of the same in the manner as the General Board may determine for the faithful per- formance of his duties. He shall sign all checks which shall be countersigned by the Business Manager and Comptroller; and both of these officers shall be bonded in such amount as shall be deter- mined by the General Board. He shall forward at least once a

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month all contributions to their destinations. He shall make an annual report of his receipts and disbursements which shall be published in the minutes of the Convention, and upon retiring from his office, he shall deliver to his successor all money, papers, books and other property belonging thereto.

4. As General Secretary he shall supervise the work of adminis- trative assistants.

E. The Parliamentarian

The Parliamentarian shall advise and assist the Presiding Officer of the Convention with respect to all matters involving proper parliamentary procedure. The Rules of Order for the Convention shall be those laid down in Robert's "Rules of Order," but in cases where the meaning may not be clear the President shall exercise his discretion, subject to appeal to the Convention.

ARTICLE II. Duties of Committees

Membership on Convention committees shall not bar one from serving as a member of the General Board, or as a director of any agency of the Convention, or as a trustee of any institution of the Convention.

Vacancies occurring in committees between sessions of the Con- vention shall be filled through appointment of the Convention President.

Nothing contained in reports to the Convention shall be con- strued as an action of the Convention except the recommendations which are definitely listed and adopted by the Convention.

The committees of the Convention shall be divided into four categories:

A. Those appointed by the President and Vice-Presidents in advance of the meeting of the Convention.

1. The Committee on Enrollment consisting of nine members whose duties it shall be to provide registration cards for messengers and visitors and have them in a suitable place several hours before the meeting of the Convention. This committee shall make a report to the assembled messengers upon the call of the President, and shall serve as a committee on credentials.

2. The Committee on Committees whose duty it shall be to nomi- nate for election by the Convention the committees listed under sections B and C below, and such other committees as may be assigned to it. At least a fair proportion of the members nominated to all committees of the Convention shall come from the rural and urban churches, and no one shall be nominated to serve on more than one committee at the same time.

B. Those to report at the session of the Convention by which they are elected.

1. A Committee on Resolutions consisting of fifteen members.

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It shall be composed of at least five members from the General Board with at least two of the five from the Executive Committee of the Board.

All resolutions presented to the Convention shall be referred to the Committee on Resolutions, except that by a two-thirds vote of the messengers present on the first or second day of the Convention, the rules may be suspended and a resolution be taken up for immediate consideration.

C. Those to report at the next regular session of the Convention.

1. The Committee on Nominations, consisting of fifteen mem- bers, five of whom shall rotate off each year. Their term of office shall begin with the adjournment of the Convention at which they are elected and shall terminate upon adjournment of the Conven- tion at which their successors are elected. No member shall be eligible to succeed himself after serving three consecutive years. The committee shall nominate a fair proportion of members from rural and urban churches to the various boards of all agencies and institutions.

a. It shall have its first meeting not later than July 1 of each calendar year and shall meet again at least once prior to the meeting of the Convention.

b. The Committee shall through its chairman, or other members upon request, invite each agency and institution of the Convention to submit to the Committee in advance of its mid-summer meeting the names of two individuals for each vacancy to occur on their boards, and request that biographical data accompany each name.

The Committee shall request of associational executive com- mittees that the associations submit the names of at least two lay persons and two ministers for each General Board vacancy to occur at the end of the year, and request that biographical data shall accompany each name. These shall be submitted to the Committee before its mid-summer meeting.

The Committee shall, through the Biblical Recorder, invite in- dividual Baptists to submit the names of individuals who would be worthy of consideration for positions on the various boards of institutions and agencies and on the General Board, and request that biographical data accompany each suggested name.

When the Committee meets to do its work it shall give careful consideration to those who have been recommended from the various sources indicated above, but will be free to follow its own best judgment in making nominations to the Convention for the boards of the agencies, institutions and the General Board.

c. It shall publish its full report in the Biblical Recorder at least one week prior to the meeting of the Convention.

2. The Committee on Convention Arrangements, consisting of nine. This committee shall be responsible:

a. for the program for the Annual Meeting.

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b. for all other matters in connection with the annual meeting not provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws.

3. Committee on Local Arrangements consisting of nine. This com- mittee shall be responsible for:

a. supervising all arrangements with the local auditorium includ- ing the securing of typewriters, (telephones, furniture and needed equipment for the session of the Annual Meeting;

b. working with Convention staff. Program Committee and Enrollment Committee of the Convention in arranging for display booths, platform, sound system and other arrangements necessary for session of the Convention.

4. The Christian Life Committee consisting of fifteen members, five of whom shall rotate off each year. A member who has served a full three-year term shall not be eligible to succeed himself.

a. The committee shall study social problems and developments, shall keep our Baptist constituency informed in this area, shall formulate statements and programs designed to promote personal righteousness and social justice, and shall report to the Baptist State Convention in annual session.

b. The committee shall co-operate and work in close relationship with the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Con- vention.

5. The Christian Action Committee, consisting of nine members, three of whom shall rotate off each year. A member having served a full three-year term shall not be eligible to succeed himself.

a. This committee shall be responsible to study such problems as alcohol, gambling, narcotics, etc., and shall through written reports and by other appropriate means keep our Baptist people informed in these areas.

b. The committee shall represent the Baptist State Convention on the Christian Action League and shall co-operate with the League in its efforts to combat social evils.

6. Committee on Memorials consisting of five. This committee shall prepare a report for the annual, including a list of deceased ministers and outstanding lay leaders of the Convention who have passed away during the current year, and call attention to the names of these persons during the annual session of the Convention. In addition, this committee may recommend to the Convention a deceased person or persons to whom the annual of the Convention may be dedicated.

7. The Historical Committee, consisting of twelve members, four of whom shall rotate off each year. A member having served a full three-year term shall not be eligible to succeed himself.

This committee shall recommend appropriate measures for the preservation of Baptist history. It shall seek to preserve the minutes and records of all Baptist bodies, churches, associations, and con-

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ventions, historical manuscripts, printed materials, including cor- respondence, and museum objects. It shall encourage the writing and publication of high-standard histories of individuals, churches, associations, and conventions. It shall recommend what historic sites, including buildings, should be properly marked and preserved when these are related to Baptist history. It shall work in close collaboration with the historical researcher employed jointly by the Baptist State Convention and Wake Forest College, who works directly with the Baptist Collection in the Wake Forest College Library. The committee shall report annually to the Baptist State Convention and shall co-operate with the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

8. The Committee on Public Affairs, consisting of nine, three of whom shall rotate off each year. A member having served a full three-year term shall not be eligible to succeed himself.

a. It shall be the duty of this committee to study developments in the area of Church-State relations, to be alert to developments within the state and nation which violate or compromise the his- toric Baptist position of a free church in a free state. It shall attend conferences and seminars where these matters are being studied and discussed. It shall report annually to the Baptist State Conven- tion and otherwise keep our people informed in this area.

b. It shall work closely with the Baptist Joint Committee, P.O.A.U. and any other groups it deems advisable in the discharge of its re- sponsibilities.

9. The Committee on Place and Preacher consisting of nine mem- bers. This committee shall recommend the preacher for the next annual session of the Convention and be responsible for recommend- ing to the Convention a place of meeting for at least two years in advance; and should consider proper accommodations and the size of the auditorium which is available.

10. The Committee on Trustee Orientation, consisting of nine members, three of whom shall rotate off each year. Their term of office shall begin at the adjournment of the Convention at which they are elected and shall terminate upon the adjournment of the Convention at which their successors are elected. No member shall be eligible to succeed himself after serving three consecutive years or one full term.

a. The committee shall be responsible for planning and promoting an annual orientation program for trustees and directors of Con- vention institutions and agencies.

b. The committee shall prepare a brief manual of instruction for use by trustees and directors of Convention institutions and agencies, and shall, as occasion requires, revise this manual.

11. The Publicity Committee, consisting of six members. Due to the peculiar character of this committee, members may be elected to succeed themselves as often as seems desirable.

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It shall be the duty of this commitee to plan for proper news cov- erage of all sessions of the Baptist State Convention, to act as liaison group between the Convention and the press, to formulate and re- lease news items growing out of the sessions of the State Conven- tion, and in general to seek to promote good relations between the denomination and the public press.

D. Special Convention Committees.

When a special committee is called for, the Resolutions Com- mittee shall study the situation to see if there is a committee or group already in existence which could appropriately attend to the matter proposed, and, if there is such a group, it shall, upon recommendation of the Resolutions Committee and vote of the Convention, be referred to them, otherwise the Resolutions Com- mittee may recommend that a special committee be set up by the Convention.

ARTICLE III. Eligibility for Membership on the General Board and on Boards of Trustees and Directors of Agencies and Institutions of the Convention

Members of the General Board and Trustees and Directors of any agency or institution of the Convention shall be members of churches co-operating with the Convention.

The term of office shall begin on January 1, following the meeting of the Convention at which members were elected; and shall end on December 31 following the Convention at which their successors were elected, unless sooner terminated.

In no case shall a member of any board serve a continuous term of more than four years, except the directors of North Carolina Baptist Foundation, in which case the continuous term shall not exceed five years, provided, however, that any such board member who shall have been elected to fill a vacancy of less than two years, shall be eligible to be re-elected to a full term of his own.

A member of a board of any institution or agency of the Con- vention having completed a full term of office shall not be eligible for re-election to membership on the same board until the lapse of one year, but shall be eligible for immediate election to mem- bership on the board of any other institution or agency of the Con- vention.

ARTICLE IV. The General Board

A. Powers and Duties of the General Board

1. The General Board shall have charge and control of all work of the Convention, including missions, evangelism, higher education, beneficences, and all other general activities, in the interim be- tween sessions of the Convention, except those activities commit- ted specifically by charter to the Boards of Trustees of its institu- tions and agencies. It shall have the power to act for the Convention in the interim between sessions of the Convention;

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and any action taken during the interim shall be binding on the Convention and reported fully to the Convention at its next session. It shall make and approve all appropriations. It shall have no power to contravene any action of the Convention nor to launch any new institutions. It may provide for the expansion of any phase of work which its income and resources may make possible. It shall have the responsibility of bringing to the Convention for its consideration recommendations concerning any phase of the work that is being done or that should be undertaken in order that the Convention may have an over-all picture of the total program of North Carolina Missionary Baptists.

2. The General Board shall make a report to the Convention of its activities during the year, including the work done by the di- visions of Missions, Christian Higher Education, and Beneficences and all other general activities. The Board shall have its report printed and ready for distribution at the first session of the Conven- tion, including reports from Education Institutions, Hospitals, Chil- dren's Homes, Homes for the Aging, Baptist Foundation, Christian Higher Education Council, Social Services Council, and all other agencies of the Convention.

3. Allocation of funds. The General Board shall recommend to the Convention the budget allocations of Cooperative Program un- designated gifts for each object of the Convention, and the amount or percentage of Cooperative Program funds to be allocated to Southern Baptist Convention causes.

4. Audit. The General Board shall employ a certified public ac- countant each year to make a complete audit of the books and accounts of the treasurer and comptroller, and it shall employ or cause to be employed a certified public accountant, or accountants, to make annual audits of all institutions of the Convention.

A copy of the annual audit of the General Board and of each institution receiving funds from the Convention shall be presented to the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention; the audit of the General Board and a summary of the other audits shall be presented to the Recording Secretary not later than thirty days after the close of the fiscal year for inclusion in the Annual of the Convention and, in the discretion of the General Board, in the Biblical Recorder.

The Executive Committee of the General Board and the General Secretary-Treasurer shall have the authority to provide the forms which will indicate what items should appear in said summary.

B. The Organization of the General Board

1. Meetings. The General Board shall meet on Tuesday and Wednesday following the third Sunday of January, and on Tuesday and Wednesday following the second Sundays of July and of October of each year, and in cases of emergency at the call of the General Secretary-Treasurer and the President of the Board or by request from a majority of the General Board members.

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2. Officers. At the January meeting of the Board the following officers shall be elected and they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified: a President, a Vice-President, and a Re- cording Secretary. At the same time the Board shall fill vacancies and elect needed new employees and shall fix the compensation of its secretaries and other employees, and all salaried officers of the Convention.

