1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Release: 7:20 P.M. Convention Hal 1, Atlantic City, 11. J. Tuesday, May 19 W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

IJISLCOPfE ADDRESS TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST COIWENTION By Roy D. Gresham

On bebalf of the Baptist Convention of I wish to extend to you a cordial welcome. You have learned already, as you have traveled from all parts of our country, that this is a choice section of God's great vineyard.

You are guest of Southern in the State of Maryland and the great North- east. Our constituency extends from the and District of Columbia lines in the south to the Canadian border in the north;. from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the mountains of Mid- and New' York to the west, From this vast terri- tory 237 churches, 240 missions, 14 associations and 67,271 Southern Baptists greet you. Within our territory live some 48 million people--more than 1/4 of the popu- lation of the .

Some of our state conventi~nscan boast that the ratio of Baptists in their con- vention is 1 to 3. In our area we can lay claim to only 1 to 675. In some areas such as Metropolitan New York our number is 1 to 5,290.

New York City is known as "The Crossroads of the World." Here more different: national, religious and racial groups impinge on each other than anywhere else on earth. Sixty different nationalities are to be found. There are more Catholics than live in Rome, more Puerto Ricans than inhabit San Juan and four times as many Irish as reside in Dublin.

From the top of the Empire State Building you view the world's second largest concentration of humanity. Fifty-six per cent of these people go to no church what- ever; yet these citizens contra1 much of the nation's business, industry, finafice, art, culture and communications.

Cmly 10.7 per cent: of New ~ork'speople are Protestant. To be as well churched from a Baptist standpoint as many of our state conventions are, the Northeastern region needs 30,000 white Baptist churches,

In the city of Philadelphia where there are three million people we have only one mission and no Southern Baptist Church. Seven years ago there was no Southern Baptist work in the area, but now we have 36 churches and as many chapels:

~&thernBaptists through the Home Mission Board working in connection with the Baptist Convention of Maryland, are making an investment of mission funds in the strategic area. Recause Baptists have an historic witness to the fact that the church is a fellowship and is not a sectional or a national thing, we covet your increasing support, We need large financial resources immediately and we need the most capable workers we can get.

Many of us believe that the world's greatest mission field is the Northeast. Surely one of the most significant things Southern Baptists are doing in this hour is the work being undertaken in this area. Into this field of need 17e have moved, not as invaders but as allies with all who are seeking to promote the cause of Christ, Many established churches of other states could find here a worthy mission enterprise.

You are guests this week of an area, the history of which, is not surpassed by any other part of our country. It might come as a surprise to some of you that Maryland was one of the eight state conventions that sent representatives to Augusta, Georgia, in 1845 to organize the Southern Baptist Convention. The trophies of our area include l%e Declaration of Independence, The Act of Toleration, The First Baptist Church of America, Philadelphia Association (the first organized association of Baptist: Churches in America), The , American Baptist Publication Society, the first Baptist Sunday School in the United States and the first Baptist School of Religious Education (). FJe take pride in our heritage from such personalities as , , John Leland, tdoniram and Ann Judson, , Annie Armstrong, Joshua Levering, Richard Fuller, etc. Indeed this is holy ground on which we meet.

We welcome you to our midst and ask that you note the opportunity and need for an enlarged Baptist wiwess in this region and that you join us in prayer and generous concern that together we may make Christ: Lord in this Northeastern area of our nation. (over) 2. ..Welcome Address to SBC

It is not without significance that this historic meeting of Baptists comes at: such a time and place. Dr. Chauncey Daley, editor of the Western Recorder, points out that "interestingly enough Flay 19, beginning of the celebration this year, misses by only one day the exact date of the first session of the Triennial Conventi~non llay 18, 1814. And Atlantic City is only about 50 miles from Philadelphia where the historic 1814 meeting convened. That meeting was specifically for the purpose of beginning American Baptist foreign mission efforts, and the 1964 meeting will also have strong emphasis upon foreign missions. The similarities between 1814 and 1964 are interest- ing, but the contrasts are even more interesting. The 1814 meeting recorded a total of 33 delegates; Southern Baptists will have more than 15,000 messengers in 1964 and limerican Baptists, also meeting at the same time in the same hall, will swell the number to 20,000 or more. In 1814 eleven states were represented; Baptists from all 50 states and many foreign countries will attend in 1964."

"As fresh winds stir smouldering Eire into flame, so God's Spirit swept through Baptist Churches in North ~Zmerica one hundred and fifty years ago to stir Baptist people to a world encircling mission." It is the humble and sincere prayer of the Baptists of our state convention that this same Holy.Spirit will stir our hearts afresh and anew and that: we shall be empowered once again to carry out the mission God 'has given to Southern Baptists.

As we come, let it: be in thanksgiving for all that God has done and is doing 'for us.

Let us come in prayer that His Spirit will guide us, and His will be revealed to us as we consider His work.

Let us come in repentence, seeking God's forgiveness for the failures of this year and the past, and praying for strength to do better in the work ahead. , , Lee us come in joy, with gratitude for the privilege of working in His Kingdom.

Let us cone in humility, considering each before the other, giving the glory for all that has been done.

Let us 'come in expectancy, ready for the rich blessings that He will bestow.

Let us come in faith claiming his promises and ready to advance as He leads.

Let us come in dedication, withholding not one thing, but giving our all to Him, that He may use us to do His will.

If we come in this spirit, this should be a Convention session long to be remem- bered.

\JeLcome, Southern Baptists, to Maryland and the great Northeast.

Roy D. Gresham is executive secretary, Baptist Convention of Maryland. The Maryland Convention has acted as hos't group to the 1964 Convention. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Release: 7: 25 P. ivl. Convention Hall, Atlantic City Tuesday, iL'iay 19 bi~, C, Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp , Press Room idanager

RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF vvELCOiIIE, 1964 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

by Cr. 0. Norman Shands, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church Kansas City, hlissouri

iVlr. President, lvlr. Gresham, fellow messengers, and honored guests, as a matter of courtesy each messenger to this convention would wish to say, "Thank you," for the gracious welcome he has just received. As impractical as it may seem to attempt such a heroic re- sponse, I think we shall have a try at it anyway. Each messenger and guest who wishes to say, "Thank you, " may prepare now to give a Chautauqua salute. For the benefit of those who have never given such a salute, you take a handkerchief by one corner and wave it up and down three times. Now, if you are ready, we shall salute together.

It is fitting that Southern Baptists should rneet in Atlantic City in 1964. Even more important than its proximity to the kt orld's Fair is the fact that no city has more experience in providing the facilities essential to the success of a large convention. If we fail, how- ever, to use the facilities considered by some to be necessary, we beg our hosts and host- esses ta look on this as one of the more creative ways in which we live up to our reputation of being a peculiar-people.

' There are also i-risrcric and spiritual reasons for corning toAtlantic City. Here, in the region which gave us Adoniram and Ann Judson and Luther Rice, we can- more easily7"look to the rock whence (we) are hewn and to the hole of the pit whence (we) are digged. " I\hile tfrey happily committed themselves to the spiritual insights and doctrinal convictions of Baptists, they committed the Baptists of America to an effort to share Christ with the entire world. The sharing of their vision by their fellow 4aptists led to the establishment of colleges, seminaries, and institutions of mercy--not to speak of local churches--which have been sources of light and fountainheads of liberty for the world. On the one hundred fiftieth a'nniversary of the fourrding of the first nationwide organization of Baptists we come together in the spirit a£ gratitude and rededication.

In the spirit of rededication we shall seek to face the challenge of our day with as much courage, faith, compassion, and creative imagination as our fathers demonstrated. As they emphasized the primacy of evangelism, so shall we. As they crossed every geographical frontier to evangelize the nations, we shall strive to cross cultural and racial frontiers to teach the ethical obligations of redeemed men. In the spirit of Roger \:illiams we shall give thanks for and pray for those who raise the banner of religious liberty in whatsoever tradition they stand, or in whatsoever council they sit. In the spirit of George Vr . Truett and Lee R. Scarborough we shall reassert our readiness to sit down around the open Bible with any and a11 who seek to find Ln its revealed truth the foundation for Christian unity, trusting the Holy Spirit who inspired its utterances to bring light and wisdom from its treasure which will make the mind of Christ clear to us. 1:e are especially grateful for the attention which is being given to the scriptural teaching concerning Baptism, and we pray for the spirit among ourselves which will encourage our best trained minds and our trustworthy leaders to bear witness to our own convictions in such discussions of faith and practice.

In the beginning of our convention we are mindful of the opportunity we shall have, before leaving this city, to give a demonstration of the growing spirit of unity among Baptists on this c'bntinent. The very existence of several Baptist conventions underscores our conviction that within the spirit of unity there is room for diversity of methods, techniques, and procedures. Our prayer is, however, that our experience of fellowship here in the celebration of our common - origins and heritage and in the rededication to our common task as Christians may serve to magnify Him who is the Head of the church and the Lord of all, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer

And so, dear Sir, in His name, and for His sake, we thank you for your kind and gracious welcome. -30- 0. Norman Shands is a native of Columbus, Ga . , born ~vlarch13, 1916. He is a graduate of ~dercerUniversity (Baptist), ~b~econ,Ga. , and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville. He i: a Eorrn~svie::-president of Georgia Baptist Corvention, CONVENTION BULLETIN

.- .- .-... FORTY-FIRST VOT,UME ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY, MAY 19, 1964 FIRST DAY - - .- -- --

COMMITTEES-TONIGHT \\ OR AS THE HEAVENS are higher than the earth, so are my ways Committee on Committees, Gerald Fhigher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For Martin (Tennessee), chairman. Meets 20 minutes before the session tonight as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth in Room B, to the right of the stage. not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, Committee on Resolutions, Robert F. that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my Woodward (Maryland), chairman. Meets word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me on adjournment tonight in Room B, to the right of the stage. void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" ( Isa. 55:9-11). SBC REGISTRATTON Suggested Order of Business Rc~istrationof messengers is in the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION lobby of Convention Hall. May 19-22, 1964 A,tlantic City, New Jersey The constitutional provision for reg- . K. Owen White, President 11 :66 Duet-Joe Ann Shcltun nnd Vir~inia istration, as stated in the Southern Seelis, School of Mus~c, Southwestern Baptist Convention Constitution, is am 1,ee Roy Till, Director of Music Rantifit Theolorical Seminnrv. F o r t follows : GENERAL THEME: "For Liberty and worth. exa as Light" Address on Tht.olorica1 Education- "Article 111. Membership: The Con- Roherl E. Naylor. Trxns vention shall consist of messengers who SCRIPTURE: "The light of the glorious ~enec~iction-~amarJackson. Alabama are members of missionary Baptist of Christ" (2 Cor. 4 :4) SONG: "To God Be the Glorv" WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON churchcs co-operating with thc Conven- "We Will Obey God's Word" tion as follows: TUESDAY NIGHT 1 :45 nn~t.-Mr. and Mrs. Homer E.- Phillinn. "1. One messenger for each regular "We Will Preach God's Word" Cheverly. Maryland Baptist church which is in friendly co- 2:00 Sung Service 6:46 The Symvhunic Bnnd. Carsun-Newman 2:10 Scripture -Frank O. Uaurh, Oklnhomn operation wih this Convention and sym- Collewe, Jefferson City. Tennesstv- k raver-David Uvrd. TLnnesser Wesley L. Ruueru, D~rertor 2 :15 ~~scrllanrousRusjnesx pathetic with its purpnse and work and Solo-Linda Luftis, For1 Worth. Texas has during the fiscal year preceding been 7:OO 2 :26 Election of Offirers Song Service 2 340 American Rihle Sociely-John McComh2, a bonafide contributor to the Conven- 7:10 Scripture--Hubert G. Kccfer. Michigall New York tion's work. Prayer-Andrew Hall, Arknnsns Ra~~listSunday Srhool Uoard-Jamrs 1,. "2. One additional messenger for each 7:16 Addrr-s of Welcume-Hoy D. Gre~;hani. Sullivan, Tennessee Maryland So'o-Mary Ellen k'i~h. I"ir*it Southr~n such church for everv 250 members; Response--0. Normnn Shands. Missuuri Ranlist Churrh. Coloradu Svrin~s.Culo- or for each $250.00 paid to the work of 7:25 Report on Re~istratiun-Joe W. Uurtun. rado the Convention during the fiscal year Tennessee Address-"Christian train in^-A De- 1:80 Commit1t.e on Order of Buuinesx-C. W. terrent to Crimew-U. S. Revreseritativr preceding the annual meeting. Farrar, Eugene Silrr, Kentycky "3. The messengers shall be appointed Congregational Song 7:SB Solo-Lee Roy Till, Texas-"But This I Benediction-Robert D. Crowley, Mary- and certified by the churches to the Know" land Convention, but no :fiurch may appoint 7 :40 Fr;iident's Addreas-K. Owes White. WEDNESDAY NIGHT more than ten (10). Texas 8:16 The Singing Churchmen (Ministera of "We Will Share Cod's Word" The registration of meesengers be- Music)-William J. Reynolds, Directot The Symahonic Band, Caraon-Newman gan on Monday morning and will con- 8:SO Annual Sermon-Enoch C. Brown, South College Jeffernon City, Tennessee tinue through Friday. The Registration Carolina: Warren Hultrren.-. Oklahoma. ~esley'L. Rogers, Director Alternate The Baptist Hour Choir--Joe Ann Shel- Desk will be open from 8:30 a.m. until BenedictionJ. C. Clement. Louisiana ton, Director the night session closes. Song Service The Convention Registration D'esk WEDNESDAY MORNING Scripture-Clevr1an.d Autry, District of Studv Columbia does not re~istervisitors. "We Will God's Word" Prayer-Harlm Harris, Texas This is the first time for the Con- The Junior ~hoi;. First Baptist Church. W u m an' s Missionary Union-Mrs. vention to meet in Atlantic City, Columbia. South Carolinn-James A. Robert Fling, Texas Ferguson. Director Committee on C-anadian Baptist Co- The record registration of messengers Song Service operation-Courts Redford, Georgia at the Southern Baptist Convention was Scripture--Henkins Parker, Florida Congregational Song at Mlami Beach in 1960, when the total Prayer--David Grant. Missirsiv~i Home Mibsiun Board-Courts Redford, Announrcment of Committee on Com- Georgia reached 13,612. mittees, Committee on Kexolslions, Tel- Sul~Reverly T~rrell. First Lla1)tist lers Church, Dallas, Tcxae Miscellaneous Business Messapr -"Personal Witnessing-0 u r Nxccutive Committre Revurt-P o r t e r T.ord's Command"-Owen Cooper, Miss- BJA REGISTRATION Routh. Tennessee issivpi. Corlgr~gationalSong Benediction-Paul McCray. Oklahoma Registration for the Baptist Jubilee Reuorb of Theological Seminaries Southwestern Seminary-Robert E. Nay- THURSDAY MORNING Celebration began in Convention Hall lor. Texas lobby Monday morning and will continue Southern Seminary-Duke K. McCall. "We Will Live God's Word" Kentucky 8:45 The Oklahoma Sirrrina Churchmen- throughout the week from 9:00 a.m. to New OrIeanu Seminary-H. Leo Eddle- James Woodward, Director 9:00 p.m. daily. The registration fee is man. Louislana 9 :00 Sons Servicp $4.00 for a single registration, $1.00 for Seminary ~xtensionDepartment-Ralph 9 :I0 Scripture-Col. Wallace Hnlc. 2nd Army A. Herring, Tennessee Chnvlain, Furt Moade, Maryland each additional member of the family. Southeastern Seminary-Olin T. Uinkley. P r a y e r--Chavlaip Roy E. Rrynoldx, This amount includes one copy of the Washinuton, D. C. 500-page 150th anniversary volume, Gulden Gute Seminary-H n r o I d K . 9:lG Election of Officers L'aptist Ad~uunce,for each single regis- Graves, California 9:30 Cummillee on Boards-H, Franklin Pas- Midwestrrn Seminary-Millard J. He, - ('hull. Tennessee tration or earh couple registering. UIIist, Mis~ollri (Contin?i~don page 2) Page Two CONVENTION BIJLLETIN

Reco~nitionof lZrntrrnal Mesverl~erti ORDER OF BlJSINESS Responsr--1zrank H. Woyke, Executivt* Secretary, Nurth Amrricnn Uautiat G~II- (Co,vt.tinzned f7.o.w~ page 1) era1 Conf~rence CONVENTION BULLETIN Raplixl World Alliance-Jotit'ph Norrien- 9:40 Committee on Denominational Cnlend:rr hau~District of Columbia Published daily during -Rabun L. Rrantley Cornkittee on l'ublic Affai1.s-C. Eman- 9 :45 Misrcllaneolls Uunincss uel Cnrlxon, Uist.rit:t of Colun~bia the Southern Baptist Convention 10:20 Annuity Uoartt-H. Alton Itecd. Trxas Committcr or1 Refiolutions 10 :36 American Sem~nary Commission-Ra- Radio and Television Commission-Paul bun L. Rrantley, Tennessee M. Strvens. Trxns The Convention Bulletin is 10:46 Education Cumn>innion-ltxbun L. Urnnt- Congrerationnl Sonr published under the direction of ley Tennessee Solc+George Reverly Shea, Soloist, 11:00 oh mitt re on Har~li~tStnte I'apers- Rilly Graham Team the executive secretary of the Louie D. Newton, Georcia Srrmon-Billy Gmham. North Carolina hecutive Committee, P o r t e r 11 :10 Congregational Sunj RenedicLion--John A. TIITPII~.Ken1~1:kv 11:15 Brothrrhood Commission-Georac W. Routh. He is assisted in this wotrk Srhroeder, Terlnen.hee 11 :a6 Christian J~ifeCnrnmisslon-r'oy Valen- COMMITTEE ON by Albert McClellan and Mrs. tine, Tennessee Sol-K'Anne Gore, Mistiibsi~piColle~e, Ada Ruth Kelly. Clinlon, Mistiissippi COMMITTEES Chaplains' Comm.issiun-Grorpr Cum- The action of the Convention mins, Georgia M. l{'orrest Hicks, Alabama Address-Major General Hobrrt P. TAY- Mrs. William McMurry, Alabama authorizing the Biclletin states: lor, Chirf of Chnplainb. U. S. Air Forcc, "Such report, or bulletin, shall Washington, D. C. Morris T. Wall, Arizona Uenediation-Chnpjttin Cecil Ktheridpe, Ed J. Packwood, Arizona not include speeches or addresses Georgia or any comment thereon, the Lloyd L. Hunnicutt, Arkansas THURSDAY AFTERNOON Jack E. Jones, Arkansas photograph or any personal refer- "We Will Remember God's Word'' ence to any messenger of the 1 :45 The Adult Choir Manhattan Baplist Harry D. Williams, Califofnia Convention, but shall be only a Church. New ~o.m., tickets, $1.60. COMMITTEES Stam's Ilestaurant. 5 :00 p.nl. "A Committee on Committees, com- Carson-Newman Alumni Dinneu-YWCA Cafeteria. N. C. aid Pacific ~vcn;;; FRIDAY, MAY 22 posed of two members from each state F:OO p.m., cafeteria style. and the District of Columbia, shall be Home Mission Board Reception-ltuum Radio-Television Commission Luncheon- appointed by the president, in confer- 20, Atlantic Citv Audiloriurn. arter Surf Room. Ambassxdor Hotel, 1:00 rveninp srssion ~buthernUaptist Con- p.m. UY invilation. ence with the vice-presidents, of whom ventiun. Southern Seminary Alumni Luncheon- one shall be designated as chairman. Renaiasanre and Rotunda, Ambasaarlur Members so named shall be notified in THURSDAY, MAY 21 Hotel. 1:16 9.m.. tirkets, $3.Tr0. writing, at least one month before the Flyinp Parsons of the SBC (Breakfast)- American Baptist Evangelism Luncheon- meeting of the Convention, and their Hotel Morton, 7 :00 a.m. The Ut.auville. 12:45 u.m., tirkets, names shall be published in the first New Orleans Seminary Alumni Breakfast $3.00. -Renaibsance Room, Ambaasador Ho- North American Baptist Women's Union issue of the Convention Bulletin. The tel. 7:30 a.m.. tlckrta, 92.50. Luncheon-Mnrlburuueh-Rlenheim. president may fill vacancies on the com- Central B a p t is t Theological Seminary Baptist Men's Fellowship Meeting-Grand mittee when those originally named do Breakfaat-Hotrl Jeffer~ion, 7:15 a.m., Ballroom. Convention Hall. 2 :30 p.m. not attend the Convention. This commit- tickrts, $1.85. For all men attending Soulhern Ragtist Baptist Scouters Breakfast - Ilutunda Cunvention. tee shall nominate all special commit- Room, Ambastiador Hotel. For all who tees authorized during the sessions of hxvc Roy Bcuuts in thrlr churches. Southern Seminary Board of Trustees- the Convcntion not otherwise provided 7 :80 a.m., tickets, $2.26, plus cratultv. Ambassador Hotel, 3:00 p.m. Midwestern Seminary Alumni Breakfast- Baptist Unity Dinner-Hole1 Jefferson, for, including Time, Place and Preacher Ambassador Hutel, 730 a.m., lickela, 5 :00 u.m. TYcketa available at Conven- for Next Meeting. All special convention $2.50. tiun Center in Atlarltir City. Mrmbera committees shall transfer, upon their SBC Teletype Network Supervisors Break- uf the spven pnrtiei~atineUautist con- fast-Room 122, Ambairsndor Hutt.1, ventions welrome tu attend dinner. tiischar'ge, all official files to the Execu- 730 a.m. tive Committee of the Southern Baptist University of Chicago Divinity School Convention.'' Alumni Breakfast-Madison Hotel, 7 :30 SATURDAY, MAY 23 a.m., tirLrt6. $1.26. BJA Editorial Committee Breakfast Hardin-Simmons U G i v e r s i t y Alumni Traymorr Holel, I :00 a.m. Breakfast-Room 125, Ambasbador Ho- Blue Mountain Collepe Breakfast-Mirror PARLIAMENTARY tcl, 7:80 a.m., tickets, $2.25. Uallroom, President Hotel, 7:80 a.m., Moody Alumni Breakfast--Jefferson Ho- tickets. 82.85, including gratuity. Pur- "The parliamentary authority of the tel, 7:80 a.m. chase at SBC Education Ccmrni~sion Convention shall be Kerfoot's l'arlia- Annuitants Luncheon-Ambastlador Ho- Booth beIore May 20. mentury Law." t,el. 1230 p.m. For annuitants, as Oratorio Luncheon-Trimhle lluon~, Cla- guests of Annuity Board. -Byluw 3 ridge Hotel, 12:3Q p.m. AGGREGATE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES DECEMBER

BROTHERHOOD COMMISSION: ASSETS Carrmt nssetn ...... 34X.li20 Fixed assctx, lcss deprraiatiorl ...... 381,493 FOREIGN MISSION BOARD: 892.945 P~nnane~~tfund afivets ...... - -lli2.8:<2 Current axsets ...... $ 3 4,325,380 RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMISSION: t'ropcrty fund assets ...... -...... --- 1,684,241 Currcnt nssets ...... 785,958 Permanent furld assets . .- '7,026,869- - $ 23.036.490 Id'ixed nssets, leas depreciation ...... 406,382 Specin1 fund aascts 51.154 1.243.494 (1) HOME MISSION BOARD: ...... -. Current assets ...... 6,486,182 HISTORICAL COMMISSION: I'rnperty fund assets ...... 10,604,179 Current assets ...... 1B,O(iS Church building loan fund nssrts ...... 2,840,850 Fixed asselti, loss depreciation ...... 5,476 Church extmsion Joan fund nxaett; ...... 12,109,558 Other avsele ...... - 170.447.- 1!1:3,9SI; Memorial fund assets ...... Xlj0,14_? EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 3l,sllo,!lo!) Current atiaetfi ...... 93,919 (2) ANNUITY BOARD: Inveslmmt~,...... 256.176 Curlerlt assets ...... 1,277,124 Fixed assets ...... 89.241 482,11116 Enrnin~nssela ...... $118,105,(lL2 SBC BUDGET FUND: Leliv amounts included in ns3t.t. Current assets ...... 101.492 of olher agrnriex : Investments ...... il4;~ril Forei~nMission l"ixc,l assets ...... -- 1.348.767 2,064,940 Roard ...... f 3,693,144 STEWARDSHIP COMMISSION: Southwestern Current assets 1:38.273 Seminary .... 1.628 J,(j94.172 114,410,2X0 ...... - - Fixed assets ...... 12!133 150,406_ Othrr aflseta 164,603 115.X62.0OT - ...... Total aaaelt; nt nrcember 31. 1963 ...... $2!40.637.624 (3) SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD: Currcnt assets ...... 9,832.3 43 I"ixe(1 nsseta, leqv depreciation ...... 21,029.1 17 Reserve fund nasets ...... 5.4!12,948 36,3h4.408 - -. . LIABILITIES (3) SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL - CONSOLIDATED REPORT: FOREIGN MISSION BOARD: Current- -~~ nssets ...... 1.716.K32 Current liahilities ...... $ 41.Olh PJa~rtfund asaets ...... 14,896,503 Other assets ...... 248.422 lf;,!l20,457 HDME MISSION BOARD: -- Notrv t>ayahlr ...... 2.47,?.000 (3) SOUTHWESTERN SEMINARY: Current asticts ...... ANNUITY BOARD: Endowment and loan fund assets ...... Escrow funds and accounts pnyalrle ...... llR,173 Plant fund assets ...... SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD: (3) SOUTHEASTERN SEMINARY: Act.r,unts payable ...... 1,286,343 Currenl asxetv ...... Defcrrcd income ...... 871,000 2,157,343 Endowment furid assctx ...... SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL - Plnnt fund asseln ...... CONSOLIDATED REPORT: Other assets ...... Current liabilities ...... 71 9.6X:I Plant fund liabilities 1.061.998 1,771,681 AMERICAN SEMINARY COMMISSION: ...... Current assets ...... SOUTHWESTERN SEMINARY: Plant fund aveets ...... Current linbilities ...... Prrrnanenl fund assets ...... SOUTHEASTERN SEMINARY: (3) SOUTHERN SEMINARY: Current linhilities ...... 44,919 Current assrtx l'lant fund linbilities f A n 0 11 I) ) ...... -. - - 4.019 Endowment nnd loan fund assrts ...... Plnnt fund assets ...... AMERICAN SEMINARY COMMISSION: Current linhilities ...... 261 (3) GOLDEN GATE SEMINARY: SOUTHERN SEMINARY: Current asvets ...... l:>lrreent liubiliti-n ...... 63,415 Endowment and loan fund ns~ets...... Plnnt fund liahilities ...... 243.589 307.001 Plnnt fund assets ...... -. GOLDEN GATE SEMINARY: (3) NEW ORLEANS SEMINARY: Currcnt liabililies ...... 36,391 Current assets ...... Plant fund liabilitiex ...... XT,.IIO(I 121,391 Endowment and loan fund asseta ...... - Plant fund assets ...... NEW ORLEANS SEMINARY: Current liabilities ...... 128,291 (3) MIDWESTERN SEMINARY: Plant fund liabilities ...... 51,360 178,661 Current asaets ...... - -- Endowment and loan fund assets ...... MIDWESTERN SEMINARY: Plant fund asseta ...... Current liabilities ...... 10,740 Plant fund liabilities ...... 68,266 78,996 SOUTHERN BAPTIST FOUNDATION: ...... Current aaeets ...... SOUTHERN BAPTIST FOUNDATION: Fixed a#seta, less depreciation ...... Current liabilities ...... Truat fund assets ...... 7,123,792 CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMISSION: Lena amountdl included in assets of other Current liabilities ...... Sunday School Board ...... 1,000,000 EDUCATION COMMISSION: Foreign Mission Current liabilities ...... Roard ...... h0.000 BROTHERHOOD COMMISSION: Annuity Roard 143,000 Current liabilities ...... Home Mission RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMISSION: Board ...... 100,000 Currrnt liabilities ...... ,.. Christian l~ife.. 224 Radio & TV .... 60,618 HISTORICAL COMMISSION: New Orleans Current liabilities ...... Seminary .... 89,456 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Executive Current liabilities ...... Committee .. 869,857 SBC BUDGET FUND: Carver School.. 438.261 Current liabilities ...... 17.031 Southwestrrn .. 97,799 American STEWARDSHIP COMMISSION: Seminary .... 257,017 Current liabilities ...... 6.30!1 Tutnl liabilities at December 31, 1963 ...... R: 7,765,203 Southern ...... 80,731 -- - Education Total liabilities nt December 31, 1862 ...... IR 6.958.157 Commission.. 7,001 --. .- Brotherhood .... 103.617 Historical (1) HOME MISSION BOARD: Aurlit not completed i.1 time for this Commission 5,000 report. The figures represent stntements pre~sentedby Roard personnel Southenstern .. 31,293 and arc subject to auditor's adjustments. Southern Baptist (2) ANNUITY BOARD: The assets rrvortetl arr not free nxsets of Hospitnl .. 71.506 3,345- -- L the Annuity Uuard but renresent funds plactld with thr Hoard hy mem- CHRISTIAN LIFE. COMMISSION: bers of the retirement and ~nvingsulans, thr ahurche,s, corlventions, and Current asset? ...... irialitutinns. SUC.FIfunds will be returned to them as benefits under the Fixed nssetli. lcss depreciation ...... various plans which they have selected. (7) SEMINARIES - SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD - SOUTHERN EDUCATION COMMISSION: BAPTIST HOSPITAL: Ralance sheets prepared bv pernonnrl of a~encie~ Crlrrent assets ...... a8 of necrrnbel. 31, 1968. Fiscal year for which certified aurlits were Fixed asnets, less deprrciation ...... auhmitted covered periods other than cnlcndar year. Page l'our CONVENTION BULLETIN FIRST DAY - -- -- . > -"" .. - ., - CONVENTION MUSIC The music for the convention is under WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN the direction of T,ce Roy Till, minister Address, U. S. Replesentative Eugene Executive Committee Report, Wedncs- of music, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Siler, Wednesday, 3:45 p.m. day, 9:45 a.m. Tcxas. The accompanists are: T,ew Zeil- ,&ddrens,J. D. Grey, Thursday, 3:35 p.m. Foreign Mission Board, Thurtsday, 7:50 sr, First Baptist Church, Houston. Texas, Address, Major (;enera1 Robert P. Tap- P.m. organist; M3x I,yall, (:hurch Music De- lor., Chief of Chaplains, U. S. Air Graham, Billy, Sermon, Friday, 11:OO partment, Baptist Sunday School Board, Force, Thursday, 11 :55 a.m. a.m. Nashville, Teiiriessee, pianist. Thc pian- Address on Theological Education, Rob- Grey, J. D., Address, Thursday, 3:;s p.m. ist for thc Friday morning. session will ert E. Naylor, Wednesday, 11:55 a.m. Historical Cornmiss~on, Thuusd:ly, 3:25 be Ted Smith, of the Billv Graham American Bible Society, Wednesday, p.m. Team. 2:40 p.m. Home Mission Board, Wednesday, 7 :S5 TUESDAY EVENING American Seminary Commission, ~hur's- p.m. (,:45 The Syrnphonlr Rand, Cnrbon-Newman day, 10:35 a.m. I\Jessage,Owen (hoper, Wednesday, 825 Crrllr~t., Jcffcrsnn Cltv. Terrnearee- Announcement of committee on Corn- Wesley I,. Rogera. Director solo-1~1nda Loftis. port Worth, Texas mittees, Comm~tteeon Resolutions, and Miscellaneous Busines5, Wednesday, 1:35 solo-~ee RUY T111-"nut This I know" Tellers, Wednesday, 9:15 a.m. 9 :20 a.m. The Slnplrlg (:hurchmen (Ministers of Annuity Board, Thursday, 10:20 a.m. Miscellaneous Business, Wednesday, 2315 Musir)-Wllllam 6. Reynolds, nirertur Baptist Jubilee Advance Report, Thurs- p.m. WEDNESDAY MORNING day, 7:15 p.m. Miscellaneous Eusincsx, Thursday, 9 :45 #:SO The Jurliur Chow, Flrst Haptiat Churrh Culumhia, South rnr lla-4amea A: , Friday, 9:40 a.m. l"eraubon, Jllr(bctor a.m. Mrscellaneous Business, Thursday, 2 :I5 1l:GG Duet4oe Ann Shrlton ant1 Virginia Brotherhood Commission, Thursday, p.m. Seclr~, School or Muslc. Soulhwester~~ Uaptist Throloglcal Seminary, F u r t 11:15 a.m. Naylor, Robert E., Address on Theologi- Worth. Texab Brown, Enoch C., Annual Convention cal Education, Wednesday, 11:55 a.m. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Sermon, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. President's Address, Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. 1:45 Durt-Mr and Mrs. Hnmrr E. Phillips, Chaplains' Commission, Thursday, 11 :65 Radio and Television Commission, Fri- Cheverly, Maryland 8.m. day, 10:30 a.m. "4"~,"t;,"~~LP~~~o~,","dOF~~nChristian Life Commission, Thursday, Reg-istration Report, Tuesday, 7:25 ?.m. 11:35 a.m. Seminaries and Seminary Extension, W~DNESDAYNIGHT Committee on Baptist State Papers, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. (j :45 The Symphonic Rand, (::lreon-~rwmarl Thursday, 11 :00 a.m. Sermon, Annual Convention, Tuesday, Coll~ge, Jell'eraon Cltr. Tennessee- Cornmitee on Boards, Thursday, 9:30 H:30 p.m. Wrslrv L. Ilogerr. Dlrectnr The Raptiat Hour Chuir-Jor Ann Shtl- a'm' Scrmon, , Friday, 11 :00 ton, Director Committee on Canadian Baptist Co- Siler, Eugene, Address, Wednesday, 3 :45 $:LO ~r>lu--Ut.verly Te~rell. First Uai>tirt operation, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. p.m. rhurch. Uallns, Trbxes Committee on Denominational Calendar, Southern Baptist Foundation, Thursday, THURSDAY MORNING Thursday, 9:40 a.m. 2:40 p.m. 8.45 Oklahoma Sinzinc Churchmen- Comm~tteeon Order of Business, Tues- Southern Rapt~st Hoipital, Thursday, James Woodwnrtl, Dirrctur 11 :50 ~olo-~'~nnecore, M16slssippi ~ollere, day, 7 p.m. 2:50 p.m. Clinton, Mississippi Committee on Public Affairs, Friday, Stewardship Commission, Thursday, THURSDAY AFTERNOON 9 :56 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 :4s T~VAclull Phoir. Manhattan Hantlst Committee on Resolutioris, Friday, 10:15 Sunday School Board, Wednesday, 3:00 Church, Ncw Yurk. Nrw York-Rnrvl a.m. p.m. Iled, Jlirrt*tor :10 Solo-NormaIl ~~~i~l~First nnpllst Committee on Baptist State Papers, Taylor, Major General Kobe1 t P., Chief Church, NCW Orleanh, I~o~limlana Thursday, 11 :00 a.m. of Chaplains, U. S. Air Force, Ad- THURSDAY NIGHT Cooper, Owen, Wednesday, 8:26 p.m. dress, Thursday, 11:55 a.m. I,:~R ~h~ Symphonir Harld. (:arbon-Nrwman Education Commission, Thursday, 10:45 yourcorn ti^^? porter W. ~~~th, C(ille~e. Jcffrrson City, Tcnncssee- a.m. Wesley L Rogers, Director Moderator, Thursday, 3 :00 p.m. The Raylor Unlvt*rsily Freshman A Election of Uficers, Wednesday, 2~25 Whitc, K. Owen, President's Address, Pnppelln Chuir. Waro, Trxxs-Euell p.m. Porter, Director Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. solo-Norman Trrlglr, Flrrt l

CONVENTION CHAIRMEN Distributi n of Co p rativ Program R c ipts Local Arrangements Sent Thr ugh S.B.C. Executive Co G. W. Bullard ...... General Chairman C. C. Anderaon ...... Information Ralph W. Neighbours ...... Ushers George N. Ba~well...... First Aid Robert E'. Woodward ...... Decorations John D. Raymontl ...... Nurasry Cline L. Vicc ...... Registration John Saundcrs...... Pages Gainer E. Bryan, Ju...... Publicity Elmer F. Ruark ...... Post Office Barry Neville ...... Transportation

TAPE. RECORDING FACILITIES Tape recording facilities for individu- als who desire to record portions or all of the Convention are available on the third floor of the Auditorium in Room No. 7. This is an annual service of the Radio and Television Commission. The recording fee for the entire Con- vention is $5.00. Each recording space includes a direct line to the meeting in session and a chair. Additional information is available at the Radio-TV Commission Booth No. I1 in the Exhibit Ball.

