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Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals Arkansas Baptist History 11-19-1996 Arkansas Awakening: 1996 Annual of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention Arkansas Baptist State Convention Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/abscannuals Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Arkansas Baptist State Convention, "Arkansas Awakening: 1996 Annual of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention" (1996). Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals. 137. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/abscannuals/137 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Arkansas Baptist History at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1996 ANNUAL of the ARKANSAS BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION il1 the One Hundred Forty-Third Session (l481h Year) Geyer Springs First Baptist Church Little Rock. Arkansas NEXT SESSION: Date: November 4-5. 1997 Place: Park Hill Baptist Church, North Little Rock Preacher: David Miller, Heber Springs Alternate: Ben Rowell. Rogers FUTURE SESSIONS: November 3-4, 1998 Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia November 9-10, 1999 First Baptist Church, Springdale October 3 I-November I, 2000 Second Baptist Church, Hot Springs November 6-7,2001 First Baptist Church, Russellville 1997 CONVENTION OFFICERS President ................................ ... .... Rex M.Horne, Jr., Little Rock First Vice-President ................. ......................Del Medlin, Cabot Second Vice-President .. ............................ John Dresbach, Jonesboro ARKANSAS BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION Emil Turner,Exe cutive Di rector 525 West Capitol, Little Rock Mail: P.O. Box 552, Little Rock. AR 72203 Telephone: (501) 376-4791 1-800-838-2272 Fax: (50 I) 374-2754 TABLE OF CONTENTS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Arkansas Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries . .. 13 Arkansas Baptist Foundation . ... ....,............................... 14 Arkansas Baptist Historical Commission .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 14 Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine . ...... .......... ..... ......... ....... 15 Baptist Memorial Health Care System. Inc .. Memphis, Te nnessee . ...... ....... 15 Baptist Student Union � Advisory Committee . .. .. 16 Charter and Bylaws Committee .......................................... 18 Convention Nominating Committee ...................................... 18 Convention Program Committee ........................................ 18 Executive Board ...................................................... 11 Ouachita Baptist University ............................................. 11 State Joint Committee � National Baptist Ministries ......................... 17 Williams Baptist College ............................................... 17 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ..... .......... ... ...... .............. 19 The Baptist Faith and Message ..........................................., 27 DIRECTORIES Agencies ........................................................... 10-11 Arkansas Emeritus Missionaries ......................................... 177 Associational Officers, Annual Meetings . ......... ............ ... ......... 299 Baptist Building ............................................... ....... 6 Bivocational Ministries ........... ..... ...... .......................... 233 Churches and Missions . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 178 Church Staff ................... .... ....... ..... .......... .... ..... 233 Convention Officers ............. ............ ............ .......... 5 Executive Board Officers .... ..... ........... ... ... .................. 5 Historical Directory 31 Institutions . ...... ..... .............................. .... .... ........ 11 Other Ministers .... ........... ........... ..................... ........ 233 Pastors ............................................................. 233 Wo man's Missionary Union . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 PROCEEDINGS OF CONVENTION MEETING ........................... 34 Budget Adopted ... .............. ..................................... 46 Committees Appointed . .. 34 Executive Board Report and Recommendations .... ........ ......... 55 Program ............................................................ 35 Resolutions 50 REPORTS Arkansas Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries . .. 77 Arkansas Baptist Foundation ............................................ 79 Baptist Memorial Health Care System, Inc., Memphis. Te nnessee ............... 82 Executive Board ...................................................... 55 Administration .................................................... 55 Annuity ...... .... .... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. ......... .. ... .. .. .. .... 61 Arkansas Baptist Assembly, Siloam Springs ............................. 61 Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine ...................................... 81 Baptist Book Store ................................................. 87 Baptist Student Union ......................... ..................... 62 Brotherhood ...................................................... 62 Business Services .................................................. 63 Camp Paron ...................................................... 64 Church Leadership Support .......................................... 66 Church Music Ministries ............................................ 67 Cooperative Program ............................................... 67 Discipleship and Family Ministry ..................................... 68 Evangelism ....................................................... 70 Ministry of Crisis Support ........................................... 71 National Baptists ........ .................... ...................... 67 State Missions . .. .. .. .. .. 71 Stewardship ...................................................... 73 Sunday School .............. ..................................... 74 Ouachita Baptist University ............................................. 83 Williams Baptist College ............................................... 85 Woman's Missionary Union 74 STATISTICAL TABLES ...... ........................ ............ ..... 89 In Memory William Oscar Taylor was born October 22. 1890. in the home of his parents, William Jacob Taylor and Annie Green Taylor. ncar Hillsboro in Union County. Arkansas. He received his early education in the one room. slate. and McGuffey's reader genre of schools prevalent in rural areas before and at the turn of the century.He worked as a farmhand for his father until he was 19. at which time he raised his own crop and was thus enabled to attend high school as a boarding student in Junction City, Arkansas. He was converted at the age of 17 at Cane Creek Baptist William OscarTaylor Church and was immediately put into service as the church clerk and was soon a Sunday School teacher. His plan was to become a teacher himself, however, these plans were to be changed and after several sessions of teaching in the one room schools he surrendered to a call to the ministry and preached his first sermon at Caledonia Baptist Church in Union County October 21. 1912. Hewent onto attend Normal School inConway (UCA). Ouachita Baptist College in 1912- 14. and the SouthwesternBaptist Theological Seminary from which he received his Th .M. degree in 1924. In 1912 he married Minnie Belle White. They had eight children. 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great, great-grandchild. He served as a pastor in various parts of Arkansas and also for 25 years in several positions as an associational missionary. An enthusiastic Baptist believer, he attended his first SouthernBaptist Convention in 19 18 and was a regular attendee at that annual convention throughout his life until shortly before his death. He led a group of men on a bus camping trip to the Baptist Wor ld Alliance in Atlanta in 1939. He was the founder of three associational camps: Ravenden Springs (now Cedar Glade), Baptist Vista and Wolf Creek Camp. Though he retired from the active ministry at the age of 65, it could be more accurately stated that he transferred to other fields of endeavor.He worked for some time in the North Little Rock inner city mission and after two trips overseas in which he followed the steps of Paul's missions and journeyedthrough the world of Jesus, he returnedto the life of a supply minister and guest speaker. In his eighties he cared for his invalid wife and wrote his two volume autobiographies. "The Old Timers Did It This Way" and "Seventy Years in the Ministry" and several treatises of genealogy.His 1 OOth birthday was a day of statewide note in Arkansas and in his 1 OOth year Ouachita Baptist University, his alma mater, awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. In his 1 OOth year he was still widely sought after as a speaker and raconteur and was known for his quotation of poetry. In recent years he had recorded several inspirational. seasonal. and religious tapes. He was an active gardener, read volumi­ nously, carried on a large correspondence with his many friends and relatives, and continued to memorize new poetry. He was active in the First Baptist Church of Melbourne. Arkansas, where he lived next door to his daughter and her husband. He had been the oldest minister in the Southern Baptist Convention for many years and served as a messenger

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