3. At the January meeting of the Board the Convention program of Missions, Evangelism, Christian Higher Education and Social Ser- vices shall be organized and promoted under the following six divi- sions, and the Executive Committee:

a. Stewardship Promotion

(1) Stewardship Promotion

(2) Program Services

b. Missions

Town and Country and Seminary Extension

Town and Metropolitan

Interracial Cooperation

Deaf Work

Special Missions

Fruitland Bible Institute

Special Committee of Missions (composed of chairmen of the above committees)

c. Evangelism

d. Church Programs

Sunday School Department Training Union Department Brotherhood Department Cooperation with Woman's Missionary Union Student Department Church Music Department Statistics and Survey Department Church Planning Department Department of Camps and Retreats — CaRAway Assembly Committee (composed of chairmen of above com- mittees)

e. Christian Higher Education

(1) Administration and Finance

(2) Correlation and Instruction

(3) Christian Emphasis and Church-School Relations

f . Christian Social Services

( 1 ) N. C. Baptist Hospitals, Inc.

(2) N. C. Baptist Homes, Inc.

(3) Baptist Children's Homes of N. C, Inc.

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g. Executive Committee

These divisions, numbered a to f inclusive, shall be administered and promoted under committees composed of members of the General Board. The General Secretary and Executive Committee shall decide the size of each committee (a through f) to be de- termined by the needs involved.

These committees shall meet for organizational purposes at the January meeting of the General Board and at other times upon the call of the Committee Chairman, Division Director or General Sec- retary at each regular session of the Board, and, if necessary; at other times upon the call of the Division Director or Committee Chairman, or both.

4. Description of Committee Functions.

a. Committee on Stewardship Promotion.

(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in promoting the total program of Stewardship Promotion and Program services.

(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division:

( a ) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over- all performance of all departments and activities of the Division.

(b) He shall study ways and means of promoting every phase of the Baptist program. In particular he shall promote the stewardship programs of the Southern Baptist Convention, church budgets, stew- ardship revivals, the Cooperative Program, and all special offerings sponsored by the State Convention.

(c) He shall conduct regular staff meetings for the personnel of this Division.

(d) He shall present to the General Secretary-Treasurer and the Budget Committee the budget needs of the Division.

(e) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following: Departments and Committees

Town and Country Seminary Extension City and Metropolitan Interracial Cooperation Deaf Work Special Missions

(1) Military Ministry

(2) Cherokee Indian Work

(3) Burnt Swamp Field Work Fruitland Bible Institute

b. Committee on Missions. |

(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in ! promoting the total program of mission activities in North Carolina.

(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division.

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(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over-all performance of all departments and activities of the Division.

(b) He shall work with the Committee on Missions in promoting a vigorous program of mission activities in North Carolina, and shall hold staff meetings in an effort to correlate the work wherever possible.

(c) He shall participate in rallies and conferences in order to inform and inspire the leaders and encourage the people in the churches to support the total program, and shall plan and conduct Schools for Pastors and Schools of Missions.

(d) He shall present to the General Secretary-Treasurer and the Budget Committee the budget needs of the Division.

(e) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departmental Secretaries: Department of Church Development, De- partment of Interracial Co-operation, Department of Ministry to the Deaf.

(f ) He shall work with the director and have general supervision of Fruitland Bible Institute.

(g) In particular, he shall promote the following activities: aid for Missionary Pastors; a study and survey of situations where missions and eventually churches should be established; recom- mendations concerning the purchase of lots or loans for buildings; a ministry in the correctional institutions of the state, and to other groups; co-operation with and advisor to Associational Missionaries.

c. Committee on Evangelism

(1) Function: To work with the Director of the Division in pro- moting the total program of Evangelism among Baptists in North Carolina.

(2) Duties and Responsibilities of the Director of the Division.

(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary for the over- all performance of all activities of the Division, and he shall work closely with the General Secretary in the effort to place Evangelism in the forefront of the total Convention program.

(b) In co-operation with all divisions and departments of the Convention he shall study ways and means of getting and main- taining the spirit and practice of evangelism (witnessing unto Christ) in every phase of the total Baptist program in North Carolina.

(c) Work with the Committee on Evangelism of the General Board in promoting a vigorous program of evangelism in North Carolina.

(d) He shall present to the General Secretary and the Budget Committee the budget needs of the Division.

(e) He shall promote the Southern Baptist Program of Evan- gelism in co-operation with the boards and agencies of the South- ern Baptist Convention.

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d. Committee on Church Programs.

(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in providing the churches with trained educational leadership for the total church membership. Such a program will involve co-operation with the Sunday School Board and other Boards and agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention.

(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of this Division.

(a) He shall be responsible to the General Secretary-Treasurer and the General Board for the over-all performance of all Depart- ments and activities of the Division.

(b) Work with the Committee on Church Programs of the General Board in studying the needs of the local church. Through the various departments of his Division, seek to guide in providing programs, literature, and leadership to help meet these needs. This will involve church community surveys and research in church programs, conferences with pastors and church leaders and co- operation with the various departments and facilities of the Sunday School Board and the various mission boards.

(c) Hold regular staff meetings of the department heads and all personnel in the various departments of the Division of Church Programs; correlate the work of church programs in such a way as to strengthen the local church; work with the department heads to prevent overlapping in meetings or emphases; and help create a spirit of team work as each department seeks to do its part in the total development of the local church.

(d) Meet in conference with the various department secretaries to develop a recommended budget for the Division. This recom- mended budget would then be studied by the General Secretary- Treasurer and presented by him to the Budget Committee for con- sideration.

(e) Participate in various district and state programs to help inform the people concerning the work of his Division and to help promote the entire Cooperative Program of Baptists.

(f) He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departmental Secretaries: Department of Sunday Schools, Depart- ment of Training Unions, Department of Student Work, Department of Brotherhood, Department of Church Music, Department of Build- ing Planning, Department of Assembly and Camps, and Department of Statistics and Survey.

e. Committee on Christian Higher Education.

(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in order to provide an effective program for the several Baptist col- leges, without in any way hindering the independent operation of any one of them.

(2) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of this Division, (a) He shall serve as Secretary of the Council on Christian Higher

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(b) He shall be responsible to the Council on Christian Higher Education, to the General Secretary-Treasurer, and to the General Board, and shall work in co-operation with all Divisions and De- partments of the General Board in an effort to secure full support for the Convention's program of higher education.

(c) He shall, in co-operation with the Business Manager and Comptroller of the General Board, work towards promoting a uni- form method of bookkeeping for all the colleges in an effort to understand and interpret all their budget needs.

(d) He shall work towards correlating the programs of the several educational institutions and securing their co-operation, and shall formulate plans for promoting an interest in and support of Christian Higher Education.

f. Committee on Christian Social Services.

(1) Function: To work with the Director of this Division in order to provide a well-integrated program for Children's Homes, Homes for Aging and the Hospital, without in any way hindering the independent operation of each.

(2) It shall be the prerogative of this committee to discuss the annual budget needs of each of the three social service institutions with the General Secretary-Treasurer and the Budget Committee of the General Board.

(3) Duties and responsibilities of the Director of the Division.

He shall be responsible to the Council on Christian Social Ser- vices, to the General Secretary-Treasurer, and to the General Board, and shall co-operate with all the Divisions and Departments in order to create a better understanding of all the problems involved in providing for the needs of these benevolent institutions.

g. The Executive Committee

(1) Function: To serve in a dual capacity as the General Board ad interim deciding on routine and emergency matters between sessions of the General Board, and as a survey and policy committee, reviewing, correlating and recommending policies and programs to the General Board. It will initiate and recommend matters con- cerning business management, budget and finance and approve the employment of all personnel.

(2) The Committee shall be composed of the President of the General Board, the vice-president of the General Board, the Presi- dent of the Convention, the first vice-president of the Convention, the second vice-president of the Convention, the chairman of the six major committees, and five members at large from the General Board.

The Executive Committee as constituted the year previous shall remain intact until the January meeting of the General Board at which the Executive Committee will be re-constituted.

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(3) The Executive Committee shall have three sub-committees to facilitate its work:

(a) Business Management (composed of five members of the Executive Committee) to work with the Business Manager-Comp- troller and General Secretary-Treasurer on all routine matters of business in connection with the division of business management. Matters affecting policies, new personnel or new expenditures shall be referred to entire Executive Committee.

(b) Budget and Finance Committee (composed of six members of the Executive Committee) to handle program budget and finance matters and study, formulate and recommend general budget alloca- tions. Final recommendation of budget will come from the full Executive Committee. Since the Executive Committee represents every division of the work of the General Board and all of the institutions and agencies, it is the proper committee to recommend budgets each year.

(c) Denominational Co-operation Committee, composed of the president, first and second vice-presidents of the Convention, to meet at such times as conditions warrant. They shall consider the work of the agencies and institutions of the state and Southern Baptist Conventions and recommend any policies that will improve co-operation with these agencies and institutions and Woman's Missionary Union.

( 4 ) Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held as follows :

(a) Regular meetings at least once per quarter.

(b) Once each year, not later than September, the full Executive Committee shall invite secretaries, department heads and heads of all agencies and institutions of the Convention to present written evaluations of their needs and requests for the next fiscal year. Following this meeting, the Executive Committee shall prepare a budget to be presented to the General Board at the pre-Convention session of the General Board. Any changes caused by Convention action, or later needs may be made at the January meeting of the General Board.

(c) The Executive Committee shall meet in special meeting on call of the General Secretary-Treasurer or the President of the General Board or both.

(5) The President of the General Board shall serve as chairman of the Executive Committee and ex officio member of its sub- committees.

(6) The Executive Committee shall direct the work of the Business Manager and Comptroller and of the Director of Public Relations, whose duties shall be as follows:

(a) Business Manager and Comptroller

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Treasurer on all business activities of the General Board and its staff.

2. Supervise and direct all of the bookkeeping and accounting in connection with the Convention treasury and the work of the General Board.

3. In co-operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer execute the financial instructions of the General Board regarding the ap- propriations of all funds received by the Convention.

4. Supervise the work of the building superintendent, switchboard operator and receptionist, mail clerk, print shop workers and maids and janitors.

5. Prepare and circulate manuals of administrative policies, pro- cedures and practices to all General Board employees and supervise personnel activities such as length of vacation, sick leave, salaries, and expenses.

6. Prepare periodic financial reports of Convention receipts and expenditures for use of General Secretary-Treasurer, General Board and staff members and heads of institutions and agencies. Present financial reports to each regular meeting of the General Board and the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention.

7. Be responsible for proper auditing of Convention financial records and for presenting such reports to the Convention and its General Board.

8. Assist the departments of the General Board staff in develop- ing effective and economical procedures for the conduct of their work.

9. Establish and administer procedures to be used by staff mem- bers in making purchases of office supplies and equipment.

10. Make himself available to help any agency or institution of the Convention, at its request, to adopt better bookkeeping practices and work toward promoting a uniform method of bookkeeping for all agencies and institutions of the convention.

(b) Director of Public Relations

1. He shall serve as an assistant to the General Secretary-Trea- surer in all matters involving public relations.

2. He shall work in close co-operation with every Division and Department of the Board in the production of printed materials, including promotional literature.

3. He shall represent the General Secretary-Treasurer in atten- dance upon denominational meetings and others, and shall work in close co-operation with the heads of all institutions and agencies,

4. He shall develop and maintain a close liaison with newspapers, church papers, radio and TV stations and other news channels; and shall be responsible for the release of all publicity in connection with the Convention's annual meeting and the work of the General Board.

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ARTICLE V. The Council on Christian Higher Education

A. Duties. The duties of the Council shall be as follows:

1. It shall devise ways and means for the proper correlation of the work and programs in the several educational institutions sup- ported by the Convention.

2. It shall study the needs of the institutions and their ability to meet these needs, and upon the basis of its findings shall recom- mend to the General Board allocations to the institutions of such funds as may be made available by the Convention or the General Board for Christian Higher Education.

3. It shall examine the budget requests made by each institution and present them to the General Secretary-Treasurer.

4. It shall formulate and promote plans for increasing the interest in and the support of these institutions and shall make reports in detail to the General Board upon all its work and findings.

B. Secretary

The Council on Christian Higher Education in co-operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention shall nominate and the General Board shall elect an Executive Secretary.

C. Meetings.

The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman at least three times during the Convention year; it may meet in special session at the call of the Chairman and Secretary, or any five members.

ARTICLE VI. The Council on Christian Social Services

A. Duties: The duties of the Council shall be to consider prob- lems common to all of the institutions, and keep the needs of these institutions before the General Board and the Baptist people of North Carolina. The Council shall examine the budget requests made by each of the institutions and present them with recom- mendations to the General Secretary-Treasurer.

B. Secretary

When the Council feels that it has made sufficient progress to warrant a full-time Director of Christian Social Services, in co- operation with the General Secretary-Treasurer of the Convention, it shall nominate, and the General Board shall elect a Director, who shall serve as Secretary of the Division.

C. Meetings.

The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman at least twice during the Convention year. It may meet in special session at the call of the Chairman and Secretary, or any five members.