CONVENTION AVAILABLE ON TAPE The 1964 Southern Baptist Conven- tion, including the Woman's Missionary ANNOUNCEMENTS CARIT,T,ONTC BELLS Union meeting and the Pastors' Con- In cases of serious emergency, the Schulmerich Carillons, Inc., has made ference, will br: tape recorded in its names of pc!rsons affected or for whom a special installation of one of their entirety by the Radio and Television there are emergency messages will be Carillonic Bells instruments to serve the Commission as usual this year. flashed on the screen during Convention Southern Baptist Convention. I'layed Tcn hours of recorded highlights and sessions. 07~1.ythe names will be flashed from the Schulmerich booth in the Ex- majoy adtlresscs, taken from all three on the screen and the messages will be hibition Hall, the music of the carillon rncetings, will again be available for held at the Information Desk in the will be heard ringing out from the roof $12.00. This tape recorded package of Convention Hall lobby. Persons whose of the auditorium preceding and follow- five 1200-foot reels makes it possible names are flashed on the screen should ing the Convention sessions. for those who attend the Convention to go to the Information Desk-not to the take it home with them. (These record- projectionist on the floor of the Conven- ings are prepared at 3% inches per tion nor to the secretary on the platform. CONVENTION second speed.) SONGBOOKS The Third Baptist Jubilee will be re- CONVENTION SPEECHES Convention Hymns, the songbook for corded and offered in a special package the Southern Baptist Convention, is fur- of three tapes containing six hours of Many of the speeches made at the nished each year by the Baptist Book messages for only $7.00. Pastors' Conference and the WMU Con- Stores. This year it is in the form of a The two recorded packages, a total vention are compiled in a booklet which combination song-memo book. of eight two-hour tapes, arc availabls may be purchased for 7Sc. All available You will find Bupfist H.~.mnal and at $18.00 when ordered together. Convention speeches will be sold for 10c and other hymnals and music on sale in each after they are given. the Convention Book Exhibit. Other custom-prepared tape record- Speeches will be sold at the ticket The quantity of the Convention song- ings of any speaker or specific parts of window inside the Boardwalk entrance books is limited. Please bring your a program may be ordered at the rate to Convention Hall. copy with you to each se;s!on. of $5.00 an hour - either speed (3% or 7% IPS); two hours for $7.00, or $4.00 each for a single message. Orders will be taken at the Radio and Television Commission display Booth OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION No. 11 in the Exhibit Hall beginning May 18. President ...... Kenneth Owen White, Houston, Texas First Vice-President...... Paul Spencer James, New York, New Porlc Second Vice-president ...... Mrs. R. L. Mathis, Birmingham, Alabama TELEPHONE NUMBERS Secretaries ...... James White Merritt, (:ainesville, Georgia SBC Press Room 344-2790 Joe Wrirht Burton, Nashville, Tennessee Information 344-9001 Treasurer ...... PoreWroe Routh, Nashville, Tennessee *****a** Wedneoe ~ay Morning "We Will Study God's Word" 8: 50 Pre-session Music Y :00 Song Service 9: 10 Scripture Rcading-Hankins Parker, Florida SOUTIIERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Prayer-David Granl, Mississippi 9: 15 Announcement of Committee on convention^^ Hall, May 19-22 Committees, Comrnittec on Reso- lutions, Tellers 9 :20 Miscellaneous Business WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION 9 :45 Exccutive Commillee Report- Cor~ven~ionHall, May 18-19 Porter lioi~th,Tennessee 10: 55 Congregational Song 1 1 :00 Keport of Theological Scminarics PASTORS' CONFERENCE Southwcstcrn Raptist Theological Steel Pier, May 18-19 Seminary-Robert E. Naylor, Texas Southcrn Raptist Theological Semi- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATJON nary-nukc McCall, Kentucky New Orlcans Raptist Theological Surf Roorn, Atnhassador Hotel, May 18-19 Seminary-H. Leo Eddleman, Louisiana CHURCH MUSIC CONFERENCE Seminary Extcnsion Dcpartment- Ralph A. Herring, Tcnnessce Ritz-Carlton Hotel, May 18-19 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Olin T. Binkley, North Carolina Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary-Harold K. Graves, Southern Baptist Conven~ion California Midwestern Baptist Theological Semi- nary-Millard J. Berquist, Missouri GENERAL THEME: "For Liberty and Light" 1 1 : 55 Special Music Address on Theological Education- Robert E. Naylor, Texas Tuesday Night 7:30 Committee on Ordcr of Business- Benediction-Lamar Jackson, Ala- "We Will Preach God's Word" C. W. Farrar, South Carolina bama 6: 45 Pre-session Music Congregational Song 7 :00 Song Service 7:35 Special Music Wednesday Afternoon 7: 10 Scripture Kearling.-tiubcrt G. Kee- 7:40 President's Addrcss-K. Owen "We Will Ob~yGod's Word" fcr, Michigan While, Texa? :45 Prayer-Andrew Hall, Arkansas 8 : 15 Spccial Music Program 1 Pre-scssion Music 7: IS Address of Welcome-Roy Gres- 2:00 Song Scrvice X:30 Annual Sermon-Enoch C. Brown, ham, Maryland 2: 10 Scripture Reading-Frank 0. Baugh, Response-0. Norman Shands, Mis- South Carolina, Warren Hultgren, Oklahoma souri Oklahoma, Altcrnate Prayer-David Byrd, Tcnnessee 7:25 Report on Registration-Joc W. Benediction-J. C, Clemenl, 1-ouis- 2: 15 Miscellaneou3 Busincss Burton, 'I'cnnessee ana 2:25 Election of Officers 2:40 American Bible Society-John MC- Thursday Afternoon Benediction-Carless Evans, Jr., Mis- Combe, Church-Relations Secre- sissippi tary, New York "We Will Kerrzen~herGod's Word" 3 :00 Baptist Sunday School Board- Thursday Night James L. Sullivan, Tennessee Pre-session Music 3 :40 Special Music Song Service "We Will Setid God's Word" 3 :45 Address-"Christian Training, a Scripture Reading-Howard Taylor, 6:45 Prc-session Music Deterrcnt to Crime," U. S. Illinois 7:00 Song Service Representative Eugene Siler, Ken- Prayer-John Wilcq, Ncw Mexico 7: 10 Script~lreReading-A. B. Carpentcr. tucky Miscellaneous Rusincss Kentucky Rcnerliction-Robert D. C:mwley, Election of Officers Prayer-Carroll Chadwick, Texas Maryland Southern Baptist Foundation- J. W. 7: 15 Baptist Jubilee Advance-C. C. Storcr, Tennessee Warrcn, North Carolina Southern Baptist Hospitals-T. 7 : 30 Slewardship Commission-Merrill Wednesday Night Sloarie Guy, Jr., T.o~~isiana n. Moore, Tennessee "We Will Share God's Word" What's Your Question?-Porter W. 7:45 Special Music Routh, Moderator 7: 50 Foreign Mission Board-Baker Prc-session Music Note: This period is set aside for James Cauthen, Virginia Song Service dialogue between thc messengers Benediction-Bruce H. Price, Vir- Scripture Reading-Cleveland Autry, and the variouq executive heads ginia District of Columbia of the Convention's institutions, Prayer-Harlan Harris, Texas agencies, boards, commissions, and Friday Morning Woman's Missionary Union-Mrs. associated organizations. 'Thesc Robert Fling, Texas persons will scrvc as :i panel and "We Will Mngnify God's Word" Committee on Canadian Baptist Co- are requested to bc on the plat- Pre-scssion Music operation-Courts Redford, Geor- form at this he. Song Scrvice gia Procedure: Questions will be re- Scripture Rcading-Louis Arm- Congregational Song ceivcd from thc messengers until strong, Alabama Home Mission Board-Courts Red- Thursday noon. Question boxes Prayer-Beverly V. Tinnin, Mis- ford, Georgia will be provided in the lobby of sissippi Special Music the Convention Hall for mes- Recognition of Fraternal Messengers Message-"Personal Witnessing- sengcrs to deposit their questions, Response-Frank H. Woyke, Execu- Our Lord's Command," Owen or they tnay bc handed to an tive Secretary, North American Cooper, Mississippi ushel- who will deliver them to Haptist General Conference Benediction-Paul McCray, Okla- the Cornniittcc on Order of Busi- Baptist World Alliance-Josef homa ness desk. 'This Committee will Nordcnhaug, District of Columbia sclecl the itcms to be discussed, Committee on Public Affairs-C. but it will be understood that Thursday Morning Emanuel Carlson, District of panel members will not have any Columbia "We Will Live God's Word" prior knowlcdge of questions to Committee on Resolutions be asked. Messcngers may sign Radio and Television Commission- Pre-session Music (giving name and state) or not Paul M. Stevens, Texas Song Service sign their questions as thcy desire. Congregational Song Scripture Rcading-Col. Wallace 3 :25 Historical Commission-Davis C. Special Music Hale, Maryland Woolley, Tennessee Sermon-Billy Graham, North Caro- Prayer-Chaplain Roy E. Reynolds, 3:30 Special Music lina District of Columbia 3:35 Addrcss-"Hitherto . . . Hence- Benediction-John A, Turpin, Ken- Election of Ollicers forth," J. D. Grey, Louisiana tucky Committee on Boards-Franklin Paschall, Tennessee Committee on Denominational Cal- endar-Rayburn L.. Brantley, Ten- nessee Miscellaneous Husiness Annuity Board-R. Alton Reed, Union Texas Woman's Missionary American Baptist Theological Semi- THEME: For Liberty and Light nary Commission-Kabun L. Brantley, Tennessec Education Commission-Kabun L. 9:30 Closing Meditation: For Liberty and Light Brantley, Tennessee Monday Morning, Committee on Baptist State Papcr* Meditation: The Baptist Story Louie D. Newton, Georgia Three Hundred Years Ar.o- Congregational Song Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving Monday Afternoon, 2:00 Brotherhood Commission-George A Hymn of Long Ago-Claude H. Rhea, W. Schroeder, Tennessce Jr. Meditation: The Baptist Story Christian Life Commission-Foy Organization Two Hundred Fifty Years Ago Valentine, Tennessec IZccognition of Hostess Conimittee Hymns of Praise and 'Thanksgiving Song And Thus It Was Writtcn A Hymn of Long Ago-Claude H. Rhea, Chaplain's Commission-Georgc Out of tht: Past-Eliza Moring Yates, Jr. Curnmins, Georgia China, 1846 And Thus It Was Written Address-Major General Robert P. Into the Present-Mrs. Frank Baugh, East Out of the Past-J. 0. Westrup, Mcxico, Taylor, Chief of Chaplains, U. S. Pakistan 1880 Air Force, District of Columbia Solo: Shirley Yang, tlong Kong Into the Present-Sistie Givens, Brazil Rencdiction-Chaplain Cecil Ethe- Iceynotc Address: The Shining Tight, Porter Solo: Shirley Yang ridge, Cieorgia Routh "The light shines in thc darkness and the darkt~esshas not overcome it" (John 1:s) Out of the Past-Nannie Bland David, ing," Ramsey Pollard, Tennessee The Dick Mefford Family, Mississippi Africa, 1880 Benediction-Truett Rogers, Colo- The Joe Mcfford Family, Spain Into the Present-Marjorie Stephens, rado Closing Meditation: For Liberty and Light Nigeria I he WMU Story Monday Evening The Treasurcd Ycars-Alma Hunt Baptists and Freedom Monday Night, 7:30 Solo: Shirley Yang 6:45 Choral Concert Meditation: Thc Baptist Story "The light shines in the darkness and the 7:00 Song and Praise Two Hundred Ycars Ago darkness has not overcome it" John 1:5. Devotional and Prayer-Floyd Roe- Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving Jalnes D. Belote, Hong Kong buck, Georgia A Hymn of Long Ago-Claude H. Rhea, Dan Kong, Honolulu, Hawaii Special Jr. Closing Meditation: For Liberty and Light 7:30 MessageVuGreat Moments in Bap- And Thus It Was Written tist History," Jess Moody, Florida Out of the Past-Mrs. J. Wash Watts, Tuesday Afternoon, 1 :45 8 :00 Congregational Singing Palestine, 1922 Meditation: 'The Baptist Story Election of Officers Into the Present-John D. W. Watts, One Hundred Years Ago Offering Switzerland Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving Solo Solo: Shirley Yang A Hytnn of Long Ago-Claudc H. Rhca, 8 :30 Message-"Contemporary 'Threats to Appreciation of Courts Redford, Executive Jr. Freedom," Earl Guinn, Louisiana Secretary, Homc Mission Board And Thus It Was Written Congrcgational Singing "The light shineth in the darkness and the Out of the Past-J. W. D. Greath, Texas, 9:05 Message-"The Truth That Makes darkness has not overcome it." 1846 Men Free," Perry F. Wchb, Sr., Special Music, Russian and Polish Bap- Into the Present-Nathan Porter, Homc Arkansas tist Band Mission Roard Benediction-Warren Rust, Missouri Elias L. Golonka, Home Mission Board Business Baker James Cauthcn, Executive Secre- Election of Oficers Tuesday Morning tary, Foreign Mission Hoard Prcscntation of Honor Guests-Mrs. R. L. Pructicirig the Doctrines of Grace "The Lord's Prayer," Malotte, Audience Mathis, Treasurer, Women's Department, Baptist World Alliance Y :OO Song and Praise Representatives of the North American Devotional it n d Prayer-Brnnrefr Tuesday Morning, 9:00 Baptist Women's Union Jol~nsnn,'I'ertrte,wer Meditation: The Baptist Story Solo: Shirley Yang Special One Hundred Fifty Years Ago "The light shines in thc darkness and the 9:25 Message-"The Security of the Be- Hymns of Praise and Thanksgiving darkness has not overcome it" John 1:5. liever," Wayne Ward, Kentucky A Hymn of Long Ago-Claude H. Rhea, Mrs. William McMurry, President, Congregational Singing and Solo Jr. North American Baptist Women's Union 10:OS MessageUBaptists and the Ordi- And Thus It Was Written Closing Meditation: For Liberty and Light nances,'' Charles Bowles, Texas Congregational Singing 10:40 "How We Are Doing It-Doubling Our Outreach in 4 Years"-Law- rcnce V. Bradley, Jr., Georgia Solo 1 1 :00 Message-"The Pastor as Teacher," James L. Sullivan, Tennessee Offering Congregational Singing and Solo Pastors' 11 :45 Message-"Outreach, The Divine Imperative,'' W. A. Criswell, Texas THEME: "What Mean These Stones?" Benediction--Carvin Bryant, Illinois Tuesday Afternoon The Lordship of Jesus Christ Monday Morning Benediction: Henry Crouch, North 1: 45 Choral Concert Carolina Baptists' Authority for Faith and Practice 2:00 Song and Praise 2:06 Devotional and Prayer-John Huff- 9:30 Song and Praise-Eugene Suther- Monday Afternoon man, Kentucky land, Tennessee Proalnimit~gthe "Good News" Special Music Devolional and Praycr-R. B. Cul- 1 :45 Choral Concert 2:30 The 1,ordship of Jesus Christ in breth, District of Columbia 2:00 Song and Praise Political and World Affairs-Bill Voice of Welcome-Padgett C. Dcvotional and Prayer-Bill Hinson, Moyers, District of Columbia Cope, Maryland Florida Congregational Singing Words of Response-William J. Special Music 3:05 The Lordship of Jesus Christ-it1 Smith, Georgia 2:30 Mcssagc-"The Preacher, His Call- Social and Personal Affairs- Program Projection-Wayne De- ing and Task," Kenneth Chafin, Grcgory Walcott, California honcy, Tennessee Texas Prcsentation of Awards, Picture, Solo Congregational Singing Offering 10: 10 Message-"Baptists and the Bible," 3:05 "How I Do It"-A Symposium on Solo John Laida, Tennessee Sermon Preparation, V. L. Stan- 3:50 The Lordship of Jesus Christ-in Congrcga~ionalSinging and Special licld, 1,ouisinna Reason and Science--George 10:45 Message-"The Churches and the Solo Schweitzcr, Tennessee Lordship of Jcsl~rChrist," C. Pen- 3:35 Messagc-"The Power of the Gos- Congrcgational Singing and Solo rose, St. Amant, Kenti~chy pel," Tilford Junkins, Alabama 4:30 Thc Lordship of Jesus Christ-in Offcring Congregational Singing All of Life-H. H. Hobbs, Okla- Solo OfFcring homa 11 : 30 Message-.-." I'he Biblc Unbound and Solo Rcnediction-Clydc Bryan, Missis- Unbroken," K. Ci. Lee, Tennessee 4:30 Message---"Thc Primacy of Preach- sippi Tuesday Afternoon Oliver C. Wilbanks, Presiding Religious Education ASSO* THEME: MY ~oca~Clzurch Life 1 :55 Meditation THEME: When Tomorrow Becomes Today 2:05 Book Kev~cws 2: 15 Report from Local Church Relations Survey Monday Afternoon 10:30 Fellowship Brcak-Mrs. Agncs 2: 30 Conferences C. Winfield Rich, Presiding Pylant Church Educational Workers- THEME: The Nature of the Cl~urcl~ 11 :00 Survey on My Local Church Rela- Oliver C. Wilbanks 1:55 Meditation-W. A. Cox tions College and Seminary Teacher* 2: 10 Program Preview 1 1 : 10 Book Rcvicws- Harold T. Dill 2:20 Message-"The Nature of the Homemade Happiness-Dehoney Denominational Field Workers- Church," William E. Hull Rcvicwer: Wayne Dehoney Ellis M. Bush 2:50 Survey on Spiritual Development Families in the Church-Fairchild Educational Directors' Wives- 3 :00 Group Discussions and Wynn 1. To what extent is the life of Mrs. Elmer Bailey God's pcople today reflections Reviewer: Charles F. McMinn 3:30 Election of Officcrs and Miscellane- of the kind of life by 11 :25 Reports from Presidents of other ous Business the biblical teachings on the Religious Education Associations 3 :45 Address-~~hc ~d~~~~~i~~of a church? 11 :45 Business Church in thc Will of God," A. 2. At what points do YOU see 12: 15 Adjourn D. Foreman, Jr. significant discrepancies between what we are as a church and what we ought to be? 3. What changes need to be made in the life of the church today to help the church be more in keeping with the biblical ideals? Leaders: Keener Pharr, Rich- ard Kay, Ira Bledsoe Listening Team: W. L. Church Music Conference Howse, Allen W. Graves, R. Othal Feather 4:00 Report from Listening Team mem- Monday Evening bers. Monday Morning 4:30 Adjourn 9:00 Organ Prelude 7:00 Concert-Manhattan Baptist Church Choir, New York City, Bury1 Red, Call to Order Monday Evening Director 9:05 Presentation of Program Harold T. Dill, Presiding 7:30 Worship Servtce-"T h e Prodigal 9: 15 Welcome THEME: My Spiritual Life Son7'-Kay C'onncr, Tlircctor 9:25 Worship in Song and Meditation- 6: 55 Meditation Hal Shoemaker, North Carolina 7: 05 Survey on Family Relationships 9:45 President's Address Tuesday Morning 7: 15 Book Reviews 9:55 Worship in Song 9:00 Organ Prelude 7:30 Report from Spiritual Development 10:00 ~~~~~~t-~h~~~hchoir, Firs[ Bap. 9:05 Worship in Sons and Meditation- Survey tist Church, I,aurcl, Maryland, Joe Ann Shelton and Virginia 7: 40 Buzz Groups Mrs. Ralph Conrad, Director Seelig, Southwestern Baptist Theo- What kinds of experiences in Your 10:40 ~~~~~t~and Business session logical Seminary church contribute to your spiritual :00 Premier of ~~~~i~~ Hymnal ~~~d..9 :25 Reports growth and what kinds hinder your hook-william Jensen ~~~~~ld~9:30 Concert-Baptist Hour Choir, Joe spiritual growth? 12:OO Hymn Pantomime-First Baptist Ann Shelton, Director g:00 Report from Buzz Group moderators church, orlando, lqorida, M~~.10: 10 "Creative Evangelism"-Kenneth 8:20 Message--"My Spiritual Life," Alberta Irey, Director Chaffin Chester E. Swor 10:40 Report of Nominating Committee 9:00 Fellowship 11 :00 Ol-g:in liecital-Clyde Holloway, or- ganist, St. Bartholomew's Church. Tuesday Morning Monday Afternoon New York City Ellis M. Bush, Presiding 11 350 Hymn Pantomime THEME: My Family Life Organ Prelude Worship in Song and Mcditation- 8: 55 Meditation Tuesday Afternoon 9:05 Messagc-"Conflicts Common-Ap- Wanell O'Barr, Alabama proaches to Solution," John M. Conccrt-Junior Choir, First Bap- Organ Prclude tist Church, Columbia, South Worship in Song and Meditation- Price Colum- 9 :3 5 Conferences Carolina, James Ferguson. Di- John Kooistra, District of For the Unmarried-Patsy Drig- rector bia gers Concert-Rrass Ensemble, Carson- Election of Officers and Uepart- For Parents of Pre-School Chil- Newman Collcge, Tennessee, Wcs- mental Conferenccs dren-Bart Dorr ley D. McCoy, Director Worship in Song For Parcnts of Children, Ages 6 Reports Introduction of New Officers through 12-Charles M. Low- Concert-College Choir, North Concert-Singing Churuhmerr 01 Oklahoma, James T). Woodw:ir(l. rY Greenville College, North Caro- For Parents of Teen-Agers- lina, Bracey Campbell, Director Director Stanton H. Nash Hymn Pantomime Hymn Pantomime For Parents Who Have Emptied Ministers of Music Singing-Willian~ Minister-s of Music Singing-William the Nest-J. L. Pollard J. Reynolds J. Keytiolrls SOUTH~HNBAP~ IST CONVENTION [NEWS COPY] Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1964 Office of Press Representative W, C. FIELDS For Release: 8:15 P.M., Tuesday, May 19

K. OWENWHITE is pastor- 01 First Baptist Church, Houston. To be sure that wc understand cach other fully, let it be undcr- In 1963, he was elected president of the Southern Bapt~st Con- stood that when wc speak of our tl~rolngywe art referring to our ventlon. London-born, Ang. 29, 1902, White was rearcd in Biblical doctrines, to what we belicve about God, about Christ, about Canada. He is the tirst SBC president not born in the U. S. While is n graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Rihle, about the gospel, about the basic truths upon which the Louisville. wholc C:hristian way of life is based. In this all-important area of our dcnorninational life we face problems. What then are these problems and what can we do about them? Through the years the area of controversy, the batt!egroimd, has been between pure faith and purc reason, between thc supernatural "For Liberty and Light'' and the natural. Whcn a man walks by faith he docs not abandon reason, but in any decisivc moment of conflict faith supcrcedcs In this year of juhilee we are marking one hundred and fifty years rcason. TEiere are some areas of /if(, in ~z~lriclipuro rerrsorl can of organized, cooperative Baptist missionary endeavor in our na- ric~rr supply thc nnswer. tion. This would inrlicatc that there is something virile and stable Any statement can be challenged and most of them arc. The slate- about our Baptist way of life. During these days much rcfcrence ment that "the Bible says what it mcans, and means what it says" will be made to our Baptist forcfathers. Beginning with New 'I'es- has been challenged. It is claimed that this calls for an u~nreasonable tamcnt believers in Jerusalem, through thc early centuries, on into literulism, but this is not so. 1 do not know of a single preachcr the Middle Ages, and down to our own twcntieth century, individuals who demands that every word in the Bible must be interprctcd and groups held tcnacio~~slyto certain great Biblical truths which literally. Tcsus spokc of Himself as "the door," as "the vine," and of have been the "hallinark," thc dislinctivc characteristic, of the people His pcople as "salt." Do you interpret these words litt:rally? called Baptists. The point at issue is not that of interpretation. Thr:rc is room 1 shall not attempt to tracc the course of progress, to designate for. wide diffcrence of interpretation, iilthough there ar: some inter- specifically the leadcrs whose narncs adorn thc pages of Baptist his- pretations so wild, so completely out of harmony with thc rest of the tory, or to acc1:iim thc great hcroes of faith who passed on to us Hible as to he altogether untenable for the overwhelriing majority our heritage. of Southcrn Baptists. 'The point at issue is not inerpretation- To the past nlp nre indebted. We dare not forget the stock from it is the rrurhfrtlness of Cod's Word. Can wc, do we believe that which we came. We are indebtcd forever to the grace and faith- the written revelation is true and dependable? fulness of God, and to the faith and dedication of certain men and It has been said that wc need no self-appointed dcfenders of women who "bclicvcd God" and who in the midst of unbelief. op- orthodoxy, that the Hible docs not need any human dc-fense. It is position, pressure, persecution and ridicule "hewed a straight not limping, it is said, and does not need a crutch, neither is it course" by thc Word of God. We shall do well to remember that leaning, so it does not nced to be propped up. Wit11 these latter even though they were moulders of history and faithful prolagonlsts statements 1 would agree. The Bible will stand because of the of the divine will and purpose, thcy were frequently "stoned, . . . strength inherent within it. It is the living Word of God, it will not sawn asundcr, . . . tempted, slain with the sword," held in con- succumb to the doi~htings, questionings, or subversive attacks of tempt, rcgarded with scorn and cast out of society. To the prrst mcn. 11 i.s not tha Hible for ivlri~hIV~ fear-it is thc faith of peoplc, MJP arc inrl~bted. Some of the things which are now bcing referred particularly young peoplc, in ~hrBible as God's dcpcnduble ~.vord, to rather scornfully as "traditional institutional structures" actually for which wc fear. have their roots in grcat historic, unchanging tr~~ths.There is a My wifc is a pure, dcpcndable, loyal companion. 1 have perfect diRerence bctween that which is historic and that which is merely cunlidcncc in her character and conduct. If, however, ccrtain in- traditional! To the prrst M~Care ir~del>ted,and wisdom and gratitude dividuals should attack her character and conduct and accuse her shall havc departed from us if we forgct this. of qrlestionable activities I would not merely respond to this hy The prcsent is ours. It grew ot~tof the past. It is rooted in the saying that shc is capablc of standing on her own feet and dcfcnd- past. Tt is ours to evaluate and ours also to mould and maintain. ing herself. T would come to her support. 1 would lel it bc known Not all that happened in the past was good. Not all that prcvailerl that her husband trustcd her and bclieverl in her. Would you stand in the past ought to be maintained now or bc projected into the silently by while your wife's character was bcing untlermined and future. Somc things about "the good old days" were not good at rellection cast upon her integrity? all! Howevcr, judgment and common sense, guided by thc plain, How shall a generation of young people know of our completr positive statements of the Biblc, which is God's Word for all gene- confidence in the absolute integrity and reliability of God's Word rations, say to us that there is much in the past history of our na- if we hold our peace when reflection scems to bc cast upon it4! tion and of our dcnomination which has been basic and vital in our Unfortunately, even sincere, earnest scholarship can be misled and continual growth and strength and cannot :md must not be abnn- can ~nislearl othcrs. No one of us would intentionally reflect upon doned. The prcsent is ours to face and to use for thc glory of God. the character or motives of anyonc clse, hot we cart ar~dorrghl tc For thc future we must also feel a deep scnse of personal re- say tl~r~ttherc nr.r sonlc directions in which Soulh~ri~Baptists I/(. spensibjlity. If we have rcceived a heritagc from our forefathers tror ~t.uritto go. we must pass on a correspondingly rich heritage to those who follow Faith in the Bible as God's supernaturally revealed word, and us. To glory in 8 Jubilcc Ycar, representing 150 years of Baptist obedience to the Biblc in the organization and operation of ou~ missionary effort in our nation, but to be unconcerned about the local churchcs have made us what we are today as a New Testa. present or indifferent to the future would indeed be tragic. men1 denomination. Prcerninently il can be said of us that we are what we are becausc of the Biblc. THE THEOLOGICAI, ATMOSPHERE History clearly indicates that when any group has departed from I believe the majority of you would cxpect mc to makc some ref- a complete, wholehearted, childlike trust in the absolute truthfulnes:. erence to the theological atmosphere which prevails and in this and dependahility of all the Scripture, they have in thr :nd sufferec. expectation 1 shall not disappoint you. T trust that it will he under- incalculable spiritual loss. stood that the president of the convention speaks in love and with It may be argucd that we live in an cxact, scicntific age. It may deep concern, not in a Pharisaical spirit of sclf-rightcous condetnna- hc said that thc results of study and research call for a reappraisal tion. To us much has been committed and from us much will hc of our ideas of inspiration and revelation. The plea may be made expected. that highly trained, intelligent, practical-minded young people, living 1E Southern Baptists havc one distinguishing characteristic it is in an atmosphcre of acadcmic agnosticism and a world of growing their firm faith in the Biblc as the authoritative, divinely inspired, materialism, will not accept tho time-honored confidence of con- inerrant, dependable Word of God. Again and again it has been servative bclievers in the dependability of God's Word. said o/ us and hg us that we arc "a people of the Book." Is this In this conncction Evangelist Vancc Havner has said, "It is not merely a wornout and me;iningless Shibboleth or a meaningful and our responsibility to makc the message acceptable (palatablc), but highly descriptive term? I believc that the overwhelming majority of it is our responsibility to make it available." We are not making the Southern Baptists. both pastors and people, have a deep and burning message availahle unless we take it to people where they are. We desire that this should accurately and truthfully describe us as are not making it available unless we proclaim it in language which a people. is plain and straightforward, rather than technical and ambiguous, or Southcrn Baptists in particular are indiffcrent toward any "for keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed whom Christ died." Never Ict it be said that we are more con- In valn. For I delivered unto you first of all that which 1 a!so cerned about the maintenance of the strrtlrs quo than the welfare of received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scrip- human heings. He who says that Southern Baptists have done tures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day nothing in this dircction is either ignorant of the facts or misin- according to the scriptures." formed. We have spoken out on several occasions in clear-cut The Old Testament prophet said, "What shall I say?" The answer statements. Some of our churches now have Negro members. Many was given: "All flcsh is grass, and all the goodliness thercof is as. are seating thcm in the congrcgation, many have opcnly stated thc thc flowcr of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadcth: be- basis upon which they receivc members, regardless of race. cause the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the pcople is, The president of the convention has participated in scvcral con- grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadcth: but the l~ordof OUT ferences on this vital matter, has spoken to bi-racial groups, is God shall stand for ever" (Isaiah 40: 6-8). now a member ol' an activc inter-faith, bi-racial committee of The twentieth century prophet asks the same question. Thf! fourteen. reply? "Preach the Word." What does the Word say about Jesus, Not cvery violent revolution, even though it has good purposes Christ our Lord? That He is pre-existent, that He shared the glory in v;ew, is born of God. Thc cross-currents, the undercurrents, the of God before the world existed; that He is divine; that He was impact of long-standing customs, the presence of subversivc elements supernaturally and miraculously virgin-born; that He lived, preached, and radical leadership make the solution to the matter all the more taught, healed and revealed His glory in the flesh; that He died a difficult. We are making progress-good progress--but by the substitutionary death for each of us at Calvary; that He came back vcry nature of our democratic, way of life we shall from death in bodily form; that He went back in person to His do more by proceeding prayerfully, lovingly, and courageously upon Father's house; that He now occupies a position of power at God's the local level than by making great, sweeping pronouncements. By right hand and that in God's own time He will return in person. all means let each of us, and therefore, all of us ask God to probe our The Word also says that He is the Savior, and the only Savior of conscience and guidc us to do His will. men and that men can be saved only "by grace through faith" In Let it be said to the press and to all the world that Southern Him. This is the central, primary, all-important message which Baptists do havc a conscience, and that their Christian conscience wc are commissioned to proclaim. is awake, that they are fully aware of their responsibilities. Let it be If we spend our timc dcaling with the issues which are the practical mid that thcy are not silent and withdrawn from the realities of outworking of the Gospel mcssage but neglect to emphasize and make modern life. 'That we are not always moved as decisively and clear thc only way of personal redemption we shall but beat the urgently as wc should, we confess. But we are on the march! air. Having made that clear we go on immediately to say that we Since we huvr rio r~~cl~~siusticulhi~rarchy, and ours is not uri must not arid dure not neglect the practical outworkins of this b;~~iscopulform of church goverrzrnent, the Convention as suclz lras niurvrllorc.s Gospel mrssuge. We must relate it courageously and no rrutllority over tlre local churches urid desires none! The Conven- fully to every area of human life. tion assembled in annual session can inform, suggest, and challenge to action, but that is all. 3. World Outreach Some of our critics would do well to inform themselves as to As always, "the field is the world." However, the twentieth cen- what is happening among our Baptist institutions in the matter of tury world differs in many respects from the first century world. It desegregation. Permit me to say that in my judgment a little more is larger because of population increase, yet it is smaller in that the of "tolcrance," love, sympathetic understanding, patience and Chris- modern means of transportation and comn~unication have caused it tian forbcarance one toward another in these days of soul travail to shrink in accessibility. would not he out of order. It is characterized by remarkable progress in general knowledge and. scientific achievement. It has moved rapidly from the me- chanical age, to the atomic age, to the space age. The emphas~s Determining Our Goals upon material progress constitutes a challenge to spiritual progress, "The world will stand asidc to let that man pass, who knows where hilt in this urea we are losing the battle. he is going." 'The world in its present state of confusion may at Surely, Southern Baptists are come to the kingdom "for such an least give some hecd to a Bihle-based, New Testament denomination hour as this." With hearts single to the glory of God, with clearly which clearly indicates that it has distinctive goals and purposes defincd objectives and purposes, with a positive, plain scriptural which it is determined to put into action. What are some of our message, with a deep sense of urgcncy, with a great, united forward most vital goals and purposes? thrust in evangelism which shall envision and encompass the whole world, we must now address ourselves to our responsibility with a I. To live to thc glory of God. seriousness of purpose which will meet the appalling needs and un- This may scctn trite or over-pious, but it isn't. Jesus was always precedented circumstances which surround us. The world hastens. concerned about doing His Father's will and glorifying His name. on in it! atheistic, profane, immoral, brainwashed, materialistic waj John 17:4-"I have glorified thee on the earth: 1 have finished the to certain and perhaps cataclysmic judgment and destruction. In mcnt clcarly indicate that everything we are and do shall be to the this world stand ten million Southern Baptists, commissioned to bear work which thou gavcst me to do." The writers of the New Testa- witness to the redemption which is "in Christ Jesus." May God have praise of His Glory (Ephesians 1 : 12). This wholehearted desire and mercy upon us if selfishness, worldliness, pride, or any lack of dedi- dctcr~nination revealed in every arca of our denominational life cation upon our part weakens or nullifies our Christian witness. would eliminate many of' the human problems which plague us. Paraphrasing the well-known words of Sir Winston Churchill, spoken 2. To proclaim the mcssage of the Gospel of Christ in plain, posi- at a time of crisis in material warfare, may we in a time of world tive, Biblical terms. Paul clearly stated the essential facts of the crisis in spiritual warfare now say, "Let us so conduct ourselves and Gospel in First Corinthians 15:l-4, "Moreover, brethren, I declare address ourselves to our duty, that if the world and Southern Bap- unto you thc gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have tists shall live a thousand years, men shall say of us, 'this was their received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye finest hour.' " 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. 11. C. Fields, Press Represenative Theo Sorranerkamp, Press Room Manager

"~aptists-For Unity" Will Submit: Resolution ht: SBC

hn unofficial "~aptists-for-unity" group which has been meeting annually for the past two years is planning to introduce a resolution to the two Baptist conventions that will meet in Atlantic City May 18-22.

The resolution which will be recommended for joict adoption reads as follows:

"Ve recommend that the American and Southern Baptist conventions, as an essential step to furthering mutual conversation and co-operation, distinguish between necessary and unilecessary territorial expansion on the North American continent.

''Lm acceptable from of expansion is regarded as the ministry to those who lack a Baptist witness. An unacceptable form of expansion results from the beginning of competing churches in the same immediate area.

"We further recommend that home mission leaders of both conventions be advised of this statement and be requested to begin between themselves a discussion of ways to work together in the missionary witnessto North America."

Capied from Maryland Baptist, March 19, 1964 1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Teletype Points Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, hsaistant

Teletype Procedure During Convention, May 18-22

The Southern Baptist Teletype Network will be operated in Atlantic City on a regular basds. Mrs. Johnsie Markham, main operator at CC, Nashville, will be main operator there. Operators will be on duty morning and afternoon, Monday-Friday . The use of a separate tape-cutting machine to be installed in the press room, together with automatic equipment, will speed the movement of copy. In fact, tapes which are cut at night will be fed into the machine early the following morning.

