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Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals Arkansas Baptist History 11-7-1961 Perfecting the Saints: Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 1961 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 Organizational Communication Commons Recommended Citation Arkansas Baptist State Convention, "Perfecting the Saints: Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 1961" (1961). Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals. 103. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/abscannuals/103 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]. ANNUAL of the Arlk?alrrn§?al§ IBa}p)ltll§[ §1ta1te C ((}) rrn V e rrnltll ((}) rrn in the ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION (113TH YEAR) held at IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS November 7-9, 1961 Edited By S. A. WHITLOW Baptist Building Little Rock, Arkansas Next Session Will Be Held MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (HOST) EL DORADO, ARKANSAS November 6-8, 1962 MINOR COLE, Dumas Preacher of Annual Sermon BEN HANEY, Ozark Alternate TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ASSOOIA TION OFFIOERS ______________________________________________________________________________________ 184 AUDITS __________________________________ _ ____________________ 136 BOARDS AND OOMMITTEES: Arkansas Baptist Foundation _____________ __________________________ ________________ ____________________ 7 Arkansas Baptist History Oommission _____________ ______________________________________________ 8 Arkansas Baptist Home for Ohildren _______________ _______________________________________________ 8 Arkansas Baptist Hospital ________________ ________________ ______________________________________________ 8 Baptist :Memorial Hospital ____________ ____________________ ____________________________________________ 9 Ohristian Oivic ~'oundation of Arkansas, Inc. _________________________________________________ 10 Executive Board ____________________________ __________________________________________________________ 6 Nominating Oommittee _______ _____________________________ __________________________________ 10 Ouachita Baptist Oollege ____________________ ______________________________________________________ 9 Program Oommittee ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 Resolutions Oommittee _____________________________________________________________________________________ 22 Southern Baptist College (Advisory) _____ _________________________________________________________ 9 BY-LAWS __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ 14 OONSTITUTION ____________________________________________________________________________________ _ 11 OONVENTION OFFICERS _____________________________ _ 4 OONVENTION PROGRAM _____________________ __________________________________________________ 19 DIREOTORY OF CONVENTION __________________________________________________________________________ 4 DIREOTORY OF PASTORS ______________________________________________________________________________________ 160 o t h er 01' da incd Minis tel'S ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1 7 5 HISTORICAL DIREO'l'ORY _______________________________________________________________________________________ 17 MESSENGERS OF OONVENTION _________________________________________________________________________ 90 PROOEEDINGS OF OONVENTION ______________________________________________ 19 Budget Adopted _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 30, 41 Oommittees Appointed: Oommittee on Order of Business _______________________________________________________________ 22 Oommittee on Resolutions __________________________________________________________ 22 Dedication of Annual ___________________________________________________________ -- ________ -- _______ 3, 29, 34 Election of Officers ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 29 Executive Board Recommendations _______________________________________________________ 29 M:iscellaneous Business __________________ _ ________________ ____ . ______________________________ 29, 34 REPORTS: Annuity Board ______________________ _________________________________ ________________ _ 52 Arkansas Baptist Foundation ______________________________________ ________________ 42 Arkansas Baptist History Commission _____________________________________________________________ 26 Arkansas Baptist Hospital _________________________________________________________________________________ 60 Baptist Book Store ____________ __________________ _ _________________ ________________________________ 59 Baptist Memorial Hospital _______________________________ _______________________________________ 67 Bottoms Baptist Orphanage --_______ ------____________________________________________ 69 Christian Civic Foundation of Arkansas, Inc. _____________________ 75 Convention Oommittees: Nomina ting Oommittee __________________________________ 34 Resolutions Oommittee __________ _ _______________________________________________________ 35 Executive Board: Administration ___ ___________________ ______ _____________________________________ 37 Recommendations-Ouachita Oampaign , I Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine' ,_______________________ _ 43 Baptist Student Union ---- ________________________________________________________________________ 44 Brotherhood _______ __________________________ ___________________________________ 44 Oamps and Assemblies -- __________________ -_________________________ _________________ 46 Ohurch Music ___ ___________________ _ _ ___________________ ______________________ 47 Oooperative Prog-ram __ ______ ________________________________________________________ 50 Forward Program of Church Finance __________________________________________ 50 Missions-Evangelism ______________________________________________________________________ 48 Race Relations ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 51 Sunday School _________________________ __ _ _______________ 54 Training Union __________ -----____________________________________ ___________________ 55 Annuity Board, SBO ____________________________ _______________________________ 77 Ohristian Life Oommission, SBC _______ __________________________ 84 Education Oommission, SBO ---_______________________________________________ ________________ 86 Foreign Mission Board, SBO --___________________________________________________ 80 Historical Oommission, SBO ---- _________________________________________________________________________ 89 Horne Mission Board, SBC ------ ________________________________________________________________________ 78 New Orleans Baptist Theological Sominary _____________________________________________ 82 Ouachita Baptist Oollege -----------_________ ---______________ _ ___________________________________ 70 Southern Baptist Oollege --------_________________________________ ________________________ 74 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ___ -____________________________________________ 83 ''loman' 8 ~Iissiollary Union ____________________________ _________________ ._______ 58 STATISTICAL TABLES ---- ----------- _________________________________________________________________________ 101 • 11« ilrmortam This Annual is dedicated to the memory of two beloved laymen whose devotion to the cause of Christ was an inspiration to Arkansas Baptists. James Earl Berry Fred H. Carter 1886 - 1961 1905 - 1961 DIRECTORY OF CONVENTION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS C. Z. Holland, J onesboro __________________________________________________________________ President Robert L. Smith, Pine BlufL____________________________________ First Vice President Eugene Webb, Route One, Monette ________________________ Second Vice President S. A. Whitlow, Little Rock _____________________ Recording Secretary-Treasurer ADMINISTRATION s. A. Whitlow__________________________________________________________________ Executive Secretary Ralph Douglas ___________________________________________ Assodate Executive Secretary Melvin C. Thrash __________________________________________________ . _________ Business Manager Betty Garton _______________________________________________________________________________ Bookkeeper Mrs. N adine Bjorkman________________________________________________________ Office Secretary Mrs. Eujeania Breedlove ______ .. ___ Office Secretary-Assistant Bookkeeper ________________________________________________________________________ Office Secretary Mrs. Lera Stokes ________________________________________________ Printing Room Supervisor Ru th Skiles _____________________________________________________________________________ Clerk-Typist Mrs. Bonnie Williams _______________________________________________ Work Room Assistant Mrs. Vivian RothwelL __________________________________________________________ PBX Operator ARKANSAS BAPTIST FOUNDATION Ed F. McDonald, Jr. ________________________________________________