ARTICLE VII. Amendments to Bylaws

These Bylaws may be changed or amended by a majority vote of the messengers present either the first full day or the second full day of the Annual Convention

PROCEEDINGS

One Hundred Thirty-Seventh Annual Session

The Baptist State Convention of North CaroHna

CITY AUDITORIUM

ASHEVILLE November 13-15, 1967

Edited hy

E. NoRFLEET Gardner Recording Secretary Henderson, N. C.

The Next Annual Session Will Be Held November 11-13, 1968 Raleigh, N. C.

PROCEEDINGS

Convention Theme: ''Doing Together What We Cannot Do Apart"

1. The 137th annual session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina assembled in the City Auditorium of Asheville on the evening of Monday, November 13, 1967, with President Carl E. Bates, Charlotte, in the chair. Preceding the calling of the body to order, as the messengers gathered, R. Willis Abernathy, Minister of Music, Marion, played several numbers on the Allen Organ, loaned as a courtesy of the Ward Piano Company, Asheville.

2. Joseph O. Stroud, Secretary Department of Church Music of the Convention, led the congregation in the singing of the hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," which was followed by prayer by J. R. Everett, Rocky Mount.

3. Cecil Sherman, Asheville, Chairman Committee on Arrange- ments, moved that the messengers now registered and those that would be registered constitute this session of the Convention. Carried.

4. Cecil Sherman then moved that the official program, with suggested changes, be adopted. This was so ordered.

MONDAY EVENING

6:45 — Musical Meditation 7:00 — Hymn

Prayer j. R. Everett

7:05 — Report of Committee on Enrolment

Report of Committee on Arrangements 7:20 — Music

7:30 — President's Address Carl Bates

8:00 — Hymn— Music Mars Hill College Choir

8:15— Message Howard Butt

9:00 — Benediction E. Gordon Conklin

TUESDAY MORNING

8:45 — Musical Meditation 9:00 — Hymn

9:05 — Worship... Clarence Cranford

MONDAY EVENING— NOVEMBER 13, 1967

9:45 — General Board Report

10:25 — Committee on Public Affairs

Convention Choir Gilmer Cross

Miscellaneous 10:35 — Christian Action Committee Report. 11:05 — Christian Life Committee Report

Robert Fincher ..George Griffin

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11:25 — Special Music Missionary Choir — Ridgecrest

11:30 — Convention Sermon T. L. Cashwell

12:05 — Benediction J. R. Bouldin

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

1:45 — Musical Meditation 2:00 — Hymn

2:05 — W^orship Clarence Cranford

Convention Choir

2:35 — Report of Executive Committee, SBC Nane Starnes

2:55 — Elections

3 : 1 5 — Miscellaneous Business

3:30 — Committee on Christian Social Services Howard Holly

4:00 — Council on Christian Higher Education Robert Simms

4:20 — Committee Reports

Trustees

Historical

Tellers

4:30 — Benediction Clarence E. Godwin

TUESDAY EVENING

7:00 — Musical Meditation 7:15 — Hymn

7:20 — Worship Clarence Cranford

Convention Choir

7:50 — Miscellaneous Business and Elections

8:05 — Missions Program Joseph Estes

Home Mission Board

8:40 — Address Billy Graham

Benediction Joseph Estes

WEDNESDAY MORNING

8:45 — Musical Meditation 9:00 — Hymn

9:05 — Worship Clarence Cranford

Convention Choir

9:35 — Miscellaneous Business

9:45 — Baptist Foundation

9:55 — Discussion of General Board Report

10:55 — Committee on Memorials W. C. Reed

11:05 — Biblical Recorder Marse Grant

11:15— Hymn

11:20 — Music Wake Forest University Choir

11:35 — Seminaries J. Winston Pearce

Golden Gate Seminary

12:05 — Benediction A. Alden Angline

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

1:45 — Musical Meditation 2:00 — Hymn

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2:05 — Worship Clarence Cranford

Convention Choir

2:35 — Committee Reports

Committee on Committees Marion Parker

Committee on Nominations Claud Bowen

Committee on Place and Preacher Boyce Brooks

3:05 — Miscellaneous Business

3:20 — Committee on Resolutions

Benediction G. Edison Hill

WEDNESDAY EVENING

6:45 — Musical Meditation

7:00 — Hymn -

7:05 — Crusade of the Americas

Historical Background on Crusade..... W. Perry Crouch

Our Institutions Back the Crusade Bruce Heilman

The Layman's Part in the Crusade C. Robert Shields

Our Women Are Encouraging the Crusade

Mrs. A. Leroy Parker

The Challenge of Revival Julian Hopkins

Presentation of Guidebook E. W. Price, Jr.

The Crusade of the Americas Wayne Dehoney

8:05 — Music — Combined Choirs Buncombe Association

8:25 — Message Harold Stassen

Final Adjournment

Benediction Allen H. Patterson

Other members of the Arrangement Committee are Russell Cherry, Rocky Mount; Mack Goss, Henderson ville; A. B. Bumgarner, Spin- dale; Elmer West, Mars Hill; Mrs. Gordon Maddrey, Raleigh; Mrs. G. H. Johnston, Charlotte; Coy C. Privette, Kannapolis; and W. J. Furr, Chadbourn.

5. New pastors were welcomed to the state by the president, and these came to the platform to give their names and places of service.

6. Bates called J. Boyce Brooks, First Vice-President, Boone, to come to the stand to preside. Brooks recognized Mrs. Bates and then called attention to the President's Message, to be delivered after the special music.

7. The Mars Hill College choir, under the direction of Robert Ricks, sang: "O Clap Your Hands" (Thomas Cousins), "I Hear a Voice A-Prayin' " (Houston Bright), and "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" ( Spiritual ) .

8. In his Message, President Bates called attention to the dedicated fellowship of believers in Christ in North Carolina and the distribu- tion of resources by the churches, but he expressed concern that the churches were not meeting their potential in baptisms, contribu- tions, and an increase in number. He referred to the present as "a rebellious generation" and singled out three areas of special concern. (1) The need of understanding the specific mission of the church in our time. While we are on a mission to help cure the social ills, "the greatest lack of any man," he declared, "is his lack

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of salvation." (2) With reference to changes in a changing world, Bates expressed the conviction that organizations should be willing to accept them except when they affected basic beliefs. (3) The need for the best educated and most dedicated persons to serve as leaders and prove their faithful stewardship.

9. Joseph O. Stroud led in the singing of "I Love to Tell the Story."

10. The Mars Hill Choir sang again, presenting these numbers: "Bright Canaan" (Robert Shaw) and "Amazing Grace" (arr. by Shaw-Parker ) .

11. Howard E. Butt, Jr., executive vice-president of a chain of grocery stores. Corpus Christi, Texas, founder of the Board of Christian Men, and active layman in Southern Baptist circles, was presented by the President. Butt called attention to his vision of the total mobilization of the church, with every member a minister of God, all refreshingly different, but all reminding of the lordship of Christ. Each one is to be represented not so much by what he does as by how he does things for Christ. In speaking of the status quo, the speaker declared that the church had lost much of its relevance, that God intended it to be "a colony of heaven here on earth now." Life is an adventure of faith, and for the Christian, witnessing is not optional, nor mandatory, but inevitable.

12. The benediction for the first session was pronounced by E. Gor- don Conklin, Kinston.

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13. Following an organ meditation by W^illis Abernathy,

14. Joseph Stroud presented Charles Gatwood, assistant in the Department of Music, who led the Convention choir in the number, "Let Us Arise and Sing." Afterwards the congregation joined in singing "Holy, Holy, Holy." Clarence Cranford, pastor Calvary Bap- tist Church, Washington, D. C, was presented to lead the convention in the first of five devotional messages. Using the story of Philip directed by the Holy Spirit into the desert to meet the Ethiopian, he applied it to the place of the church in today's world, suggesting: (1) Go where the people are; (2) Identify with them; (3) Share with them what you have; and (4) Send them on their way re- joicing in a new hope in Jesus Christ.

15. Gilmer Cross, president of the General Board, was introduced. He announced that Mrs. Perry Crouch, who for two years had bravely lived with a malignancy, was back in an Asheville hospital, gravely ill, and moved that the convention send her flowers as a token of love and its prayers. Ordered.

16. Cross, in behalf of the General Board, then asked representa- tives wishing to borrow money, to come to the platform.

17. Cross then called attention to several actions of the General Board and asked Leon Spencer, Comptroller, for the report of the

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Business Manager. Spencer pointed out the receipts and expendi- tures of the year and indicated a projection for the remaining weeks of 1967. He stated that all special offerings were sent each month to the specified object.

REPORT OF GENERAL BOARD I. FOREWORD

The year of 1967 has not shown the same rate of increase in our gifts to Baptist causes as was true in 1964, 1965 and 1966. During these years we recorded a total increase of 23.36 in gifts through the Cooperative Program. This year our gifts have reflected the uncertain business activity that seems to have been nation-wide. The rising cost of living, the war in Vietnam, the riots in our cities, the automobile strike and similar economic problems are all re- flected in our gifts of this year. It is my hope that we will end the year three to four percent ahead of last year.

In July, the General Board again expressed their belief that the Cooperative Program is the lifeline of all of our work, and by unanimous vote, decided to write the pastors of our churches, urging them to lead their churches to adopt at least a ten percent increase in their gifts through the Cooperative Program for 1968.

During the year, Dr. Herman Ihley resigned as Sunday School Secretary to go to Interracial work in Kentucky, and Miss Katy Ruth Grayson joined the staff of Hayes Barton Baptist Church. However, we have been able to secure some very fine individuals for our work. These include Dr. Claude White, Secretary of our Sun- day School Department, Rev. Davis Bowen, and Rev. Maurice Cooper, both associates in the Training Union Department. We be- lieve we have a very excellent staff to guide in the work of North Carolina Baptists.

During the year, Dr. Ralph Scales came to the Presidency of Wake Forest University and Dr. Norman Wiggins assumed the Presidency of Campbell College. All of our colleges are in enlargement pro- grams, and all are trying hard to maintain top-level educational in- stitutions in the face of rapidly increasing costs and new academic requirements. They deserve your interest and concern.

Our Social Service Institutions are also in enlargement programs. You can read about them in their reports. I believe Baptists can be proud of our Hospital, our Children's Homes and our Homes for the Aging. They are alert to new methods, and they are demonstrat- ing their desire to serve our Baptist cause and the people of our state.

We are now completing a pictorial story of North Carolina Bap- tists. It has been an attempt to show in pictures, and in easy reading, the many phases of our North Carolina, Southwide and Worldwide activities supported through our Cooperative Program and the special gifts of our people. Two free copies will be sent to each church, one to the pastor and one to the superintendent of Sunday School.

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It is hoped that these will be made available to other church leaders. Additional copies may be secured from the Book Store at \ $1.50 per copy.

Our minds now turn to the Crusade of the Americas as the best possible channel for spiritual renewal in our churches and a new . effort to witness to non-Christians about our Christ. Please read i the report of the Committee of 27 and listen to their presentation Wednesday night of the Convention. '

I continue to be grateful for the privilege of working with our Baptist people in North Carolina, with a wonderful staff, and with I the leaders and trustees of our institutions. We have the churches, i the institutions and the denominational framework for a great for- i ward movement for our Lord. There are some pessimists who say it is too late for such an advance. They say our churches have lost their spiritual life. I do not belong to this group. I believe ^ there are many thousands of people in our churches who are sin- cere, genuine Christians who want to follow Christ. Let us make 1968 a year of renewal and spiritual revival. | W. Perry Crouch General Secretary-Treasurer North Carolina Baptist State Convention ,

II. GENERAL BOARD REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS i

Gilmer Cross

Having been elected President of the General Board and its Execu- I tive Committee at the January meeting, 1967, it has been a privilege ' to work with this fine group of Baptist leaders and our excellent . staff. j

In the December, 1966, meeting of the Executive Committee, our ! General Secretary-Treasurer made a full report concerning a be- | quest of the estate of Miss Rachel E. Hatch. This report indicated ^ that in addition to approximately $50,000 in cash and bonds, the estate comprised approximately 1,440 acres of farm and timber land in Duplin County. At the 1966 session in Winston-Salem, the \ Convention granted the General Board permission to borrow $250,- 000 to construct an auditorium at our summer assembly at Caswell. We soon realized this would not be a sufficient amount to build and equip this auditorium. The Executive Committee recommended to j the January meeting of the General Board that the Hatch Estate j be appraised and sold under the best possible plan, and the money be used to help construct the auditorium. They also recommended, in keeping with the generous bequest of Miss Hatch, that the audi- ' torium be named the "Rachel E. Hatch Memorial Auditorium." The General Board approved this recommendation and the auditorium is now under construction. The final sale of the farm and timber land will probably be completed the latter part of this year and the full amount reported to you at a later date. The dedication of the \ auditorium at Caswell will be held in connection with the July 17, 1968 meeting of the General Board.