Teletype hours remain the same, 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. Central Standard Time. Please keep aware of the time difference between Atlantic City and other time zones. This is 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. in Atlantic City, which is on Eastern Daylight Service.

The network will be available both for news and for administrative messages. Copy will be processed asquickly after it is received as possible.

Messages received from home stations to parties attending the Convention will be placed in the file trays of the press representatives for the agencies. The press room staff will be unable to track down non-press personnel. Agency press repre- sentatives may want to take this into account in planning how to forward incoming messages.

Baptist Press plans to move roundups and some other news stories daily on the teletype. These will include the two daily "leads" written in the press room for Baptist and for daily newspaper reporters.

All questions about teletype copy should be referred to W. C. Fields, press representa- tive, or to Theo Sommerkamp, press room manager. The operators will be under their supervision. Any copy considered emergency copy should be brought directly to Dr. Fields or Mr. Sornmerkamp before turning it over to the operators. Material will be moved in its regular turn as worked out by the press room manager and teletype operators. To the greatest extent possible, material will move on a first come, first -served basis except for emergency messages. From time to time, the operator at Atlantic City will interrupt the outflow of material to receive requests for messages from outlying points. However, it is expected the vast majority of copy Convention week will be from the auditorium to other points rather than originating elsewhere. Atlantic City copy will have priority under normal circumstances.

Teletype copy should be typewritten and must be clean, easily read copy. Please do not expect the operators to be able to accurately make out heavily-edited copy. When copy has been heavily edited it should be retyped before asking the operator to transmit it.

Please do not disturb the operators unless absolutely essential. Frequent interruptions delay copy movement and in turn defeat the teletype's purpose. Please refer teletype complaints and policy questions to Dr. Fields and Mr. Sommerkamp.

Mrs. Pat Newton of Dallas, Tex., is working as a second teletype operator. She is the wife of Jim Newton, press room staffer.

Do you plan to use the teletype to move copy to the home office? The teletype super- viaor and operators need to know to help budget use of the teletype.

We hope you can give us an idea from day to day what your needs are. Please keep in mind the morning and afternoon leads by Roy Jennings will be put on U code, as well as the summaries of the four major preconvention meetings.

Starting Thursday afternoon, teletype copy will be evaluated carefully since Friday will be the last day of operation. We will make every effort to give everyone the best service possible.

Traffic is usually steady, sometimes causing a backlog which we cannot avoid. Please be patient. If you believe your copy is being subjected to unnecessary and avoidable delay, see Mr. Sommerkamp, since he will be aware of special instructions to the teletypists and circumstances (such as wire trouble) which may have delayed the circuit.

Thank you. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Program Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

Ninth Annual CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS ' WIVES Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference May 19, 1964, 3:30 to 5:00 - Atlantic City, N. J. Chris t-St. Paul's Methodist Church, Ohio & Pacific S ts .

Prelude - Mrs. Robert J. Guy, Violinist Mrs. Frank Norfleet, Pianist Hymn - "The Light of God Is Falling" Prayer - Mrs. Josef Nordenhaug Welcome - Mrs. G. W. Bullard Response - Mrs. J. Winston Pearce Greetings from Pastors' Conference - Wayne Dehoney Recognition of Special Guests - Mrs. C. C. Warren, Jr. Roll Call of States - (State presidents will be recognized) Solo

Introduction of Speaker - Mrs. James S. Potter

Address - "The ini is ter ' s Wife--World Citizen" Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale

Business Session Minutes Recommendations of Executive Board Election Treasurer' s Report

An Invitation to Tea - Mrs. E. E, Garland

Prayer Solo Mrs. Delane Ryals Teatime - 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background Information Convention I-lall, Atlantic City, M. J. K. C. Fields, Press ~bpresenative Theo Sommezkamp, Press lioom LIanager

February 15, 1964 (Reprinted)

IIen Of 2 Conventions Announce May Sesa ion

By the

61 special fellowship and inspirational session for Baptist men the afternoon of

>lay 22 has been added to the big Baptist celebration planned in Atlantic City, N. J,

The event in the grand ballroom of Convention Hall between 2 and 4:30 p.m. is expected to attract about 5,000 men, said George W, Schroeder, Memphis, executive secretary of the Bro therl~oodCommission of the Southern Baptist Convention,

The meeting is sponsored by the SBC Brotherhood Cornmi~sionand by American

Baptist Men, a division of the American Baptist Convention.

Theme of the fsllawship will be he Witnessing Role of Men in ~hristianity,"

Highlights of the meeting include addresses by two laymen from the two Baptist conventions.

Also participating will be John A, Dnwson of Chicago, president of the men's department of the Baptist World Alliance; Roy Collum Jr, of Philadelphia, Miss., chairman of tho SBC Brotherhood Commission; and Charles Smith of Springfield, Ill., president of American Baptist Men,

Among the men attending will be messengers from at least five other Baptist bodies--Baptist Federation of Canada; National Baptist Convention of America;

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; North imerican Baptist General Conference, and the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference.

The Baptist celebration will last a week.

It opens on May 18 with the annual meetings of the National Council of American Baptist Women, Southern Baptists ' lloman' s Missionary Union, Southern Baptist Pas tors "

Conference and other features.

American Baptists and Southern Baptists then start: their annual Conventions in separate sections of Convention Hall.

Lifter the men's fellowship, all Baptists attending will gather in 40,000-seat

Convention Hall for the three-day Baptist Third Jubilee Celebrntian, commemorating

150 years of organized Baptist work in North America.

-30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Biographical Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. FJ. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Blanager

K. OWEN \m1m

President, Baptist General Convention of Texas and S. B. C.

Birth: August 29, 1902, London, England

Family : Wife: Pearl Woodworth

Children: Stanley Owen, 33, Married

Ruth Sampey, 26, Married

Education: B. A. University of Louisville, 1932

Th.M., Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, 1932

Ph.D., Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, 1934

Present Position: Pastor, First Baptist Church, Houston, since June, 1953

Former Positions: Pastor, Central Baptist Church, Gainesville, Georgia;

1934-36; pastor, Kirkwood Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia,

1936-44; pas tor, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington

D. C., 1944-50, First Baptist Church, Little Rock, Arkan-

sas, 1950-53.

Memberships : Executive Board, Chairman; Trustee, Baylor University;

Trustee, Memorial Baptist Hospital,

Publications : Studies in Hosea; The Book of Jeremiah.

Other: Revival services, Hilo, Hawaii, 1955; Summer Aesembly;

Puu Knher, Hawaii, 1958; Revival Services, Tokyo, Japan,

1958; European Crusade, England, etc., 1959; Japan Baptist

New Life Crusade, 1963, -30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N, J. W, C. Fielde, Press Representative Theo Sannnerkamp, Press Room Manager

MEETING SITES, DATES FOR FUTURE CONVENTIONS

1965 -- June 1-4 Dallas, Tex. (Last met there, 1894) 1966 -- May 24-27, Detroit, Mich. (First time to go there) 1967 -- May 23-26, New Orleans (Last met there, 1937) 1968 -- May 21-24, Jacksonville, Fla. (Last met there, 1922) 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Press Inf omtion Convention Hall--Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sonnnexkamp, Press Room Manager

PLEASE CLEAN FILE TRAYS OFTI?,?,

We would like to suggest that all editora clear their file trays at least once a day, preferably twice. This is for your own direct benefit. Unless the trays are emptied, it is impossible to add the newest, freshest information and speeches. IJe know you do not want: to miss these. Also please do not use trays as personal filing

places, for the same reasons. This is to aid you in getting material--all of it as

it is prepared, and to aid us--in getting it to you as quickly as possible.

Flash bulbs and large books often take up all the space.

Please do not hesitate to suggest to us any way in which you feel we may improve press acccmmodatione or set up; only in this way can we be aware of any short- coming and rake an effort to remedy it.

IJe appreciate your kindness and cons ideration.

The Press Roam Staff 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. W. C Fields, Press Rzpresentative Theo 6ommerkamp, Press Room Manager

A Request

Telephone Service

The press room is equipped with four telephones.

The telephone at the reception desk is the only telephone whose number

is listed with the Atlantic City information operator. It has several exten-

sions--making it of primary valuc for incoming calls and essential to press

room employees in business contacts with the extens ion locations.

Three telephones scattered around the press room on the typevriting

tables are unlisted numbers. These are especially for outgoing calls which

may tie up the line for long periods. Feel free to use them that way,

EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE RECEPTIONIST'S TELEPHONE FOR

OUTGOING CALLS. USE ONE OF THE TH9EE OTHERS.

We hope, in requesting this, to assure better service for you on incoming

and outgoing calls. Conventia Hall, Atlan Vv . C . Fields, Press Theo Borhmeskamp , Press Room Manager

BRIEF HISTQRY OF THZ CONVENTiON

+ ,.a

"The Southern Baptist Convention met for organization May 8- 12, 1845, in Augusta, Georgia, pursuant to a call by the board of managers of the Virginia Foi-eign iVIission Society.

"According to the historical tables there were 236 'delegates! registered from 165 churches, nine associations, " and other Baptist groups and instituti~ns, "The states repre- sented. . .were Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama . Louisiana, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia.

"It was no obsessional exclusive,ress vvhich prompted the organization of the Southern Baptist Convention, though that has been alleged and, in some quarters, is still insisted upon.asia fitting descriptlorr.rof Southern Baptists. " The division of sentiment over, slavery was only one of the two or three principal factors leading to a separate organization of Bap- tists in the South.

Until the year 1814, there was no national organization of Baptists in young America. The term "rugged individualism" could be applied to the Baptist groups prior to that date. The organization of a "Triennial Convention" to piomote foreign missions in that year was brought about through the efforts of one Luther Rice. Rice had gone out as a foreign mission- ary of another denomination but had become a Baptist after laving for,the mission field. Two other missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Ad~nirarl~Judson , had similar experiences to that of Rice th0ug.h under separate circumrstances . Having gone to.the same mission*field--India- -and finding themselves there devoid of support by their former denomination, Rice had agreed to return to America while the Judsons remained abroad. ,Rice would seek to rally Baptists to support foreign missions .

Rice travelled tirelessly visiting Baptist churches in many states securing financial support for the new foreign missions effort. In 1813, he envisioned these jndividpal ~hurches and associations of churches banding together in a co-operative effort through a nation~~ide organization to support better the foreign missions program. The convention organized in

1814 was a direct product of his vision. -,I

,. i, : .- .! \; In addition to the question of salve-holding, and whether a slave-holder could.,.be;. appointed a missionary by the convention, a difference of opinion on the matter'of domestic missions (missions within the United States itself). helped bring about the division in 1845, Another factor was a desire to have one convention to foster all phases of religious activity" The pattern existing was to have a separate society for each area.

"A charter for the new Convention was secured in accordance with the laws of Georgia, Dee. 27, 1845. Actually, the numbering of the sessions began in 1846, since the Augusta Convention was consultative and organizational in character. "

The purpose of the Southern Baptist Convention as stated in Article 11 of the Constitution is "to provide a general organization for Baptists in the United States and its territories for the promotion of Christian missions at home and abroad, and any other ojbects such a,r Chrl~fr- education, benevolent enterprises, and social services which it may deem proper and advisable for the furtherance of the kingdom of God, " . a

After the division, an agreement was reached concerning the future of the Foreign missions program which had been carried on by the "Triennial Convention" (that organized in 1814; prior to the year 1845. The final agreement was that the Northern organization should retain the corporate name and all the property and assume the debts. .

, "The missionaries, of course, were left free to choose the board under which they would labor, " ; '+ I#

Thus the Southern Baptist Convention was formed at a time when its founders were already definitely committed to a foreign missionary program.

The first secretary of a domestic, or home, mission board was elected in August, 1845, but the man elected declined the offer, The place of home missions was at this date not firmly e e tablished as the following observation will show: * History of Convent@ Press ~nfsrrnation "There had been much criticism of the American Baptist Home il/iission Society for their neglect of the Southern states. Now that the Domestic Mission Board undertook to remedy that situation, many of the associations and some of the state conventions, having established mission work of their own, declared there was no place for the Domestic Board--an attitude that had taken vocal prominence from time to time since, " Neverthel'ess domestic missions has continued to hold its place in the denomination, although the agency is now called the Home Mission Board.

The first seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention was organized in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina. It is the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, now located in Louisville. An educational awareness among Southern Baptists was not as great in 1859 as it is a century later. As the seminary's leaders demonstrated their ability as Convention leaders, many of them serving as presidents of the Convention, the realization of the need for seminaries grew among Southern Baptists.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort M orth, Texas, has been under operation of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1924 but it operated from its founding 1908 until that date as an institution of Texas Baptists.

A Baptist Bible Institute was established in New Olreans in 1918. In 1946, the Convention approved a change in name to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the third Convention- operated seminary.

Seminary education was extended further in 1950 when the Convention took over operation of a regional Baptist seminary in Berkeley, California, and retained its name, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. In the same year, the Convention approved establishment of Southeastern Baptist Th'eological Seminary at Make Forest, North Carolina. A sixth seminary, - Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is completing its fifth year of operation in Kansas City, Missouri, Golden Gate Seminary has relocated near Mill Valley, Calif., a short distance from San Francisco.

A Sunday School Board was organized in 1891. Though it still bears the same name today, its functions have extended into many more areas than Sunday school, but its Sunday school department is still a major phase. It is the chief publishing agency of Southern Baptists. In addition to its educational program through Sunday school, Training Union, vacation Bible school, Baptist student work, church administration, church music, and others, it renders a service-type program aiding churches in public relations, visual aids, church architecture, church libraries and church recreation. It operates book stores in most states of the Conven- tion. Co-operatively with the state Baptist bodies, it maintains a vast promotional program to emphasize the church organizations for which it develops material and provides aid.

The Annuity Board (originally Relief & Annuity) was established in 1918, "the culmination of efforts on the part of many Baptist leaders to make provision for the economic security of the pastor in old age. " Today, the relief aspect of the board's work has diminished as more and more churches and their pastors take advantage of retirement programs offered by the board on a contributory basis . The plans have been enlarged to provide retirement and annuity security for non-ordained employees of Baptist bodies as well as for ordained ministers, also on a contributory basis.

The Education Commission, although created in 1916, did not call a full-time executive secretary and receive a charter until 1951. This agency is not responsible for the operation of any institutions but instead helps to correlate and promote the educational interests and activities of the Southern Baptist Convention, state Baptist bodies and regional Baptist groups. It helps to recruit Baptist teachers.

The Convention in 1913 established a Social Service Commission, but it did not have a full-time executive head until 1948. In 1953, the name of this agency was changed to the Christian Life Commission. Among the fields in which it publishes tracts, conducts conferences and does research are the liquor traffic, narcotic trade, sale of obscene literature, gambling, labor-management relations, Christian citizenship responsibilities, world peace, and race relations.

In 1923 the Convention created an agency to operate its lone hospital--Southern Baptist Hospital at New Orleans. This agency now operates two institutions, a Baptist Memorial Hospital having been opened at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1955. The operation of more than 30 other Baptist hospitals belongs to state Bartist bodies and regional Baptist groups. The Con- vention agency is called Southern Baptist Hosptials, and is classified neither as a board nor a co~~xissionthcuq!~ jt I.s sometimes :nfornaJiy ~p~kenof as such. ..-. .->* ,---.,> .-. L.: UQ*, . -L~L,L .L 3 Press Information

,', The work of a Radio Commission was expanded to include :k3t of ;i R',cli3 -, ?. 'Ir! - Commission by Convention action in 1946. This agency's two 52s;-known praductio:~~are "The Baptist Hour" on radio and "The Answer, " a color and black and white series of 30-minutes evangelistic dramas for television.

The committee on Baptist history was given commission status by the Convention in 1947, eleven years after the committee was named. The Historical Commission has produced a comprehensive, two-volume Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists and began amassing tens of thousands of biographical data forms on Baptists in all walks of 1j.fe. It is consistently enlarging its vast reservoir of Baptist historical material through acquisition of historical documents, and the growth of its microfilming program.

A Brotherhood Commission, tracing its origins to 1907, stimulates the interest of layinen and boys in the work of the Convention, This agency sponsors laymen's and boys' conferences, conducts mission field tours for laymen, and publishes three magazines.

The Executive Committee of the Convention, as now functioning ad interim for the Con- vention between annual sessions, was established in 1927. It handles many major business matters for the Convention by direct referral of the Convention or under the duties assigned to it by the Convention constitution and bylaws. It also hears many proposed courses of action and makes such recommendations for Convention action as it deems best, The Executive Committee serves as the treasurer's office for the Convention, helps arrange for the annual Convention sessions, studies the programs undertaken by the Convention and its agencies, and recommends annual appropirations to all agencies except the Sunday Schocl aoard, which is self-supporting through sales of literature to churches. However, the Executive Commi$:kee has no authority to control any Convention agency.

The Southern Baptist Foundation, chartered in 1947, serves as an investment agency for the Convention. It invests funds for Convention agencies. These funds, which are reserves, are invested to bear interest. The interest yield is forwarded j.n total to the agency. It also receives and handles bequests and annuities from individuals which stipulate the Con- vention and its agencies as recipients, following the instructicns of the individual.

The Commission on American Baptist Theological Seminary is Southern Baptists' agency to co-operate with the National Baptist Convention, U ,S .A. , Inc. , in operating a seminary by that name for Negroes in Nashville, Tennessee. The seminary operation is jointly by the two conventions.

The ~voman'sMissionary Union is an auxiliary to the Convention for women and girls. It stimulates interest in home and foreign missions and sponsors several Convention -wide missionary special offerings each year. The 11,MU was organized in 1888 in Richmond, Virginia.

A standing Committee on Public Affairs represents Southern Baptists in co-sponsoring with six other Baptist groups in America the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs in Vvashington, D. C. The Joint Committee has a full-time staff, and furnishes information to Baptists about government developments related to church and religious interests. It is particularly active in church-state and religious liberty affairs as they involve government and . It employed a joint director in 1946 for the first time.

The Southern Baptist Convention has always been a strong supporter of the Baptist X orld Alliance, a fellowship of 22 million Baptists in the world. The Alliance has no authority over any of the Baptist bodies, but serves as an organization to stinulate S-nternational Baptist fellowship. The Alliance was organized in 1905. Its world Congresses come every five years, next one being scheduled in Miami Beach in 1965.

The Stewardship Commission came into being in 1960 as newest agency of the SBC. It promotes the Cooperative Program, Forward Program of Church Finance, and Baptist causes in wills, annuities, and bequests.

The Convention voted in 1962 to approve the merger of Carver School of iflissions and Social M ork, a separate SBC institution, with neighboring Southern Seminary in Louisville.

***Quoted passages are excerpts from Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 1964 Southern Baptist Conventian Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J, W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Smerkamp, Press Room iIanager

TEWINOLOGY, PURPOSE, PROCEDURE

SBC TERt.IIN0LOGY -- Baptists, because of their historic belief in the free religious choice of each person and in the autona~nyof each Baptist church, use terms that may differ from those used by other denominations. Here are some examples:

1. It is never "The Baptist: Church," unless referring to individual con- gregation of worshippers. 2. The exact and proper title of the convention is the "Southern Baptist Convention. I' 3. Churches "co-operate with," or are "affiliated with," the Southern Baptist Convention, They are not bound by any of its decisions, nor can the Southern Baptist Convention exercise control or authority over any church. 4. Churches send "messengerst' -- not "delegates" -- to the Southern Bap- tist Convention, The churches have not delegated authority to their messenger#; though a certain church's messengers nlay vote for a particular Convention policy, the church is not bound to observe it. 5. No an? can "speak for" the Southern Baptist Convention, not even its president. He speaks only for himself. 6. There are 28 "state Eaptis t convent ions" or "~eneralassociations, " each independent of, but co-operating in the work of the Southern Baptist Convention. These state organizations have agencies of their own and operate colleges, hospitals, and children's homes. The Southern Baptist Convention has no juris- diction over agencies and policies of a state Baptist convention.

The autonomy of each Baptist church is a major factor in the Southern Baptist Convention's not being a part of the National or World Council of Churches. The Conventitn could not commit its co-operating cl~urchesin this matter. There is no hostility toward the Councils of Churches, only a belief on the part of Southern Baptists that the Christian cause can be best served through independence.

Two other tezms crop up at sessions of the Southern Baptist Convention which may not be familiar. The title "executive secretary" means that individual ie the top staff executive for a particular agency.

The other term is "Cooperative Program." This describes the channel through which Southern Baptist churches support missions and benevolent work of their state Baptist: conventions and the Southern Baptist Convention.

The fact chat one agency of the Southern Baptist Convention is called a commis- sion, another a board,azorher an institution, does not indicate that one holds superiority over the other. Generally speaking, the four boards are the largest agencies. WHO ATTENDS THE CONVENTION? -- Voting on Convention business is done by measengets from the churches. Each church is entitled to at least one messenger. Depend- ing an the church's membership and/or contributions to work of the Southern Baptist Convention, it may have additional messengers up to a maximum of 10.

Attendance, however, is not limited to messengers, Many people attend who do not have messenger status, They cannot vote on business presented to the Con- vention. Messengers usually comprise about two-thirds of the attendance, Many of the non-messengers are Baptists who live in or near the city where the annual Convention is in session.

Seats are kept available to messengers until five minutes before the starting time for any session of the annual Convention. After that time, the seats arc no longer reserved and may be claimed by anyone.

"Fraternal messengers" come to the Convention nearly every year to bring greetL ings from other Baptist conventions in the world. Ther is nearly always a fra- ternal messenger on hand from the American Baptist Convention. Fraternal messengers do not vote nn Convention business, 2. ....TERMINOLOGY, PURPOSE, PROCEDURE - Continued WORKING TOOLS OF MESSENGERS -- Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention find a number of items of printed material necessary. The Book of Reports contains the annual reports of committees and agencies of the Convention, and includes any recom.nendations these may make that require a vote. Another working tool is the Convention Bulletin, a newspaper published daily during the Convention. The Convention Bulletin contains announcements of business, times and places of special meetings, and other items of vital interest. Following the annual session, the contents of the Book of Reports and the proceedings of the Con- vention are compiled into the Southern Baptist Annual. The Annual also contains a directory of pastors and denominational workers by states. The Southern 8aptist Handbook contains the Latest statistics on Southern Baptist Convention work, together with certain directories and other valuable data. Copies of the Handbook, Annual, Book of Reports, and doily Bulletins are available in the press room to members of the press.

PURPOSE OF TI% SEC -- The Souther.11 Baptist: Convention was organized in 1845 "to pro- vide a general orgal-~izationfor Baptists in the United States and its territories for the promotion of Christian missions at: home and abroad, and any other objects such as ChrIstian education, benevolent enterprises, and social services which it may deem proper and advisable for the furtherance of the kingdom of God."

The Southzrn Baptist Convention carries on its work through various agencies. The agencies include boards, commissions, and institutions. For a complete listing of these agencies and their annual reports for this year see Book of Reports.

The institutions include six seminaries operated and controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention; a Negro seminary jointly operated and supported by the Southern Baptist Convention and National Baptist Convention, U. S, Am, Inc., the largest Negro Baptist cofivention, and hospitals in New Orleans and Jackson* ville, Fla.

The boards and ccnxnissions have responsibilities in such f iePds as publishing, missionary support, education, historical material, Christian life, Baptist public affairs, etc, These are permanent agencies with full-time administra- tive staffs.

The Souchenl Bnptist Convention also functions through committees, most of which are created to meet some special work. These committees are set up on a year- to-year basis. That is, a committee named in 1963 will report to the Convention in 1964 and is subject to being di.scharged then unless the Convention renames the committee, The cormnittees are staffed by pastors, laymen (or women) and denominational workers from throughout the SBC, They are not paid for their committee work except for being reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses,

The Execr.ttivr, Cormittee is a continuing organization of the Southern Baptist Convention, enpot~ered.to acrfoor the Convention between its sessions in matters not otherwj.se provided for by the Convention.

Some Executive Cornittee responsibilities include serving as the fiscal, fiduci- ary, and executive agency of the Convention in affairs not committed to an agency or comittee. The Executive Committee has oversight of arrangements for the annual meetings of the Convention and for its public relations work.

It receives funds contributed for denominationwide work and distributes these to agencies of the Convention according to Cooperative Program distribution system approved by the Convention. The Executive Committee also acts in an advisory capacity on quostions of co-operation between agencies of the Convention, or between agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention and the co-operating state Baptist conventions, or between Southern Baptists and other Baptist conventions. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background on the Convention Ball, Atlantic City, N, 3. Baptist Jubilee Advance W. C. Fields, Press Representative Tl~eoSornmcrkamp, Press Room Manager

Note: This is a slightly abridged address delivered to the Baptist Jubilee Ad- vance Committee, representing all groups in the BJh, Last Sept. 30. The speaker is program planning secretary, SBC Executive Committee, Nashville. Because the Baptist Jubilee Advance will climax in Atlantic City, and because this address summarizes its development and evaluates its accomplisl~mentsand shortcomings, we are providing it as press background material.

FOR LIBERTY AND LIFE

by Albert FlcCleilan

"A wonderful dream!" is how Nrs. Marie Mathis, past president of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, describes the Baptist Jubilee Advance, She speaks of the day when Baptists will have twice as many foreign missionaries, when younz people training for special service will overflow our colleges and seminaries, when every neighborhood will have its awn church, and when Baptists will dedicate thewselves in a meaningful stewardship. Her dream is not of n pageant or a plau but of a movement: people at worlr: for Christ. It: is a dream of impcct for God, a dream of Eaptists fulfilling their missionary heritage, n dream of the ages; a long, long dream, beginning in the New Testament and renewed in vodeun times in the heroic worlcs of William Carey, Adoniaram Judson, and Luther Rice. The Paptist Jubilee Advance is indeed a dream--+or a vision--for the renewal of Baptist: life and spirit Dr. Porter Rout11 has called it "the cele- bration of i3aptistsY finest hour," and Dr. C. C. Warren has said that it is God's mission call of the century.

Soon after his election as president of the Baptist World Alliance in 1947, Dr. C. Oscar Johnson challenged the Baptists of North America to work together in some venture of joint tlndertalcing 1~ 1951, when Dr , Routh was elected executive secretary of the S. Bb C. Executive Committee, he reminded the brethren that in 1964 Baptists would stand at the 150th anniversary of organized work for missions in the United States. He wondered publically if some really worthy celebration would be an honor to the Lord. Others wondered too, and agreed publically that such a celebra- tion would be fitting.

When Dr lirarren was first elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention at Miami in 1955, he pointed ahead to the five-year period of 1959-64 and suggested that all Baptists of North America join together in a great period of advance. It: was a compelling idea that: caught the imagination of Baptists, North and South, The program was launced under the name "Baptist: Jubilee Advance." The years have gone quickly by, and now we find ourselves.,.in the climatic year of 1964, when all Baptist eyes will be turned tovard Philadelphia-,-and Atlantic City--where Baptists of America first organized in 1814 to conduct the worlc of missions together, For it was here in the City of Brotherly Love that the wonderful dre~mhad its greatest renewal, and it was from this renewal that Baptists received strength and inspiration for an energetic and cont-jnuing advance through missions,

To understand the renewal. of this dream we must go back to the eiglzteentl~cen- tury and to a land Tar away--to India. We must turn to a man whose dedication and scholarship made him a lighthouse to every Christian, His name was William Carey, and 1- inspired RapLi.sts throu~houtthe wcrld to rethink their reasons for being. Ha renewed for them the old battle cry: "The field is the world."

One of the first: results of Carey's influence in America was the establishment of The Massachusetts Baptist: Missionary Magazine i? 1803, William Carey and other English rnissiona~ieswcre c~nstnntlybefore the readers, RealizLng the mission potential of America, Carey himself Sec-lme a regular correspondent with the magazine. 2. ..*'For Liberty and 'PL Eel' Some of the early English missionaries sailcdto India on the ship of a Yankee sea captain, Benjamin Wic-kes, a devout Presbyter'an elder who caught the spi~itof their devotion and was impressed to visit Carey in his field of labor. Benjamin Wiclces was so inspired with what he saw that he returned to the United States to conduct an offering among the Baptists to raise funds to help Carey publish his newly translated Bible. bong those who helped in the compaigr~were two distingu- ished Baptists 0s' Cilarleston, South Carolina: Drs. Keith and Furman, who raised a large .part of the money,

. < About this same time hdoniram Judson, on his way to Burma, became a convinced Baptist. Carey wrote The Maasachusetcs Baptist Plissionary Magazine how one morning, before he got up, Luther Rice came "to examine my Greek Testament; from some ques- tions which he asksd that moruing, I began to expect that he was inquiring: but: 1 yesterday heard that 1-~cwas decidedly on the side of believer's baptism." Carey then qsked his Baptist readers ,in America: "What must be done with these man?. .. But is it in~possibleto form a Baptibt Missionaxy Society in America.. .?It Carey's letter was written from Calcutta in October 1812 and read in America in September 1813. The dream was beginning in America.

Luther Rice ~tartcdhome. He wrote from Bnhia, Brazil, to a Baptist minister in Boston that hc wss coming home because he felt that support for an American Baptist missionary should come from American Baptists. He said, "We. . . cast ourselves into your hands, and the hands of the Baptist chu~chesin America." He told of what the Znglish Baptists in India had said, and declared: "Nor could we do otherwise than assure ourselves that our brethren in the United States have equal love for the Lord Jesus," This letter also appeared along with Carey's in The Plassachusetts Baptist-Missionary Magazine in September 1813. Rice praporsed a convention of Baptists in America,

The magazine later carried a long discussion on the possibility of such a convention. By this time, Rice had arrived in Charleston, South Carolina. A few weeks later he wrote letters of encouragement to Baptist: ministers in Phila- delphia and Petersbuag; and he suggesred Philadelphia for the place of the meeting. The editor of the magazine discussed the project: and concluded: "The expense of such a convention would.be triflingmmpared with the magnitude of the object." The nqt spring tw~bwethrenfrom tlre South, William B. Johnson and William Q. Brantley, pledged Southern support. Note a phrase from their letter: ". . . for the purpose of organizing an efficient and practicable plan, on which the energies of the whole Baptist denomi.nntion throughout America, may be elicited, combined, and directed, in one dacred effort, for sending the word of life to idolatrous lands." This phrase recurs often in mo-dem Baptist history, . , The historic and dynamic ~hiladelphiaBaptist Association proposed the meeting , to convene early in April 1814. They called for a "vitality to that union of exertion which past experience teaches us will not be in vain."

'' 1814 was a pageant year "that brought :he invention a£ the circle sew and the first steam-powered loom in America, it was the year of Andrew Jackgon's war with the Creeks, the year of America's final victory over the British, and the year of the wrtting of the "Star-Spangled Banner .It

When the brethren at last assembled in Philadelphia on Fay 18, here were two topics of conversation, judgiog frm the newspapers of the day: (1) Napoleon's defeat 'in Europe and (2) ~n~labd'sdefeat in America. The news of the fall of Paris was expected any day in Philadelphia. It actqally had fallen March 31, Communication was very slow in those days. ~rrivin~in Philadelphia, the thirty- seven delegates read in Ppulson's Daily American Adverkizeg that a new Hebrew Bible was available in two volumes for $14.00. One man offered old Havana "segars" and fifty boxes dE fresh prunes. Ice was offered for sale at a local hospital. For . $130.00 a year 'girls could attend a boarding school, which included washing, but the girls were advised to leave their white garments at home to avoid too frequent washing, The delegates lived in a world different from the 1963 world, but a world about to explode into a century and a half of fantastic religious, cultural, and , economic progress ,.

The delegates met aid organized. Not much is Imown about the meeting except what has come to us through the minutes and an article in the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine headed, "Baptist Mission to the Heathen." The article told how that thirty-seven men from Maine to Georgia had met and ~rgnnizedthe Triennial

Convention, "A plan for eliciting, combining, tibd diricting the energies of the f whole denominatibn in one sacred effort, for sending the glad tidings of Salvation .-... .,-

18 3 - ,. Fur T.i ~CILLY olld Tli fc'' to tIlc Heathen an3 to nations dcstitvte of pure Gospel-light .I1 was elected president. Benjamin Wicices, the Presbyterian elder, wss elected an honorary member of tile Board of Commissioners, Adoniram Judson was elected missionary. Luther Rice was asked Lo conclnue his field horlc in the United Stazes on behalf of the work. Thus began tlzc work of the "General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign I.lissions," lcnowu as the "Triennial Con- vention" because it met cvery third year.

This was the bzginriifig of organized Baptist worlc in America. It had one purpose: miss ions, or, more spccif icdliy, foreign miss icns , thougll home missions was soon included, It was a conviction in the liearts of ii few that truly "the field is the world" (Matt, 13:38) arid that Jesus surely meant what he said, "Go ye into all the world" (Marli 7-6:15) An organization was launched and a movement was born; but, more signifi.cantiy, a new spirlt was engendered in Lhe lives of people called Baptists. More than organization, more than movement, it is this new spirit that: has made us what we are today; an3 if the spirit ever dies, Baptists wil-1 die with it.

The new spirit is mission spirit--not mere mission spirit but personal mission spirit that seizes the individual to make him feel his world responsibility. It is not the creature of institutions and boards but the creator of them. It does not spring frox plans and methods but brings them to life. The personal mission spirit is closely related to the eseential religious experience of the individual. In his moment of dedication, his moment of real uficonditional faith in God, the individual surely real-izes that the salvation of the whole world is in some way related to his own salvation. He sees himself as responsible. He springs forth in newness of life, with a new concern for others arid a new concept of what others must have. He becomes a missionary in heart. IE he is a Bapt 1s t, he conscj-ously or unconsciously takes up the conviction, "Every rapt is^ a missionary."

Luther Rice caught up the new mission spirit in a letter he wrote to the Society late in 1816:

"Since the date of my letter of thc 19th of June, 1816, I have travelled 6600 miles--in populous and in dreary portions of country--through wilderness and over rivers--across mountains and valleys--in heat and cold--by day and by night--in weariness, and p~infulness,and fastings, and loneliness; but, not a moment has been lost for want of hqaltb; no painful. calamity has fallen to my lot; no peril has closed upon me; nor bas fear k,cen permitted Lo prey on my spirits; nor even the in- quietude to disturb my pence. Indecd, sons tantl y has the f avourable countenance of society towards the great objects of the mission animated ny hopes. . . .I have, besides many othe~aids and liberalities, received iar the missionary object, in cash and subscription, more than $4,000. . . .The Lord hath done great things for us! Blessed be the Lord God, who only docth wondrous rhings; and let the whole earth be filled with His glor3." The next year he travelled 9,359 miles and collected $5,443.

The ~onde~rfuldream continues to grow. Xt is passed from one heart to another. Since those early heroic years, 'ihe dream has becom~a pageant touching every corner of our land and nearly every country of the world.

Sometimes it is said thar our Eorcfathers were crude country men, and in cer- tain places early Baptist life has been discredited ss belonging to the back street and the baclaqoods. Don't ever believe it, Surely many of our forefathers were uneducated bu': not unlearned. Tlze spirit of Philadelphia in 1814 was a noble spirit, as this letter copied from the Plassachtlsett~Baptist I*lissionary Magazine proves. Adoniram Judson is writing to Luther Rice on Noverliber 14, 1816:

"PIy beloved brother Rice, Rangoon, November 14th, 1816. In encouraging other young men to come out as mission~ries,do use the greatest caution. You have hit right in Brother Hough. But one wrongheaded, conscientiously obstinate fellow would ruin us. Humble, quiet, persevering men; men of sound, sterling talents (though perhaps not brilliant,) of decent accomplishments, and some natural apti- tude to acquire a language; nien of amiable, yielding temper, willing to like the lowest place, to be the least of ,;PI, and the servant of all; men who enjoy much closet religion, who live near to God, and are wlllix~gto suffer all things for Christ's sakc,without being proud of it--these are the men, etc. But 0 how unlike to this description is the writerof it! Still, however, I am, with never ceasing affection, Your most affectionate brother in the Lord." (A. Judson, The Baptist Missionary Piagaxine, September 1817, p. 184. ) 4. . ."For Freedom and LLfe" Here we arc now 150 years later. Judson acd Rice are gone,. . .In their places we have the names of Willj.ngharn and Cauthen, Warren, Tuller, Routh, Maltby, and scores of others; men QE several conventions who have.stood together during these years in an heroic at;teanpt to recreate the missionary pageant and to once more write a dynamic Baptist history. Ha~ewe succeeded or failed! Only time will tell. Today we can evaluate our wo~konly in the light of a short perspective, and we must do that prayerfu1,ly and hopefully.