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In December, representatives from the various institutions and individuals from the staff recommended the publication of a Pictorial Story of North Carolina Baptists. This was to be an eighty page book, carefully edited, and bound in an attractive form that would help our people understand the total work of Baptists in North Carolina and around the world. An editing committee com- posed of Mr. Ottis Hagler, chairman, Mr. Ben Fisher, Mr. Jimmy iMorriss, Mr. Marse Grant and Mr. Bob Walker have worked hard on this publication. A copy will be mailed to each pastor and each Sunday School Superintendent. The various institutions and agencies will send copies to their trustees and directors. The institutions and agencies have shared in the expense of the book. Additional copies will be available in the Baptist Book Store at $1.50 per copy. We commend the committee for an excellent publication that we believe will promote all of the work of Baptists in North Carolina.

During the January meeting of the Executive Committee, Sam O'Neal was advanced to the place as Secretary of the Training Union Department, succeeding James Morgan, deceased.

At the January meeting of the General Board, separate meetings of the various committees were held to elect chairmen. These chair- men, along with five members-at-large and the president and two vice presidents of the Convention formed the Executive Committee for the year 1967. The Executive Committee as elected is as follows: Gilmer Cross, President General Board; John Lawrence, First Vice- President, General Board; Carl E. Bates, President, Baptist State Convention; Boyce Brooks, First Vice-President, Baptist State Con- vention; Randolph Gregory, Second Vice-President, Baptist State Convention; Bill Snyder, Chairman, Stewardship Committee; James Potter, Chairman, Missions Committee; Henry Morgan, Chairman, Church Programs Committee; Robert Simms, Chairman, Christian Higher Education; Howard Holly, Chairman, Social Services Com- mittee; James L. Pharr, Chairman, Evangelism Committee; Francis Chesson, Member-at-large; Lois Edinger, Member-at-large; Troy Hamrick, Member-at-large; Edison Hill, Member-at-large; E. J. Prevatte, Member-at-large.

During the January, 1967, General Board meeting, Mr. Leon Spencer, our Comptroller, announced that the total mission gifts for 1966, including those sent to the Raleigh office and those sent directly to the institutions were $9,248,414.30, an increase of $637,- 002.16 over 1965.

Rev. Tom Womble, in behalf of the First Baptist Church of Bladen- boro, presented a check for $8,500 to purchase a specially built trailer to be used in the trailer park areas near Jacksonville. This is one of the fastest growing military areas in our country. The trailer was received in the late spring and was put in use for a new chapel ministry during the summer of 1967. This gift is already proving to be a real blessing in our mission program.

After careful consideration the Missions Committee recommended the following appropriations: $26,400 for aid on church lots in

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metropolitan areas, involving 25 different locations; $13,060 for church lots in ten different locations in rural areas; $74,220 as aid to 53 associations in securing and maintaining a superintendent of missions in their respective association; $79,200 as aid to pastors' salaries in strategic locations; $4,500 for chaplains in training schools, hospitals and prisons; and $6,300 for pastoral aid to pioneer churches in North Dakota. These items were approved by the Gen- eral Board.

At the February meeting of the Executive Committee, Dr. Herman Ihley presented his resignation as Secretary of the Sunday School Department to accept Interracial work with the Kentucky State Baptist Convention. Dr. Ihley has been an excellent worker with our Convention for 10 years, and his resignation was accepted with regret.

The Reverend Davis Bowen was elected as an associate in the Training Union Department to become effective April 15, 1967. Mr. Bowen has been on the job for several months and is doing an excellent work.

Mr. Monroe M. Ashley presented his resignation as Baptist Student Chaplain at UNC at Greensboro to accept employment at the Baptist Sunday School Board at Nashville, Tennessee. The resignation was accepted with regret.

Last year we secured additional land and a dwelling house near the campus at East Carolina College as a location for a much needed Baptist Student Center. After careful plans and bids on the center, the Student Department was authorized to secure a local contractor and proceed on a cost plus basis. The cost of renovation and new construction is estimated to be about $95,000 plus cost of the land which was $50,000. The Executive Committee also au- thorized the sale of the old building and the use of the money to furnish the new center. The old center has now been sold for $14,000 and the new center completed. It is an excellent locality for our Baptist work near this fast growing university at Greenville.

In the April meeting of the Executive Committee we received the resignation of the Reverend Colon L. Godwin as Student Chaplain at West Carolina College to accept work with the Federal Exten- sion Service of the United States Department of Agriculture in South Vietnam. The resignation was accepted with regret.

The Reverend Joe Clontz of Charlotte was elected to serve as Student Chaplain at Western Carolina College. Mr. Clontz grew up in the Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church of Charlotte and is a graduate of Wake Forest College and Southeastern Baptist Theologi- cal Seminary. He has been on the job since June 1, 1967.

The Executive Committee approved the request of the Student Department to transfer Mr. Dwight Fickling from the Student Cen- ter in Greenville to the Student work at UNC in Greensboro. They also approved a year of leave of absence for Robert Hyatt, Bap- tist Chaplain at Duke University, to accept a Danforth Grant for graduate study in religion. Mr. James Y. Greene, former missionary

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to Korea, was appointed to serve during Mr. Hyatt's absence from Duke.

In the May meeting of the Executive Committee, the Director of the Division of Missions and the General Secretary recommended the election of Dr. Claude White of Richmond, Virginia as Secretary of our Sunday School Department. Dr. White is a native of Elizabeth City and has attended Campbell College and West Texas State Teachers College. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theologi- cal Seminary with the Master of Religious Education and Doctor of Religious Education degrees. For the past several years he has been an associate in the Sunday School Department of the Virginia Con- vention. He was unanimously elected and has been at work since June 15.

The Executive Committee also elected Mr. Randall Mishoe as Baptist Chaplain for East Carolina College. Mr. Mishoe is a graduate of Clemson University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Semi- nary. He has served in the U. S. Army and he and Mrs. Mishoe served as host and hostess for one year in the Baptist Center of North Carolina State University at Raleigh. He was elected and has been on the job since mid summer.

The Executive Committee opened bids for the auditorium for our North Carolina Assembly at Caswell and after discussion and ne- gotiation with the contractor, awarded the contract to J. W. Cook and Sons of Whiteville for $317,917.00. The auditorium is to be finished by June 1, 1968. The above price does not include the price of pews, a sound system, pulpit furniture, an organ and chairs for class rooms. These will be determined after the sale of the Hatch property has been completed.

In June of this year a budget committee was appointed to begin preparation of a budget for 1968. This committee worked many long hours in the preparation of a proposed budget. This budget was presented first to the Executive Committee for its consideration and approval. It was then presented to the General Board for dis- cussion and was approved. We now present it to you as one of our recommendations.

During the year there has been the usual number of resignations and additions to the staff. A full list is included in this report for your information.

Personnel Changes

Employed

Mr. Davis Bowen, Associate in the Training Union Department in charge of Young People's Work and Consultant in Church Recreation and Vocational Guidance.

Mr. F. Joseph Clontz, Student Director, Western Carolina College, replacing Colon L. Godwin.

Mr. James Y. Greene, Director of Youth Corps for summer of 1967, replacing Mr. Hyatt for one year.

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Mrs. Mary Lee Jones Folding, secretary for North Carolina Baptist Assembly, replacing Mrs. Joy Gregory.

Dr. Claude White, Sunday School Department Secretary, replacing Dr. Herman Ihley.

Mr. Randall Mishoe, Baptist Chaplain for East Carolina College, replacing Dwight L. Fickling, who was transferred to Greensboro.

Mr. Michael Ray, Baptist Visitor for McCain Prison, replacing H. L. Summerford.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McDaniel, summer workers for military area, new.

Miss Kay Frances Currin, office secretary in Training Union De- partment replacing Miss Linda Horton.

Miss Lynette Vaughn, Christian Social Worker for Hillsborough Community, new in this work.

Rev. Maurice Cooper, associate in the Training Union Depart- ment.

Miss Susan Hunter, office secretary for Department of Steward- ship Development.

Mrs. Geneal Heatherley, office secretary, Brotherhood Depart- ment.

Mrs. Doris Salter, office secretary for Administrative Assistant. Mrs. Mildred Vick, pool secretary for Division of Church Programs. Rev. Jack Halsell, III, Baptist Chaplain, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Resignations

Dr. Herman Ihley, to Kentucky Baptist Convention, Interracial Work.

Mr. Monroe Ashley, Student Director, Western Carolina College to Federal Extension Service of U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Miss Linda Horton, office secretary in the Training Union De- partment.

Mrs. Frances Campbell, office secretary for Administrative As- sistant.

Mrs. Jewel Dickson, office secretary in the Department of Steward- ship Promotion.

Rev. Larry Bryson, pastor of Cherokee Baptist Church.

Miss Katy Ruth Grayson, associate in the Training Union Depart- ment, to Minister of Education, Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Raleigh.

Rev. James Cansler, Baptist Chaplain University of North Caro- lina, Chapel Hill, to Assistant Dean of Students at University of North Carolina.

Mrs. Sandra Smith, Office Secretary in the Brotherhood Depart- ment.

Mr. Paul Kesterson, Associate in the Sunday School Depart- ment, to Secretary of Religious Education, with the District of Co- lumbia Baptist Convention.

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Transferred

Mr. Albert Lamm, area missionary in North Dakota. Dwight L. Fickling, from Greenville to Greensboro, chaplain.

Leave of Absence

Robert P. Hyatt, chaplain at Duke University, replaced by Jim Greene.

At the July meeting of the Executive Committee we received the resignation of Mr. James Cansler, Chaplain of the Baptist Student Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the past several years. Mr. Cansler has accepted the place as Assistant Dean of Students at the University. After expressions of apprecia- tion for his work for many years, his resignation was accepted with regret.

Upon recommendation of the State Student Secretary, William Smith, and Dr. Nathan Brooks, Director of the Division of Church Programs, the Reverend Jack Halsell, III, was elected Chaplain of the work at Chapel Hill. Mr. Halsell graduated with the B.S. degree from M.I.T. and the B.D. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has recently served as pastor of the Temple Baptist Church of Champagne, Illinois. He was elected and has been on the field since August 15, 1967.

At the July meeting of the General Board, Dr. W. R. Wagoner, President of North Carolina Baptist Children's Homes, appeared be- fore the group and asked for permission to change their charter to bring it up to date. A recommendation concerning this matter is included in our recommendations at the end of this report. Mr. Wagoner also announced plans to open a Children's Home in the area west of Asheville in the near future.

The General Board approved a recommendation from the Execu- tive Committee to separate the Brotherhood Department from Camp CaRAway and to make Camp CaRAway a separate department in the Division of Church Programs with B. W. Jackson as Director. Royal Ambassador work would still be featured in the summer time, but the facilities would be made available to other depart- ments and local churches for camps and retreats during the rest of the year. This was approved, and an associate was approved for the Brotherhood Department to help with the Brotherhood program and Royal Ambassador work throughout the state.

Woman's Missionary Union requested the privilege of building a permanent camp for girls on approximately 150 acres of our land at Camp CaRAway. This would be a lease agreement with the title re- maining in the name of the Convention. Woman's Missionary Union would build and equip and operate the camp. The request was granted.

Woman's Missionary Union then requested the privilege of bor- rowing $250,000 to construct the camp. After conferences with bank- ers, it seemed that the best plan would be for the Convention to join in executing the loan along with Woman's Missionary Union,

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since the Convention maintains title to the property. The General Board recommends this procedure and this is embodied in one of our recommendations to you today.

The Executive Committee received a request from Convention President, Carl Bates, for authority to appoint a Convention Com- mittee of 27 to study and recommend to the Annual Session of the Convention in November ways and means by which our Convention could cooperate with the Crusade of the Americas. The Executive Committee approved the request that a Committee of 27 be ap- pointed, composed of nine laymen, nine pastors and nine Conven- tion Staff members. Later a group of high school and college young people were added to the number studying this proposal. The Committee will make their report to the Convention Wednesday evening.

During the year the Executive Committee considered various mis- sions items concerning pastoral aid, mission loans and other items referred to it by the Missions Committee and the General Board.

A recommendation that we join the pastors and churches of Region Ten in some help for the George W. Truett Mission Camp was discussed and approved. Larry Bryson was elected camp direc- tor for the summer and work was done in preparing some recrea- tional area at the camp. As a result of increased interest in the Camp, they reported the largest attendance in the camp's history. We are now negotiating a new agreement with the churches of the area that will allow the General Board to join them in a long range development of a youth camp for not more than 100 per week at the Truett property.

The Executive Committee also took note of the fact that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. George W. Truett in the beautiful hill country of Western North Carolina. A committee from the First Baptist Church of Asheville is working with the Executive Committee in refurnishing the Truett home place, and we extend an invitation to friends throughout our Southern Baptist Convention to visit Dr. Truett's birthplace. It is located near Hayesville, North Carolina.

Several of our colleges have requested the privilege of borrowing money for construction of needed buildings. The Executive Com- mittee and the General Board has considered each request care- fully, and have approved the requests for your consideration. These requests will be listed in our recommendations that will follow in this report. Our General Board recognized that the Convention can do very little in helping the colleges secure capital funds for build- ing purposes. However, the colleges are doing a good job of securing funds for this purpose and we believe the Convention should ap- prove these requests for loans.

At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee we received the good news that a completely outfitted bus was being presented to the Student Department of Duke to help them more effectively to carry on their tutoring service among the boys and girls of Durham.

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This is an indication of the high evaluation the community puts on the service of the young people in this field.

The Executive Committee, in September, received the resig- nation of the Reverend Larry Bryson as director of the Cherokee Mission work with an understanding that he was resigning as pastor of the Cherokee Baptist Church effective September 3, to accept work with the Brotherhood Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. His resignation was accepted with regret. At the same meeting the Executive Committee accepted the resignation of Miss Katy Ruth Grayson, an associate in the Training Union Depart- ment, to accept the work as Director of Religious Education at Hayes Barton Baptist Church. The resignation was accepted, with apprecia- tion for her splendid service during the past seven years. During this meeting the Executive Committee voted to transfer the Rever- end Albert Lamm to the Military Areas of North Carolina. During the past five years, Mr. Lamm has been serving as our representa- tive in the North Dakota area.

Our General Secretary-Treasurer and the Executive Committee has worked very closely with the former General Secretary- Treasurer, Dr. M. A. Huggins, in the final preparation of our North Carolina Baptist History, which is now off the press and ready for your purchase. The sale price has been set at $5.00 which is less than the cost of publishing, but it is believed that every pastor and every church library should have a copy. As an incentive to hasten orders for this history, the Executive Committee has authorized the Convention staff to offer all advance copies, including those secured at the Convention, at an introductory price of $4.00. Later orders will be billed through the Baptist Book Store at $5.00 per copy. We want to commend Dr. Huggins for this excellent work of history that has required most of his best efforts since his retirement as Executive Secretary of our Convention. We also want to thank Mrs. Huggins for her untiring help to her husband, and Dr. Norfleet Gardner for his many hours of guidance, proof-reading and coun- sel to Dr. Huggins. We commend this history to our people and urge all pastors and messengers to this Convention to help us in the distribution of the history among our people.

We believe 1967 has been a good year for our Baptist work. Al- though the increase in the Cooperative Program has not been as great as in the three previous years, the spirit of our people has been on the positive side. We believe our churches are beginning to survey their needs, adjust their emphases, and make long range plans for advance. In this spirit we present the following recom- mendations :

Recommendations From the General Board ^ To THE Baptist State Convention

A. Budget

We recommend that the budget be adopted as printed on pages 12-17 of the book of Advance Reports with the understanding that the division of percentages be as follows:

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Colleges — 25.60 percent Social Service Institutions — 11.60 percent Southwide Objects — 33.34 percent State Missions — 29.46 percent

Any Cooperative Program overage of the budget will be divided as follows:

Colleges — 26 percent Social Service Institutions — 26 percent Southwide Objects — 33.34 percent State Missions — 14.66 percent

B. Charter Changes

(1) Campbell College

We recommend that the request of Campbell College to change their charter to increase the number of trustees from 28 to 36, in keeping with the resolution on pages 18-19 of your book of advance reports, be adopted.

(2) Children's Homes

We recommend that the request of Children's Homes to change their charter, in keeping with the resolution as found on page 19 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

(3) Meredith College

We recommend that the request of Meredith College to change their charter to increase the number of trustees from 28 to 36, in keeping with the resolution on page 20 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

C. Requests to Borrow Money

( 1 ) Baptist Hospital

We recommend that the request of the Baptist Hospital to borrow $1,250,000 as indicated in the resolution, the details of which are contained on pages 20-21 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

(2) Baptist State Convention

We recommend that the request of the Baptist State Convention to borrow up to $200,000 for building purposes on the Fruitland Bible Institute Campus, be adopted as printed on pages 21-22 of the book of advance reports.

(3) Campbell College

We recommend that the request of Campbell College to borrow $225,000 in keeping with the resolution found on pages 22-23 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

(4) Chowan College

We recommend that the request of Chowan College to borrow $1,000,000, in keeping with the resolution as found on pages 23-24 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

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(5) Mars Hill College

We recommend that the request of Mars Hill College to borrow $2,000,000, in keeping with the resolution as found on pages 24-25 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

(6) Meredith College

We recommend that the request of Meredith College to borrow $1,950,000, in keeping with the resolution as found on pages 25-26 of the book of advance reports, be adopted.

(7) North Carolina Woman's Missionary Union

We recommend that the request of North Carolina Woman's Missionary Union to borrow money to construct a State WMU Camp, in keeping with the resolution appearing in the book of advance reports, page 26, be approved and we further recommend that the officers of the Convention be authorized to join in the execution of this note since the title of the property will remain in the name of the Convention.

D. Constitutional Changes We recommend that the Constitutional and By-laws changes, as they now appear in the book of advance reports on pages 26-32, be adopted.

E. Travel Reimbursement For General Board Members and Convention Committees The General Board recommends to the Baptist State Convention beginning January 1, 1968, that Convention committees and mem- bers of the General Board receive compensation for mileage for official Convention business on the following basis: 8c per mile for one person in the car and 10c for 2 or more persons in the car.

A. PROPOSED COOPERATIVE PROGRAM BUDGET FOR 1968

Upon the recommendation of the Budget Committee, the Executive Committee, and the General Board we now present to you for your consideration the proposed budget for 1968.

From anticipated income of $6,500,000 through the Cooperative Program we recommend that 33.34 percent be allocated to the South- ern Baptist Convention, 25.60 percent to Christian Higher Educa- tion, 11.60 percent to Christian Social Services (Hospital, Children's Homes, and Homes for Aging), and 29.46 percent to State Missions (General Board Programs).

An overall goal of $6,750,000 is proposed and from the income in excess of the base budget of $6,500,000 we recommend the following allocation of funds: 33.34 percent to the Southern Convention, 26 percent to Christian Higher Education, 26 percent to Christian Social Services, and 14.66 percent to State Missions (General Board Programs).

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1. CONVENTION AND GENERAL BOARD

Expenses of General Board Members, Executive Committee, Convention Com- mittees, Publishing Annual $ 44,000

2. ADMINISTRATION

Offices of General Secretary and Ad- ministrative Assistant 50,900

3. DIVISION OF BUSINESS MANAGE- MENT

a. Accounting, Audits, Publishing Re- ceipts $ 47,700

b. Building Operations: Building Su- perintendent, Print Shop, Reception- ist, Utilities, Maintenance, Insurance,

etc 56,000 103,700

4. DIVISION OF STEWARDSHIP PRO- MOTION

a. Cooperative Program and Steward- ship Emphasis $ 43,655

b. Stewardship Development 26,350

c. Stewardship Promotion 26,465

d. Program Services — Audio-Visual Aids, Graphic Arts, News Releases,

TV Programs 36,125

e. Retirement Plans Promotion 18,600 151,195

5. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

a. Leadership Tour, etc $ 1,500

b. Associational Missionaries Confer- ence 1,750

c. State Missions Day Promotion —

WMU 2,000

d. Youth Corps Project 2,500

e. Insurance for General Board Em- ployees 20,000

f. Insurance & Repairs — 3201 Clark

Avenue — - Huggins Residence 375

g. Repairs & Insurance — Truett Home..$ 500

h. Equipment additions and replace- ments 5,000

i. Biblical Recorder 53,500

j. P. O. A. U 2,000

k. Christian Action League 10,500

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1. Baptist Foundation Operating Ex- penses $ 23,125

m. Assistance on Salaries — Baptist His- torical Collection (Joint Support with Wake Forest University) 6,000

n. Retirement Plans — Ministers, Other Church Employees and General Board Personnel 380,000

o. F. I. C. A. (Social Security) — Em- ployees 12,000

p. Baptist Building Library 200

q. Tarheel Lodge — Ridgecrest 300

r. Contingencies 5,000 $ 526,250

6. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION

Salaries, Travel, Office Expenses, etc 89,405

7. DIVISION OF MISSIONS

a. Office of Director of Missions $ 21,910

b. Special Missions Objects:

(1) Associational Missionaries:

(a) Aid on

Salaries $ 70,000

(b) Promotional Materials 300

(c) Workshops .... 2,500

(2) Schools of

Missions 600

( 3 ) World Missions

Week 1,000

(4) Addition to Church Loan

Fund 20,000

(5) Rent on Buildings

Indian Work 600

( 6 ) Special Ministry to Military Areas 5,596

(7) Contingencies 200 100,796

c. City and Metropolitan Missions 137,930

d. Deaf Ministry 23,560

e. Interracial Cooperation $ 48,585

f . Town and Country and Seminary Ex- tension 87,925

g. ( 1 ) Cherokee Indian

Ministry $ 5,000

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(2) Child Care

Program $ 26,082 $ 31,082

h. Military Ministries 17,006

i. Fruitland Institute 102,000* $ 570,794

8. DIVISION OF CHURCH PROGRAMS

a. Office of Director $ 28,155

b. Church Music 46,960

c. Church Building Planning 20,450

d. Statistics and Survey 19,450

e. Sunday School 109,775

f. Training Union 94,450

g. Student Work :

(1) Operations 152,665

(2) Capital:

(a) Principal and Interest on

Loans $ 133,500

(b) Lease on Center at Appalachian,

Boone 30,000

(c) To Apply on Lots at Wil- mington and

Charlotte 5,000 168,500

h. Brotherhood 47,650

i. Camp CaRAway 55,275

j. Fruitland Camp 34,946*

k. North Carolina Baptist Assembly.... 200,000* 978,276

9. DIVISION OF EVANGELISM

Salaries, Travel, Office Expenses, Clin- ics, Conference, etc 43,980

10. TOTAL STATE MISSIONS

(General Board Programs) $ 2,558,500

11. LESS: ANTICIPATED INCOME FROM OTHER THAN COOPERATIVE PRO- GRAM

a. State Missions Special Offering $ 160,000

($200,000 total — $40,000 for Fruit- land Capital Improvements)

b. Sunday School Board 52,200

* This total is tentative and must be adjusted in accordance with funds avail- able beyond the regular allocation from the Cooperative Program.

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c. Home Mission Board $ 74,000

d. Annuity Board — Share Regional Promotion 9,300

e. Seminary Extension Department —

SBC 4,500

f. Loula Norwood Estate ( Associational Missionaries and Missionary Pas- tors) 9,000

g. Pilot Mountain Association — On Ex- penses of Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor and Patterson Avenue

Mission 2,400

h. Miscellaneous Income 4,854

i. N. C. Assembly Operations and/ or Adjustments ^ 140,000

j. Fruitland Institute Operations and/ or

Adjustments 52,000

k. Fruitland Camp Operations 34,946

1. Camp CaRAway Operations and

Other Income 39,400

m. Child Care Center Fees — Chero- kee 5,000

n. Building Operations (Contra 3-b

Charged Pro-rata to Departments).. 56,000 $ 643,600

12. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS TO STATE MISSIONS (GENERAL BOARD PROGRAMS) FROM BASE

BUDGET $ 1,914,900

13. COUNCIL ON CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION

a. Campbell College $ 272,377

b. Chowan College 163,100

c. Gardner-Webb College 154,945

d. Mars Hill College 234,864

e. Meredith College 234,864

f. Wake Forest University 399,595

g. Wingate College 171,255

h. Council Operations 33,000

i. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS TO CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCA- TION $ 1,664,000

14. COUNCIL ON CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES

a. Hospital $ 230,400

b. Children's Homes 445,000

I c. Homes for Aging 78,600

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d. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS

TO CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES $ 754,000

15. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS NEEDED TO FINANCE STATE OB- JECTS (Sum of Items 12, 13 and 14) $ 4,332,900

16. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FUNDS TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN- TION 2,167,100

17. TOTAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAM

BASE BUDGET $ 6,500,000

ANALYSIS OF TOTAL ESTIMATED INCOME FROM CHURCHES

1968

A. For S. B. C. Objects:

1. Cooperative Program $ 2,167,100

2. Special Offerings:

a. Foreign Missions ....$ 1,860,000

b. Home Missions 472,000

c. Seminaries,

Radio-TV, etc 900 2,332,900

3. Total Estimated Income for S. B. C.

Objects $ 4,500,000

B. For North Carolina:

1. Cooperative Program $ 4,332,900

2. Special Offerings:

a. State Missions $ 200,000

b. Hospital-Mother's

Day & Charity 385,000

c. Homes for Aging 150,000

d. Children's Homes .... 500,000

e. Heck-Jones (WMU) 65,000

f. Christian Education..$ 150,000

g. American Bible

Society 6,500

h. Other Special Items.. 10,600 $ 1,467,100

3. Total Estimated Income for State Ob- jects $ 5,800,000

C. Total Estimated Income from Churches 1968

$10,300,000

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B. CHARTER CHANGES

Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Campbell College, Inc

The undersigned non-profit corporation, for the purpose of amending its articles of incorporation, and in accordance with the provision of Section 55A-36 of the North Carolina Non-Prof it Cor- poration Act, hereby sets forth:

I

The name of the corporation is Campbell College, Incorporated.