The Baptist Jubilee Advance is notable for the great forward steps that have been made in Baptist work; yet at the same time it must be admitted that the Advance has not accomplished in every respect all that those hero today hoped or expected. The time has been too short, the differences too great, and our temperaments too inflexible £or any really giant steps; yet in spite of obvious shortcomings, the almost imperceptible changes which have been wrought may some day resuLt in a. . vastly different kind of 13aptist fellowship. In other words, the negative aspects, some of which I shall outline here, are not to be too seriously regarded as we take tl~elong look. Naming them will servq only as a means of warning that the task is not yet finished; and a suggestion as we come to the end of the five-year program that: there is even mare work to be done, Same of these negqtives are:

I. The Baptist Jubilee Advarice has fallen short of any real joint involvement of our people. For example, about all I lcnow of North American Baptists is what I sce in Frank Woyke and Martin Leuschner. What I see in them I lilze. It: is just about what: 1 see in the nobility and dedication of my own brethren. The great regret is that the people of. Immanucl Baptist Church on Belle Meade Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, do not see - even this much; moreover, I do not see the fire and faith of a people in the pew who produce such royalty as these two.

We have made some effort at cross -convent ion congregational involvement. A few meetings were sponsored on the West Coast, here and there we have had a church- state rally, and a little has been attempted in evangelism. But, on the whole, much of what we talked about never got beyond being a tentative plan. FJe dreamed hope- fully of pulpit exchanges, but that never came off. FJe talked of local Baptist Jubilee rallies, but somehow these never materialized either, Some effort was made for joint-conventioh, new church Jccation planning, but hero again it was more idea than actuality.

Even within the conventions the people have not been as deeply involved in the Baptist Jubilee idea as they should have been. I suppose we have had the habit of living unto ourselves so long that we find it next to impossible to conduct any , lcind of a program that is a compromise between what we are doing and what our fellow Baptists of another convention are doing.

At the beginning we agreed in these semi-annual conferences for the cgnventions to celebrate each yew by moving along their respective paths toward comon goals. This has proved a sound principle, but too often the way we went about it left us . as insular as ever. 1 thinlz we still have a way to save the situation. It is, of course-, to make the btlantic City celebration the crowning climax of the Advance. For us to fail in.thbs celebration will be a terrible anticlimax to our pleasant: experience of moving together; but if we do not plan carefully to secure the highest possible attendance of all conventions, FJC will fail. In this one thing we must work very hard and very close to each other to each fulfill the spirit and the co- operative idea of the Baptist Jubilee Advance.

2. The coonventi~rrshave no,tre_allyed the same ,language on some very imr . portant subjects, notably on evangelism and stewardship. On evangelism we seem to be dismayed at two points: (1) Laat really is evangeliaml and (2) How do we go about the work ~f evangelism? Lt seems incredible that the groups have moved along together for so many years without seriously involving themselves in really constructive conversation around two points. Perhaps our next needed step is to find ways fo talk to each other enough in order to know what each other is talking about. We have spent much of our time tryir.~to £id a way to co-operate. We have been concerned with programs without really ccming to grips with the idealogical basis of the programs. ~JE: seem to have been altogether too mute about the basic ideas that hold us together, PJc have talked a good deal about methodology but very little about theology.

-more -

. . 5. .."For ~ibertyand Life" , -. It i.s possible that our diffcrcnt rnc:!~ods s2 cvanzclls- xcy iAcAzL,c 1 pli. Lc22zrr doctrine of salvation, for, after all, the metllod properly is the child of the doc- ' trine. If this is true, we need to face it; if it is not true, we need to know it. There are similar things to be learned in stewardship. My own feeling is that we have much to learn from each other, but we cannot do it if we are always talking beside the point.

Now, having paid what I hope is discreet attention to the negative, it is fitt- ing to pay even more attention to the positive, for, indeed, there are many strong positives deriving from our walk together in the Baptist Jubilee Advance.

1. The Baptist Jubilee Advancc has permitted, our leaders to examine one of the great denominational crowtb dynamics and to live again under the influence of its power and thrust. The period of greatest Baptist growth has been from 1814 to 1963. Baptists in America now number over 21 million, twice as many as any other Protestant group, a fact often ovcrloolced by church statisticians. This growth has been accom- plished in spite of our loose and often chaotic organization--or perhaps because of it. It is a fact to ponder. We need to ask deeply, "Why is this true?" One fairly obvious answer is that in 1814 we came under the spell of modern missions and we have not escaped that spell. It has given us a vast, self-renewing dynamic that has pushed us into every nook and cranny of the world; and, what is just as important, the spell has made us realize that the church is not truly missionary until it has established other churches, sending its own people out into the needy areas of every community.

There are those who decry the back-street churches of smaller towns and the store-front churches of Chicago, but to me these prove that the dynamic is still with us. They may not be perfect, but then no church is perfect. These little multiplying church cells are the life of the whole body. It is their continuing division and redivision that spread our base and lceep reaching out for more people. Thc diversity of these cells is the reason we reach such a diversity of people and, at least in the Southern Baptist Convention, this is onc reason we are not yet a "class church." .

Dr. C. C. warren's appeal for 30,000 new churches was another step--a giant step--in the long, continuing trail of this dynamic growth. If we are content to be content with the churches we have, never pushing 0u.t: to establish more churches, not only will we drop behind in the rampaging population gains but as a denomination we will waste and die. The church must always move on; any church that stands still is not a church. In 1814 Ba2tists took firm hold of something that was more than we had held before. It was life--the renewal of the Holy Spirit among us, and by it we began to grow. Can we still feel it' Personally, I am not so much afraid it will die in our hands as thac our hands will die and we cannot feel it. This new life produced growth; clz~lrchesflourished and passed away, but in dying they passed on life. Society changes; once vigorous comrnunitics become only memories, whole neighborhoods are displaced because of lake-building, economic growth, ngri- cultural decline or urban renewal. The church in which the growth dynamic remains alive reproduces itself in other churches and lives in the fires it lights an orher hearths; but the church whose bands are insensitive to the life they hold arc dead. They pass into oblivion, having failed as links in the growing chain of churches that stretches from Pentecost to the judgment. Congregations are rarely ever perm- anent, but the life within us is always permanent.

The Baptist Jubilee Advance has brought us face to face with the reality and the necessity of this mission growth dynamic. The question comes, Have we seen and felt it sufficiently far its fire to sustain us in a glorious renewal that will drive us on to an even more significant epoch of growth and service?

2. The Baptist Jubilee Advance has provided ways for the leaders to talk to each other, even though at times our talk may not have bccn about the right things. Sometimes our tallc has been very frank, especially in those early years when $Je mis- understood each other, and even now when one group takes an arbitrary or misunder- stood step into anothergroup's area; but the very fact that the channels of talk have been lcept open has provided a basis for better understanding. Sometimes our specches have been soliloquies, as now, and perhaps we were often talking more to ourselves than to each other; nevertheless, "Speecll is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact. It is silence which isolatest' (Thomas Mann). My own prayer is that: God will deliver the Baptists sf North America from the isolating silence that prevailed among them from 1845 until 1958. 6.. ."For Liberty and Life"

3. Thc Bapcis: J~lbLLc~.i~dvanc~Jasden?ons~rated that he Baptists of 9LfZergG conventions stili belong to each oLher. I hold to the view that inherent in the Baptist: idea is an assumption that organizational unity is not possible. While the.1eadershj.p of the Protestant comm~nityzoes on saying that the fragmentation of the faith is scaadalous, Bpptists seem not to lcnow what these leaders arc talk- ing about, because built into the Eaptist idea is an assumption--to repeat--that organizational unity is not essential and that agreement in religious conviction is not possible. The moment we say that: tl:e individual, apart from any ecclesias- tical council, has a right to decide religious matters for himself, at that very time we have set in motion a process that disrupts all organic union. Baptists always seem to be on thc verge of religious anarchy, but are always being drawn back by the Holy Spirit. The best that large naptist groups can ever do, even in their co-operation with each other, is to work together in loose frameworks such as the Baptist World Alliance and tile Baptist Jubilee Advance. If we seek more than this, we forfeit our right to be different; if we seek lesa, we forfeit aur right to fellowship the church universal.

Southern Baptists have not said they would never enter into an interdenominational fetlowship such as the Borld Council or the National Council. They have only said that they cannot enter now. he reasons of feredfor this stand are many:

Soma have said that the.Convention is basically a gathering of messengers, not churches, and therefore cannot commit the individual churches.

Others have said that we cannot enter anything that even resembles a world church because of our Convention coaenitment to the congregations as thetruly visible churches.

It is aften argued that the Convention cannot enter any fellowship chat would compramisc the right of the churches to establish other churches anywhere they felt the Holy Spirit leading.

Still another reason offered is that it is difficult for those who are so strongly committed to the right and the necessity of each person deciding for himself on his allegiance to Christ to enter into any icind of working arrangement with those who through the confessional church or pedobaptisrn deny the conversion experience.'

Finally, it is argued that Baptists have a definite doctrine of man that holds strongly to the Bible fact that man is lost and that, in the language of Paul, man is in a terrible plight, "without Christ, being aliens from the comonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world" (Eph. Z:12). Ihst Baptists cannot subscribe to the current wave of universalism that is shaking to its roots.

If the designers and the purveyors of the National Council were a little less idealistic, perhaps Southern Baptists would have given it more serious consideration; but the continued iqsistence of C. C. Morrison, E. Stanley Jones, and Henry P. Van Dusen that the Council must become the church is the flag that warna us away. he Council scerns not content to be merely an association of denomiantions. In the local church fields the demand for churches to submit to the local council before' establishing ether churches is the flag that warns against participation. Baptist churches of the Southern Baptist Convention do not submit even to an association . of Baptist churches, mch less an association of all churches. As long as these conditions continue, it appcars that Southern participation would be impossible.

The other side of this question is often held up as very real and disturbing: "Will Southern Baptists always remain isolated? Will they never talk t~ their brethren? Will they become more and more insular and more and more brittle until they crack up with their own ioneliness and rigidity? Will they always content themselves to see the actions of the great forums of Christianity through other men's eyes and what' they read in- the Christian Century or hear from the tongues of their own malcontents and their restless rumors .'I1 These indeed are serious questions that demand reasonable answers. It is not lilccly that the answers will lead us into interdenominational fellowship,

I iike tr, think that in the Baptist Jubilee Advance we have at least found a sugges.tion of the future. We have moved together without: compromise. We have main- tained our individuality, yet drawn strength from mutual sharing of problems. We have not had common programs, but we have had a common spirit. i'..." For Liberty and Life"

So far as I can see, in the Baptist Jubilee Advance no one at any time has thought of merging the various conferences and unions. These prospects have never been discussed in our joint meetings. In the Baptist Jubilee Advance we have had full and complete opportunity to share our problems, to draw strength from fellowship, and to study the great issues; but we have stopped where we should--just short of programs that would bind us unnaturally to each other. Within this wl~olesome framework of brotherhood and understanding Baptists can work together a long, long time. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. W:C, Fields, Press Representative With SBC on Friday Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager Usable Anytime

, . .. Communications Award ' + . Slated for Sarnoff

Establishment of a Distinguished Cornminications Medal to be award to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the world in the field of comunicatione has been announced by Paul M. Stevens, director of Soutbern Baptist's Radio and Television

Conmiasion, Fort Worth.

Artiistic theme for the Distinguished Communications Medal was taken from

Michelangelo's famoue "Creation of Manw fresco, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, The focal point of the painting in which the hand of God is about to communicate life through the hand of Adam will appear on the award. Sculptor Edward

Hoffman did the orginal hands eculptured in relief, from which the medal was struck by

Medallic Art Co. of New York City.

First recipient of the Dietinguished Communications Medal will be Robert W, Sarnoff, chairman of the board of the National Broadcasting Co. Stevens said Sarnoff was chosen both for 25 years of pioneering leaderehip in broadcasting and for the spirit of cooper- ation he has fostered between the NBC network and the nation's religious denominations,

The award will be presented by Stevens during the Radio-TV Commission's period on the Southern Baptist Convention ptvgram, Friday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m. Sarnoff will address the Convention following the presentation.

Stevens emphasized the medal will not necessarily be awarded annually and will go

"only to individuals who have made an obvious and lasting contribution to radio and tele- vieion communications." 1964 Southern Baptist Convantion For Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. 3. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Somerkamp, Press Room Plsrnager

First Woman Delegate To Southern Baptist Convention

In 1877 Mrs. Flyra E. Graves regi~tsredaa a delegate to the Southern Baptist Con- vention meeting in New Orleans, La. A member of the Brenham Baptist Church, Brenham,

Tex., she waa the first wornan delegate.

She registered again in 1882. Both times when the 1Lt of delegates was read and seated she was presented to the Convention as 14. E. Graves without: any title to identify her as a woman.

In 1885 two women from Arkansas registered as delegates. This caueed many of the men attending to be quite concerned. A committee of five was appointed to study the matter.

The committee recommended that the Constitution be changed so that fnefead of the

Convention being composed of "members" it would be made up of ''brethren." This carried by a vote of 131 to 42 and remained in effect until 1918 when "brethren" was replaced by "messengers ." 1964 Southern Baptist Eonvention Persdnality* Information Gonvention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. VV , C . Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

Methodists Gave Early Influence to White

By Melvin Steakley For Baptist Press

K. Owen Vvkite and the fomier Pearl kvoodworth had very few dates before they were married, but almost every dayrird:/when he's not away from Houston they have lunch to- gether.

: "Since the children are gone from home, this usually is our big meal of the day. We 1Pke cafeterias, and that's where we usually eat, " White said.

During their courtship in Los Angeles , Vv hite was working at night as a "car carder" with Pacific Electric Rai.lway. That means he changed advertising cards in the trolleys.

Vvhite's habit may be a tipoff on weight control, for at 146 he weighs within five sounds of his weight over 30 years,

Breakfast is a light meal at the White household. He gets up about 7 a.m., helps put together coffee, juice and toast and scails the morning newspaper at the table, By 8 to 8:15 a,m. he's in the church office.

Pastor of the 3500-member Houston First Baptist Church for 10 years, White is the only rnan in history to serve as president of the Southern Baptist Convention and the $aptist Gens31 Convention of Texas at the same time.

: Always a pastor, Whiea cays opportunities to teach and be an administrator held no qttraction. "The pastorate was my call, " he says simply.

Another "first" fur White is the fact th-lt he was born in London, England (~ug,29, 1902). All other SBC president:i have hsen born in the United States.

Although a physide;~and surgeon, his fsther chafed at the confining schedule of a general practicioner, and kutted at the hardship !.megular hours forced on his wife.

So the elder White heard the bl.andishments of recruiters seeking immigrants to Canada, qnd in 1907 moved his family to a 160-acre "ranch" 46 miles from Kamloops, British Columbia .

The acreage was devoted to growing hay, grain, fruit and potatoes, but never produced rhrlch more than a marginal living for the parents and three sons,

"It was close," Vkhite says, recalling his father's instructions that the boys could have bread and butter or bread and jam, but not bread, butter and jam.

Later the elder White, a lay Methodist preacher, moved his family to Vernon, a city of 2500. There the future Southern Baptist Convention president began "a man's work'' at 14 after finishing grade school.

Conversion came because of a special Sunday night choir program where all the hymns "centered on the cross of Christ. "

gave " i "They no l.rivitation, White said, "but the impact of the songs and slides put me under conviction. 1 went Some, got on my knees and asked the Lord to forgive me and ijave me. tt

4 A Methodist Sunday schcol teacher first suggested the ministry as a vocation. This suggestion bore fruit as White entered the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in 1921. There he became a Baptist, and met the future Mrs. Vl hite. His father, unhappy over the Methodist merger with Presbyterians and Congregationalists into the United Church of Canada, later became a Baptist also, and was ordained as a Baptist minister.

After three years at the Los Angeles school, hhite went to Southern Baptist Theo- logical Seminary in Louisville, and after two years returned to California for three years in the pastorate.

Then he went back to Louisville to attend 3 schools, support his wife and children, and help his parents. Vvhite studied algebra and plain geometry at nights at the YMCA, took an examination to get into the University of Louisville without a high school diploma while picking up studies again at Southern Seminary.

This hard work brought bachelor of arts, master of theology and a doctorate.

After the seminary he was pastor of churches in Georgia, Little Rock, Ark., and Washington, D. C. before coming to Houston. During the past 10 years Vvhite led the 122-year-old church in the pivotal decision to stay downtown rather than move to the suburbs,

White takes his pastoral obligations seriously 2nd humbly, too. He and Mrs. White "do a lot of calling together" at night,

During the days, he's always available for conferences.

"I've never set up a strict schedule for sermon preparation, because when people need to talk to their pastor, that's when they need to talk to him. "

This means he almost always has to finish his sermon preparation on Saturday. Currently White is preaching his way through the Old and New Testaments at alternate services. In five years he's come to Psalms and to I Corinthians.

Once a fisherman and still a sometime golfer, Vvhite's only hobby "besides our work" is operating a 16-mm movie camera, and a projector and a film splicer which were gifts from the church.

He brought back film from the Japan Baptist New Life Crusade, which he helped to spearhead, for showing at church functions.

Then there are four grandchildren to " shoot, " the off spring of his son, Staniey White, pastor of the Vveatherford, Tex. , First Baptist Church; and daughter, Mrs. Jack Marslender of Tucson, Ariz.

The author of studies on Jeremiah and Hosea, White hopes to finish by May, 1964 a manuscript on Nehemiah begun eight years ago at the request of the Sunday School Board, 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background Material Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sonrmerkamp, Press Room 1-lanager

3 Seminary Programs Outlined For Adoption (2-25-64) Reprinted

NLSSHVILLF, (BP)--Three programs will be listed for Southern Baptist Convention seminaries, subject to approval by the 1964 Convention.

The three programs are leadership training programs--(l) in theology, (2) in religious education and (3) in church music. They have been passed by the SBC Executive Cmittee.

The Convention operates six seminaries. ti description of the degree work at each one is included in the program structure adopted by the Executive Committee.

The three programs, said the Executive Cormittee, "do not necessarily mean separate schoolst' for each of the three. At three seminaries, separate schoo'ls have been set up for each of the programs.

The program proposed requires Convention approval for any seminary to establish a new school or division of its work.

The program subcommittee of the Executive Committee drafted the seminary program structure as it has for other agencies whose programs the SBC has approved so far. Programs for other agencies will be presented over the next two or three years.

The subcommittee's 1600-word report to the Executive Committee was its eighth draft of a program structure for the seminaries. Seminary officials were contacted in its development, and the eight rewordings were to assure that the final report would be thorough and complete.

The educational phase of the program structure embraces regular academic courses toward degrees, diploma non-degree work, the Seminary Extension Department, lecture- ships, necessary room and board and other services.

The consultative and advisory phase includes off-campus conferences with church and denominational leaders, assistance co other SBC agencies, and workshops on the campuses . Conferences and workshops are not to conflict, if at all possible, with summer assemblies at Glorieta, N, M., and Ridgecrest, N. C.

The study and research phase involves research facilities and materials, faculty participation in professional meetings and in writing scholarly articles, publication of theological journals, and study leaves for faculty.

Relationships to other seminaries, to other schools and to other Convention agencies are defined.

"Southern Baptist seminaries may associate themselves with other theological schools, societies, agencies, and institutions for their mutual advancement provided there is no compromise of doctrinal position or Baptist polity," the program proposes.

The stated objective of Southern Baptist seminaries "is to provide theological ~ education, with the Bible as the center of the curriculum, for God-called men and wornen to meet the need for trained leadership in the work of the churches. The seminaries shall utilize scholarship with reverent concern and dependence upon the guidance of the Holy Spirit. They shall be distinctive Baptist institutions witness- ing to the truth revealed in the holy scriptures. They shall help the Convention by study of its life and by involvement in its programs," 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Csweatiuu HITI, Atlantic City, 1.J. W. C. liel4s, Press Representative Background on Budget 3~~1xbericl;::>, Pres s Room Manager (Capital Needa)

4-Pear e:;pi t;l Needs Near $9 Killion Mark (2-22-64> Reprinted

N,4S!i';lILLE (BP)-- Capital needs totaling nearly $9 million have been approved by the SBC Executive Committee here and will be eubmitted to the 1964 Southern Baptiet Convention for adoption.

The allocations cover four years, 1965-1968. The ~onveotlon~s1959-1963 capital needs: pragram, which will expire this year, was $23,5 million,

FcT.~~f3r church extension loana and church sites, through the SBC Name Mimion Board, and for reconditioning the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (see separate atory on New Ortesne project) take up mote than half the $8,955,000 voted.

The funds will come through the Cooperative Progtam.portion forwarded to the SBC by state Bn~cictconvention8 and aaeociationa.

Capital funde totaling $5 million for foreign miasions and $1,775,000 for home miesir.,:.~have been tteneferred to the operating budget, a8 well ae $800,000 for producing filmc at t?~Radio and Talevieion Commieslon.

The ti.?tr,e Miesion Board aide new churches in buying sitas for property and building woz~;.:.l;l f.:qJ,lities, particularly in pioneer areaa where commercisl loanla are hard to eel cure besauoe Southern Baptiet wotk ia new.

Ttz prepaal ia to provide $3,225,000 for building lama sad cites-~$606,250 each in 1965 c~.:1565; $906,250 in 1967, end $1, 106,250 in 1968,

T;:..: $:..6 million voted New Orleans Seminary will recondition campur property and buildi:~r,~mffering from watex damage and other detetioration ceures,

krrLjzc+,gfor the seminaries include:

At Cz?

At Midwe8 tern Baptie t Theolagical Seminary, Kanras City, Mo. , $300,000 for student npsrtmants in 2965 and 1966.

At Southeastern Baptist Theological $@miwry,Wake Forert, Ne C,, $280,000 for 8 stu4ant ce~ter,$25,000 for an infirmary, and Q20,OOO to rase an obaolets building, The funds will come in 1966 and 1967, The Southwartern campus was foranerly tbt af Wake Forest College (Baptist).

At Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, $300,000 to renovate Fort Worth Hall, built in 1910; $50,000 to complete Memorial Building; $300,000 to renovate Barnard Hall, aleo built in 1910; and $260,000 to construat a chtldren'e building.

Southwestern's funds are spread over all four years,

At Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louirville, $675,000 to renovate Mullins Hall, built in 1925, and $60,000 to convert Barnard Hall into a chS1dren8~building. Southern's funds aleo come over four years.

The SBC Radio and Television Commissfon will have $600,000 in almorrt equal install- ments in 1965, 1966 and 1967 to conetxuct a new office and broadcast center in Fort Worth.

The Brotherhood Commission will get $40,000 to buy a lot immedicrtely wear of its office in Memphis, this in 1967.

Another $300,000 would be given the Public Affairs Committee to share in coat of a new Baptist Building in Waahingtorr housing it and two other Bsptsat gtoupr. They prop se to build it in the near future. This is not to be paid out till site, financing- rher matters have been approved by th Executive Committee. '. Out-patient clinic. at two hopsiral. would be provided by $380,000 for Southern \ Baptist f:m?itals, C nvention agency-operating hospital~s in Jacksonville, Fla,, and New \.. - Orleans, This is a 1968 provision, A new chapel for which $40,000 is ret wide will be built at American Baptiet Theological Seminary %n Nashville, a Negw institution jointly sponsored by the SBC and National Baptist Convention, U, S. A,, Inc. This t o is a 1968 proje? t , -30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Special Press Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J, \J. C . Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

AN EXPLANATfON OF MEETINGS

THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION -- The Convention has a session once each year, usually late in May. Since the Convention:has co-operating churches in so many states, it moves about from year to year. In recent years it has met in Kansas City, Louisville, St, Louis and San Francisco, The sites of its 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 sessions have beer1 chosen already--Dallas, Detroit, New Orleans and Jacksonville, Fla., in that order. The attendance at the Con- vention and its auxiliszy meetings, running 15,000 a year, virtually limits the Convention to a dozen cities because of the hotel accommodations and auditorium required, Sites are chosen well in advance. The Atlantic City session will select the 1969 Convention city.

Reports, addresses, and the Euture activities of the Convention are the center of interest at the Convention session, There are more than 20 boards, comissions, and institutions of the Convention which will present their annual reports, Add to these the reports of about half a dozen special corn- mittees and reports of auxiliaries and other interests in which Southern Bap- tists have a part. Many of these reports will contain recommendations for Convention voting, involving policies of the Convention and its future courses of action in various fields. One of these important cwrmittees is the resolutions committee,

The two principal addresses of the Convention are the president's address and the Convention sermon. At Atlantic City, the president's address will be delivered by I<. Owen SJhite of Houston. !kite is serving his first term as president and is eligible for reelection.

In his address, the President of the Convention usually reviews the pur- poses and objectives of the Convention and relates them to its present and Euture. His address compares in its way much to the "state of the Union" message delivered to Congress. by the President of the United States,

The Convention sermon is an inspirational, Bible-centered address, de- livered in the fashion you would hear from the pulpit of a Southern Baptist church on Sunday. The Convention selects its "Convention preacher" one year ahead of time. E. C. Brown, pastor, Shandon Baptist Church, Columbia, South Carolina, is "Convention preacher. "

Plans for the Euture always occupy a great deal of attention during the Convention session. Special committees function on a year-to-year basis, as compared to the permanent nature of the boards, commissions, and insti- tutions. If the work of a special committee needs to be continued, it must ask the Convention to extend its existencetior another year. At the Convention session, messengers may also instruct the boards, commissions, and institutions to undertake some particular phase of work. Some of the items of Euture plann- ing which always appear at a Convention include the election of Convention officers (a president by custom usually serves two years and the secretaries usually stay in office for an indefinite term although subject to annual reelection.)

One of the two vice-presidents elected sometimes lives in the city or state in which the Convention meets.

The Convention follows a democratic procedure during the session. The program, or "Order of business," for the annual sessions is drafted months ahead of time but is always subject to vote at: the first session of the annual Convention. The democratic procedure allows matters to be brought to the Con- vention from the floor, which means that nearly always there is something brought up unexpectedly or with little prior notice. Reports and recommen- dations of the Convention's agencies and committees, however, are printed in advance in the "Book of Reportsi' available to all registered messengers. EXPLANATION OF PIEETINGS .. . . -2

THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION -- The Sloman's Missionary Union is an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention to which Baptist women belong. As its name indi- cates, its purpose is to stimulate and promote interest in and support of the Convention's home and foreign missionary programs. The PIMU--as it is commonly known--sponsors several offering periods each year in which millions of dollars are contributed for missionary activities. The l,dWannual Convention immediately precedes that of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Mrs. Robert C. Fling, of Cleburne,Texas, is president of the WMU, It has an office in Birmingham, Alabama, with a full-time staff and publications for all ages of women and girls. Miss Alma Hunt is executive secretary,

SOUTHERN BAPTIST PASTORS' CONFERENCE -- While the CJMU has its preliminary meeting, the Southern Baptist ministers are holding their own conference. This is a time for pointers on sermon subjects, sermon preparation, interpretation of Bible passages, and the many duties which the pastor of a church has. It is also a time for fellowship. Many of the ministers attended colleges and seminaries together, or met at same previous year's conference. The churches they serve may be hundreds or thousands of miles apart but this meeting gives them a chance to renew friendships. ISayne Dehoney, Jackson, Tenn., is presi- dent of the conference.

OTTER AUXILIARY AND PRELIMINARY MEETINGS -- Other church workers have established meetings of their own which precede that of the Convention, These include the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, for ministers of music, and the Religious Education Association, which is for ministers of education. They discuss the aspects of their own special duties and meet for fellowship, Ministers' wives will also have a meeting, as do ministers engaged in special evangelistic work (as compared to pastors of churches).

LUNCHEONS, BREAIUASTS AND DINNERS -- There are dozens of luncheons, breaktasts, and dinners scheduled by special groups. These may be held by alumni of various seminaries and colleges, who find the Convention a convenient time and place to get together. Thcse may also include special professional groups within Southern Baptists denominational circles. (See separate press information sheet for times and places.) 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Press Room Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N, J. IJ, C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

PRISSS ROOM WORKI3RS AND RESPONSIBILITLES

W. C. Fields is public relaticns secretary for the Executive Cmittee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville. He is also the convention's press representa- tive. /is such, he is responsible for providing press accommodations for the Southern Baptist, other religious, and secular newspapermen covering the annual Conventions. The press room is :I part of this task, He is general overseer of all the activity. He will have a seat on thc platform.

Theo Somerkam~is assistant director of the Baptist Press, news service of the SBC, operated by the Executive Committee, Nashville. He is also assistant press repre- sen.ca:ive. Working under direction of Dr, Fields, he is manager of the press room. He will be available in the press room morning, afternoon, and evening. Mr. Sotnmerkamp is a former daily newspaper reporter.

Roy Jermings is editorial secretary for the convention's Brotherhood Commission in Memphis. A former night city editor for the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Mr. Jennings is chief copy editor for the press room at the Convention. The Brotherhood Ccmrmission has loaned him to the Convention press room to help provide better press services. Mr. Jennings will write morning and afternoon leads daily summing up the many conferences and the Convention.

Walker L. Knight is editor, Home Missions, monthly magazine of the SBC Home Mis- sion Board, Atlanta, He is also regional editor for the Baptist Press in Atlanta, writing Home Mission Board news. He will help expedite press photographic assignments during the week. The Home Board provides his service. -R, T, (Dick) McCartney is public relations director for the Baptist General Con- vention of Texas in Dallas. He will. join Mr. Knight in working with Carl Jones, the Convention photographer. McCartney and Knight will help set up the photos and will take down cutline facts, The pictures are for the Baptist state weekly papers. (The press room has no facilities for meeting picture deadlines of dailies.)

tl, Barry Garrett is associate director of the Baptist Joint Cormnittee on Public Affairs, Washington. He is an accredited correspondent covering Congress and the White House for Baptist Press news service. He has been asked to provide press room reports on the meeting of Woman's Missionary Union, Ask him questions about church- state issues.

Orville Scott, Jim Newton, and A1 Shackleford are public relations associates working in Dick McCartneyls off ice in Dallas. (This office also serves as Texas regional office for Baptist Press news service.) Scott will cover the Pastors' Con- ference for press room reports and Shackleford will handle the closed circuit T V system operating in the press room, Jim Newton will cover the preconvention meeting of the SBC Executive Committee.

Gomer R. Lesch is in charge of the denominational relations office, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville. He will report the Church Music Conference. As with the other conferences, morning and afternoon leads will be available to the dailies through this meeting and a wrap up story will be prepared primarily for the weekly Baptist state papers.

John D. Bloskas is press relations supervisor for the SBC Annuity Board, Dallas, His services are provided as a courtesy by that agency. He will cover,.the Religious Education Conference.

Miss Dorothy Weeks is editor of Tell, a magazine for Girls' Auxiliary, published in Birmingham. She is employed by oma an's Missionary Union, auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, which provides her services to the press room staff. She will have special feature-writing assignments beginning Tuesday night after her responsibilities at the women's meeting are ended, 2., ,Pits~A9;n ilo..kurs anu iksyonsibiiities

Miss Nona Saturday is a news writer and teletypist with the Baptist Joint Cormni- ttee on Public ilffair.; in ilasl~iilgton, She will halp ckvelop F-eature stories for press room distribution,

Miss Kay Heard will handle a variety of work. She is editorial assistant and chief teletype operator for the Baptist General Conventiori of Texas in Dallas, working under Dick McCartney, director of public relations. She will help prepare press material for distribution in the reporters' trays and serve occasionally as receptionist.

Mrs. Jim (Pat) Newton will be a teletype operator for the SBC teletype network, whose central office will operate Erom the press room. Mrs. Newton, now a homemaker, for Jim and Jana, formerly was chief teletype operator for the Mississippi Baptist Con- vention board in Jackson.

Mrs. Agnes G. Ford is press representative for the Sunday School Board in Nashville. She will cover the ~inisters'Ilives' Conference and do special hometown copy and features a

Mrs. Robert (Dot) Jackson is secretary to I3. C. Fields, Nashville, Convention press representative. She will handle receptionist duties in the press room and other secretarial duties.

Mrs. Coleman (Johnsie) Narkham is chief operator of the Executive Committee teletype station in Nashville. She is also an editorial assistant with the Baptist Program and Baptist Bulletin Service. She will be chief operator for the Baptist teletype in the przss room, assisted by Mrs. Newton and others,

Miss Loretta McCreary is secretary in the public relations office in Nashville, handling Baptist Press news mailings and correspondence. In the press room she will help turn out the copy which appears in your press boxes, and will mail Baptist Press material.

Leonard E. Huin production editor of the Baptist Program, monthly leadership magazine in the denomination, published in Nashville. He will manage the speech sales exhibit and have other Convention arrangement duties.

ABOUT OUR PRESS ROOM SCHEDULE:

The reporting staff works a11 three shifts a day--morning, afternoon, evening. They are here to answer questions of basic policy and Convention procedure, If one does not have the information, he will try to get it or refer you to someone who does have it, Do not hesitate to approach one of then.

The women in the secretarial and clerical staff work anly two shifts daily, having one off for free time. This free time shift varies Erom day to day, but we have tried to arrange their schedules so that ample secretarial, teletype and clerical help will be on hand in the press room when needed.

OTHERS YOU MAY MEET:

Mrs. Bryan (Ada Ruth) Kelly is secretary to Albert McClellan, program planning secretary of the SBC Executive Committee, She assists him in his editing the daily Convention Bulletin at the Convention,

Mrs. Ruth Nelson is boolckeeper for the Executive Camittee and assists Leonard Hill in speech sales.

Miss Pat Kimbriel- of Nashville is secretary to Porter Routh, Executive Committee executive secretary and Convention treasurer;

Albert McClellan is program planning secretary, Executive Committee, Nashville. At the Convention, he edits the daily Convention Bulletin.

Mrs. John (Lorene) FJoodall, Iiashville, is secretary to John H. FJilliams, part: of the Convention staff. Nrs, Inioodall works with Joe W. Burton, registration secretary, at the Convention each year, enroling messengers. John 11, Williams is financial planning secretary for the Executive Committee, Nashville. Another important staff duty is handling many of the arrangements for and during the annual Conventions. -30- 1964 Southern Eaptat Convention Background Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C, Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

SONG WiDERS FOR THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION SINCE 1920

Selection of the song leader for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Con- vention always has been the prerogative of the president of the Convention. In recent years, a procedure has developed with regard to this selection, but in the early years the few qualified Southern Baptist musicians served unofficially as they were called on to lead the singing. It was not until 1930 that any one song leader was officially designated "Director of Music for the Convent ion. 'I

As part of the report on Baptist music heritage being presented in this magazine, the following historical table is given, Appearing for the first time is a list of the song Leaders for each meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1920. This information was gleaned and corrected from the published proceedings of the sessions of the Convent ion.

Date and Site President Sow Leader Cs )

1920 Washington, D. C. J. 8. Gambrell, Tex. I. E. Reynolds, Robert H. Coleman

E. Y, Mullins, Ky. Coleman, Reynolds, E. 0. Sellers, W. Plunkett Martiq

1922 Mullins Coleman, E. L, Wolslagel, Jacksmville , Fla . R. Id. Hickman Mu1 1 ins

1924: Geo. W. Mdmid,--m. WoblageL, Cdmran, Pfarcin, Atlanta, Ga. Bickman, P.. S. Rowland, Fred G. Scholfield McDaniel

McDanie 1 Sellers, Reynolds., -. John D. Hoffman

Gea,- Y, J%uett, Te,. Hoffman

True t t

1929 True t t Sellers, Beyno-us .. Memphis

W* J. Wro&&, S* C, Reynolds

1931 McGlothlin Irrman Johnson Birmingham, Ala.

1932 McGlothlin St, Peters burg, -Fla.

1933 P. F. Brown, Xew. Reynolds . . , Washing tm

1934 M* E, Dodd,. h* Fort . Worth,. Tex.

. 1935 Dodd Memphis 2...SONG LEADERS FOR SBC SINCE 1920

1936 John R. Sampey, Ky. J ol~nson St. Louis, Ma. 1937 Sampey Johns on New Orleans Sampey Jol~nson

1939 L. R. Scarborough, Tex. Reynolds Oklahoma City, Okla.

1940 Scarborough Reynolds Baltimore, Md. 1941 W. W. Hamilton, La. Sellers Birminglzam 1942 Hamil ton Sellers, E. L. Garnett San Antonio, Tex, 1943 (Meeting deferred) 1944 Pat 14, Neff, Tex. Hoffman Atlanta, Ga.

1945 (IJee ting deferred) 1946 Nef f McKinney Miami, Fla. 1947 Louie D. Newton, Ga. Ira C. Prosser S t . Louis 1948 Newton Martin Memphis 1949 Robert G. Lee, Tenn, Warren M. Angel1 Oklahoma City

1950 Lee W. Hines Sims Chicago, I1 1. 1951 Lee San Francisco, Calif.

1952 3. D. Grey, La. Loren Williams Miami 1953 Grey Edwin McNeely Houston, Tex. 1954 J. W, Starer, Okla. Angel1 St. Louis 1955 S torer Forrest H. Heeren Miami 1956 C. C. Warren, N, C. S ims Kansas City 1957 Warren Verl L. Capps Chicago 1958 Brooks Hays, Ark. William 3. Reynolds Houston 1959 Hays Heeren Louisville 1960 Ramsey Pollard, Tenn. Elmer F. aailey, Thomas P. I4iarni Beach, Fla. Lane 1961 Pbllard Lane, William H. Souther St. Louis 1962 Herscllel H. Hobbs, Okla. Clifton A. Baker San Francisco 1963 Hobbs Prosser Kansas City 1964 R. Owen White, Tex, Lee Roy Till Atlantic City, N. J. -30- The above material is based on an article to appear In the October, 1964 issue of the Cllilrcll F;us icLan, a Sunday Sc!~ool qoard publication. 1964 Southern Elaptlst Convention Convention Hall - Atlantic City, N. J . Background Facts W , C. Fields, press representative Theo Sommerkamp, press roam manager

Correswondence of Judsons Found

In going through some files in Richmond last fall looking for background for articles, Jesse C. Fletcher, secretary for missionary personnel for the SBC Foreign Mission Board, stumbled across original correspondence of Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann,

The Judsons were missionaries to Burma, whose need for support from Baptists in America led to formation of the Triennial Convention in 1814. It is the organizing of this convention for foreign missions which prompted the present 150th anniversary (Baptist Jubilee) celebration in Atlantic City.

(See other news background material in press packet about Triennial Convention.)

The press relations office of the Foreign Mission Board, reporting on Fletcher's find, said:

The discovery includes four letters from Judson to Luther Rice, one letter from Mrs. Judson to Rice, one letter from Judson to William Staughton, corresponding secretary of the Triennial Convention, and eight of Judson's journals .

Private sections of the journals and some of the letters have never been published, nor have they been available to Judson biographers, according to the study Fletcher has made since the discovery a few months ago.

Fletcher arrived at the following explanation for the materials being in the Board files:

After Rice died in 1836, James B , Taylor, of Virginia, wrote "Memoir of Rev, Luther Rice , One of the First American Missionaries to the East. " As Rice's biographer, Taylor acquired his papers, including the correspondence with the Judsons (the published quote from the letters is in "Memoir").

It is logical that the Judson journals, written during the period when Rice was most active in promoting support of the Burma missionaries, were also among these papers. The letter to Staughton might have gone to Rice because of its content.

Taylor became the first corresponding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board in 1845, just five years after his biography of Rice was published. Therefore, he or his heirs must have put the papers among the Board's records. Kept in unmarked files, they were later handled by persons unaware of their nature, and thus they remained hidden in the multiplying mass of records, correspondence, and other documents that subsequently accumulated at the Foreign Mission Board.

Why were these letters kept apart from the public records? Fletcher says the answer is suggested by their content: "They reflect in varying degree tensions, conflicts, and strained relationships involving missionaries still alive at the time Taylor wrote his memoir of Rice. This could have caused him to hold these letters aside. Also, Rice had lived out his final years in controversy and Taylor probably wished to avoid adding fuel to that particular fire, "

Fletcher explains the correspondence between Judson and Rice was at times strained due to Rice's decision to remain at home rather than to return to Burma as had been planned when he left the Judsons in 1813. Ann Judson's letter expresses her displeasure at Rice's failure to honor a personal petition for a favor to her brother.

The letters also reveal the pressure of the need to succeed and the ever present homeland demand for reports of success; doctrinal questions which plagued the early mission; Judson's strong feelings abaut same charges leveled at him ("Even the mast obstinate missionary finds himself concerned about the opinions held of him by those who hold the ropes, " obsenres Dr. ~letcher);and the problem of factions and party spirit which beset the work begun by the father of modern missions, William Carey of England.

"The major value of the material is to help us to learn anew that the great contributions of men like Judson and Rice were made in the midst of the same kind of petty problems that we confront today, " Fletcher says. "In terms of Judson's life, we have known about L his imprisonment, loss of loved ones, and general privations, but have we realized the presence of interpersonal tensions, doctrinal differences , need-to- succeed pressures, inter-mission factions, and ego concerns ?

"Judson, the pioneer missionary, and Rice, the missionary statesman, are rightly remembered and honored for their inestimable contribution to the cause of world missions. But they would not want to be remembered in the aura of sainthood; they were men of 'like passions' and belong in the bright light of frail humanity mightily used of God.

"As we understand a man in terms of his weaknesses as well as his strengths, his defects as well as his virtues, his unlovely traits as well as his winsome traits, we come to a real appreciation of his contribution, At this point we can identify with him and profit from him and be inspired by him. " 1964 Southern Bap tis t Convention Background Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Thea Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

1964 Convention Music Arrangements

Supplied by Lee Roy Till, Dallas, director of Convention music

Convention Song - ''To God Be The Glory"

ACCOMPANISTS :

Lew Zailer, Organist Max Lyall , Pianist First Baptist Church Church Music Dept. 1020 Lamar SBC Sunday School Board Hous ton, Tex. Nashville, Tend.

Tuesday Evening

6:45 p.m. - The Symphonic Band, Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, Tenn. Wesley L. Rogers, Director

Solo: Miss Linda Loftis (Miss Texas, 1961) 4312 Ruth Road Fort Worth, Tex.

7:35 p.m. - Solo by Lee Roy Till - "But This 1 ow" 8:15 p.m. - The Singing Churchmen (ministers of music) Directed by William J. Reynolds, Nashville

Wednesday Morning

8:50 a.m. - The Junior Choir, First Baptist Church Columbia, S. C. James A. Ferguson, Director

11:55 a.m. - Duet - Miss Jo Ann Shelton and Mrs. Virginia Seelig School of Music, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Tex.

Wednesday Afternoon

1:45 p.m. - Duet - Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Phillips 5908 Euclid, Cheverly, Md.

3:40 p.m. - Solo: Mary Ellen Fish, Soloist First Southern Baptist Church Colorado Springs, Colo.

Wednesday Night

The Symphonic Band, Carson-Newman College

6:45 p.m. - The Baptist Hour Choir directed by Jo Ann Shelton

8:20 p.m. - Solo: Mrs. Beverly Terrell, Soloist First Baptist Church Dallas, Tex.

Thursday Morning

8:45 a.m. - The Oklahorna Singing Churchmen Directed by James Woodward

11:50 a.m. - Solo: K'Anne Gore Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi 2. . .I964 Convention Music Arrangements

Thursday Afternoon

1:45 p.m. - The Adult Choir, Manhattan Baptist Church New York, N. Y. Bury1 Red, Director

3:30 p.m. - Solo: Norman Treigle, Soloist First Baptist Church New Orleans, La.

New York City Opera Company

Thursday Evening

The Symphonic Band, Carson-Newman College

6:45 p.m. - The Baylor University Freshman A Capella Choir Waco, Tex. Euell Porter, Director

7:45 p.m. - Solo: Mrs. Martha Branham, Soloist .?. First Eaptist Church Dallas, Te:t.

Friday Morning

Ted Smith, Pianist, Billy Graham Team

9:00 a.m. - The Baptist Hour Choir

10:55 a.m. - Solo: George Beverly Shea, Sploist Billy Graham Team 1964 Southern B~ptistConvention Baclcground Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. Church Music Conference W, C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sormnerkamp, Press Room Manager

Reynolds Introduces Hymnal Handbook

A volume said to be the world's only hymnal handbook that deals with a substantial number of American gospel songs will be introduced at the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference May 18 in Atlantic City, N. 3.

Eugene M, Bartlctt, president of the conference, and secretary of ci~urchmusic for Oklahoma Baptists, announced that William J. Reynolds, the author of "Hymns of Our Faith," will discuss tlie boolc and its use before the 400-member group.

"Hymns of Our Faith," published by Broadman Press, is divided into two major parts rather than into contrentional chapters. Part One consists of data on hymn texts and tunes, whj-1.e Part Two gives data on authors and composers.

At least one short: paragraph has been written for every text, tune, author and composer in "Baptist Hymnal .I1 Text and tune data include facts about writing and first publication. In soae cases additional comments deal with disttnctive features; problems or history of usage. Author and composer data are largely biographical.

Because of the exLensive overlapping between hymnals, "Hymns of Our Faith" includes materials on most of the contents of "Christian Praise," "Broadman Hymnal, " and other major hyrraals.

This book i.s primarily designed for serious students of church music including pastors as well as church musicians. The content would be of interest to persons preparing worship programs, Bartlett said.

Reynolds Is director of editorial services in the church music department of the Baptist Sunday School. Board. IIe went to Nashville in 1955 from Oklahoma City, where he served for eight years as minister of music at First Baptist Church, 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Press Information Convention H,zll, Atlanti.~,N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sonrmerkamp, Presc Room Manager

BnCICGROUND ON BAPTIST JUBILEE ADVANCE

(NOTE: COPYRIGHT laws apply to the follwing material, excerpted verbatim from the Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, published by Broadman Press, 1958.

The information. is from a monograph on the Triennial Convention, organized in 1814, The 150th anniversary of its founding is to be celebrated this year by 20 million Baptists in North &smerica.

Inasmuch as many Convention reports and references will pertain to the Baptist Jubilee Advance observance now under way, we are presenting this excerpt as Background.)

TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. "The General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomi- nation in the United States of America for Foreign Missions;' meeting triennially and hence called the "Triennial Convention," was organized on May 18, 1814, with 33 delegates, from 11 states and the District of Columbia. The convention was to consist of delegates, not to exceed two in number, from each missionary society and other reli- gious bodies of Baptists contributing at least $100 a year to the work of the conven- tion. The first preoi.dent: was Richard Furman (1755-1825) of South Carolina, and the first secretary was Thonas Baldwin (1753-1826) of Massachusetts.

This organizetion c1.imaxed a serj-es of Baptist efforts in the direction of co-operation. In 1707 the first associa~ion~thePhiladelphia Baptist Association, was organized, and it aaq soon followed by others. For an interval the association met the need for cooperation; then the need for wider co-operation was felt, and calls were sounded for a national organization. In 1767 the moderator of the Phila- delphia Association mentj.oned the need for co-operation; in 1770 Morgan Edwards, a prominent Baptist, suggested 2. plan for national organization; in 1776, Virginia Baptists called for a "continental association," and 1779 the Philadelphia Associa- tion urged a nctionnl meeting,

It remained, however, for nn emergency in the growing foreign mission enterprise of American Christiaility to provide ths occassion for such an organization. In Feb., 1812, Luther Rice (1783-1836) and Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) were sent out to India by the "Americsn Rmrd of Coxrniasioners for Foreign Missions," a Congregational body. En route they bacrme ccz~vinccdof the autl~enticityof believers' immersion as held by Baptists ad, I?avin% cmbmzed it, felt compelled to resign as Congregational mis- sionaries. Since th~y\:ere left without financial support they decided that Judson should remain in India, while Rice should return to America to rally the Baptists to Judson's support, Rice made extensive tours and labored valiantly, and it was largely due to his efforts that the meeting out of which grew the first national Baptist organization was commenced.

To implesent the missionazy work for which the Triennial Convention was organized, and to transact: busir~essad interim, a board of 21 members, with headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa,, %:as elected, denominated the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States, wit11 Baldwin as president. Rice was chosen by the board to con- tinue his ~orkoi mission promotion in the states, while Judson was appointed as the first foreign missionary of the new organization.

The excerpt above 3.s copied from the Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists and is COPYRIGHTED rcateriol. The facts are offered for such use as you desire in reporting the Baptist Jubilee Advance, 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. \,I, C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

North American Fellowship Supported (2-25-64) Reprinted

1JhSE-IVILL.E (BP) --The SBC Executive Committee has placed its support: behind Southern Baptist Convention participation in a North American Baptist Fellowship.

Li proposal to create a standing committee of the SBC will be put before messengers to the 1964 Convention in Atlantic City, 11. J, The new cormnittee will be called the Cammittee on North American Baptist Fellowship.

It will, if voted into being, include the SBC president, executive secretaries of the SBC Executive Committee and Home Mission Board, and six pastors and four laymen,

W. Douglas Hudgins, pastor of First Baptist Church, Jackson, bliss., and a member of the Executive CommitCee;objected to thc propcscd new Eellowahip.

"I think it's the first step in a direction we do not want to take," he said. He did not further explain his objection, and his effort to kill the proposal was defeated.

C. C. Warren of Charlotte, N. C., explainec! the North American Baptist Fellow- ship would maintain the contacts between Baptist bodies in America which have been established during the Baptist Jubilee Advance.

The six-year Baptist Jubilee hdvance, involving seven Baptist groups in the United States and Canada, climaxes in May in Atlantic City, following the meetings of the SBC and the American Baptist Convent ion there.

Uarren has been chairman of the committee working out Baptist Jubilee hdvance activities within the SBC.

Mrs. R. L, Mathis of Birmingham, promotion director for 'IJoman's Missionary Union, Convention auxiliary, said Southern Baptist women are already taking part in the North American Baptist: Tiiomen' s Union.

The North American union is connected with the Baptist; 1*7orldAlliance, as also would be the proposed North Cxnerican Baptist Fellowship.

Porter Routh, Nashville, executive secretary of the Executive Committee, said the proposal to create a standing connnittee "does not envision an organization or duplication of effort. It provides for one meeting a year at which problems can be discussed and tensions relaxed."

Warren added, "This is not an attempt to drag Southern Baptists into an ecumenical movement or the World Council (of Churches)." 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Background Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. 13. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Somtnerkamp , Press Room Wnager

1965 Convention May Run Monday-Thursday (2-22-64) Reprinted

WiSHVILLE (BP)--The 1965 session of the Southern Baptist: Convention in Dallas may start on Monday night and close on Thursday night, with afternoon free for seminary luncheons and other events.

The Executive Cornittee of the SBC voted 29 to 14 here to recommend a suspension of normal Convention procedure to follow the revised schedule "on a trial basis."

biessengers to the 1964 Convention, which will follow the recent: format of start- ing on Tuesday night and ending on Friday, will have to pass on the Executive Committee proposal.

Current procedure leaves Monday and Tuesday, up to the evening period, open for four major preconvention meetings--the Pastors' Conference, Woman's Missionary Union Convention, Religious Education Association and Church Music Conference--and a handful of others as well.

IJayne Dehoney of Jackson, Tenn., president of the pastors' Conference for its 1964 scssion in Atlantic City, N. J,, and a Conunitteeman, said he had once favored an earlier start for the Convention proper but had since changed his mind.

I3e said "I brought this motion'' to move up the starting date two years ago after the Pastors' Conference and Convention held in San Francisco.

"?le had gone through two Pas tors ' Conferences which had really violated purposes of the as tors' Conference, which Dr. (M. 15.) Dodd, organizer of the conference, said was not to be a forum to debate Convention issues," Dehoney said. "I believe the motivation behind the original motion is gone now."

No statement was immediately made about what changes the groups holding pre- convention meetings might: make in their schedules.

iqane Starnes of Asheville, N. C., another wxnber of the Executive Colmnittee, said he voted against the trial change of schedule when it was discussed in the subcommittee he belongs to.

He told the full Committee he did not agree with charges "the Pastors' Conference has become of such importance that it seems the Convention is an anti-climax."

Starnes said, "We would lose more in almost doing away with the Pas tors' Conference and making the Woman's Missionary Union fish for another time than we would gain by eliminating an anti-climax.

The Southern Baptist: Convention has met on varying days of the week throughout its history. As recently as 1956 in Kansas City, it started on Wednesday morning and had a final meeting on Saturday morning.

The 1942 Convention started on a Saturday and closed the following Wednesday. The 1947 Convention started on a Wednesday and closed with a Sunday meeting. -30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Backgr und on Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N, J. 1969 Convention City W, 42. Fields, Press Representative 2heO Sonrmerkamp, Press Room Manager

February 27, 1964 (Reprinted)

Houston, Memphis Vie For 1969 Convention

NASHVILLE (BP)--Memphis and Houston appear to be the cities from which a choice will be made on site of the 1969 Southern Baptist Convention session.

The SBC Executive Committee here narrowed its choices down to Memphis and Houston and said it would not make a final recommendation until its next meeting just ahead of the 1964 Convention in May.

The Executive Committee has the responsibility of proposing future cities for C nvention meetings, after studying suitable auditorium location and seating as well as hotel accommodations available.

John H. Williams, Nashville, who handles Convention arrangements for the Execu- tive Committee, said Memphis expects to have a new auditorium with enough seating ready at its fairgrounds by then.

The question for Memphis, where the Convention laet met in 1948, concerns adequate hotel accoarmodations, he added,

If Houston is chosen, the Convention would meet in the same auditorium it used in 1958 there. Several new downtown hotels, within walking distance of the auditorium, have been built since 1958. A new domed auditorium-stadium, under construction in Houston, is too far from downtown to consider.

Sites have been picked through 1968 already. Messengers to the 1964 Convention in Atlantic City, N. J., will have to approve the Executive ~omraittee's recommendation for 1969,

The sites, from 1965, are: 1965--Dallas, June 1-4. 1966--Detroit, May 24-27.

1967--New Orleans, May 23-26. 1968--Jacksonville, Fla., May 21-24, 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall - Atlantic City, N, J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkarnp, Press Room Manager

SPECIAL PRESS DATA

WELCOME to the 107th session of the Southern Baptist Convention. We hope our "Southern'l hospitality will prevail through all the sessions. You will find typewriters, telephones, and other press accmodations to help you report the Convention as accurately and as fully as the high standards of your paper desires, We hope everything we do will give you a sense of our sincerity as we attempt to serve this largest annual gathering of any religious denomination in America.

PRESS HEADQUARTERS -- The official Press Room for the Convention is located in Room A, on the same level with platform, to the left side of it. The Press Room will be clearly marked and will be staffed from 8:30 a.m. until closing time at night, except on Plonday when it will open at Noon.

PRESS DINNER -- A press dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Manday in the Ambassador Hotel, Room 125, This is a fellowship dinner for those covering for daily news- papers, radio and T V stations and wire services. Reporters and editors of non-Baptist religious periodicals who are present to cover the Convention also are invited. There will be no press conference in connection with the dinner. It is a joint dinner for those covering the American and Southern Baptist Conven- t ions.

PRESS CONFEEZNCES -- Watch your filing box for information since these will be set up on call as necessary. PHOTOGRAPHS -- Stock photographs of Convention events may be obtained at $2 each through the Convention photographic service. Pictures available will be posted in the press room. A limited number of stock photos of Convention speakers and other leaders are available upon request to staff of the press room. Special photographs can be arranged through Carl Jones, Convention photographer, at a nominal charge, If you desire Mr. Jones' service, see the receptionist, Mr. Jones cannot provide serve in the "double rime" demanded by daily newspaper or television deadlines. His service is for the weekly Baptist papers mainly.

RECEPTIONIST -- A receptionist-secretary will be at the reception desk at all times to asait press personnel. She will not be equipped to answer detailed questions about Baptist life, doctrine, procedure. She will help you find someone to answer these detailed questions, however, or will take your name and have someone contact you at the earliest possible moment who is in a position to answer the question. The receptionist: will be able to help you with matters concerning press room facilities.

PRESS STAFF -- W. C. Fields is press representative and Theo Sormnerkarnp press room manager. Leonard Hill will also be available from time to tine. Each of.these men is equipped to discuss with you detailed information about Southern Baptists. Women press room assistants are from the office of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, Roy Jennings, Walker Knight, John Bloskas, Barry Garrett, Orville Scott, Jim Newton and the editors of the Baptist state papers also working in the press room will be available as well to answer questionst

WHO'S WHO? -- Editors and their assistants from Baptist newspapers and magazines across the Convention will use the Press Room along with daily newspapermen, radio and T V reporters, and non-Baptist religious journalists.

REFRESHMENTS -- Free coffee, free soft drinks, and free doughnuts are available in the press room by courtesy of the Convention. If the supply has been exhausted, notify the receptionist or a staff member immediately. These are for authorized Press Personnel only!

REWASE HOURS -- Please observe release hours strictly. When release hours are broken, it becomes embarrassing to the transgressor and to the Convention. Material is made available for release at the earliest possible moment. laen material is provided in advance, it: will carrya release time in the upper right hand corner of the front page, or at the top of speech advances.

-30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Biographical Material Convehtion Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. on W.M.U. President W. C, Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room blanager

I4rs. Robert elen en) Fling Cleburne, Texas

Mrs. Robert C, Fling was elected recording secretary of Woman's Missionary Union,

Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention in 1957. Hrs, Fling, a graduate of

East Texas State College, Commerce, is a minister's daughter and minister's wife.

Her father was the late Dr. R. R. Long of Sulpl~urSprings, Tex.; her mother still lives there. She became WMU president in 1963.

Husband: Pastor of First Baptist Church, Cleburne, Tex. Before moving to Cleburne

he was pastor of First Baptist Church, Seminole, Okla., for eight years. Prior

to that he was pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ennis, Tex., for 10 years.

Mr. Fling began his ministry at Natchitoches, La.

Two Children: Both graduates of Baylor University (Baptist), ii daughter, Sheila,

teaches chemistry. L son, Mike, is doing graduate work in the University of Iowa

in the field of music history.

Has served: As associational W.M.U. president at various times, Texas state missions

chairman, member of B,II.U. Executive Boards of Texas and Oklahoma.

Conference Leader at Ridgecrest and Glorieta Baptist Assemblies for W.M.U.,

Y.W.A., and Foreign Missions Conferences, Southern Baptist Convention.

Has written: Alaska Source Book and Teachers Guide on French Louisiana for the

Home Mission Board, Adult Teachers' Guide on Africa for the Foreign l.lission

Board, program series and articles for Tell and Royal Service mission magazines,

Her book, Enlistment for Missions (W.M.U. "Aims Series") was released June 1,

1962. Written at the request of Woman's Missionary Union, S.B.C., the book is

used as a textbook in the church study course of Southern Baptist churches.

It is a study of contemporary woman, her accomplishments, spiritual needs and

unique opportunities for significant service. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention (Background On Budget ) Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

Proposed 1965 Budget Set At $20,335,600 (2-22-64) Reprinted

NASHVILLE (BP) --The proposed 1965 operating and capital needs budget through the Cooperative Program for Southern Baptist Convention zgencies is $20,335,600.

John H. Williams, NashvLlle, financial planning secretary for the SBC Executive Cotmnittee, said this is the amount expected to be received from state Baptist con- ventions during the year.

The 1965 budget includes $17,590,850 for operating expenses of the agencies and $2,244,750 for their capital needs. The remaining $500,000 is the advance section to be shared by home and foreign missions only.

Messengers attending the 1964 Convention in Atlantic City, N. J., will vote on this budgot, as recommended by the Executive Cormnittee which drafted it.

In voting the budget recormnendation, the Executive Comittee had a short debate over distribution of the expected half-million in cdvance funds.

Formerly, all advance funds were divided 75 per cent for foreign mission8 and 25 per cent for home missions. The program subcommittee of the Executive Committee suggested the 1965 division to be two-thirds and one-third, still weighed in favor of foreign missions.

Committeeman James L. Pleitz of Pensacola, Fla., moved to amend the program subcormnittee's report when it reached the full Ex2cutAve Committee. Pleitz wanted the 75-25 per cent ratio kept intact,

"A number of us are distrubed over the change ,I' Pleitz continued.

Connoitteeman Owen Cooper of Yazoo City, Miss., said he "didn't want to be in a position of opposing foreign missions" as he quoted figures on home and foreign mission funds.

In home miosions support, there was "from 1960 to 1964 an increase of only $52,000. The increase was $1,365,000 to the Foreign Mission Board over the same period of time," he said.

Cooper said the estimated advance should be $1 million, rather than $500,000. "Go out and ask the people for the money and you' 11 get it," he added.

The new two-thirds and one-third pattern was upheld by the Executive Committee in a standing vote,

Home Mission Board and Foreign Mission Board building funds were transferred from the capital needs budget to the operating budget for 1965. Film funds for the Radio and Television Commission were treated the same.

The recommended 1965 operating budget: includes $9,3 million for the Foreign Mission Board. The six SBC seminaries will share $3,458,000 according to a formula they have worked out. Of this amount, $100,000 is to improve the seminary salary structures as determined by trustees of the seminaries.

The Home Mission Board will receive $2,847,350 for operations, plus $606,250 through capital needs for its church extension site znd loan fund. (See full dollar breakdown by agencies carried separately.)

Operating expenses are paid before capital needs are allocated. Full operating and capital needs are paid before entering the advance section. The 1964 SBC budget of $19,187,355 is expected to be reached, with another million expected for idvance.

It will take care of the $1,188,855 in capital needs for 1963 which were carried over into 1964 when Cooperative Program receipts were not enough to meet them in 1963. Thus, according to Williams, the Convention will enter 1965 not wing capital funds to any agency for a previous year. The Cooperative Program budget covers all agencies but the Sunday School Board, which is self-supporting from sales of literature and supplies, An item af $80,000 for the Baptist World Alliance in 1965 will be paid out of the Convention operating budget, The 1964 sum, handled in the same way, is $75,000. -30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Somerkamp, Press Room Nanager

Texas Dominates Large Church List (9-6-63) Reprinted

By the Baptist Press

Texas churches continue to dominate the list: of largest churches in membership in the Southern Baptist Convention.

First Baptist Church, Dallas, maintained an unchallenged grip on first place with 12,879 members, according to the latest statistics sent in by more than 1100 regional associations of churches.

A distant second, still, holding to the leadership east of the Mississippi River that it has had for several years, is Bellevue Baptist Church of Memphis. It: has 8539 members.

Only one of the eight largest churches is outside Texas, Of the 19 with member- ships above 5000, only nine are outside the Lone Star State.

Seventeen of the top 19 churches last year are still on the list, though some have swapped positions in the rating. The two newcomers are First Baptist Church, Fort Smith, Ark., in 17th place and First Baptist Church, Hidland, Tex., in 18th.

Departed are Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, which held 12th place a year ago, and Second Baptist Church, Houston, which held 18th spot,

The third, fourth and fifth largest churches continued in those spots--San Antonio First Baptist Church, with 7798 members; Lubbock, 'Sex,, First Baptist Church, with 7763 members, and Amarillo, Tex., First Baptist Church, with 7210.

First Bapt iat Church, Beaumont, Tex., and Cliff Temple Dapt is t Church, Dallas, traded sixth and seventh places between 1962 and 1963. The Beaumont church now has 6853 members while 6723 belong to Cliff Temple.

First Baptist Church, Wichita Falls, Tex., with 6708 and Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala., with 6275 members continued in eighth and ninth places.

New to the top 10 in membership is First Baptist Church, Atlanta, with 6221 members, It was 17th a year ago.

The remaining nine churches of 5000 or more members include:

First Baptist Church, Tulsa, 6025 members; Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, 5924; First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City,5800.

South Baptist Church, Houston, 5693 members; Walnut Street Baptist Church, Louisville, Icy., 5509; Baton Rouge, La., First Baptist Church, 5470.

First Baptist Church, Fort Smith, 5089 members; Kidland First Baptist Church, 5053, and Jackson, Eliss., First Baptist Church, 5026.

Figures on church membership appear in a "Selected List of Churches" published each year in the fall number of "Quarterly &view." The department of research and statistics, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, compiles the information. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Biographical Data Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sormnerkamp, Press Room Manager

Mrs. R. L, Idathis, Birmingham, hla.

Born in Bellevue, Texas, as Marie fliley. Daughter of Mrs. T, D. Wiley and the late Mr. CJiley.

Grew up in Wichita Falls, Tex., and was baptized in First Baptist Church there.

Attended Midwestern College in Wichita Falls and Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

A widow with one daughter, Plrs. Cleo Coffey Jr., of Dalhart, Tex.; two grandsons, Danny, 11, and Bobby, 5.

In 1937, began herwork with Woman's l4issionary Union of Texas as a state chairman.

Two years later became Wl4l.l youth secretary in Texas.

In 1945 became executive secretary-treasurer of Texas WlU.

In 1949 elected president of Texas WMU.

Sewed until October 1955, closing the 75th Anniversary year of Wl4U work in Texas.

In 1955 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred by Hardin-Simmons Uni- versity (Baptist) in Abilene, Tex.

The honorary degree of Doctor of Literature was conferred by Mary Hardin-Baylor College (Baptist) at Belton, Tex,

First woman to receive such an honor from these two institutions.

Listed in Who's Who of American Women.

From 1952 to 1963 was a member of Baylor University Administration-Director of Student Union Building .

Before going to Baylor in 1952 she was director of church activities at First Baptist Church, Dallas.

Became promotion division director, WMU of the SBC, 1963.

Served for six years as chairman of the Southwestern Seminary Advisory Board.

Served a seven-year term as treasurer of North imerican Baptist omen's Union of Baptist World Alliance and currently serves as a member of the Executive Co~<~liiiee.In 1960s!1e~elected treasyrer of Women's Department of the Baptist: World Alliance, She also serves as a member of the Baptist: World Alliance Executive.

She has served as a member of the Executive Board of the.Baptist General Convention of Texas, member of the Foreign Mission Board, SBC, and has been chairman of Executive Board of Woman's Missionary Union, SBC. She is a life member of the Executive Board of Woman's Plissionary Union of Texas. Elected second vice-president of Southern Baptist Convention, 1963-64.

She presently serves as a member of the 30,000 Comittee and Baptist Joint: Comittee on Public Affairs. Was only woman appointed to the Baptist Ideals Comittee,

Is serving as one of six Southern Baptist members of North American Joint Committee on the Baptist Jubilee Advance. In this capacity she has been on the program committee for the joint Baptist meeting in Atlantic City,

Ilas visited the mission fields in South America, Europe, Near East, the Orient and A£ rica. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkarnp, Press Room Manager

Reports of Agencies -- Adopted or Received?

A question often arises about the convention's action on reports of its agencies

and committees.

A few of these reports contain recomendations. These are placed before the Con-

vention for adoption. FJhen the Convention has voted upon them in some way, the action

taken can be said to be the position of the current annual Convention,

However, most of the reports contain no recommendations. In such cases, the

Convent ion simply votes "to receive" the report of that commit tee or agency. "Receiving"

the report: does not mean precisely the same as "adopting" it; the Convention is not

called upon to adopt reports. "Receiving1' a report, which often contains very news-

worthy statements, does not mean that the Convention has "adopted" the position of

the agency. However, the Convention does reserve the right to change the body of a

report.

In other cases, a lengthyreport may be followed by a few summary recommendations.

The recommendations may touch only a small portion of the total report. The Conven-

tion can be said "to adopt" the recommendations but still only "to receive" the

remainder of the report, [NEWS RELEASE]