II

At a regularly convened meeting of the trustees of the Corpora- tion held on the 26th day of May, A.D. 1967, the following amend- ment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted:

Whereas, from its founding to the present time, Campbell College has rendered outstanding service to the State and Nation, and

Whereas, in 1966, Campbell College was admitted to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as a fully accredited senior college, and

Whereas, in 1967, the student enrollment at Campbell College was in excess of 2,100, and

Whereas, as a result of the outstanding achievements of Campbell College and the rapid growth of its student body, it seems fitting that the size of the Board of Trustees be increased:

Now therefore, be it resolved, by the Board of Trustees of the corporation that the second sentence of Article 8, subsection (b), be changed to read as follows:

"The membership of the Board of Trustees shall be thirty-six (36) in number, serving terms of four (4) years beginning on January 1 following their election by the Baptist State Convention and shall serve until their successors have been duly elected and qualified."

Ill

There are no members of the corporation having voting rights. The above amendment received the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this docu- ment to be executed in its name by its President and Secretary this day of , A.D. 1967.

Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, Inc. Resolution

Resolved that the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Baptist Children*s Homes of North Carolina, Inc., hereby adopts the following amendments to the Charter (or Articles of Incorpora- tion) and recommend that the same may be approved by the Gen-

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eral Board of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention at its next meeting :

1. That the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, Inc. (here- in referred to as the "Corporation" or the "Homes") shall have power and authority to receive, hold, and acquire, by purchase, gift, bequest, devise, lease, exchange or in any other manner, real property, personal property and any property of any kind and wherever located, and in any total amount or value; to receive gifts or bequests of cash or real or personal property which may have special designated purposes and, when accepted, to carry out and fulfill the same; and to sue and to be sued, to defend, to contract and be contracted with, and, further, to have all of the rights and powers as granted by any of the laws of the State of North Carolina, including specifically but without limitation, sec- tion 55A-15 of the North Carolina General Statutes providing general powers for Non-Profit Corporations.

2. That the Board of Trustees shall have authority to adopt, alter, amend, or repeal the by-laws.

3. That the Corporation's purposes shall include: providing a home, care, custody and training for children who are in need of the same; for the Homes to be authorized to acquire or to hold custody of children and to care for them; and to use the resources of the Baptist Children's Homes, including counselling and other means, to help persons who are parents, grandparents or relatives of children or other persons or agencies who may have custody of, or have an interest in, children, in the establishment or in the rebuilding of a home, or of a family, or in extending such help to such persons in any other appropriate ways.

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Be it Resolved by the Board of Trustees of Meredith College:

1. That the Charter of Meredith College (Chapter 132, Private Laws of North Carolina 1891, as amended by various acts of the General Assembly of North Carolina and by action taken pursuant to statute by the Board of Trustees) is hereby amended further by rewriting Article 5 of the said Charter to read as follows:

"5. This corporation shall be managed and controlled in accor- dance with law by a Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the Board of Trustees), the members of which shall be designated trustees and shall be elected by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Conven- tion). The Board of Trustees shall consist of twenty-eight members who shall be divided into four classes consisting of seven trustees in each class until January 1, 1968. The Board of Trustees shall consist of thirty (30) members, effective January 1, 1968; thirty- two (32) members, effective January 1, 1969; thirty-four (34) members, effective January 1, 1970; and thirty-six (36) members,

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effective January 1, 1971. As the Board of Trustees becomes thus enlarged, the classes of trustees respectively shall be enlarged to nine trustees in a class. The persons heretofore duly elected as Trustees of Meredith College by the Convention at its regular annual sessions held in the years 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966 (and the persons duly elected to fill vacancies) shall be and continue to be members of the Board of Trustees of this corporation for the re- mainder of the terms for which they were elected respectively and until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified. At each annual session of the Convention, beginning with the 1967 session, nine trustees shall be elected by the Convention for terms of four years each ( commencing January first, next there- after) and until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified."

2. That this resolution shall become effective upon approval of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina or its General Board, in which event the proper officers of Meredith College are authorized and directed to execute and file in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina a Certificate of Amendment embodying the aforesaid changes in the Charter of Meredith College.

C. REQUESTS TO BORROW

North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Inc. Paramedical School Building

Whereas, Construction of a new Paramedical School of approxi- mately 55,000 square feet has been approved by the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. in order to expand educational facilities for Nurses, Technicians and other health personnel, and

Whereas, The North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. is conducting a campaign to raise $1,760,000 for this purpose, and

Whereas, There is a serious nationwide shortage of paramedical personnel and this facility will permit an increase in students of the eleven present paramedical schools from 300 students to 600 students and contribute to the relief of this situation, and

Whereas, It may be necessary for the Trustees of North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. to borrow some part of the total cost in order to expedite construction,

Now therefore be it resolved. By the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session in the City of Asheville, North Caro- lina on November 13-15, 1967:

1. That the Trustees of North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. be empowered to borrow $1,250,000 to finance in part and expedite the construction of this new building.

2. That this loan to be repaid from pledges, grants, and gifts made to the Hospital for this building, and from general income available to the Hospital.

3. That the Trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals,

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Inc. be authorized, empowered, and directed to execute or cause to be executed in the name of the Hospital a note, or notes, or bonds evidencing the indebtedness authorized by these resolutions.

4. That the indebtedness incurred by the Trustees of the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. by reason of these resolutions shall not be deemed to be or held to be or construed to be an indebtedness of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

Fruitland

Whereas, the General Board has been studying and seeking to upgrade the work of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute for the past several years, and

Whereas, the work at Fruitland has provided excellent training for men who have not had college or seminary training and,

Whereas, a great need has developed for a library and adminis- tration building as a part of the needed space at Fruitland, and

Whereas, about $65,000 has already been received by the treasurer of the Convention for the purpose of building such a building.

Now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session at Asheville, North Carolina, Novem- ber 13-15, 1967:

1. That the General Board of the Baptist State Convention be empowered to borrow up to $250,000 to finance the construction of this building,

2. That the loan be repaid from 20 percent of the State Missions Offerings each year until the loan is retired,

3. That the loan be secured on the best possible terms, not to exceed 8 years in length.

Campbell College

I Whereas, on the recommendation of the Campbell College Board of Trustees, the North Carolina Baptist State Convention in session on November 16-17, 1965, in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorized Campbell College, Incorporated, to borrow the sum of $1,000,000 to pay the development cost of the following:

"A. To construct one (1) dormitory to house approximately 200 men, and to include dining facilities for a total of 350 students, estimated to cost approximately $600,000.

B. To construct one (1) dormitory to house approximately 100 women, estimated to cost $300,000.

C. To construct sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments for faculty- student accommodations, estimated to cost $200,000," and

Whereas, construction cost increased approximately 20 percent be- tween the date of the approval of the $1,000,000 loan resolution by the North Carolina Baptist State Convention on November 16-17, 1965, and the approval by the Federal Housing and Urban Develop- ment of a supplemental $1,000,000 bond issue for Campbell College, Incorporated, on July 1, 1966, and

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Whereas, Campbell College, Incorporated, after the opening of the construction bids, found itself in the position of needing funds in excess of the $1,000,000 authorized and that amount which the College could furnish from its own resources, and

Whereas, Campbell College, Incorporated, because of the excess cost, found it necessary to delete from the project the sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments for faculty-student accommodations origi- nally estimated to cost $200,000 until authority to borrow the neces- sary additional amount needed could be secured from the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, and

Whereas, Campbell College, Incorporated, still finds itself in acute need of the sixteen (16) additional apartments designed to accommodate faculty-married-student families, and

Whereas, Campbell College, Incorporated, has in its possession completed, approved architectural plans for the construction of the sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments, and has extended sewer and water facilities to the proposed building site, and has com- pleted all preliminary grading and fill work necessary to begin construction of the sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments, and

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Campbell College, Incorporated, is convinced that the rental fees from the sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments, together with previously-pledged revenues in the Campbell College Housing and Dining System bond issues revenue accounts, will be sufficient to liquidate an additional, supplemental loan needed, not in excess of the principal sum of $225,000, and

Whereas, Campbell College, Incorporated, has demonstrated its ability during the past fifteen years to profit, financially and other- wise, from the addition of such facilities, and has consistently during this time produced over-all balanced budgets annually, and

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Campbell College, Incorporated, finds it necessary and advisable to borrow an additional sum of $225,000 in order to successfully complete the construction of all the buildings authorized by the North Carolina Baptist State Con- vention for Campbell College, Incorporated, in their resolution approved in regular session on November 16-17, 1965, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the North Carolina Baptist State Convention in session November 13-15, 1967, in Asheville, North Carolina:

1. That the trustees of Campbell College, Incorporated, be au- thorized to borrow up to $225,000 to be used all or in part for the construction of sixteen (16) three-bedroom apartments, as described and heretofore listed;

2. That the sum actually borrowed, together with the interest thereon, shall be repaid over a period not to exceed fifty years, said payments of principal and interest to be paid in annual in- stallments;

3. That the proper officers of Campbell College, Incorporated, be and are hereby authorized and empowered to execute, or cause to be

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executed, in the name of Campbell College, Incorporated, and on its behalf, a mortgage upon the lands upon which these housing facilities are to be located, together with the approaches thereto, provided, however, that such mortgage shall not in any way en- cumber any other property owned by Campbell College, Incor- porated;

4. That no part of any indebtedness which may be incurred by Campbell College, Incorporated, under the authority of this resolu- tion shall in any respect be deemed or held to be the indebtedness or obligation of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, nor shall the General Board of the North Carolina Baptist State Con- vention assume any responsibility whatever for the repayment of such loan or any interest thereon.

Chowan College

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Chowan College finds it ad- visable and necessary, in order for such institution better to carry on its work to serve a student body of approximately 1,200-1,500 students, to borrow the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,- 000.00) to be used for the purpose of constructing a new dormitory for men for said college, and.

Whereas, it is the opinion of the said Board of Trustees that it will have funds coming to it for capital purposes which will be sufficient to liquidate said loan over a period not in excess of 35 years.

Now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Chowan College:

1. That the proper officers of Chowan College are hereby au- thorized and instructed to borrow the sum of $1,000,000.00 for the purpose of enabling Chowan College to erect a new dormitory for approximately 300 men; that at the proper time for the closing of the loan, the proper officers of Chowan College, or its Board of Trustees, be and they are hereby authorized to execute a note or bond with interest and upon such terms as may be designated, se- cured by a first deed of trust or mortgage on the said dormitory for men and the lands upon which same is located.

2. That the sums actually borrowed, together with the interest thereon, shall be repaid over a period not in excess of 35 years, the payment of principal and interest to be made in annual, quar- terly or monthly installments.

3. That the proper officers of Chowan College be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to execute, or cause to be exe- cuted, in the name of said college, a note or notes and/or bond or bonds evidencing an indebtedness incurred under the authority of this Resolution and also to execute or cause to be executed, in the name of said college, a mortgage or mortgages and/ or deed of trust or deeds of trust upon the lands on which said new dormitory for men shall be erected, together with the approaches thereto,

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provided, however, that such mortgage or deed of trust shall not in any way encumber any other property owned by Chowan College.

4. That no part of the indebtedness which may be incurred by Chowan College under the authority of this Resolution shall in any respect be deemed or held to be an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and neither the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina nor its General Board shall assume any responsibility whatever for the repayment of such loan or any interest thereon.

5. That the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina at its next regular session be requested to authorize Chowan College to borrow not in excess of the sum above mentioned upon the terms and for the purposes herein set out.