For Release: 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 19 therefore, return to the CHURCH to restudy her charter and her MISSION, to re-examine the milieu of WORLD CRISIS in which she must stand, and to renew our commitment to the church and her ENOCHCLAYTON BROWN is a native of South Carolina now Christ for Kingdom triumph in our day! serving the Shandon Baptist Church of Columbia, ,S. C., pastor. He is a graduate of Ouachita College Baptwt), Arka- delphia, Ark, Brown has served en a number or Southern Ba I. THE CHURCH COMMZSSZONED hst Conventmn comrmttees and IS presently a member of t& SBC Executive Committee. "But whom say ye that I am?" Jesus asked of his disciples as he painstakingly readied them for His work. "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," declared Simon Peter. To Peter's reply, The Church FuEUing Her Mission Jesus said, ". . . upon this *rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevlul against it!' (Matthew 16: 18) On the In World Crisis basis of that diyinely transformed type of character, which is the outgrowth of faith in the delty and Messiahshl of Jesus expressed INTRODUCTION in Peter's confession, it was the purpose of C! rist to build a new congregation, distinct from the old congregation of Israel. A little while ago I stood by the grave of Luther Rice, buried in To his followers and to all who should follow in the line of the cemetery of Pine Pleasant Church, about halfway between Christian heralds, Jesus gave unconditional assurance that hell itself Newberry and Saluda, South Carolina. In 1812, he and the should not prevail a ainst His Church! His love for the church is Adoniram Judsons had sailed from their native shores to go as Con- tersely described by $ad: "Christ loved the church and gave Him- gregational missionaries to India. Searching the scriptures while self for it." (Ephesians 5:25) A charter, sealed by the blood of voyaging toward their destination, Judson and Rice found new in- the Son of God! sights in the Word of God. Whereupon, they became Baptists in faith and Baptist foreign missionaries in India without the support 1. The Church Is Commissioned of Baptists in the homeland. God brought Luther Rice back to The work of atonement was finished; his victory over sin, death, America where he could present the challenge of Kingdom outreach hell, and the grave was won; his church established. But then, to the Baptist churches up and down this land. And so in 1814, these there was the final work-the commission to be given. To his fol- autonomous, independent, commissioned churches rose unitedly to lowers, Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, "All power is given answer the call of the Gospel beyond their borders. . unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the 1. From the State of Baptist Beginnings Son, and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things As a native South Carolinian, I must recall with justifiable pride whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you alway, and gratitude that major thrusts in Baptist life on this contment even unto the end of the world." (Matthew 28:18-20) Chartered! were launched from my beloved state which has militantly progressed Commissioned! Her primacy in the work of world evangelization in Baptist work across these fifteen decades. South Carolina gave is now fixed! to the Triennial Convention, organized in 1814 in Philadelphia, In the words of Dr. W. 0. Cwer, 'The church is the core of the first president-Richard Purman. The first Baptist state wn- God's kingdom as being realized in human history. Local churches vention in America was organized in South Carolina in December, are the agencies of that kingdom and of its gospel; thus they are 1821. Close to. her borders in Augusta. Georgia. the Southern 'colonies' of the kingdom of heaven on earth, located in the midst Baptist Convenhon was organized in 1845 with 293 registered of the world which is to be won through the gospel." messengers. To this newly-formed convention, South Carolina once again gave a first president-. 2. The Primacy of the Church-Scriptural, Historical, Logical "The only ecclesiastical organization found in the New Testa- 2. The Third Jubilee Obssrvance of Organized Baptist Work ment was that of the local church," according to the late Dr, W. T. Observing a hundred and Efty years of trial and triumph, of Conner. "Only those should be received into church membership preaching and persecution in the Name of Christ, Baptists gathered who give credible evidence that they have received Christ as Saviour here for this Third Jubilee Celebration are constrained to say in one and Lord. That the church should be composed of the regenerate I great- chorus of praise: To God be the glory,- -- great things He hath only, the New Testament makes clear. . . . The doctrine of salva- done! tion by grace through faith carries with it a democratic organization Seven of the thirty-three Baptist bodies which propagate the of the church. . . . Each local church is self-governing and inde- Gospel of our Lord on the American continent have joined in a pendent in the management of its affairs." five-year Baptist Jubilee Advance to culminate with this sesquicen- Dr. W. R. White aptly states the position Baptists have maintained tennial celebration here in Atlantic City. More than twenty million as their interpretation of the New Testament concerning the local. Baptists are numbered in these groups, of which 10,395,940 are church: "We hold that each local church is sovereign and auton- Southern Baptists, members of 33,126. churches, united in extending omous, yet is under the sovereign Lordship of Christ. As to other our outreach with the Gospel to fifty-one countries beyond ow churches and organizations, the local congregation is self-determining, native land. Reviewing this glorious past, each of us would de- but as to our Saviour, His Will is final.'' clare with the Psalmist, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant From 1639, when the first Baptist church in America was or- places: yea, I have a goodly heritage." Psalms 16:6. ganized by Roger Williams, to 1707, when the first association was Baptists claim their lineage as New Testament Christians emerging formed, each local church carried out the commission of her Lord in every century in groups whose conformity to the principles of without the assistance of any denominational organization beyond Jesus Christ defied the impediments of religious tradition and the the local body. Thus, for sixty-eight years, the ministries of the restrictions of earthly potentates. Baptists have been unique across Gospel were carried on under the aegis of the local body. the centuries (1) in their stand for the priesthood of the believer, Now at this point, let us emphasize that our early day Baptist (2) in their belief and insistence upon a regenerate church mem- fathers refused organization simply for organization's sake; but in bership and believer's baptism, (3) in their vigilant fight for religious response to perceived need, Baptist churches were willing to function liberty, (4) in their assiduous stance for separation of church and unitedly. Hence, the organization of that first association in 1707 state, and (5) in their recognition of the church as an autonomous in Philadelphia, the first missionary general board in 1814 when body established by our Lord, divinely commissioned to propagate Luther Rice rallied the support of the churches for the Judsons in His Gospel. Refusal to compromise these vital foundations of the Burma. the formation of the first state convention in 1821. then the faith has cost our Baptist fathers the bitterest forms of persecution organ-g of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845. These and martyrdom. The Methodist historian, Frank Mead, says of denominational bodies were based on scriptural urinciples of co- Baptists, "We can trace their history more readily in the bloody operation in spiritual matters, strengfh in unity, and fellowship in footprints of their martyrs than in the ink of their historians." the work of the Gospel. They were not discerned as efforts to re- Holding primacy in the advance of Kingdom enterprise across place the work of the local church nor to rival the local body. But these nineteen hundred years has been the church by divine pre- without relinquishing any authority, these denominational organiza- rogative and by irrevocable mandate from her Lord. We Baptists, tions have formed channels through which the cooperative work of our Baptist churches could flow more freely and rapidly. teenagers. Their confessions are generally similar. They have The primacy of the church is therefore supported scripturd been 'stirred up' by pornographic books and papers sold as valid historically, and logically, in answering the mandate of her J..orJ: merchandise in stores. Dr. Nicholas O. Frignito, medical director GO YE . . . INTO ALL NATIONS . . . MAKE DISCIPLES , . . and chief psychiatrist of the County Court of PhiIadalphia made BAPTIZE THEM . . . TMCH THEM. this report: 'The most singular factor inducing the adolescent to sexual activities is pornography. The lewd picture, the smutty 11. THE CHURCH IN WORLD CRISIS storybook, the obscenely pictured playing card, indecent &us, the Like so many of you here tonight, my ministry has been spent girlie magazines, are readily available to children from the seventh in a local church dealing with real people and real problems. We grade into high school. Pornography fosters impure habits and de- have been trying to answer for the eternal stewardship of God upon sires. Physical damage frequently results from sexual misconduct. us as New Testament churches, the primary agencies in His world- In the Philadelphia area, venereal disease rate increased approximately wide witness. And so we look at the church in her world which is 300% in the past five years. It is not difficult to imagine the virtually garbed in crisis tonight. devastating effect on the intellectual, emotional, and moral develop- ment of these victims! " 1. Historically, Every Age Has Been One of Crisis It was Shakespeare who said of his day, "The time is out of joint: (2) Social Crisis. 0 cursed spite, That ever 1 was born to set it right!" At this Today's historians are only recording new episodes in the age- moment, we are conscious that there is strife on every continent; old story of racial dissension. As was true in the day when Jesus and we exist under the threat of atomic and hydrogen war which walked among men, this age is one of racial hostilities, pre'udice, we are told could obliterate civilization. But is it not true that the and oppression, worldwide in scope. As members of the human church was born in a day of trial and testing, in a time when the family, all men everywhere are involved in this problem of human people of God were under the Roman yoke and when the religion relations. of the day had grown cold, formal, and empty? The Roman Em- pire represented power at its ultimate and materialism at its worst. (3) Political Crisis It was into this atmosphere and against this background that the "The United States of America was once the greatest exporter of ' church was born. Humble, twice-born men and women were bound ideas the world had ever known. We created and sold abroad the , together in a fellowship of love, service, and suffering in achieving idea of individual dignity, responsibility and freedom. We created their divinely-committed tasks. and sold the idea of government of the people, by the people and Each period of history has been disfigured by scenes of tragedy and for the people-an idea that is still being bought today. We ex- crisn. During the pre-Christian era, the tapestry of Israel's history is ported the idea of freedom of worship; the idea of unfettered press; an elaborate design of peace and war, sin and dehverance, de- the idea that those who are taxed should be represented." generacy and doom. Our Baptist forefathers hammered and forged the principles of Leading church historians reliably assert that for many centuries religious freedom into the framework of our nation's democracy New Testament Christianity was forced to exist "underground". At during her formative years. When Roger Williams in 1638 formed this point, three salient features of documented secular and church the first democratic government in the New World, it is said by history suffice to bridge the early-Christian and medieval periods: historian Mead that "he started a movement which rolled like a (1). The phenomenal growth in numbers of devout believers at- snowball through the early days of the Colonies, gaining weight temptmg to follow the teachings of their Risen Lord; and power, coming to rest at last in the first amendment to the (2) The violent opposition imposed by the pagan, powerful Roman Constitution of the United States!" Yes, it is well said that one Empire with determined efforts to eradicate the last trace of this of the most prized trophies won by our Baptist forebears in America strange and invincible Christian sect: is that of religious freedom and separation of church and state. (37 The growing corruption widin the Christian movement, from assured by constitutional amendment. which the papal- - system evolved with its unutterable wickedness and There are foreboding threats to these freedoms, hard-won and shame. costly. Long has the United States Flag symbolized freedom, courage To remember those early-day saints of God is to remember that and sacrifice; it has represented ~ntegrityand opportunity for all. untold numbers suffered pitiless death because "they chose to obey But what about our flaccid patriotism? Our trend toward a wel- God rather than men." For years, Christians were hunted in cave fare state? Our sagging image as a nation? Are we on the to- and forest;'they were burned, thrown to wild beasts, put to death boggan slide toward strong centralized government, de-emphasizing by every torture cruelty could devise. It was a resolute, systematic the basic concept of free enterprise which is the very heart of de- effort to extinguish forever the fiery flame of Christianity. Neverthe- mocracy? For want of courage, and for the sake of expediency, are less, by the end of the Imperial Persecutions, 313 A.D., Christians we permitting the wall of separation of church and state to crumble? numbered about one-half the population of the Roman Empire. Is our nation taking the way of appeasement in the face of Com- Centuries later, ecclesiastical tyranny drove Baptist stalwarts of munist threat? England to leave kindred and country to seek a new home in a Charles H. Brower expresses disturbing concern when he con- strange and distant land. Risking life and goods for the sake of ceives great Americans of the yesteryears with today's modem conscience, "American Baptists were born amidst the fires of perse- concept of patriotism. Brower hears Nathan Hale saying: "Me spy cution, were disciplined and enlarged by the fires of revival, shared on those British! Are you trying to be funny? Do you know what with many the fires of patriotism that brought political liberty, and they do with the spies they catch? I'll give you a news flash, chum. were fashtoned anew by the hest of missions." Deposed from office, They hang them." jailed, banished from the colony, whipped in the streets-such could Hear the modern Paul Revere: "What do you mean-me ride well be the epitaphs marking the tombs of these fools for Christ's through every Middlesex village and town? And in the middle of sake, our Baptist forefathers in America. the night yet. Why pick on me? Am I the only man in Boston with a horse?" 2. Our Day Is One of Unusual and Intensified Crisis And Patrick Henry: "Sure, I'm for liberty. First, last and always. (1) Moral Crisis, But we've got to be a little realistic. We're a pretty small putfit. Under the guise of much-needed revenue for our state and federal If we start pushinn- the British around, someone is going. - to get -~eovernrnents. licensed evil continues to snread almost unchecked. hurt." enslaving the young and the old-of our &enry. No wonder the Then Brower lets speak: "Gentlemen, I am FBI Release of March, 1964, reveals that SERIOUS CRIME in the honored. But I do wish you would try someone else. Let's say United States increased ten percent m 1963 comvared with 1962. General Gates. I'm just getting things organized at Mount Vernon. We do well to consider some of the contributing factors: Alco- You might say I had already served my time. Against the French, holism, Divorce, Pornography. you know." The Christian Action Council of South Carolina reports there are We do well to heed the challenge of Theodore Roosevelt: "Far seventy million drinkers of alcoholic beverages in the United States, better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even of which five million are alcoholics. At an unprecedented rate, the though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits cocktail has invaded the homes of America, and many of our church who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the families are caught in this evil arrayed in satan's most appealing gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." fashion of sociability and status. In the words of Dr. George W. (4) Spiritual Crisis Truett, "Let the black crepe of mourning be draped upon the door ' rather the have beverage alcohol served in any form by parents in In today's world population of three billion, only 28% claim to be the home. Christian-that is, members of Baptist, Protestant, Anglican, Ortho- In 1960, the ratio of divorce to marriage was one to four. The dox, and Roman Catholic groups. Nine percent of the world popu- latest statistics available cover the first six months of 1963, when lation is listed as Protestant, whereas, 46% are reported as adherents divorce rates had increased 6.1% over the same period in 1962. to the non-Christian religions and cults. With almost three-fourths "In some of our cities no woman can be sure of traveling the of all people existing today outside the fold of God, the fact of a streets after dark-in some places by daylight-without being as- spiritual crisis is self-evident. saulted. Many of the assailants arrested have been found to be Dr. Findley Edge states that "polls indicate that over 90 per cent of our total population attests to their belief in God. But what kind Let it be understood now and always that the basic doctrine of of God is it in which the typical member believes? Is he the .Gqd Baptists is the dignity, sanctity, and competency of the individual of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Ia he the one so holy and majesbc believer. I do not mean by that that we put this doctrine ahead that mortal man bows in his presence in reverence and awe? NO, of our belief in the sovereignty of God, or justification by faith, or the this is not the temper of our times. Americans have not only wme necessity of a religious experience, but it 1s this bellef 1n the dimity, to 'know' God, they have become 'chummy' with hi? To one he sanctity and competency of the individual which through the years is a 'living doll'; to another he is the 'man upstairs. -We are on Baptists have felt compelled to emphasize, It is out of this basic his side and he is on our side. This God 'smiles' on society, and his conviction that our other Baptist principles grow. message is a relaxing one. He does not swld you; he does not de- "Take, for instance, our insistence on baptism by immersion. Our mand of you. He is a gregarious God and he can be found in the belief in immersion is based not on1 on the fact that this was the smiling, happy people of the society about you. As the ad puts it. way in which Jesus was baptiad, adnot only because it is set forth religion can be fun," in the New Testament as a church ordinance, but because it sym- The church confronts the necessity of self re-evaluation regarding bolizes an essential Christian experience in the life of the believer. her essential nature, her ministry, and mission in the modern world. "Why do we refuse to baptize infants? Because we feel that we She must choose today in favor of the easy type of religion which have no right to commit a helpless child to any doctrine or church. can be popular and appealing to the masses, or the way of the New Believing in the dignity, sanctity and competency of the individual Testament with its high and holy demands. The church living at believer, we hold that each person must act and speak for himself peace in a sinful society doing little or nothing to disrupt the en- when he becomes of age. No man is to act as a proxy for another trenched evils of our day is far removed from Christ's plan for His in matters of religion. Church in His work of world redemption. "Why do we not have a riesthood? Because a priest is one The church stands in her mission field-which is the world-and who approaches God for am&, and we hold that there should be for purposes of clarity and distinction only do we refer to the local, no intermediary between God and man. Every man can, and must, the home, or the foreign mission field. The local church must ever approach God for himself without the interference of official, sac- be co nizant that going into all the world simply means that she rament, ritual, or anything else. God, speaking through His Son, is in Jeworld and that her world begins in the immediate vicinity in said, 'Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I which she is located. Every ministry she performs should be and will give you rest,' and in order to respond to this invitation one must be in fulfillment of the . Every collection does not have to do so through ministrations of a priest. We be- plate dollar is therefore a mission dollar, all to be spent for the lieve in the priesthood of believers. Whenever and wherever an advance of Kingdom work-in her Jerusalem and out to the ends of earnest Christian gets down on his knees before God, there you have her world. a priest, an altar, and an acceptable sacri6ce. Indeed it is a tragic error to relegate to an inferior status certain "Why do pre not have bishops and. church courts? Because we areas of our work while "haloizing" other phases of our Baptist do not belleve that any man is set m authority over another, or witnes8. In a day of specialists and experts, it is easy for one under- that any ecclesiastical body is competent to dictate to a local church. standably zealous about his particular area of responsibility to lose "Why do we believe in religious liberty and the separation of sight of the total picture with which the local church must be wn- church and state? Because we feel that the individual should be cerned as she endeavors to fulfill her mission. A multiplicity of ac- left free to worship God according to the dictates of his own heart tivities, emphases, campaigns, slogans, promotional pressures, special without any interference from the state, and that the truth of God offering goals, organizations and meetmgs make almost impossible is sufficiently compelling within itself, not requiring legal recognition demands upon the pastor, the church staff, and the congregation. or compulsion in order to commend it to the minds of men," To maintain her perspective, the church returns to her divine Our Baptist forefathers in America spared nothing in their fight imperative from the Risen Lord: make disciples, baptize them in to assure through constitutional provision the freedom which has the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, teach them its source in God. As Thomas Jefferson once ~utit, "The. God and train them as Christian witnesses for service at home and who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. Bancroft, m his abroad. The local church must, therefore, marshal her total re- history of America, writes: "Freedom of conscience, unlimited free- sources for the building of buildings, purchasing equipment, calling dom of mind, was the first trophy of the Baptists." and supporting God's man as pastor, and employing an adequate The authority of the Bible, the great doctrines set out in the New church staff to the end that the Gospel may be proclaimed effectively Testament, the fight for religious liberty-these are pillars upon in her local community; while at the same time, she joins with sister which our Baptist heritage rests. churches in witnessing beyond her borders through the Association, Can the Christ say to us tonight: "I know thy works, Southern the State Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention with its Bapusts; thou has kept my word and bast not denied my name"? agencies, boards, and institutions. Let it never be said out of our promotional fervor that money spent to implement the Great Com- mission through the local church is money spent selfishly on the 2. Challenged by a Demanding Present local Baptist body. May we forget not that the church-local, Confusing and confused are the voices which suggest deceptive autonomous, regenerate, is the only institution founded by our Lord. remedies and suave solutions for the sin-sickness which afflicts every people in our world community of nations today. This world CHURCH neighborhood seems hopelessly removed from brotherhood. Three- 111. THE CHALLENGED fourths of our total population does not know our Saviour as Lord. In the , we hear the risen, reigning Lord Communism has set her calendar for world dominion by 1973. speaking to the churches through His servant John who had been On the upswing is the incidence of all sorts of crime, divorce, im- exiled to the isle of Patmos for the testimony of Jesus Christ. morality, lawlessness, dishonor in high places and low. Racial "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These strife is an ever-present roblem. Many of our Sunday Schools and things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of churches are showing &creases in attendance, in enlistment and David, he that openeth, and no man shuttet: and shutteth, and no professions of faith. On the mission fields of our world thousands man openeth; I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an of Southern Baptist stalwarts are needed now. open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, The demands of our day are upon us! A church vitiated by com- and has kept my word, and hast not denied my name." (Revela- promise of the Gospel is not the answer; instead, a vast host of tion 3 :8) New Testament churches fully committed to their mission-the Great Commission-is the hope. The heart-hungry multitudes wait 1. Challenged by a Glorious Past before us tonight. Are we tempted to say of them, "Send them In spite of our admitted faults and failures, Southern Baptists away," as did the disciples of old? Surely, our Baptist people will have known the favor of God across these decades. Surely, we do heed the Saviour's words, 'They need not go away; give ye them no violence to the scriptures in saying here that the Christ who to eat." spoke unto the church at Philadelphia in that fist century is speak- Only within the context of the Great Commission can Southern ing to Southern Baptist Churches today: "I know thy wtrks . . . Baptist churches come to grips with the social, moral, political and thou hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. spiritual problems of our day. The church fulfills her mission in Under the power of the Holy Spirit, Southern Baptists have clung world crisis only by pointing men everywhere unto "Him who is to the banner of the Cross, have stood for the Word of God, and the WAY,the TRUTH, and the LIFE." (John 14:6) have sought the way of righteousness. This glorious past is a ring- (1) Southern Baphst churches point to the WAY not through ing challenge to each of our churches today! powerful, centralized organizations of religious bodies, but through A solid refusal to compromise the New Testament teachings on the transforming power of Christ in the hearts of men; thus the salvation, church membership, the church ordinances, the priesthood family of God is fashioned not by ecclesiastical organization but by of the believer, and liberty of conscience has made Baptists the the redemptive work of our Lord. brunt of ecclesiastical fury and in our present day, subtle reproach, In response to the ever-increasing demands for institutional and by those who have failed to stand true. organizational union of , let us hear again the state- Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden succinct1 aEirms the position main- ment submitted by Dr. George W. Truett and adopted by the tained by Baptists on these great doctridissum: Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore, 1940, replying to the World Council of churches: God. Let us send forth our sons and daughters into all the areas "Directly replying to your invitation (to join the World Council of life with deep and abiding convictions concerning ri ht and of Churches), permit us to advise that the Southern Baptist Cpnyen- wrong, with great principles of the Bible, the teachings of fesw as tion is a voluntary association of Baptists for the purpose of elicltmg, the guidelines of their lives, bearing their witness through practical combining and directing the energies of our denomination in mis- Christian living. sionarv activitv at home and abroad, and in educational and be- That spiritual giant of another generation, B. H. Carroll, has nevolekt work throughout the world. Our Convention has no left to us an impassioned plea: ecclesiological authority. It is in no sense the Southern Baptist "The New Testament is the law of Christianity. All the New Church. ,-. . In a worid which more and more seeks centralization Testament is the law of Christianity. The New Testament is all of power in industry, in civil government, and in religion, we are the law of Christianity, The New Testament always will be all the sensible of the dangers of totalitarian trends which threaten the law of Christianity. Hush! Be still and listen! All through the autonom of all free churches. We wish to do nothing that will Christian ages from dark and noisome dungeons, from the lone imperil $e growing spirit of cooperahon on the part of our churches wanderinas of banishment and expatriation. from the roarinrrs and in the work of giving the Gospel of Christ, as we understand it, to all sickening- conflagrations of martyr fire-'&ere comes a voice- men everywhere. In the light of these considerations, we feel shouted here, whispered there, sighed, sobbed, or gasped elsewhere impelled to decline the invitation to membership in the World -a Baptist voice, -clearer than a silver trumpet and- sweeter than Council of Churches. In conclusion, permit us to express the sin- the chime of bells. a voice that freights and glorifies the breeze or cere desire of our hearts that the followers of Christ may all be gale that bears it.' 0 Earth, hearkei to it: The New Testament is one, not necessarily in name and in a world organization, but in the law of Christianity!" spiritual fellowship with the Father and the Son." (4) The Church fulfills her mission in world crisis by pro- claiming TI-IE CHRIST who is THE LIFE! (2) Our churches point the WAY not by social and economic re- In th; temptation experience Satan knew that the Jews expected form, but through lives made new in Christ. the Messiah Jesus to come with a great spectacular display. The Unwise accusations are being hurled at the church in this time of Devil asks Jesus to accommodate himself to the popular expectatton racial strife when she refuses to take precipitant action with regard and let them see him coming, sailing down from the pinnacle of the to eruptive social problems. It is worthy of note that Jesus, who temple right out of heaven, They would hail him with acclaim. The lived in an occupied country, and was constantly speaking to men Devil grows pious and quotes scripture but Jesus refuses to listen. and women who were restive under the authority of Rome, had very He knew that he might as well settle now as later whether he was little to say about political bondage but a great deal to say about to be the kind of Messiah that the people wished or the one that the the tyranny of sin. Nor did New Testament Christians undertake Father had planned. to persuade the Roman government to outlaw great human Each one of our 33,126 Baptist churches. every pastor, every wrongs such as slavery. The reason was not that they were in- denominational servant, every Christian in an humbler way has to different to those wrongs but that they were engaged in a much more face a similar problem. Shall we fulfill our mission amid world fundamental work. Because they recognized that the roots of all crisis as the people of God, or shall we dilute His Message in an wrongs are in the hearts of men, their efforts were directed toward effort to comply with the expectations of the world? He would the regeneration of those hearts. have no mixture of the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of this In the April 10, 1964, issue of Christianity Today, Ilion T. Jones world; so Christ chose the way of the Cross. May we choose the deals with the role of the church with regard to the social problems wav of the Christ! of her community: "In the crusade for racial justice, so little emphasis is laid by the 3. Challenged by a Promising Future churches on spiritual means and so much on secular means that ,,I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, we should ask whether many churchmen must now be thought of ~~~~r~~~~~h~~~~e~~d~y",","~e~,~~~v~~~~";::~d as belonging to that group Jesus referred to as 'men of violence,' The risen Christ loved the church, himself for it , commis- who are determined to take the Kingdom Of God by force. In sioned the church, and declared that 'the gates of hell should not short, our Christian churches seem to be going secular with a against it.,, Before His Church, he has set an open door, vengeance. which man "Have we forgotten what the prophet said to Zerubbabel in the (1) The DOOR OF EVANGELISM opens wide in every com- ~~~~~,~~$~~~~~~+~~$~&~~dfb~~~c~~$~k~~~munity of our land. The revival fires must burn high until at last all of God's people are consumed with a com~assionfor the lost lished on earth by human resources alon--ot by social engineering, such as that which prompted the Saviour to say, "I must work the legislation, the use and manipulation of economic power, group works of him that sent me while it is day, for the night cometh when pressures, Or armies and wars, even though some of these may have important functions to perform in an organized society. The King- no man can (John 9:4) dom of God can be established only by the power of the Spirit of (2) The DOOR OF STEWARDSHIP stands before us. As long God working upon, within, and through the hearts of men. as there are members of our churches (sometimes pastors and de- "If and when the Church embarks upon campaigns that necessitate nominational leaders) who withhold the tithe-the first tenth of its using primarily legal coercion and economic and group pressures their gross income-from the Lord; as long as there are Christians in order to compel its members to treat their fellow men justly, it whose talents, time, and influence are not committed to Christ and has already failed in its central purpose: to make Christians who His Kingdom work; as long as evil spreads rampant about us and love their fellow men voluntarily, from inner compulsion and desire." claims human life for its nefarious gain; as long as our churches In Matthew 22:37-39, each church finds the solution: "Jesus said need more buildings, equipment, additional staff, with which to do . . . Thou shalt love the Lord thy ~odwith all thy heart, and with their work; as long as unsaved multitudes cry, "Come over into all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the fist and great Macedonia and help us," THE DOOR OF STEWARDSHIP swings commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love Open to bid us enter- thy neighbour as thyself." (3) The DOOR OF TEACHING AND TRAINING looms large before us. Ignorance of the Bible, a miserable lack of under- (3) Each Baptist church fulfills her mission by pointing all men standing in matters of our Baptist heritage and the Christian faith, the to the TRUTH. appalling evidences of spiritual immaturity, the shocking indifference Dare we as Baptists-a The Book-turn Our backs to the claims of Christ by countless people who profess to know the victories of the Lord to embrace the methods and the compro- H~~-~~~~is another DOOR; it beckons to us tonight. rnises of those who have failed toastand true to THE WORD? Let our Baptist churches be mighty exponents of the Gospel of SOUTHERN BAm!FTS, "I have set before thee an open door; Christ in all its power! Let us declare the Bible as the inspired, and man can shut it. authoritative Word of Truth. Let the message from the pulpits of Speak! Church of God! His Gospel clear proclaiming our Baptist Zion expound the great principles of our Christian To hearts in grief and broken by the wrong. faith with its high and holy claims of Christian discipleship. Let Hold high His Cross, God's grace fore'er retaining, the editors of our Baptist papers speak as prophets of old through God's answer tme, to each and to the throng. the printed page, reminding us of the voice of God saying, "This is Speak! Church of God! nor cease thy witness, claiming the way, walk ye in it." (Isaiah 30:21) Let the faculties and ad- Each soul for Christ, till all to God belong, ministrations of our Baptist colleges and universities be devout, Go! Church of God! thy Charter of Salvatron committed, dedicated men and women, instructing our Baptist youth Take to all nations torn by war and hate. in the costly heritage of our faith and sending them forth from our Thy mission high is to all God's creation Baptist schools as Christian witnesses-in and through the vocations Until God's peace shall rule each land and state. and professions whlch they choose. Let our seminaries, In the Go! Church of God! and by thy consecration words of the incomparable Carroll to Lee Scarborough, "be lashed God's blessing bring, and yorld-wide love create.16 on to the Cross of the Redeemer." Let there be a mighty army of -'The Charter of Salvation" Christian young people coming up out of our Baptist homes through By George Arthur Clarke our churches and institutions who have put on the full armor of From Masterpieces of Religious Verse 1964 Southern Baptis C Convention Bar infomation Conv ntl. n Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sonrmerkamp, Press Room bhnager

First Woman Delegate To Southern Baptist Convention

In 1877 Mre. Myra E. Graves registered as a delegate to the Southern Baptist Con- vention meeting in New Orleans, La, A member of the Brenhtrm Baptist Church, Brenham,

Tex., she was tl~first woman delegate.

She registered again in 1882. Both times when the liet of delegates was read and

seated she was presented to the Convention as Id.E. Grevea without any title ta identify

her as a woman.

In 1885 two wmen from Arkansas registered as delegates. This cauaed many of the men attending to be quite concerned. A camnittee of five was appointed to study the

matter.

The committee recommended that the Constitution be changed so that instead of the

Convention being composed of "memembers" ic would be made up of "brethren." This carried

by a vote af 131 to 42 and remained in effect until 1918 when "brethren" was replaced by "messengers." -30- For Tueaday AMs

1964 Southern Baptist Convent ion Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

ATLANTIC CITY, May 18--~ess.C.5 Moody, pastor of the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla., was elected president of the Southern Baptist Pastors1 Conference here Monday night.

Moody received a majority of votes over Padgett C. Cope, pastor of tlie Middle River Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland, and T. L. McSwain, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church of Paducah, Ky.

The pastors then elected Cope as Qeir new vice president by acclamation.

Elected as secretary-treasurer was Monroe Swilley, pastor of the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga,

Outgoing president of the Pastors' Conference is Wayne Dehoney, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tenn,

Orville Scott Pan May 18, 1964 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Jubilee Information Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sonsaerkamp, Press Roam Manager

Jubilee Drama Winners Announced

By the Baptist Press (carried 5-8-64)

First, second end third place winners have been announced in the Baptist Jubilee Advance drama-writing contest conducted as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of North American Baptists.

The winning drama, "Except for John Leland," will be presented at a Sunday morning service (May 24) in Atlantic City, N. J., during the Baptist Third Jubilee Celebration.

It was written by Albert Johnson, professor of drama at Redlands University, Redlands, Calif. The college is related to the American Baptist Convention,

Second place went to a drama written by a Soutllern Baptist college teacher, Mrs, Elizabeth Watson. Mrs. Watson is associate professor of dramatics at Hill College, Mars Hill, N. C.

The president of Acadia University, Canadian Baptist institution in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, won third prize. He is Watson Kirkconnell.

Prizes of $500, $250, and $100, respectively, went todze first, second and third-place winners. The winners were announced at: Valley Forge, Pa,, by Edwin H, Tuller, chairman of the Jubilee committee sponsoring the cuntest. Tuller is general secretary of the American Baptist Convention,

Pks. Watson's second-prize play, "The Captives and the ~lind,"talces its theme and title from two passages in the Bible, Isa. 61:l-2 and Luke 4:18-19. Kirkconn 11's play was entitled, "Let My People Go."

Entrants were instructed to submit original dramas on "The Quest of All People for Freedom," Nine persons entered dramas. Judges were Norman Nadel, chief drama critic, New York World-Telegram and Sun; Mrs. Amy Goodhue Loomis, Vincennes, Id., drama professor at Vincennes University, and Jarka M. Burian, professar of speech and drama at State University of New York, Albany. IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTHEEZN BAPTIST CONVEMTION COMMITTEF,S ON COMMIrnS

.MaForrest Hicks, Alabama Mrs. William McMurry, Alabama Morris T. Wall, Arizona Ed J. Paclmood, Arizona Lloyd L, Bunnic utt, Arkansas Jack B. Jones, Arkansas Harry D, Williams, California Gregory Walcatt, California John P. Baker, Colorado B. D, Vanderslice, Colorado R, B. Culbreth, D, C. Mrs, L. S. Casazza, D. C. Florida Ramsey Pollard, Jr., Florida Paul ~iken,~eor~ia' Miss Maria Cooper, Georgia CLi.3-e Rice, Illinois Bob Entrekkf n, Illinois James W. Abernathy, Indiana W, H, Lamb, Indiana Forrest H. Siler, Kansas Gaylon Wiley, Jhnsas Kenneth Duncan, Kentucky George E. Hays, Jr., I

COMMITTEE: ON RESOLUTIONS

Robert F. Woodward, Maryland, Chairman Mrs. M, I<, Cobble, Tennessee Robert S, Cooper, South Carolina W. Edwin Crawford, Texas Miss Alma Hunt, Alabama Ed, J, Packwood, Arizona J, C. Segler, Oklahoma Charlea R, Standridge, Georgia Nane Starnes, North Carolina R. D. Yancy, Jr., Colorado 1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Inf omnation Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C, Fields, press representative Theo Sommerkamp, press room manager

THE AKERICAN BAPTIST CONVENTION HAS ITS PRESS ROOlli

in room 9 on the second floor of the Convention Hall. This room is behind (west of)

of the ball room in which the Arrlerican Baptist sessions are being held. All reporters regis-

tering in Room A to cover the Southern Baptist Conven'~ionand related mzetings are invited

to come to the American Baptist press room as well, according to Frank A. Sharp of Valley

Forge, Pa., manager of the press room there,

Materials specifically dealing with the American Baptist Zonvention will be distri-

buted in press filing trays in the American Convention press room.

The receptionis-Lfs telephone in the SBC press room is connec-Led by an extension

I with a local call buzzer service with the American Convention press room. Calls in either

direction may be made between the two press rooms.

-30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Inmediate Release Convention Ball, Atlantic City, N. 5. W. C. Fields, Eess Representative

ATLANTIC CITY--James W. Merritt, recording secretary of the Southern Baptlst

Convention, will not permit nomination for re-election to a tenth term.

Merritt's announcewnt was made in the Tuesday edition of the convention

I bulletin. Re-election has been without opposition since he was first elected in

1955 I hkrritt retired in 1955 as executive secretary of the Georgia Baptist Con-

vention, a positton he had filled for a quarter-century, He had been an ex-off icio

member of the SBC Executive CoWttee as recording secretary of the Southern Con-

vention,

Merrltt's horn is in Gainesville, Ga. Roundup for Tuesday AmS

1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Pcess Room Manager - - ATLANTIC CITY, May 10--A seminary professor warned here Monday internal strifes of the church demand a clear definition be made of just "what a church is."

William E. Hull, professor at Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, Ky., told members of the Southern Baptist Religious Education Association such a demand, created by the crises of the day, is not new to the church.

However, the church flourishes best in divine adversity rather than in human complacency, Hull said, as he traced the church briefly through its history.

He said these deep stirrings within the church hold exciting possibilities if they are channeled into the mainstream of the forward march of Christians.

Ke said on one side you have people who talk most about the church but who are least prepared to reach a creative breakthrough in understanding its reality. br his results because these people hold vested interests in the ecclesiastical atatus quo," he said.

On the other hand, there is a nucleus within the larger congregation "which is given the insight to understand both the urgency of the hour and the fresh demands which it makes." Hull called this nucleus a remnant,

Hull saia it is the church's responsibility to give this remnant room to breathe, to provide channels for its creative expression, to fashion an open religious society where its life is not gagged by conformity to a lowest common denominator,

"Let us be clear where the crucial battle-line is being drawn," he said. "The world is not attacking the church; indeed, seldom has religion enjoyed such widespread acceptance or at least polite indifference. No, the church is angry with itself ,"Hull said. I1 The purging fires arc burning brightly on many altars today, but they are being lit by some of the most sensitive spirits within the church," he concluded.

In a group discussion, the educators noted that the people are aware of the crfses that confront Christians but the leaders tend to ignore them.

"Be need to equip them as ministers so the people can deal properly with the moral, economic and cultural crises of the day," SBC Pastors' Conference For Tuesday AMs

1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. \I. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Somrnerkarnp, Press Room Manager

ATLANTIC CITY, May 18"-A new church is emerging to meet un-Christian forces that are sweeping the nation into moral collapse, almost 3,000 Southern Baptist pastors were told here Monday night.

Speaking at the Southern Baptist pastor's conference, G. Earl Guinn, president of Louisiana College (~aptist),Pineville, La,, called organized religion in its present state as no match for evils of the day. As primary threats to freedom of religion,he listed Communism, Catholicism and secularism. I He said the "llew churclitl is a company of the redeemed whose spirits have not been satisfied'with the sonorous generalities of organized religion.

If It will make room for the dissenter, the nonconformist, knowing that most hmn progress lms been due to such people.

"It will respect the intellectual and protect him, not simply for his sake, 1 but for its own sake." Guinn said tile new church "will breek the chains which have bound the Spirit 1 of God to an infallible Book and thereby provide for the Christianizing of all of life and not just the private compartment of religion,"

Another speaker to the preachers, Jess C. Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, West Palm Beach, Fla., blasted the ecumenical movement, He branded ecumcnicity as "a retirement center for superannuated drowsy, non-relevant denominations. "

Moody said old denominations never lead a crusade, but wait to see which course is wise and prudent,

'VThat is why old denominations never die, they :ust fade away. "

What do you have when you put several impotent denomillations into one group? asked body.

"You no longer have several small impotent denominations. You now have one large impotent denomination. And there is less possibility of refamtion within a giant institutional superdenomination than within the smller units,

"Fhptists would be the bad egg in the ecumenical omelet," the Florida preacher said.

Maody also rapped "huge, normally respectable denominations" who "go to the back door of the White House to ask for a handout. "Someday the IJhite House will feed them . . . then make them chop wood for their new master," he said.

Ramsey Pollard, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn., challenged his fellow pastors to "get up there in the pulpit and say what you believe, even if it malses somebody mad.

"If we get into politics, we ought to get in there and swing wit11 all our might, not just stand there with a powder puff in our hands. It

Pollard is a fomr president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Kenneth Chaffin of Fort Worth, Tex,, a professor at Southwestern kptist Theological Seminary, said preachers are often frustrated because they are not sure that what they are doing is what God called them to do,

He added that preachers are pretty good at building budgets, new buildings and programs, but poor a,t building people.

"Baptists have become a denomination of mid-wives, so concerned with the birth of new Christians that we have forgotten about helping our church members to grow and mature spiritually, " Chaff in said. '!Religion has appealed so little to the unchurched that our churches have become l-iomes for tired and retired preachers," he said,

The Pastors1 Conference is one of four auxiliary groups to wind up meetings Tuesday afternoon just before the Southern Baptist Convention opens a four-day run. l%4 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Kall, Atlantic City, N. 5. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Psess Room Manager

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Moyers Cancels Speech At Pastorst Conf'erence

Bill Moyers, special aide to President Lyndon 13. Johnson, has been forced to cancel a speaking assignment at the Southern Paptist Pastors1 Conference Tuesday afternoon, Iky 19. He had been scheduled to speak at 2:30 p. m.

Myers, an ordained Baptist minister and former news director of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, underwent minor surgery last week.

Pastors' Conference Besident Wayne Dehoney of Jaclcson, Tenn., said Noyers dcfinil$>y will be unable to attend. No substitute for I4oyers is anticipated. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City,N.J. ROUNDUP FOR TUESDAY PMs W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

ATLANTIC CITY, May 19--Southern Baptists turned their attention from social to doctrinal issues here Tuesday as they completed preliminary meetings and prepared for the annual Southern Baptist Convention.

More than 10,000 messengers are expected to kick off the four-day 107th convention of Southern Baptists in huge Convention Hall Tuesday night.

A seminary professor and a Texas preacher did most of the focusing on Baptist doctrine.

Wayne E. Ward, associate professor of theoloa at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., dealt with the "once saved--always saved" concept. Charles C. Bowles, pastor of First Baptist Church, San Antonio, Tex., asked preachers to take a closer look at the meaning of cardinal church ordinances.

Ward called the concept of "once saved - -always saved " heard often from Southern Baptist pulpits a "familiar half truth," Here's the way he explained it:

any people propound the words "once saved--always saved " and mean that once theykave walked down the aisle and made a profession of faith, with what they call a 'genuine experience' the whole salvation transaction has been completed.

"It is signed, sealed and delivered, and they can coast the rest of the way. Like a rocket leaving the launching pad, if they can muster up enough faith to blast off, the momentum of that initial experience will carry them through to heaven,

'ht these people do not realize is that the Christian life is a 'powered flight' all the way. It is not a matter of one big bang and you are in orbit."

Ward introduced his address by reminding there is an "excitingtt theological debate going on today among Southern hptists with many of the old doctrinal cliches being examined, attacked, re-interpreted and--in some cases--rejected,

'!Phis is a cause for rejoicing," Ward said. "~aptistshave never been slaves to a creed, and every theological statement must be repeatedly subjected to scrutiny, and re-evaluation in the light of Holy Scr3pture. It

Ward called the re-evaluation a painful process, especially for preachers, because sometimes whole sermons are destroyed and familiar. patterns of thought shaken.

'worst of all, a preacher may be required to confess that he is plainly wrong in what he has been preaching. For a 'Baptist preacher, this is the supreme sacrifice," Ward said,

Ward told the preachers they must warn Christians not to coast on the strength of a past religious experience, but urge them to press on toward maturity with the preachers leading the way in Christian growth.

In dealing with Baptists and the ordinances, Bowles reminded the preachers "we accept the Bible as the inspired, infallible and all-sufficient guide for both faith and practice of those who follow Jesus.

"It is not to be supplemented by the traditions of the fathers, syllabi of the popes, decrees of the councils nor the conveniences of the people."

Bowles said the Bible teaches Christ left no organization on the earth except his church and no ordinance except baptism and the Lord's Supper.

"These institutions have been so greatly changed and pwerted that it is no easy task to uncover and maintain their original simplicity and purity, " he said.

Bowles identified the command to baptize as "essentially a command to immerse. Christian baptism was an immersion in water, always with a proper reference to Christ and be some authorized person," he said. 2-Roundug for Tuesday PMs

The cormnand to observe the Lord's Supper is a cammand to commemorate Jesus' life, Bowles said. He emphasized it was not a communion service.

"Baptists have no hesitancy about communion with our fellow Christians, but this has nothing to do with the Lard's Supper, " be said.

Bowles said Baptists are misunderstood by those who contend Baptists have no right to exclude any of God's people from the Lord's Scpper.

"The answer is simple. Christ did. He did not invite all of the believers of his day when he instituted the supper," Bowles said.

The doctrinal speakers shared the conference podium with Lawrence V. Bradley, pastor of Curtis Baptist Church,, Augusta, Ga.; James L. Sullivan of Nashville, Tenn., executive secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board, and W. A. Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas.

The Dallas church with more than 12,000 members is the largest in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Chosen president of the Pastors' Conference was Jess Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, West Palm Beach, Fla. He succeeded Wayne Dehoney of Jackson, Tenn. 1964 Southern '~aptistConvention ImmedSate Release Convention Hall, Atlantic City, No J. W, C. fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

"Idls"Buildings Called Tragedy of City Crises

WAgftINGTON (BP )--!the unused church building caught heavy criticism from speakere and samlxlar sessions at Southern Baptists' metropolitan missions conference here.

It& must not leave our churches lying in state most of the week while our cltiee die," mrned Harold C. Elennett of Atlanta, secretary of the metropolitan mtssions department of the Home Mission Board.

bnnett and others advocated used of the buildings for ministries which could help churches reach changing communities in the inner cities.

Government and religious authorities caref'ully diagnosed such problems as declining morality, increased crime, population mobility, race relations, non- Christian religions, automation, secluded high-rise apartnaents, and both poverty ad prosperty.

The conference, which indicated It may visit senrinaries in the future for depth etudiee In these areas, elected Ray Dobbins, superintendent of missions for Mhml, Fla., as its new president.

Other officers, also superintendents of missions, are Sam Russell of Wichita, hn, as weetern vice president, Francis lhbose of Iktroit as eastern vice president, an4 Wing Childress of Tunson as secretary.

Speakers indicated Southern Rapt ists are in the process of re -orientating themselves from a rural-dominated background. One was Brooks Hays of Washington, s former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Ffaya, now consultant to the White House and also professor at Rutgers University at lUew Brunswick, N. J., said this was a lesson he had also learned in politics.

11 We must accept the fact that urbanization hss overcome UB. Power swings to the clty, and the basis for hope for rural life is in how it responds to this change," he said.

Courts Redford of Atlanta, executive secretary of the Home Mission Board, cited ways to deal with the inner clty community:

1) througb survey to find those needing ministry. 2 ) through home fellowship groups to reach apartment dwellers, with the possi- bPllty of a pastor serving mltftple groups. 3) through weekday ministries of literacy, Bible' study, crafte, child care, etc. in the churches. 4) through industrial chaplaincy, a reaching of the individual outside the

\ rei~iauscammunity . 5) through church extension ministries in institutions or in Qnchurched ares, 6) throua ministrlaa that crose language and racial barriers. 7) through the utilization of lay members in church ministries. 8) through caring for those with special needs, such as the handicapped. 9) creating a home for the homeless withln the church. 1364 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall - Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, press representative The0 Sommorkamp, press room manager

=PORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION 10:45 a.m., May 21 by Rabun L. Elrantley Executive Secretary

This Sublice finds Southern Baptists operating in two contrasting posi- tions in thc area of Christian higher education.

On one.hand the numbar of quality institutions has never been larger; their endowmcnts havc never been greater; their plants have never been in better condition; they have never beon more generally healthy; they have nover before enrolled larger numbers of students; and state conventions and the

Southern Baptist Convantion have never provided as much for operations and capital needs. Hearing this you may be inclined ta say: "~211,that's fine, what are you worrying about?"

There is much over which to worry. The contrasting educational picture for Southern Baptists is ona of concern in several areas. There is a growing philosophy of apathy among us for the cause of Christian higher education, brought on partly from outside factors. In ucak moments some alumni of our schools tend to forget that they are what they are largely because of a

Bzptist college. A few of our leaders have been heard to take a dim view of the amount of money we spend on our schools. There are pressures for more money for several new projects which Baptists have takcn up in recent years-- worthy projects, but definitely secondary in importanca to education.

People are saying that we ,night just as wclZ let the state do all of the educating of our youth without the benefit of Christian instruction and onviron- ment. More than one parent has said to me, in effect: "I have to pay taxes to support the state university, and 1'11 havc to send my son there to get my money back. " Some are saying that a chair of Bible near the state campus is all that is needed, Too many of our people are willing to "let George do it" when it comes to taking the responsibility for operating schools owned and controlled by Baptists. We are tending at times to let a sort of defeatism creep into our feelings about higher education. We have not pursued the full Scripture,

We have indeed "rendered unto Caesar,11 but wc have not yet done well enough in

II rendering unto God,11

Baptists are now faced with the dilemma of whether to get even more in- volved in our use of federal subsidies, loans, and grants than we already are,

We as a denomination have not always kept ourselves spotless in the matter of church-state relations. Judging by the way some of our people have recently come alive to the issues one might well imagine that Baptiats have never dabbled with the public money.

The college facilities law presents to our schools on a silver platter the growing temptation of federal aid. Each state and each board of truotees will have to make the decision whether to take the money. Our choices can be simply stated: (1) Accept the money and come nearer keeping up with the fast- moving educational pace; (2) Refuse the money and drop farther behind in the growing competition to provide quality education for our own; (3) Refuse the money and build a fire under our too-meager efforts and provido the money needed from the abundanc~aGod bas entrusted to us for a little while.

Baptists have the capacity to do something great about education, but do we have the will to do it? If our apathy toward education develops into a trend, and if we as a denomination ever even begin to think that wo can continue as a great faith without bearing a substantial witness in Christian education, we will then be in the post-Southern Baptist era. We will be on the way out as a graat faith. Who would want to be identified with a danom- ination that didn't believe in Christian education? We would then lose our better young people in droves rather than the losses we are now having by ones and twos.

As a great faith, Baptists need to let the world know that we believe in educating and sending out into a needy world great preachers, dedicated teachers, committed missionaries, and lay leaders who will be the spark plugs for our growth and the promotion of our Christian witness. Our nchools have been supplying the educated and motivated leaders in the past. Does anyone believe that a great majority of these prepared people are going to come from some other source? Just spring up from nowhere?

One in 18 persons you meat on any street in America, on the average, is a Southern Baptist. What a pity if one in 18 Americans becomes a millstone around the neck of the forward movement of our country in all areas, especially in the educational and spiritual areas.

A number of people have insisted to our Commission that the Convention needs to get involved in higher education in regard to our colleges, as well as in ministerial education and in higher education in foreign countries.

The fact that our colleges are owned and controlled by the states does not mean that they would not welcome help from the Convention. In providing funds for the Education Commission, the Convention recognizes that some overall promotion and coordination are needful.

The Convention could well extend a barely begun program of scholarships and loans to assist in educating graduate students who want to teach in our institutions. The Convention could explore the possibilities of supporting at least one great graduate school, perhaps separate from any sxisting school.

The Convention needs a strong higher education witness in the area of

Washington, D. C, It was a sad day when our very first efforts in higher education were deserted in Columbian College. We would need $SO million today to have a proper witness, campus and all, in Washington, but a significant start could be made with an Oxford-type collage operated in conjunction with an established university, or perhaps in a strong graduate center.

Wa did not hesitate in the 75-million campaign to promote education on an equal basis with missions over the entire Convantion. We need very much a similar promotion of education today. Many of our people act as if they did not know that Baptist growth and the spread of the gospel itself are dependent upon the marriage of education and missions. Judson and Rice knew full well the relationship and we can easily imagine what those pioneers would do and say if they were here today.

No Baptist college can be any better than thoaa who teach in it. The teachers will likely not be any better than the president who chooses them.

The president can be no more capable and efficient and no more convinced that his is a full-time job, than the board of trustees who select him and describe his duties. The trustees will be no more fitted and dedicated to thair job than the care and wisdom exercised by the state convention committee that recommends thorn without regard to church politics. Thc Convention generally elects or approves the trustees. The Convention should settle for no less than the biggest people possible to find.

In spite of apathy, insufficient funds, and many other discouraging factors, the Education Commission believes strongly in the need for and the future of our schools. We may indeed be challanged in some near-miraculous way by the neodling of temptation to taka federal money as an easy way out. If we think about these things and talk and pray about them long enough, we could some day got fighting mad, and in this state move on to victory. , " Southern Baptist Convention, 1964 Western Union file Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, press representative Theo Sommerkamp, press room manager

ABOUT WESTERN UNION SERVICE for reporters from daily newspapers wanting to file their stories.,

The management of Western Unfon has informed us the volume of

words filed at Kansas City during the 1963 Convention was not sufficitn t

to require a full-time operator staffing a printer in the SBC press room this year. Slnce this service is cornmerclally maintained by Western

Union, the SBC press room management has no control of the situation.

Charles F. Tallmen, manager of Western Union inAtlantic City, I has assured us of pickup of press rate copy on 15-minute notice day

and evening. Telephone 344-8901 for a 5% sserlger and leave your copy

clearly marked at the reception desk.

If you find that Westem Union fails to provide 15-minute service,

please so advise the press room management so we can to remedy the situation. For Information

1.964 Southern Baptist Convention C~nventionHall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Somerkamp, Press Room mnager

REST ROOMS NEAR PRESS ROOM

Ya gotta walk, friends!

Out the Press Roam front door.., Down the right outside aisle of Convention Hall. . .

Sixty years to the first large apening to the hallway,.,

Twenty yards down the hallmy, in the same direction to Exit 4 (on your right)-- just before coming to a red telephone booth. .. Tun right through the Exit and down the stairs,,. And voila!

Fields Pan my 18, 1gG4 *A - WMU ROUNDUP 1964 ~~~t;~ci:ii ;apti~tCoi-L*(~>t ion Conventisn 1-Iall, At1ailt.i~City, I<. J. W. C, Fields, Press Representative Theo Somme17karr~p,Press Roonz Manager

ATLANTIC CITY, May 19---Mrs.Robert Flin~;of Cleburne, Texas, was unanimously rebelected Tuesday to her second one-year teym as president ,of Woman's Missionary Union at the annual meeting here of the Southern Baptist Convention auxilary.

\(oman 's Missf onary Union is the missionary education agency for wotnen and girls in Southern Baptist churches. Total membership in the societies and auxiliaries is 1,512,840.

At the convention missionaries from both home and foreign mission fields reported on their work. Joseph W. Mefford, Jr., a missionary in Spain since 1953> said that I! the winds of change aye at work in Spaln.

I I News coming from the Iberian Peninsula these days, not only from our missionaries, but Indeed from the secular press of that Catholic government, is better today than it has been for decades," Mefford declared.

He indicated that restrictions on non-Catholics in Spain have been considerably relaxed and that legislation is in the making to guarantee more freedom for evangelicals.

The Baptist missionwy to Spain said that Baptists there are I I naturally cautious" about the talk for more religious liberty. He cited a Spanish saying that "a cat that has once been scalded, after that will flee from cold water. II

The limitations on evangelicals in Spain has been so long lasting and so severe that Baptists are a little "skeptical" until they have assurance that thelr freedom is real, Mefford said.

Richard L, Mefford, home missionary to the Choctaw 1ndi.ans at Arka- delphia, Mississippi, reported to the women that efforts to win Indians ,to Christian faith are made difficult by the memory of the treatm~nt they received f'rom the white man in the early days. Other complZcations in Indian evar~elismare racial discrimination, poverty, tribal customs and l?ck of cC.ucation, he continued.

Elias Z, Golonka, a native of Poland and a newly-appointed missionary of the Borne Mlssion Board to the Slavic people in the United States, challenge(: Southern Baptist women to help win to Christ the 10.000,000 or more S.!,~vs in this country.

The difficulty of \:inning these people, Golonka pointed out, is that many of them have a Roman Catholic background and "most of them never heard the gospel of personal salvation by grace through faith in Jesus ~hrist."

Dan H. Kong, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, and president of the Hawaii Baptist Convention, told the need of modern man of the gospel of Jesus Christ. "Though we live in the 20th century, we are still con- fronted with matters that reach back to the dawn of creation, I1 he said.

!I Theye have been more changes in the past 50 years than there were In the prev-ious 2,000 years, I1 Kong continued. It The towering sl.cyscrapers jet planes, automatic machines, cinemascope, television, rnisSiles and satellites are only some of our modern wonders. But those have not answered man Is problems of unahppl:l,ess, emptiness, depression, crime, divorce, suicide, and sin. MOP3 Page 2 - WMU ROWUP

I1Electronics ancl atomic fission have not sei~deredobsolete tlzc fact that JESLISCh, ist is the Light cf' the Worl.~;,11 he clec la]-cd.

Othe-r cfffcers ulzanirriously elected fur a~othcryear by Wonlamls rJIissionarg Union axle Nrs. J. R. Lobaugli of Kansas City, XCanaas, recording secretx~:~y,arid Miss Alma Iiul:t, c:cecutive seci7ctary. The state Woman's rcifssioriary Union presidcntz are automatically electec! vice presidents cf the naticnal o::;,a:~.izat ion.

T4rs. Joe W. Burton, Frashv:i.lle, r"1lerin. a;.d Mrls. ltjillia::: McP3u~ry of Birmingham, Ala., s.~ei-eclecteci execv.tive 'noa~dmembers.

Thc i-lushand of' :!T,Y~. Fling, the presj-dent, ts pastor of First Baptist Church at C1ebu:~me.

major r:iissions cfTe;?"li?gs a;.e sponso~edby Woman Is Missionary Union each gear, Thc Anfiie Rrrnstr8oi~goffering for Hor.ie Piij.ssions for 1963 xached $3,1)1~,283.95. The Lottie lYoon Offering for Foreign missions for 1963 had reachcd $10,9&9,G57.j:1 last week.

Garrett 5/19/4 jw 1964 Southern Baptist Convention For Immediate Release Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. WA C, Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

ATLAPIPTIC CITY--May 19--Delegates to the American Baptist Convention Tuesday heard strong sLatements urging positive and decisive action in the racial problems of today s world

Race is one of the daily themes under the general Convention theme, "Courage to Love i It Prayer groups, forms, devotional messages, main addresses, and a "position paper" are used to place the issues before the Convention each day. Charles Andrews, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Chicago, Ill., presented the position paper on race. He said the time for discussing race is over and the time for asking what is Godtswill is passed. The only real question the Christian can now ask is what civil rights group to support, how to best use the time available for the most just solutions. Failure to act positively and decisively in the issue "will mean the lo& of our identity, and freedom will become a hollow sound unable to attract the talents and energies of the young or to justify the struggles and courage of the past," he said. Ralph David Abernathy, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and pastor of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., called the struggle for total freedom for the Negro the "most moving dram of the twentieth century." The dx8ma is now in the final act, Abernathy said.

The Negro is engaged in the present revblution because (1) his contributions far exceed his sufferings, (2) the nation will become second rate unless it learns to respect the worth and dignity of all human personality, and (3) all men are children of God, he stated.

Calling upon the church to take a more active stand in building better race relations, Abernathy said "our responsibility is not just to help those who are robbed, stripped and beaten on the Jericho Road, but we must seek to straighten out the curves, exalt the valleys, hew down the mountains and change the Jericho Road into a super highway so that it may not be so convenient for thieves and robbers to hide along the way and attack other travelers."

A draft resolution on race relations was presented to the convention for consideration and forum discussion. Action will be taken later in the week. The resolution calls for the membership, leadership, ministry and staff of American Baptist churches to be open to all regardless of race. It advocates fair employment practices clauses in construction contracts between churches and contractors, and urges that denominational loans be granted only to churches whose membership is open to all persons. It further urges participation in programs to eliminate injustice and overcome educational and vocational handicaps, and programs of non-violent direct action.

In other considerationthe Convention voted (1) change in budget name from Unified Budget to American Baptist Mission Budget; (2) the addition of two delegates from associations of churches; (3) provision for "related organizations " with the American Baptist Convention; and (4) support of the proposed North American Baptist Fellowship.

It also heard an address by W. Hubert Porter, the Convention's associate general secretary, on the American Baptist foreign missionary work.

In the position paper Andrews said, "The realization that millions of our citizens have been consistently denied the civil and political freedoms guaranteed by our constitution should remind us that noneof us is free.''

The church's sole can be properly assessed only in the realization that the present struggle is for human rights and not only for Negro rights, Andrews said. In a prepared reactory statement, Howard R. Moody, pastor of the Judson Memorial Baptist Church in New York City, said the position paper "tells us what we should do but it does not tell us what will happen if we do what we should do. It neglects to tell us how to handle the consequences."

He said the two groups meeting simultaneously--the American and Southern Baptist Conventions--have the power to pass the civil rights bill. Such action would make speeches sound like tinkling glass, he stated.

Moody said the cost of integration is high and that the churches will pay in loss of membership, in finances, and in the harmony of silence.

Abernathy challenged American Baptists to help overcome the barriers that "stand in the way of building a good society and a strong nation characterized by brotherly love." These barriers are economic and political injustice, and inequality in housing and education, he said.

Abernathy condemned inequality in c~chesbut said it is just as bad when the church moves out because the community around it changes.

"What the church does is the measure of its force for religiuus brotherhood," he said.

Nona Saturday 5/19/64. IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1964 Southe17n Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

Criswell Says Lan Gets More Pacanized

ATLANTIC CITY, May 19--The pastoll of the largest Southern ~a~tistchurch challenged fellow ministers here Tuesday to "march, 11 for "lights are going out in the world."

W. A. Criswell, who leads the nearly 13,000-member First Baptist Church of Dallas, addressed the morning session of the Southern Baptist Pastorsr Conference in Atlantic City's famous Steel Pier,

I1 Our land is becorning more paganized. The wo171d is doubly hard to reach. Doors aye closing aga'inst us, " Criswell said.

He warned that the challenge will not be met without a tremendous program for Ch~ist,citing as an answer I I every preachel? in every pulpit on fire for God, It

"Let the church catch the flame and the whole world come to warm itself," he cried. 11 Oh Lord, gfve us victory. I I

Criswell deplored the "time and church energy taken up in little inconsequential things Itwhile materialism and illdifference spread and baptisms dec line.

Another speaker Tuesday morning said he believes preachers are teaching a message that is too intellectual,

"~h~istused the simple things in his teaching, I I said James L. Sullivan of Nashvf lle, Tenn., executive secretary of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board,

I I Jesus was and is interested in the welfaye of evepy man. i is rninist~yis to the total person," Sullivan said.

Sullivan said a pastor must be a man of character, courage, consecration and sincerity. In addition, he must love even those whc do not like him, and he must lead,

"The Bible is the book of Enstructi~nand we tsach when we hold up God's Word before men," Sullivan said.

Other speakers at Tuesday rnorniqgrs session covered Baptist - .. ordinances and beliefs, including "security of the believe17. " -.

Wayne E. Ward, associate pyofessor of theology at Southern Baptiat Theological Seminary, Louisville, disputed claims that "if one is assured of salvation, he will be encouraged to plunge into immoral actions.

"1t is not the fear of punishmant that is most effective in deterring evil action or promoting obedience," he declared. "1t is the Joyous response to genulne love which overcomes estrangement and leads to obedient living. I1

The difference, Ward said, between those who fall away and those who "have the thi~gswhich accompa.ny salvation" is that those who :?emevere have oalvatf on, mo-e Page 2 * Criswell Says bad Gets More Paganized

Another speaker, Charles C, Bowles, pastor of the First Baptist Church, San Antonio, said ceaseless adherence to the teachlng of the Bible 2s that which distinguishes Baptists from all other Christian groups.

"~hlsis our reason for existing as a separate denomination, 11 Eo~vlessafd,

He safd the book which Baptists believe teaches that Christ left nc organi::::i.Lion on earth except his church and no ordinance except hcpf lam and the Lord Is supper.

Lawrence V, Bradley, pastor of Curtis Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga., said the most appalling thing to him -in America is the lack of concern for others,

"~hei?a church becomes preoccupied with its own prestige, when it becomes callous to what happens to people, when it loses vital touch with the sick and sinful, the suffering and the sorrowful, then it ceases to serve as a voice of God calling men to repentance and to faith, 1 I Bradley said,

The Paatorrs Conference closes Tuesday afternoon to make way for the 107th sessf on of the Southern Baptist Convention beginning Tuesday night,

Pastors1 Conference speakers during the final session will include Gregory Walcott of California, television actor and lay evangelist; C.?opge Schweltzer, scientist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and 13. H. Hobbs, pastor of the First Baptist ChuFch of Oklahoma City. Kobbs is a f orrner pyesfdent of the Southern7-Baptist Convention.

by Orville Scott jsv 5,"'19/4 156'1 Sr-uthern Baptist Co~venkion Canvention HaU, Atlantic City, lTb J. W, C, Fields, Press Rep-Seeentative FOR II'%i?O~TION Thee Sonmerkamp, Psess Room hnager

PRESS CON~?ERENCES

If %lie new SBC President-.--- is elected on the first ballot Wednesday (2:85 PM) nc: wiL:! ~eotthe press within thirty minutes after the election results are announced - 'l: 3 'b:?.~ CQD-J~D~LOZ--FOSSYDJ~~t 3 ~30PMa

i!:'khc :;;.esidznLlal election goes into a second ballot (~hui,lsda~,9: 15 AJ!) t,'.:,,:

p22Sou elcctcd vilZ b? Yrocght tc the Press Room shortly after prase~tatianto tho

co~ventiou--possj-blyet i0: 30 AM,

Tne Press Coa2ereilce with Billy Graham, previously announced .fcr Vedncsdap:

3:OC PM1 has been cllirtngzd,

r-bh ; c i'ht;~;layl 1: GO PM

In the Press ROOM

Robe.rt W, S+>rno*FT2~~~~,-&...3cl-;i.i rilwn of the Board, PlTatSonal 'Droadc~sti;ir,g Compauy, wiPi,

Fit? Lji the Press Room meet the press fiiday noon, at the close of Billy Grah~m's

addresso (FIE wZl1 bc preseni;ed the Distirq~ishedCommunications bledal by the SEC

FadLi] acd 'Yelevision Cor.lmission at 1030 AM ard wil.1 address the convention at thts:) X964 .SouZ'hsrn Esptlst Convention Ekecut ive Committee Action Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. Immediate Release Wc C. Herds, 6:Prass Representative Theo Sommrkamp, Press Room bnager

Houston Rec oramended For 1969 Convention

ATTANTIC CITY, by 19--The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will recommend the 1969 session of the Convention meet in Houston the week of ky 19.

Final approval of the meeting site must come from the full Convention at the sessions Wednesday.

The Executive Committee, meeting Tuesday at the Ambassador Hotel in a preconvention session, also approved a loan request for construction of a $600,000 new building for the SBC Radio and Television Commission in Fort Worth.

Plans call for construction ofl %he neQ Radio a&-~elevi.sionCenter iR tilre for a dedication service during the 1965 Convention session in nearby bllas. Its address

I rX in Fort Worth will be 6350 West Freeway.

The commission was authorized to borrow funds for the building againet the value of its present property and against a two-year capital needs allotment from the SBC budget, provided the budget is approved by the Conventicn Wednesday.

In other action, the Executive Committee was authorized to take action as necessary to work out problems which have arisen In administering the Social Security Act ihed-vlng ordained ministers employed by SBC agencies.

Zrhe problems arose when several ordained ministers who are professors at a Baptist school asked the Social Security Administration to rule they do not work for a religious institution, The subsequent Social Security ruling has caused problems for other ordained ministers who are employed by Southern and state Baptist convention agencies,

The Executive Committee also authorleed a three-year survey of Baptist churches throughout the nation to get grass-root involvement In planning denominational emphases for the years after 1969,

The Convention has a special emphasis on "The Church Fulfilling Its Mission." during the years 1965-1969.

In other actions, the Executive Committee voted to establish a $102,309 scholarship fund from the bequest of the late 5. W. Farmer estate. It would benefit students who plan to teach In Baptist schools. Mom Page 2 - Executive Committee Story -2-

The committee also outlined an agreement between the National kptist Convention,

\I.S.A., Inc., and the SBC for future operation of the American Baptfst Theological

Seminary in Nashville, Tenn, The seminary is jointly owned and operated by the

IiaLional Convention, a Negro body, and the SBC. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention ROUNDUP FOR PASTORS' CONEEXBNCE Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J, For Immediate Release Wi Cb Fields, Rress Representctive By Orville Scott Theo Sommerkamp, Psless Room Manager

ATWWIC CITY-Maylg--An urgent appeal for pastors to lead America to repentance and Baptists back to the fundamental practices that made them the nation's largest evengelicol denomin~tionpervaded the Southern Baptist Pcstorst Conference here.

Echoing and re-echoing through the two-day meeting were grim warnings of the dis- astrolas results of declining morals and Christians' lack of concern for the spiritual ondition of others,

Perhaps nuclear scientist George Schweitzer best summed up the concern of most dur$ng the final session when he said:

"As an empirical scientist,,if I am to make a judgment as to why we have no spiritual power, I would say there is no lovc within.

Schweitzer, who teaches at the University of Tennessee in ICnoxville, said he believes modern man can hear the Gospel If Christians will return to it.

"We failed to strike the most powerful blow t'mt could be struck for racial equal- ity," he said. "We are failing to live up to church-state separation and to address our- selves to pertinent problems of the day,"

Schweitzer said Baptists are repudiating the very ogents of their heritage that made them great.

"~ota single person outside our circle fails to see our hypocrisy but fails to see the good news among us."

Schweitzer labeled the possibility of "mass suicidett with weapons today as "no longer a dream, but a potent possibility."

Other key problems Christians must grapple wit@, he said, are a mushrooming world population, moral collapse, a growing loss of individualism and the threat of extremist groups, racial inequality, disregard of fundamental survival techniques and an econow in which machines are replacing men,

He surmises that now a person with an intelligence quotient of 70 or below can readily be replaced by a machine and as time goes on the IQlevel is rising,

"All of these problems have arisen from denial of the sacred qualities of each man," the nuclear scientist said. "The souce of remedy rests in an active living out of the Gospel."

In a similar vein, a former president of Southern Baptist Convention warned that Christians will not begin to cope with problems of the day until the "Lordship of Christ in all of life" becomes not merely a principle to be proclaimed, but a practice to be pursued . Herschel R. Hobbs, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, told the pastors that "if our hearts and lives are truly surrendered to the will of the Lord in all of life, then the world will see, hear, understand and heed."

The pastor of the world's largest Southern Baptist Church warned that the "lights are going out in the world" andl'the land is becoming more paganized."

W. A. Criswell, pastor of the 13,000-member First Bapklst Church of Dallas, said the challenge will not be met without a tremendous program for Christ. He said the answer lies in "every preacher in every pulpit on fire for God."

A television act~rtold the pastors that Jesus Christ is the only solution for the heartaches and conflicts of this heterogeneous society.

"~aveand respect for fellowman is an affair of the heart," said Gregory Walcott, who is also a Southern Baptist lay evangelist, "~ovewill only come when it is poured in the heart by the lovlrg Spirit of the Living God."

WaAcott warned the pastors against feeding people "old time Baptist cliches and traditions and not the claims of Christ. 2...Roundup for Pastors1 Conference

"Sometimes I fell all alonein Hollywood with my convictions, my dreams and ambitions," Walcott sald. "But I have no need to worry or fear because I believe in the Christ of the Bible,"

Grlier %n the meeting, a Florida pastor blasted the ecumenical movement.

Jess C4 Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, Palm Beach, Fla., branded ecumenicity as "a retirement center for superannuated drowsy, non-relevant denominations:'

Moody also rapped "huge, normally respectable denominations" who "go to the back door of the Whlte House to ask for a handout. "Someday the White House will feed them, . , then make them chop wood for their new master," he said,

Moody was elected conference president following his address.

G. Far1 Guinn, president of Louisiana College (~a~tist),Pineville, La., pre-

dicted the coming of a "new church" to meet un-Christian forces sweepitgthe nation into ' moral collapse.

As primary threats to freedom he listed Communism, Catholicism and secularism,

Guinn said the new church will make room for the dissenter, the nonconformist, and will respect the intellectual and protect him.

Other officers are Vice Presideht Padgett C. Cope, pastor of the Middle River Baptist Church, Baltimore, Pld., and Monroe Swilley, pastor of Second Ponce de Leon BaptAst Church, Atlanta, Ga,, secretary-treasurer, 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Final Wrapup Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. Religious Ed Assoc Wc C. Fields, Press Representative Jim Newt on Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

Religious Bducators Honor Past Presidents

ATufdTIC CITY, )Tay, 19 -,-Tile So;xt?lern Bapt 1st Re llgious EducaLlori Association meeting here hono.red f,ts past pyesidents, elected new officers, and adopted conetitutional changes during its eighth annual session which ended here Tuesday.

The religious educator7s ~ranedas their new president Claude W. White of Richmond, associate secretary of the Sunday School Department for the Baptist General Assoclation of Virginia.

The assoclation, meeting at the Ambassador Hotel. Surf Room along- side Atlant-ic City's famous boardwalk, adopted several constitution changes, but not without len~thydebate.

The presidents of regional and state Religious Education Assoo ia- tions had asked the national group to amend its constitution to provide for a president-elect as an officer. The amendment would j.n effect call for election of a president two yeam in advance.

The assockationls findings committee failed to bring the constitutional change beforc the body for a vote and the office of president -elect was not provided,

Outgoinz association president C, Winf ield Rich of I\.!lemphis, Tenn., said the proposed constitutional change will probably come up again next year,

A key arnendmer~t called for election of the associationls president from the church religious education section at least every other year was approved.

The association Is comprised of men and women from three distinct areas of work--church religious educators, teachers, and denominational field workers.

In the past, the presidents of the association have come mainly from the teachers group, and the constitution-amendment was seen by some religious educators as an ef'f'or2t to assure the election of more local church workers,

Another amendment limited the term for all assoclation officers (except see retary-treasurer ) to one year. Miss Grace Knowlton, professor at Southv~resternBaptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, has beell sec~etary-traeasureu7of' the association since it was founded in 1956.

The association paid tr-ibute to its past presidents, presenting to each a certificate of appreciation,

Other newly-elected association officers include three vice presidents, Jimmy Crowe, secretary of the Training Union department of the Louisiana Baptist Convention; Stanton Nash, church administrator for First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga.; and Ernest Loesxner, professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville.

more 0

Page 2 - Final Wrapup - Religious Education Association

Four major addresses were delivered during the two-day conference, held just prior to Southern Baptist Convention sessions here,

In the opening association session, a Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor, William E. Hull, warned that internal strifes of the church demand a clear definition of 11 just what the church is.

he church is angry with itself," Hull told the educators. he world is not attacking the church; indeed, seldom has religion enjoyed such widespread acceptance or at least pollte indifference.

he church flourishes best in divine adversity rather than In human complacency, If he said,

In the closing conference address, A. D. Foreman, Jr. pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn., said he was deeply troubled that Baptist churches are not growing as they should.

J If When we say our churches are growing, maybe in reality they have only been swelling," he said.

11The denomination which seeks quality instead of quantity seems to be making excuses for its lack of growth and admitting that a half'loaf of spiritual bread is as good as a whole loaf, 11 Foreman said.

"A spiritual measure of growth is the true and effective measure, I I he said, I IWhen we judge ourselves by spiritual standards, our Baptist pride should turn to a moan of dismay, It

John M, Price, Jr., dean of the school of religious education at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, was scheduled to speak to the conference, but was unable to attend, W. H, Souther, professor at the New Orleans seminary, spoke in his place,

Chester Swor of Jackson, Miss,, a Baptist evangelist and youth speaker, challenged the relgious educators to permeate their lives with Christian principles which help to be both an efficlent professional and a great Christian. ~964Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. CHURCH MUSIC ROUNDUP W, C. Fields, Press Representative FOR IMMEDIATE REUASE Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room hknager By Gomer Lesch

ATLANTIC CITY, by 19--Southern Baptist church musicians participated in a range of activities from a lesson in shape-note singing in the fa sol la style to a choral performance of "~?'.veMovements from hss in F" by Schubert in their annual two-day conference which ended Tuesday prior to the first session of the Southern Eaptist Corlvent ion.

The shape-note singing came during a talk by William J. Reynolds concerning his new book, "Hymns of the Faith," a handbook to the "Baptist Hymnal."

The Schubert hss was performed by the church choir of bnhattan Baptist Church, New York City, under the direction of Bury1 Red, minister of music. The concert was one of several involving church groups.

"Our intentlon was to magnify in this year's program the Local church music activity," said Gene Bartlett of Oklahoma City, president of the group and state music secretary, Bartlett continues as president for a second year.

New vice-presidents chosen were John Chandler of First Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., representing local church music ministers; Joseph 0. Stroud of Raleigh, state music secretary for North Carolina, representing denominational music workers; and Een S. Johnson, special instructor in music at Southeastern Baptist Theological Serni~ary,Wake Forest, N. C., representing n-~usiceducators*

The meeting registered 156 nzmbers and 461 visitors for a program that included choral concerts by the Adult Choir of First Baptist Church, Laurel, Md.; the combined Junior chojrs of First Eaptist Church, Columbia, S. C.; the Concert Band of Carson-1; :.,man College, Jefferson City, Tenn. ; the a Capella Choir of the North Greenville Junior College, Tigerville, S. C.; the Baptist Hour Choir, R. Worth, Tex. , and the Singi ng Chnrcbmen of Oklahoma.

Other musical highlights were a presentation of Debussy 's h he Prodigal Son, " directed by Ray Connzr, state music secretary for Kansas, with Mrs. Jack Terrell, Russell Newport, and Denny Boyd, soloists; an organ recital by Clyde TTolloway, organist of St, Bartholomew's Church, New York City; and hymn pantom5Ws by a group from First Baptist. Church, Orlando, Fla.

In a message on creative evangelism, Kenneth Chafin, associate professor of evangelism at Southwestern Baptiat Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, emphasized personal witnessing,

"with all of our organhed emphasis on witnessing, we are in dire danger of forgetting the man next door or the family across the street," Chafln said. "we often fail here because we can't put on our witnessing suit, take our Bible, and present ourselves to our neighbor as an interested butunacquainted person. We love our neighbor, and can't avoid presenting ourselves to him as we are." 1964 S outhc sn Baptist Convention Convention Rall, Atlantic City, N, J. W. C. Fields, press rcpresentativc Theo Somiorkmp, prboss room rnanagcr

CORRECTIOB

On Convention 2Iusicians

Tlic dircckor of the Carson lJr3nl:nn Syllphonic nand is listed. in thc prcss box materials as Ticslcy L. Rogers. This in incorrect, His Inst nimc is not Rop;ers, but iiLIcCoy. Plsnse make this chnngu in your list in^; of Convent ion Ii,Iu:usic Arr~;n,.;c:monts,

Rcpca-l;: The director of the Symphonic Rand, Carscn-Wetman College, Jcffcrson City,

Tenn., is \V~sleyL. IlcCoy.

1Ne regrc~tthe mixup. T21anlc you.