Resolution for The General Board of The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

In Re: Borrowing Money by Mars Hill College

Whereas, on December 7, 1965, the Board of Trustees of Mars Hill College approved a policy of long-term financing for capital improvements, with the first phase of this development being the Blackwell Administration - Classroom Building which will rea- sonably cost for construction, furnishings, and landscaping, the sum of two million dollars, and

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Mars Hill College has devised a plan to borrow an amount of money not to exceed two million dollars at the lowest possible rate of interest to be repaid over a period of thirty years,

Now therefore be it resolved by The General Board of The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session in Ra- leigh, North Carolina, on the 17th day of January, 1967:

1. That the Board of Trustees of Mars Hill College be empowered to borrow an amount, the principal sum not to exceed two million dollars, this sum, together with interest, to be repaid over a period of thirty years.

2. That the college be authorized to execute in its name a note or notes evidencing the indebtedness authorized by this resolution.

3. That the indebtedness incurred by Mars Hill College by reason of this resolution shall not be deemed or held to be in any respect as an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

Adopted by the Board of Trustees in regular session in Mars Hill, North Carolina on the thirteenth day of December, 1966.

W. R. Chambers, chairman

Board of Trustees, Mars Hill College

ATTEST:

Glenn W. Watts, Secretary

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In Re: Borrowing by Meredith College

Whereas, on February 28, 1967 the Board of Trustees of Meredith College approved a policy of long-term financing for capital im- provements, with the first phase of this program being an urgently needed library building which will cost for construction and fur- nishings approximately one million dollars, of which $750,000 is to be borrowed; a physical education facility costing $800,000; a student center building costing $800,000; and a dormitory costing $500,000, for which three facilities $1,200,000 is to be borrowed, making a composite total of $1,950,000; and

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Meredith College has de- veloped a plan to borrow this amount of money at the lowest possible rate of interest to be repaid over a period of from three to forty years.

Now therefore be it resolved by The General Board of The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in session in Boil- ing Springs, North Carolina, on the 11th day of July, 1967, that we recommend to the Baptist State Convention in annual session in Asheville, November 14 and 15, 1967:

1. That the Board of Trustees of Meredith College be empowered to borrow an amount, the principal sum not to exceed one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, this sum, together with interests, to be repaid over a period of from three to forty years.

2. That the college be authorized to execute in its name a note or notes evidencing the indebtedness authorized by this resolution.

3. That the indebtedness incurred by Meredith College by reason of this resolution shall not be deemed or held to be in any respect as an indebtedness or obligation of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

Adopted by the Board of Trustees in regular session in Raleigh, North Carolina on the 28th day of February 1967.

L. M. Massey, Chairman

Board of Trustees, Meredith College

ATTEST: Joe Baker

Notice of Request to Borrow

Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina hereby gives notice that at the Baptist State Convention meeting in Asheville, Novem- ber 14-15, 1967, they will request that the Convention join them in borrowing an amount not to exceed $250,000 for the purpose of constructing a State Woman's Missionary Union Camp on 150 acres of land owned by the Convention in Asheboro adjoining the Camp CaRAway property.

This request to borrow is made with the understanding that this

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amount is to be borrowed under the most favorable terms available and that provision will be made for the repayment of the loan through an annual allocation in the Heck-Jones Memorial Offering for WMU Promotion, plus any overage of such offering, over a period of time not to exceed ten years.

MiRiAMi J. Robinson, Executive Secretary

WMU of North Carolina

D. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS CHANGES

(These changes were not voted on by the 1966 Annual Conven- tion because they had not appeared in the Recorder twice prior to the Convention in November.)

1. Proposed Constitution Changes

(a) Article VIII. Section A, add a new #4 between three and four and renumber as follows:

4. Members of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina who are not then serving as elected mem- bers of the General Board shall be non-voting, ex-officio members of the General Board.

5. What is now section 4 will become section 5.

6. What is now section 5 will become section 6.

7. What is now section 6 will become section 7.

Article IX.

C. Council on Christian Education be amended to read "Council on Christian Higher Education."

1. Christian Education Committee be amended to read "Chris- tian Higher Education Committee."

The Chairman of the General Board's Committee on Chris- tian Education be amended to read "The chairman of the General Board's Committee on Christian Higher Education."

The director of the Division of Christian Education be amended to read "The director of the Division of Christian Higher Education."

2. Proposed By-laws Changes

Article I

D. , 1., Education be amended to read "Higher Education."

Article IV.

A. , 1., Education be amended to read "Higher Education."

2., Education Council be amended to read "Higher Education Council."

B. , 3., Education be amended to read "Higher Education."

3., e., Christian Education be amended to read "Christian Higher Education."

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4., e., Committee on Christian Education be amended to read "The Committee on Christian Higher Education."

(a) Secretary of Council on Christian Education be amended to read "Secretary of Council on Christian Higher Educa- tion."

(b) Council on Christian Education be amended to read "Coun- cil on Christian Higher Education."

Article IV.

Article IV., B., 3., b., proposed to read as follows: b. Missions

Town and Country and Seminary Extension

City and Metropolitan

Interracial Cooperation

Deaf Work

Special Missions

Fruitland Bible Institute

Special Committee of Missions (Composed of chairmen of the above committees.)

2. Article IV., B., 3., d, proposed to read as follows: ' d. Church Programs

Sunday School Department Training Union Department Brotherhood Department

Cooperation with Woman's Missionary Union Student Department Church Music Department Statistics and Survey Department Church Planning Department Department of Camps and Retreats — CaRAway Assembly Committee (Composed of Chairmen of above com- mittees)

3. Article IV., B., 4., a., (2), (e)

(e) "Department of Statistical Analysis" shall be deleted from this section.

(e) Shall read as follows:

He shall work with and supervise the work of the following Departments and Committees: Town and Country and Seminary Extension City and Metropolitan Interracial Cooperation Deaf Work Special Missions

1. Military Ministry

2. Cherokee Indian Work

3. Burnt Swamp Field Work Fruitland Bible Institute

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Article V.

The Council on Christian Education be amended to read "The Council on Christian Higher Education."

A. , 2., Christian Education be amended to read "Christian Higher

Education."

B. , The Council on Christian Education be amended to read "The

Council on Christian Higher Education."

CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES (Correction from incorrect printing in Annual)

Article X. Concerning Debts

C.

Introduction was omitted in printing of 1966 Annual. Should Read:

"All borrowing by the Convention for its own use, or for its institutions or agencies, or borrowings by any institution or agency of the Convention, the payment of which would require an extension of time beyond the close of the subsequent fiscal year, shall be authorized only on the following terms and condition:

Article X. Concerning Debts

C. (1) Same as printed.

Article X. Concerning Debts C. (2) As published in 1965 and 1966 Annual:

Any and all resolutions which propose the borrowing of money shall set forth all pertinent facts and a definite schedule for re- payment. They shall be considered by the Committee on Resolutions, or by a special committee, and shall be voted on by the Convention on two separate days while the Convention is in session; and on each day they must receive the votes of at least three-fifths of the messengers present when the vote is taken, and such vote shall be recorded in the minutes of the Convention.

C. (2) Should read as adopted in 1965:

Any and all resolutions which propose the borrowing of money shall set forth all pertinent facts and definite schedule for repay- ment. Such requests shall be sent to the Executive Committee or General Board by October 1 of each year for recommendation to the Convention. These recommendations shall be included in the General Board's report and subject to the rules concerning the adoption of this report.

(These changes were voted in 1965, but because of clerical error were not included in the 1966 Annual. This information may be found on page 173 of the 1965 Annual #77. Section C, as voted, is found on page 71 of the 1965 Annual.)

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SUGGESTED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES Article VI. Officers Page 21, current Annual, line 6. Now Reads:

"All officers subject to annual election shall be elected on the second day of the annual Convention."

Recommended to Read:

"The election of officers subject to annual election shall begin on the afternoon of the first full day of the annual Convention, but the election may be completed, if necessary, on the morning of the second full day."

SUGGESTED BY-LAWS CHANGES

Article II. Duties of Committees

Section C. 2. (Current Annual) Convention Arrangements Com- mittee, p. 30.

Now Reads:

*'The Committee on Convention Arrangements consisting of nine. This committee shall be responsible: a. for the program for the Annual Meeting; b. for local arrangements, and c. for all other matters not provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws."

Recommended to Read:

"The Committee on Convention Program, consisting of nine. This committee shall be responsible:

a. for the program for the Annual Meeting;

b. for all other matters in connection with the annual meeting not provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws.

Add Section C. 3 Recommended to Read:

"Committee on Local Arrangements consisting of nine. This com- mittee shall be responsible for:

a. supervising all arrangements with the local auditorium includ- ing the securing of typewriters, telephones, furniture and needed equipment for the session of the Annual Meeting;

b. working with Convention staff. Program Committee and En- rollment Committee of the Convention in arranging for display booths, platform, sound system and other arrangements neces- sary for session of the Convention."

C. 3 then becomes C. 4 C. 4 then becomes C. 5 C. 5 then becomes C. 6

C. 5 (current Annual) Committee on Memorials, page 31

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Now Reads:

*'C. 5. The Committee on Memorials consisting of five. In addition to its other duties, it may recommend to the Convention a deceased person or persons to whom the annual of the Convention may be dedicated."

Recommended to Read:

"C. 6. Committee on Memorials consisting of five. This committee shall prepare a report for the annual, including a list of deceased ministers and outstanding lay leaders of the Convention who have passed away during the current year, and call attention to the names of these persons during the Annual Session of the Conven- tion. In addition, this committee may recommend to the Convention a deceased person or persons to whom the annual of the Convention may be dedicated.

C. 6 then becomes C. 7 C. 7 then becomes C. 8 C. 8 then becomes C. 9

C. 8 (Current Annual, pages 31-32) Committee on Place and Preacher

Now Reads:

"The Committee on Place and Preacher consisting of nine mem- bers. This committee shall be responsible for recommending to the Convention a place of meeting for at least two years in advance; and should consider proper accommodations and the size of the auditorium which is available."

Recommended to Read:

"C. 9. The Committee on Place and Preacher consisting of nine members. This committee shall recommend the preacher and alter- nate for the next Annual Session of the Convention and be respon- sible for recommending to the Convention a place of meeting for at least two years in advance; and should consider proper accommo- dations and the size of the auditorium which is available."

C. 9 then becomes C. 10 C. 10 then becomes C. 11

Article IV. The General Board

Now Reads:

B. The Organization of the General Board

1. Meetings. The General Board shall meet on Monday and Tues- day following the third Sunday of January, and on Monday and Tuesday following the second Sunday of July and of October of each year, and in cases of emergency at the call of the General Secretary- Treasurer and the President of the Board or by request from a majority of the General Board members.

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Recommended to Read:

B. The Organization of the General Board

1. Meetings. The General Board shall meet on Tuesday and Wednesday following the third Sunday of January, and on Tuesday and Wednesday following the second Sundays of July and of October of each year, and in cases of emergency at the call of the General Secretary-Treasurer and the President of the Board or by request from a majority of the General Board members.

CONVENTION DEBT

The balance due on the debt of $400,000 incurred to purchase a site for a Student Center at the University of North Carolina and to construct Student Centers at North Carolina State University and at Western Carolina College, is now $255,000.

The loan was obtained from the Wachovia Bank and Trust Com- pany at an interest rate of 5V2 percent with payments scheduled quarterly as follows:

1967 (4th instalment) $ 20,000

1968 105,000

1969 130,000 $255,000

First Baptist Church, Boone, N. C. (Leasehold Acquisition Costs Incurred for Stu- dent Center at Appalachian State University to be amortized by December 31, 1975) $165,136

Total Indebtedness as of October 1, 1967 $420,136

III. PROGRAMS OF WORK A. DIVISION OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (See page 437) B. DIVISION OF MISSIONS

Howard J. Ford, Director

The past months have been months of adjustment, getting better acquainted with North Carolina Baptists, and sharing in work that is highly interesting. This first year of my work has been made easier because of the loyalty and help of a dedicated staff. The General Secretary of the Convention has given invaluable help to the division in helping us meet some of the problems and challenges that came our way.

The interrelatedness of all our mission work — associational, state, home and foreign — has been a main emphasis. We are attempting to build a total concept of the redemptive mission of the church. We accept the responsibility of being a part of this total mission.

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The work of the Division of Missions is being planned and coordi- nated with this concept in mind. Various departments of the division and special ministries within the division will give account of their work in the following pages.

1. Schools of Missions

The Division of Missions has the responsibility of promoting Schools of Missions in the local associations. It is necessary to co- ordinate these Schools with the local association, the State Con- vention, the Home Mission Board, and the Foreign Mission Board. Dates for schools must be arranged many months ahead of the desired schedule. From October, 1966, through September, 1967, we have had seven weeks of Schools of Missions in the following six associations: Neuse, Anson, Rowan, West Chowan (two weeks), Yadkin and Haywood. There were 145 churches participating in these schools. 133 Missionaries (State, Home, and Foreign) were used; 322 mission classes were held; there was a total attendance of 68,872 and a daily average attendance of 10,963.

2. Associational Missions

Associational Missions is a basic part of our total mission program. We now have sixty-six associational missionaries in sixty-six as- sociations. Several of these are on an interim or part-time basis, however. Fifty-three associations are working in a cooperative fi- nancial arrangement with the Convention. The Convention has in- vested approximately $68,000 in this area of work this year.

We have lost the following associational missionaries during the year: Lynn Powers, Ashe- Alleghany; Carl English, Cullom; Alvin Walker, South Fork; Robert Lathan, Tar River; Paul Breedlove, Tennessee River; and Claude H. Hamby, Union. We deeply regret this loss. It is good to have the following new missionaries: Burnt Swamp, Rev. Tony Brewington; Columbus, J. William Ross; Green River, I. V. Couch; Pee Dee, Hoyle Langford; Montgomery, Philip Hutchinson; New Found, Bill Gillespie; South Fork, James B. Mc- Queere; Pilot Mountain, S. Lawrence Childs, Jr. (Associate); and Yadkin, J. C. Shore.

3. Church Loan Fund

The Convention has a small loan fund established for the benefit of small churches or missions that do not have the strength to obtain a commercial loan. Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) was placed in the budget for this purpose this year.

4. Supt. of Area Mission's Report (North Dakota) Sept. 1, 1966-Auff. 31, 1967

Sept. 15 marks the end of five wonderful years in pioneer missions for Mrs. Lamm and me. In the spring of 1962 we were challenged by the Home Mission Board and the Baptist State Con-

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vention of North Carolina to plant our lives here in North Dakota to serve as Area Missionary. We accepted the challenge and came with much enthusiasm and anticipation knowing that it would not be an easy task. However, the victories won for Christ have been worth all the heartaches and difficulties we have encountered. ~ These five years have given us a new dimension in world mis- sions. Our future ministry will be largely influenced by the ex- periences we have had here. Our attitudes and concepts concerning other religious and denominational groups have been altered quite a bit, and we feel that this has made us stronger in the faith. The various types of ministries promoted by the Home Mission Board and the Colorado Convention have helped us gain this new insight and dimension in missions.

The growth of our Southern Baptist Witness in North Dakota has not been all we wanted it to be, but it has been somewhat steady and encouraging. The needs are great and demands are being made which we cannot meet as yet, but hope is not gone either. We are often encouraged by those who write and tell us that they are praying for the work here, and sometimes a check or money order for the needs is enclosed. The Missions' Dept. of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has given pastoral supplement to several of our pastors who could not have stayed otherwise. This too has been most encouraging.

Pastors and others who have come here to minister have en- couraged the people to give to needs beyond our own borders when their salaries have not been adequate in many instances, and the response has been gratifying. We need to re-evaluate the salary situation in the light of rising living expenses and difficulty in getting pastors to come to this field.

Progress is slow and seems to be rather small, but take a look at the growth over the past five years. We have seen the work grow from 7 Churches to 12* and membership from nearly 800 to about 1,600. Cooperative Program giving has grown from $4,- 718.00 to more than $12,000.00 during this period. The total mis- sion giving has increased from $8,157.00 to more than $21,000.00. We have two Church-type missions at present, and we look for- ward to starting two more in the near future. However, serious thought and study must be given to a couple of our Churches and the two missions we now have or growth and progress will be greatly retarded. Remember the saying: "Together we stand — Divided we fall."

The following activities reveal part of my ministry for the past year: I traveled 50,000 miles, served in two Schools of Missions, one week in Mississippi and two weeks in North Carolina, made 200 visits to Churches and missions, delivered 77 sermons and ad- dresses, made 117 religious and soul- winning visits, assisted summer missionaries in surveying for new work, attended Colorado, North

* The Church at Hallock, Minn., affiliated with the Minn. Fellowship as of Sept. 1, thus leaving 11 Churches and 2 missions in North Dakota.

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Carolina, and the Southern Baptist Conventions. I also attended and participated in Home Mission week at Ridgecrest, plus several other meetings in connection with my work as Supt. of Missions.

I regret to announce that my work in North Dakota will end as of Sept. 30, having resigned on August 29. We have given five of the best years of our ministry here, and had wanted to remain longer, but the Lord seems to have opened and shown us another door where we can continue our ministry for Him. We do not claim to have finished the tasks we undertook at the outset, but we have tried very hard to make our ministry worthwhile. We have made many friends here in this area who will always have a big place in our hearts.

We look for and pray for the time when the work of Southern Baptists will become self-supporting in North Dakota. We do covet your prayers for us and the new field of service in North Carolina to which we shall be going in a few days.

Albert S. Lamm

5. Institutional Ministries

a. McCain Tuberculosis Sanatorium Rev. C. R. Edwards, Baptist Visitor

There is a tendency on the part of the patients at McCain to feel that they are forsaken because many are many miles from home which makes it difficult for their families, friends and pastor to visit them. Thus, my ministry to them serves to give them a moral and spiritual uplift.

I visit them once and sometimes twice per week, spending as much time as I think necessary to fulfill my mission. My service with them consists of Bible reading, prayer and counsel as the occasion demands.

The patients, again, wish that I express to the Baptist State Convention their sincere appreciation for their love and concern.

a. Prison Unit — McCain Sanatorium Michael T. Ray, Baptist Visitor

During the past year the number of tubercular patients have decreased and the facilities, once used for patients with tuber- culosis only, are now being used for patients from over-crowded prison units throughout North Carolina.

Each Sunday morning there is Sunday School for all who can attend in a room set aside for that purpose. The Sunday School is taught by a layman from Aberdeen, N. C. This period of Bible Study is followed by a Worship Service conducted by your Baptist Visi- tor. Following the Worship Service he visits patients in the wards that are bed-ridden, often counselling with those who need the friendliness of someone he feels he can trust. It is the sharing of God's Love, through Jesus Christ, that several men have come to

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know and trust their lives to the Lord. Just recently two men have started studying a Bible Course and other men have indicated a desire to do so.

Have you ever witnessed to a man who has been behind prison bars for 25 years and hear him say, "Well, if Jesus Christ can forgive my sins and can make me into the kind of man God wants me to be, then I will believe and trust Him as my true Lord?" Do you believe this ministry is worthwhile? I do! Let's pray that God's Spirit will speak to the hearts of other men.

b. Odom Prison Farm Dalphon J. Thompson, Visiting Representative

The nature of prison work is rapidly changing. In the first place the North Carolina prisons are no longer called prisons, but cor- rectional institutions. The idea is to correct the inmates rather than merely punishing them. Secondly, Odom prison has changed from a "close security" prison to a correctional institution for youth of- fenders. Therefore, there will be a different type of person at Odom in the future. The change is taking place now. This will demand a different type of ministry. These young men will need help that will enable them to be capable of entering back into society soon. This will demand more from the spiritual area. We Baptists must meet their spiritual demands and never lose sight of the importance of the person.

There are approximately 300 inmates at Odom. Between ten and twenty voluntarily attend the weekly Simday school service at 8:45 a.m. Hardly a Sunday goes by that an inmate does not want to talk about something that is bothering him. I am glad to serve here and this is a very important ministry. Baptists of North Caro- lina can be glad they have a part in this work with the inmates in our correctional institutions.

c. Samarcand Manor Industrial and Vocational School for Girls Ernest Poston, Baptist Chaplain

Over three hundred teen-age girls now reside at Samarcand Manor. A Christian witness is provided for these girls through Sunday afternoon chapel services and through personal counseling and guidance by four chaplains.

Your Baptist chaplain leads the chapel service every third Sunday and one day a week is available to give spiritual counsel to those girls who request it. In the past year there have been a number of professions of faith in Christ and some of the girls have been baptized.

In recent months our associational missionaries throughout the state have been asked to help locate girls released from the school who have been baptized and to encourage them to unite by letter with a church in their home community.

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with these girls the knowledge of the forgiving love of our Lord and that many may be led to a personal commitment of their lives to Him.

d. Leonard Training School Rev. Richard Hopkins, Baptist Visitor and Counselor

How would you describe red to a person who was born blind? Many of the boys we work with come from backgrounds devoid of the experience of love. To say to one of these that somebody loves him is to speak to him in a foreign language. Your ministry here is to give the boys unconditional acceptance. This is so strange to some that it takes months of patient listening to allow the boy to learn, by trying, that someone cares just because he is there.

We sit in our comfortable middle class world and often find it difficult to imagine that there is such a spiritual desert in some of the ''families" of our state.

The convention is to be congratulation for the concern it has shown for this problem.

"When I was in prison you visited me."

e. Morrison Training School, Hoffman, N. C. Michael T. Ray, Baptist Chaplain

After the Morning Worship Service and the invitation had been given sixteen boys left the auditorium and gathered in a room set aside for counselling. Later another boy spoke to the Associate Superintendent of Morrison asking if he could speak with the chaplain. When asked "what is on your mind," the boy said, "Chaplain, I'm a Christian but my twin brother is not. I pray for him and try to show him what is right, but sometimes he does not listen. I've come to you to ask you to pray for him and to show him Jesus Christ."

How much concern do I have for my brother? How much concern do YOU have for your brother? And how much concern do we as Baptists have for the 360 boys at Morrison Training School? Some of you may say "These boys are not my concern . . . they are the responsibility of the State of North Carolina," but praise God, there are boys and staff members at Morrison who know that they are the concern of many Baptists of North Carolina who help support the Christian at the School. Throughout this year many boys at Morrison Training School have found the Friend and Saviour be- cause of YOUR loving care and concern.

"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

6. Report of the Department of Interracial Cooperation

CoRBiN L. Cooper, Secretary

"I can never really begin to tell all that this summer has meant to me, for how can you communicate the joy you feel when you realize that you had a part in winning 41 boys and girls to Christ?

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And how do you explain what it means when you find you love as brothers in Christ people you had always feared? Words fail me, but I will say this, I would not exchange this summer for anything in the world."

This is the final paragraph of a letter written by one of the first two white college students who have ever served for a summer in the Department of Interracial Cooperation. But the summer of 1967 also held other successful efforts such as 42 Vacation Bible Schools enrolling over 3,600 boys and girls. In the Asheville area there were seven standard schools held in our General Baptist churches.

Another new undertaking for 1967 was a series of four Human Relations Conferences held in May in Wilmington, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount, and Statesville. The enrollment and participation were encouraging.

Also, in May we regretted to receive the resignation of the Reverend James Barber, teacher-missionary in Fayetteville. Mr. Barber accepted the pastorate of two churches in Chadbourn and Whiteville.

The Department supported efforts to begin an annual week of interracial fellowship and Christian study in August at Chowan College. It, too, proved successful and will be repeated next year. A similar week of fellowship at Mars Hill College in July had the usual good results.

Again this year a goodly number of the General Baptist State Convention participated in the summer camps and assemblies op- erated by the Baptist State Convention. It is hoped that these fa- cilities will be used increasingly in the future.

The convention year reached a climax in August as the General Baptist State Convention held its centennial celebration and voted unanimously to enter the Crusade of the Americas. The vote included the acceptance of an invitation for the two conventions to jointly plan and sponsor a conference on evangelism to be held in Greens- boro in 1969.

The year has been most encouraging but concludes with much work yet to be done. It is our prayer that the dedicated Christians in our Baptist churches throughout North Carolina will continue to work tirelessly for the time when all of God's people might sit down together and plan and work to fulfill the purpose of God in the world.

The following statistical summary of the seven (7) full-time workers and twelve part-time employees reveals something of the nature and extent of the work done through the department.

Institutes 61; Enrollment 3,615; Ministers Enrolled 203 Extension Classes 40; Enrollment 1,635; Ministers Enrolled 123 Workshops 22

Vacation Bible Schools 42; Enrollment 3,602

Revivals Conducted 7

Professions of Faith 160

Other Additions to Churches 139

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Churches Visited 526 Miles Traveled 128,503 Human Relations Conferences 4 Colleges Visited 10

7. Department of Deaf Missions

Jerry F. Potter, Missionary Neal L. Peyton, Associate

In terms of overall Southern Baptist History the work among the deaf is a comparatively recently opened field. Educators saw the needs of the deaf people in their field long before the churches realized that they also represented a mission field. The ministry of the Deaf Ministry Department can be considered a pioneer field even now. New methods and means are constantly being tried — some to become a part of the deaf ministry and some to be dis- carded.

For the