Frccs room staff

-30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Iiall, Atlantic City, N. J. 'N. C. fields, press representative Thoo Sommerlramp, press room manager

LOST LO5 T Loslr LOST LOST

from press room table.. ..

M3 Leica 35 xrn Camera Elclar f4 telephoto lcns.

Camcra was in ycllm~paperbag xith pint of Kodalr dcveloper,

If you run across it, please notify thct rcceptio~ist. Thank yau.

- 30- 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C ; Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

ATLANTIC CITY--May 19--Mrs. L. D. Johnson of Greenville, S. C., was elected president of the Conference of Ministers Wives here Tuesday. The conference is an auxi-ry to the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference,

Other officers elected were Mrs. Herbert Howard of Dallas, vice president; Mrs. Joe Causey, Casa Grande, N. M., secretary- treasurer; and Mrs. Robert L. Palmer, of Williamsburg, Ky., corresponding secretary,

Outgoing president of the Conference of Mlnistersf Wives is Mrs. W. C. Link, Jr., of Liberty, Mo.

A tea honoring all pastors wives attending the conference was held preceding the conference program at Christ and St. Paul's Methodist Church.

Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale of New York City addressed the women on he M-inlsterls Wife-A World Citizen. 11 Her husband is the pastor of Marble Collegiate Chuych and subject of the recently released motion picture, "one Man Is Way. t t ATLRNTIC CITY, May 19--Outgoing president K. Owen White of Houston, Tex., called on Southern Baptists Tuesday night to take another lbok at two major problems--theology and race relztions.

More than 10,000 messengers to the 107th annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention heard the dimunitive pastor of Houston's First Baptist Church explain what he felt were the major problems in the 10-million member denomination.

During four days of sessions at huge Convention Hall the messengers from through- out the United States are expected to deal with two issues--Christian unity and a possible North American Baptist fellowship reqxest--and elect a new president.

1,Snite declined to consider a second one-year term for health reasons.

White defined the theological problem as a battle between advocates of pure faith and pure reason, between the supernatural and the natural. He gave this formula:

when a mn walks by faith, he does not abandon reason, but in any decisive ~ornent of conflict, faith supercedes reason. There are some areas of life in which pure reason can rover s:xpply the answer. "

The problem is not simplj a matter of' interpretation of the Scriptures, White said, but the trustworthiness of the relevatioil found there.

Stating his greatest fear is that such trustworthiness in the Biblical revelation would affect the confidence of Southern Baptist young people, White urged messengers to defend the truth.

"How shall a generation of young people know of our complete confidence in absolute trustworthiness and integrity of the Scriptures if we hold our peace when reflection would be cast upon them?"

said history showed that when arly group departed from a firm faith in the absolute trustworthiness and dependability of all the Scriptures, they lmve in the end suffered incalculable spiritual loss.

Achnowledging that some worn out traditions should be forsaken, he reminded that the content of the Christian message should remain the same.

White was critical of scholarship for scholarship's sake.

"Sophistication and conformity to modern thought patterns are no.;; the answer for a lost and bewildered world," he said.

"Part of our trouble my lie in the natural desire for recognition. We want the world to know that we have arrived, that we can take our stand among world-recognized Biblical scholars. We want it to be known that we are familiar with 'modern theological trends ' , "

Another part of the theological problem also may lie in the understandable desire for full accreditation by appropriate agencies, White said. But he insisted that no accrediting agency has the right to determine the content of what is taught or believed, or to interfere with the reasonable administration of a Christian institution.

"What if our loyalty to the trustworthiness of the Scriptures should seem to reflect upon our standing as great Bible scholars? What if it should seem to tarnish our image as progressive, sophisticated leaders? What if some should accuse us of being out of the step with the best thinking of our age?"

White urged Southern Baptists to avoid strife, division, bitterness, and prejudice, "but let us also hold earnestly to the great distinctives of our Christian faith as revealed in God 's word. " On ecurnenicity, White said, "Let us keep separate from that which would dilute our convictions, weaken our denominatioiial life, or bring upon us the spiritual lethargy which has befallen others. We wish our sister denominations well in their efforts to exalt Christ as Lord."

On race relations, White said those people who say Southern Baptists have done nothing in this area are either ignorant of the facts or misinformed.

"Two of the first institutions to be desegregated in the South were Southern Baptist colleges. We have spoken out on several occasions in clear-cut statements. Some of our churches have Negro members. Many are seating them in the congregation, mny have openly stated the basis upon which they receive members, regardless of race."

"~otevery violent revolution, even though it has good purposes in view is born of God, " White said of the race question.

"We are making progress--good progress--but by the very nature of our democratic, New Testament way of life we shall do more by proceeding prayerfully, lovingly, and courageously upon the local level than by making great, sweeping pronouncements."

White called on all Southern Baptists to ask God to probe their consciences on race relations and guide them to do his will.

On a11 issues, including race, White emphasi.zed that the Southern Baptist Convention has no authority over the local church and desires none.

White's advice to fellow messengers was to continue to share the gospel, relating it courageously and fully to every area of human life.

The race relations issue also was dealt with by the keynote speaker, Enoch C. Brown, pastor of Shandon Baptist Church, Columbia, 5. C. He expressed it this way:

"Our churches point the way to Christ not by social and economic reform but through lives made new in Christ.

"Unwise accusations are being hurled at the church in this time of racial strife when she refuses to take precipitant action with regard to eruptive social problems."

Brown said New Testament Christians did not undertake crusades to persuade the Roman government to outlaw great wrongs such as slavery.

"The reason was not that they were indifferent to those wrongs but that they were engaged in a much more fundamental work. Because they recognized that the roots of all wrongs are in the hearts of men, their efforts were directed toward the regenera- tion of those hearts. I' ATLANTIC CITY, May 19--Soutl-lern Baptists turned their attention from social to doctrinal issues here Tuesday as they completed preliminary meetings and prepared for the annual Southern Baptist Convention.

More than 10,000 messengers are expected to kick off the four-day 107th convention of Southern Baptists in huge Convention Hall Tuesday night.

A seminary professor and a Texas preacher did most of the focusing on Baptist doctrine.

Wayne E. Ward, associate professor of theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky ., dealt with the "once saved--always saved " concept. Charles C . Bowles, pastor of First Baptist Church, San Antonio, Tex., asked preachers to take a closer look at the meaning of cardinal church ordinances.

Ward called the concept of "once saved--always saved" hear.: often from Southern kpti.st pulpits a "famS.l.j.ar half truth. " Here's the way he explained it:

"Many people propound the wards "once saved--always save6 If and mean that once they hve walked down the aisle and made a profession of faith, with what they call a 'genuine experience' the whole salvation transactioli has been co~npleted.

"It is signed, sealed and delivered, and they can coast the rest of the way. Like a rocket leaving the launching pad, if they can muster up enough faith to blast off, the momentum of that initial experience will carry them through to heaven.

?]hat these people do not realize is that the Christian lire is a 'powered flight' all the way. It is not a matter of one big bang and you are in orbit."

\.lard introduced his address by reminding there is an "excitingt1theological debate going on today among Southern Baptists wit11 many of the old doctrinal cliches being examined, attacked, re-interpreted and--in some cases--rejected.

his is a cause for rejoicing," Ward said. "~aptistshave never been slaves to a creed, and every theological statement must be repeatedly subjected to scrutiny, and re-evaluation in the light of Holy Scripture."

Ward called the re-evaluation a painful process, especially for preachers, because sometimes whole sermGns are destroyed and familiar patterns of thought shaken.

"worst of all, a preacher may be required to confess that he is plainly wrong in what he has been preachine. For a Baptist preacher, this is the supreme sacrifice," Ward said.

\lard told the preachers they must warn Christians not to coast on the strength of a past religious experience, but urge them to press on toward maturity with the preachers leading the way in Christian growth.

In dealing with Baptists and the ordinances, Bowles reminded the preachers "we accept the Bible as the inspired, infallible and all-sufficient guide for both faith and practice of those who follow Jesus.

"1t is not to be supplemented by the traditions of the fathers, syllabi of the popes, decrees of the councils nor the conveniences of the people."

Bowles said the Bible teaches Christ left no organization on the earth except his church and no ordinance except baptism and the Lord's Supper.

"These institutions have been so greatly changed and perverted that it is no easy task to uncover and maintain their original simplicity and purity," he said.

Bowles identified the comnd to baptize as "essentially a command to immerse. Christian baptism was an immersion in water, always with a proper reference to Christ and be some authorized person, " he said. 2-Roundup for Tuesday PMs

The command to observe the Lord's Supper is a commnd to commemorate Jesust life, Bowles said. He emphasized it was not a communion service,

"~aptistshave no hesitancy about communion with our fellow Christians, but this has nothing to do with the Lord's Supper," he said.

Bowles said Baptists are misunderstood by those who contend Baptists have no right to exclude any of God's people from the Lord's Supper.

"The answer is simple. Christ did. He did not invite all of the believers of his day when he instituted the supper," Bowles said.

The doctrinal spea~ersshared the conference podium with hwrence V. Bradley, pastor of Curtis Baptist Church, Augusta, Ca,; James L. Sullivan of Nashville, Tenn., executive secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Board, and W. A. Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas.

The Dallas church with more than 12,000 members is the largest in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Chosen president of the Pastors' Conference was Jess Moody, pastor of First Baptist Church, West Palm Beach, Fla. He succeeded Wayne Dehoney of Jackson, Tenn. 1964 S uthern Baptist Convention Por Infomation Conventi n Hall, Atlantic City, N. 3. W. C, Fields, Frees Representative Theo Somerkamp, Press Room kknager

First Wman Delegate To Southern Baptist Convention

In 1877 Mrs. Myra E. Graves registered as a delegate to the Soutllern Baptirt Can- vention meeting in New Orleans, La. A member of the Brsnhm Baprbt Church, BrenIum,

Tax,, she wae tlm first woman delegate.

She registered again in 1882. Both times when the list of delegates was read and seated she was presented to the Convention as M, E. Graves without any title to identify her ae a women.

In 1885 two women from Arkansas registered aa delegates. This cauaed many E the men attending to be quite concerned. A committee of five was appointed to atud~the matt r.

The cammittee recomaended that the Constitution be changed so that iwtead of the

Convention being composed of fhembere" it would be made up of "brethren." ThSa carried by a vote of 131 to 42 and remained in effect until 2918 when "brethren" was replaced by ''messengers. " Baptist Jubf lee Conventf on FOR INFORMATION

PRESS PHOTOS

NORTH AMERICAN EiAPTIST FJOMEN MEET. Membcrs of' the North American Baptist Women's Union met for a luncheon during the Baptist Jubilee

celebration in Atlantic City. Progrzrn personalities were : (left to right =+ standing) Mrs. Judson Levy, Ontario, Quebec; Mrs. Rudd; Mrs. William McMurry, president g Mrs. Harm Sherman; (seated ) Mrs. hodge; Mrs. Bernard Hogan, soloist; Mrs. Major Johnson; Mrs. Kenneth Nelson; Dr. Zelma George, featured speaker; Mrs. P.S. Milkinson; and Mrs. H. Hurley Baird.

ROBERT SARNOFF RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS AWARD. (left to right) Robert Sarnoff, hoard chairman of National Broadcastin? Co., and Paul M. Stevens, executive secretary of the Southern Baptist Radio and Televl- sion Cornmlsslon.

PAUL STEVENS AND ROBERT SARNOFF VIEW MODEL OF RADIOL~TVCOMMISSION BUI LS)ING .

MA OPENING SESSION ~RSONALITIES. (left to r1:;l~t) Hon. Harold Stassen, Brooks Hays, John G. Siefenbekcr and Theodore F. Adams. 1964 Southern Baptist Convention Immediate Release Convention IIall, Atlantic City, N. J. W, C. Relds, press representative Thco Sommerkmp,prbss room manager

Iron Curtain Refhgeos In~pireW onen Delegates

ATLAITTIC CITY, May 19--Refbgeea From behind the "Iron Curtain" inspired the delegates to thti :.annual meeting of Southern Baptists ' Woman's Missionary ITnion by a concert ofsncred music.

The 45-member orchestra is conlposecl of refugees and members of their families who fled to America from the hardships of Communist domination. Tho age range of members of the orchestra is from six pars to 50 years, In some cases two or throe m~mborsof the same familyare in the orchestra.

Tho director, Laonid Jefe~nwicz, has had no formal training in music, but he is an expert in composition and in arrnnying music for his orchestra. Sometimes there are as many as nine different parts being playsdon the domras (stringed instruments shaped like a oantoloupe cut in half), the bnlainikss (t;'rion,ylar stringod idstnrrnonts ) and the double bags Galalaiknd (si_';i~~rtoLhc'bass violin).

Jsfemavicz,a native of Rostov, Russia, fled from East Germany in 1949 where he was a forced laborer, Tho son of a Baptist minister, now living in California, he is a machinist in Johns-PIIanville Cn, in I~,Ianville,IT. J. Hc dedicates most of his spare tho to the activities of the orchestra, which practices three times a wehk and puts on sacred conccrts wheneverand ~vhr,rc;vcrinvited.

The instruments on which thc orchestra plays wore marmf~cturedin Russia md East Germany.

Tha orchostra is a volunteer organization that finances itself from tho pockets of its mn members who are dedicated .to thL ~ploryof Gad through church music. Tho members all belong to two Russian Bapti3.t churches--the First Russian Baptist Churoh in South River, N. J., and tho first Russian Baptist Church in Nevrark, N. J.

Tho pastor of thc South Rivrr church, Daniol Shcyd.a, says that in addition to helping the two churches in the music program the orchcstra serves tho purpose of g%ng tho young pcoplc something construc-tivo to do, thus kceping .them out of trouble.

Mast of the mcmbcrs of the orchostra aith thcir parcnts went through thc Second World War. Thoy wero later assisted in coning tn America by Baptists in the United States.

In the concert bcforo tho Woman's Missionary Union tho orchcstra proscntod the Ukranian "~sWill Hold me Fast," an arrangement of "Thc Old Hugged ~ross,"and the Russian freedom song, "star of EIopc is Rising in Our ~thorland."

Written by Barry Garrett

ts--5/19 1964 Southern: Baptist Convent ion Convention Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. FOR RI3IEASE: W. C, Fields, Press Representative 8:15 P.M. Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager TUESDAY, MAY 19

"FOR LIBERTY AND LIGHT"

PFESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

K. 0. White

In this year of jubilee we are marking one hundred and fifty years of srganized, cooperative Baptist missionary endeavor in our nation. This would indicate that there is something virile and stable about our Baptiet way of life. During these days much reference will be made to our Baptist forefathers. From the days of the Jerusalem New Testament believers (of whom we are at least spiritual descendants), through the early centuries, on into the Middle Ages, and down to contemporary believers, individuals and groups have held tenaciously to certain great Biblical truths which hzve been the "hallmark," the distinctive characteristic, of the people called Baptists.

tr_ootthe past we are indebted, We dare not forget the stock from which we came, We are indebted forever to the grace and faithfulness of God, and I;o the faith and dedication of certain men and women who "believed ~od"and who in the midst of unbelief, opposition, pressure, persecution and ridicule I I hewed a st~aightcourse" by the Word of God. We shall do well to remember :hat even '~hough they were moulders of history and faithful protagonists of the divine will and purpose, they were frequently "stoned, . . . sawn ssundcr, . . . tempted, slain with the sword, ''held in cont~rnpt, regarded with scorn and cast out of society. To the ~astwe are indebted, Some of the things which are now being referred to as "traditional institutional structures'' actually have their roots in great historic, unchanging truths. There 1s a difference between that whlch is historlc and that which is nerelyi traditional! $. The Christian revelation took place in history and must be interpreted historically by men who are currently participants in the historical scene. The revelatLon deals with that which is historical and while this revela- 5ionQ"ten appeared among those who were "traditionalists," the supreme feature of it is that it is more than histdrfcal - it is true. To the past %.-are indeb1;,eA, and wisdom and gratitude shall have departed from us if we forget this.

The present is ours. It grew out of the past. It is rooted in the past. It is ours to evaluate and ours also to mould and maintain, Not a11 that happened in the past was good. Mot all that prevailed in the past ought to be maintained now or be projected into the future. Some things aboutflthe good old days" were not good at all! However, judgmelit and conirnon sense, enlightened by revealed truth as the scriptures record if for all generations, say to us that there is much in the past history of our nation and of our denomination which has been basic and vital in our continual growth and strength and must not be abandoned. The present is ours to face and to use for the glory of God.

For the future we must also feel a deep sense of personal res-ponsi- bility. If we have received a heritage from our forefathers we ,must pass on a correspondingly rich heritage to those who follow ~s.To glory in s Jubilee Year, representing l5O years of Elaptist missionary effort in our nation, but to be unconcerned about the present or indifferent to the future would be tragic. -2- Revised K. 0, White *s Speech

THE THEOLOGICAL ATMOSPHEm

To us much has been committed and from us much will be expected. Evangelical Christians derive their strength and purpose from complete commitment to the Living Word of God, the Logos, the Lor;d Jesus Christ. The Living Word "became flesh and dwelt among us" and it was inevitable that God would move upon the hearts of certain men to take their pens and leave a written record of this all-significant event in human history.

Since the time of the canonizing of the New Testament the Living Word of God and the written Word have been mutually interdependent. We look to both as completely authoritative. Denominations which make much of the written Word of God historically have placed great emphasis upon obedience to the~ivin~Word of God. Frequently it has been said Baptists and also bz us that we aye I' a people of the ~ook.'' Looking to the Scriptures as the final authority, under the illumination of the Holy Spirit, for guidance In every area of life has made Baptists and some other denominations great. I believe the overwhelming majority of Southern Baptists, both pastors and people, have a deep and burning desire that we should ever be characterized by this same sort of loyalty to the Scriptures.

To be sure that we understand each other fully, let it be understood that when we speak of our theolo~~we are referring to our Biblical doctrines, to what we believe about God, about Christ, about the Bible, about the gospel, about conversion and regeneration, about the basic truths

from which the whole Christian way of llfe stems. In this all-important ' area of our denominational life we face problems. What then are these problems and what can we do about them?

Through the years the area of conf roversy, the battleground, has been between pure faith and pure reason, between the supernatural and the natural: When a man walks by faith he does not abandon reason, but in any decisive momenf...of coni'lict faith. . .. supercedes reason. There-.a_re-.sLo2me,are~as -of XLCe-in which .res+$eri~an-~rrer,s~u~_~.l~~t~e-a_nsw~. The statement that the Scriptures "say what they mean and mean what they say" has perhaps at times been misunderstood. It calls for careful study and analysis under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. In so stating we are calling for no more than a reasonable literalism. Many Biblical staternenGs must be regarded as literal. John said (1 John 1:1), h hat which-NOS from the beginning, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; vwhich means that the apostles used three of the five senses (seeing, hearing, and touching) in experiencing the Living Word of God both before the I resurrection and after. An unreasonable literalism appears absurd when I we look at the words of Jesus in which he claims to be "the door" or "the vine," When Jesus said that His followers are "the salt" or "the light," do you interpret these words literally?

The point at issue is really not that of interpretation. There is room for wide difference of interpretation, although there are some inter? pretatlons completely out of harmony with the rest of the Scriptures, which' are therefore very likely untenable for the ovelwhelming majority of Southern Baptists. The point at issue is not interpretation--it is the trustworthinesg of. the .revelation as found in the written Word!

It has been said that we need no defenders of the Scriptures, that the Bible 4s neither leaning nor limping and so does not need our support. To be sure, human defense of the supernatural is superfluous -- but we need witnesses to the truth-! The Bible will stand because of the supernatural strength inherent within it, "For the word of God is livirig and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword1' (~ebrews4:12). The Bible iz the -3- Revised K. 0. White's Speech record of the coming of the Livlng Word of God and will not succumb to the doubtings, questionings, if subversive attacks of men. It is not the Scriptu~esfor which we fear, rather it is the faith of the people, particularly the young people, in the trustworthiness of the $cri~tures for which we have apprehension.

My wife is a pure, dependable, loyal companion. I have perfect con- f idence in her character and conduct. If, however, certain individuals should attack her character and conduct and accuse her of questionable activities, I would not merly respond to this by saying that she is capable of standing on her own feet and defending herself. I would come to her support. I would let it be known that her husband trusted her and believed in'her. In other words, I would bear witness to my confid- ence in her integrity.

How shall a generation of young people know of our complete confidence in the absolute trustworthiness and integrity of the Scriptures if we hold our peace when reflectfon would be cast upon them? Unfortunately, even sincere, earnest scholarship can be misled and can mislead others. No one of us would intentionally reflect upon the character or motives of anyone else, put we cap afford to sav occasionallv that there are some directi~ns in which Southern I&&.

It seems fair to say that faith in the Bible as God's supernaturally revealed word, and obedience to the Bible in the organization and operation of our local churches have made us what we are today as a New Testament denomination. If we are what we are because of the Scriptures, this ought to be true in denominational promotion, institutions, and all agencies.

History Indicates that when any group has departed from a firm faith In the absolute trustworthiness and dependability of the Scripture; they have in the end suffered incalculable spiritual loss,

We live in an exact, scientific age. Research calls for subjecting the Scriptures to the disciplines of history, archaeology, psychology, and anthropology, But we need have no fear; the wrltten Word will stand the test and will corlt fnue to reveal the Living Word to the hearts of humble, believing men. Highly trained, intelligent, practical-mirided young people, liqing in an atmosphere of academic agnosticism and a world of growlng materialism, may not accept the time-honored confidence of believers in the dependability of God's Word. Rf~ardlessof this, our responsibility for lovingly and faithfully transmitting our Scriptural heritage is as great as ever,

In this connection Evangelist Vance Havner has said, "it is not our responsibility to make the message acceptable (palatable), but it is our responsibility to' make it available. " We are not making the message available unless we take it to people where they are. We are not making it available unless we proclaim it in language which is plain and straight- forward, rather than technical and ambiguous. We are not really making it available unless we apply it to their particular need.

In this respect some worn-out traditions may indeed be farsaken. We do not live in a horse and buggy age, Ours is jet-propelled. This, howevw, does not involve the content of our message. It involves only the.means for reaching the greatest possible number of people in e constzhtly chang- ing world, with a changeless message which meets the unchanging need of nen. It is at this very point that we are facing some of our most dls- turbing problems, , .

The message jof the Gospel has never been accepted by multitudes of those who have heard it. "1f the preaching of the cross" was foolishness to many in Paul's day, it may be foolishness to many in our day. They may

More -4- Revised K, 0, W!~ltetsSpeech laugh, scoff, ignore, or disdain it, but some, thank God, will accept it. Some seed falls upon the rocks, some among thorns,' some Is caught away by ' birds of the air, but some falls into responsive hearts and minds and bears fiiuit. . Here 1ie.s our ho~e! The Living Word ever shines through the wi-ittm Word, Both are completely dependable, In Christ and in obedience to His Word we find our salvation, both individually and denominationally. Scholar- ship in itself, sophistication and conformity to modern thought patterns are not the answer for a lost and bewildered world,

Part of our trouble may lie in the natural desire for recognition. We want the world to know that we have arrived, that we can take our stand among world-recognized Biblical schola13s. We want it to be known that we aye familiar with "mod.ern theological tr nds." We should keep abreast of what othei7s are thinking and writing, but it is doubtfu.1 that the preaching of Southern Baptists should be moulded by any and all "modern Theological trends, " There is a difference between revelation and speculation. ldho guarantees that these trends are in the right direction The fact that a certain teacher or author is rather widely known or avidly read does not necessarily commend him as a safe leader in the theological world. It is not those portions of Scripture which we cannot understand that keep us from being bettec-Ch~:s.tians -Qyt .rather those portions-..which we understand all *. too wel? but are unwil&lng_$o live up to! - -. . . "\a .. -

A part of the px70blem may lie in the understandable desire for full accredi-bation by appropria'ce agencies, Here we have faced some very real problems and perhaps scme undue pressure, Accreditation is standardization; you want a 36~inchyx~?d, a 4-quart gallon of gasoline, a 100-cent dollar -- so in q school you want a certain number of hours of work led by men of certaf n minimv.m training in a context of specified minimum equipment such as library, But no accrediting agency has the right to determine the con- tent of what is taught- or believed, or to interfere with the reasoilable adrninlstration of a .Christian Institution,

In many areas Christians may have to choose between the offense of the cross and the plaudits of the world, between "the wisdom of thfs world" and divine revelatian, In the area of Biblical scholarship we may have to make some rather firm choices, It may be necessary for us to consider whether we are to seek fLrst the acclaim of men or the approval of God, What if our loyalty to the trustworthiness of the Scriptures should seem 1 to reflect upon our standing as great Biblical scholars What if it should ' seem to tarnish our image (in the eyes of some) as progressive, sophisti- cated leaders? What if some should accuse us of being "out of step" with the best thinking of our age? We could be even laughed at, or ridiculed (perish the though',''!, I do not think that Southern Baptist are losing their standing as Biblical scholars! In spite of having come laygely frzorn a ~ural, unsophisticated background, we are building more and stronger institutions, and 1 believe we want them anchored flymly to the Book. Let 1s keep them that way! We may not folJow the main stream of contemporary religious thought which flows on relentlessly toward ecumenical non-entity and paraly- sis of conviction and personal faith, but let us hold to the lordship of Christ as He Zs exalted in the Scriptures and prove to all the world that thls gives us compassion and concern for our fellow-man,

What saith th.e Scripture? "1f the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do (psalm 11~3). If we occasionally take a firm but unpop- ular stand on aatters of doctrine and-practtce, we are in good company: hen Peter and the apostles answered, and said, we ought to obey God rather than men" (4 cts 5:29). My beloved brethern, comnromise and weak y onciliatioi~nevep liiade a better world and never will! Trace the footsteps of the New Testament believers, Did they leave sweet peace and harmony More -57 Revised K. 0, Whitens Speech behlnd them everywhere? Acts 4: 18 - "~ndthey called them, and commailded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus." Verse 21, "SO when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might puntsh them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. " Acts 5: 17-18 - hen the high priest rose up, and a12 they that were with him, and were filled with indignation, and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison, I l Verse 40 - 'hnd to him they agyeed: and when they had called the apostles, and bea$en them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesuk, and let them go." Acts 14: 4, 5 - "~utthe multitude of the city was div-ided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles," Acts 16: 22 -- I IAnd the multitude rose up together against them: and the mag- istrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them." Acts 17: 5, 6 - "~utthe Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows - of the basell sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also." Acts 19: 23, 24 - "~ndthe same time there arose no small stir about that way. 11 Sweet harmony and peace did not always accompany or follow them!

Let us avoid strife, division, bitterness, and prejudice, but let us

also hold earnestly to the great distinctives of our Christian faith as * revealed in Godls IzTord. Let us keep separate from that which would dilute our convictions, weaken our denom~nationallife, or bring upon us the spiri- tual,let;'hargy which has befallen others. We wish our sisteP denominations well in their efforts to exalt Christ as Lord. Recognizing and confessing our own shortcomi~s,let us pay the price of eternal vigilance in preserv- ing and expanding that which we have under God.

his Present World I'

Many words could be used to chax-acterize it. It is a chan:;ing world, and the changes occur.with bewildering frequency. Internationally there is tension, suspicion, open hatred, uncertainty, bewilderment, cpnfusion, Old, well-established customs, procedures, and even moral and ethical con- cepts have gone by the board, This has resulted in d.isrespect, irreverence, recklessness and lawlessness.

A population explosion has multiplied the physical and spirttual needs and hungers of millions of people, Overcrowding and underprivilege leave a multitude of our fellow men and women in appalling ciycu~stances, Travel, radio, television and other news media bring most of the world into one great community,

We are confronted by soul-staggering need and Incomparable oppartunity, ,Tf we lose the battle at home and allow the ffres of evangelism to flickel* and di.e, the imsenetrable d.arkness of eternal night shall. settle down won the other ~eonlesof earth, Desperate circumstances call for urgent methods, Our Christian faith is challenged by atheistic, Communism, materialistic humanism arid the realistic possibility of a thermonuclear holocaust. Za the judgment of God upon human rebellion and moral dereliction at hand

For times like these is there an answer If so, what is it The Bible sqys thew is an answer, Where do we begin 2 Chronicles 7: 14 - t! If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themse1v.e~~and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive theiy sin, and will heal their land." First, -6- Revised I<, 0, Whitefs Speech

we ourselves must repent, confess our sin and seek God's face (involving His will for us individually) Revival upon a widespread scale, including radical changes in our whole way of life, is our imperative need! We must have such revival -- or else! With all our experience, our organizations, our techniques, our methods and our programs -- we are not getting the job done! Are we by chance numbered among those 11 having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof"? Have we unconsciously ren- dered the word of God (in our case) of none effect by -our traditions and excuses? If we are not gettiw the job done, where lies the answer? Revival must be followed by a great, dynamic, spirit-filled forward thrust in evangelism. hst year the hearts of hundreds of us were thrilled by the New Life Movement in Southeast Asia. Assuredly, CQdis hand was in it: Is He showing us the way to inaugurate and share in an urgent crash pro- gram of missionary evangelism to help meet the appalling desolation of pagan lands? I think so, I think we had better get our heads, our hearts, our prayers, our resources together in movements of this nature around the yorld , It is not the only answer, but ' it -is an answer, and S am convinced that it is God's answer.

Race Relatfonships

Among other problems at home we face the very difficult matter of finding a solution to a growing and urgent challenge in the area of race relationships. Never let it be said that Christians in general or Southern Baptists in particular are indifferent toward any "for whom Christ died,'' Never let it be said that we are more concerned about the maintenance of the status quo than the welfare of human beings. He who says that Southern hptists have done nothing in this direction is either ignorant of the facts or misin- formed, Two of the first institutions to be desegregated in the South were Southern Jhptist colleges. We have spoken out on several occasions in clear-cut statements. Some of our churches now have Negro members, Many are seating them in the congregation, many have openly stated the basis upon which they receive membera, regardless of race.

The president of the convention pas participated in several conferences on,this v3.tal matter, has spoken to bi-racial groups, is now a member of an active inter-faith, bi-racial committee of fourteen,

Not every violent revolution, even though it has good purposes in view, is born of Gad, The cross-currents, the undercurrents, the impact of long-standing customs, the presence of subversive elements and radical leadership make the solution to the matter all the more difficult. We are malciw progress - good progress - but by the very nature of our democratic, New Testament way of life we shall do more by proceeding prayerfully lovingly, and courageously upon the local level than by =king great, sweeping pro- nouncements, By a31 means let each of us, and therefore, all of us, ask God to probe our: conscience and guide us to do His will.

Let It be said to the press and to all the world that Southern Baptists do have a conscience, and that their Christian conscience is awake, tl;at they are not silent and withdrawn from the realities ofhdern life. That we are not always moved as decisively and urgently as we should be, we confess, But we are on the march!

Since we have no ecclesiastical hierarchy, and ours is not an Episcopal form of church government, the Convention as such has no authority over the local churches and desires none! The Convention assembled in annual session can inform, suggest, and challenge to action, but that is all,

Some would do well to inform themselves as to what is happening among our aht ti st institutions in the matter of desegregation, Permit me to say that in my judgment a little more of "tolerance," love, . sympathetic understanding, patience and Chrisitan forbearance one toward another in these days of soul travail would not be out of order. Determining Our Goals

"The world will stand aside to let that man pass, who knows whem he is going." The world in its present state of confusion may at least give some heed to a Bible- based, New Tes$ament denomination which clearly indicates that it has distinctive goals and purposes which it is determined to put into action, What are some of our most vital goals and purposes? L. To live to the glory of God,

This may seem trite or over-pious, but it isn't, Jesus was always concerned about -. . . . - -. More -7- Revised K, 0, White's Speech

doing His Fatherts will and glorifying His name. John 17: 4 - "I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." The writers of the New everything shall Testamznt clearly indicate that we -* are and do be to the praise of His glory (Ephesi-ans 1: 12) . This wholehearted desire anddetermination revealed In every area of our denominational life would eliminate many of the human problems which plague us,

2 To proclaim the message of thc Gospel of Christ in plain, positive, ~iblicalterms.

Paul clearly staked the essential facts of the Gospel in First Corinthicns 15: 1-4, "b!oreover, bretk:cn, I declare anto you the gospel which 7: preached unto you, which also ye haw received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain, For I delfvered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scr.i-p3;uros; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scrLpk~.-res.,'I

Tne Old 'I'cstame~~tprophet said,, "What shall I say?" The answer was given: "All flesh $s grass, and 311 the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flover fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the pecple is grass, The grass witihereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for eve^" (1ss.Lah 40: 6-8).

The twentieth century prophet asks the same question. The reply? "Preach the Word." FJhat does the Word say about .Jesus Christ our Lord? That He is pre-existent, that He shared the glory of God bezore tile world existed; that He is divine; that He was supernaturally and m~.raculouslyvirg2n-bsrn; that He lived, preached, taught, healed and revealed His glofj 2n the flesh; -t;hdt Hc: died a substitutionary death for each of us at Calvary; that He carfie back from dz2Lh ill bod?-ly form; thst He went back in person to His Father's house; that Hz now occ~z-~iesn p~s2G5on of pover at God's right hand and that in God's own time Iie will return in 2erson.

The Word ~.;lso says ,I?=.% IIe 5.s the Savior, and the only Savior of men and that men can be saved only "Ly gracz, tkirough faith" in Him, This is the central, primary, all- irn'lsor'tan'c messagc whl;.ch we aye cmsissioned to p-oclaim,

If we sp~ildour tilce de~liugwith the issues which ale the practical outworking of the Gospel message but neglect to emphasize and nake clear the only way of personal re- dern2tion we shall hclt 33az the air, Having made that clear we go on immediately to say that wc+I-~-----_ nust not and dare not negl-ect the practical outworking of this marvellous ~osp-el message. We ----must relate It courageously and fully to every area of human life. 30 World O~ztreach -+- .-----.- As alw~ys,"thc r':ielc? i-r: th? ~world," However, the twentieth century world differs in rnzlny lespccts from the first century worl' It is larger because of population Pucrease, y~tit is smllw in thdt the modern means of transportation and communication have cauaqd 5.t ta s3rink in accessibility,

It is characterized by remarkable progress in general knowledge and scientific achi~vement, It has moved rapidly from the mechanical age, to the atomic age, to the spzxe Gge, The crn$~~asisupon unterial progress constitutes a challenge to spiritual progress, bat in this------urea we are losing the battle. Surely, Sout1:crn Baptists are come to the kingdom "for such an hour as this." With hearti? single to the glory of God, with clearly defined objectives and purposes, with a positive; plain scriptural message, with a deep sense of urgency, with a great, united Po-sward thrust in evangelism which shall envision and encompass the whole world, we must now address ourselves to our r~s;lonsibilitywith a seriousness of' purpose which will meet the appalling needs and unpreczdented clrcumstances which surround us. The world hastens on 9n its atheistic, profane, itmoral, brainwashed, materialistic way, to certain and perhaps cataclysmic juSgrncnJc and destruction, In this world stand ten million Southern Baptists, commissioned -i;o bear witness to the redemption which is "in Christ Jesus," &y God have mercy upon us if selfishness, worldliness, pride, or any lack of dedication upon our part weakens or nullifies our Christian witness. Paraphrasing the well-known words of Sir Winston Churchill, spokor, a*[;a tirue of crisis in material warfare, may we in a time of world crisis in spiritual walnfare now say, "~etus so conduct ourselves and address our- selves to our duty, that if the world and Sorlthcsn Baptists shall live a thousand years, men shall say of us, 'this was their finest hour, '" 1964 Southern Eaptist Convention - ConventSon Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. W. C. Fields, Press Representative Theo Sommerkamp, Press Room Manager

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS

PIX # 1

EAPTISTS COMPARE BADGES, Southern Baptist Claude Roy of Battle Creek, BIich. (lef't)and American Baptist Hubert W. Byrd of Pleasanthill, Calif. compare badges during registration for their convention in the foyer of Cohvention Hall at Atlantic City.

WORLD MISSIONS FAMILY. The Mefford brothers and their wives are In missions at horne and abroad. Mr. and Ws, Joe Mefford (left), missionaries to Spain, discuss a tape recording with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mefford, missionaries to Choctaw Indians in Mississippi. The recording was a part of their combined presentation on missions to the W Convention in Atlantic City.

PASTORS ELECT. Jess Ikody, pastor of the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla, (left) was elected president of the Southern Baptist Pastorst Conference, Vice president Is Padgett C, Cope (right), pastor of Middle Rtver Baptist Church, Baltimore, $43. Secretary-treasurer is Monroe SwilLey (not shown), pastor of Second Poncc de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta.