Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals Arkansas Baptist History 11-19-1957 Our Maximum for Christ: One Hundred Fourth Annual Session, Arkansas Baptist State Convention 1957 Arkansas Baptist State Convention Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/abscannuals Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Organizational Communication Commons Recommended Citation Arkansas Baptist State Convention, "Our Maximum for Christ: One Hundred Fourth Annual Session, Arkansas Baptist State Convention 1957" (1957). Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals. 99. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/abscannuals/99 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Arkansas Baptist History at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ARKAnSAS BAPTIST Sf AT f con vf nT Ion • • OU . MAXIMU FO C·HR ' • • HELD AT IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH • LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS November 19-21, 1957 • • NEXT SESSION • FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH liTTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS November 18-20, 1958 1957 ANNUAL of the AwIkailll§ffi§ JRaIP1tll§tt §tt:a1te C CO) illl V e illl1tn CO) illl in the ONE HUNDRED FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION (109TH YEAR) held at IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS November 19-21, 1957 Edited By W. DAWSON KING 111 Baptist Building Little Rock, Arkansas Next Session Will Be Held November 18-20, 1958 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS "If God Permit" W. HAROLD HICKS Little Rock Preacher of Annual Sermon W ALTER W ARMA TH El Dorado Alternate TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Audits ______________________________________________________________________________ _ Constitution 11 Convention Committees ____ _ 31 Boards and Committees: Assembly ____ __________________________ _ 7 Arkansas Baptist College (Advisory) _________________________ _ 10 Baptist Foundation ____________ ______________________ _ 7 Baptist Historical Society ____________ _ 7 Baptist Hospital 8 Baptist Memorial Hospital 8 Baptist Orphanage 8 Camps Board of Control ___________________ _ 9 Civic Morality 9 Executive ________ __________________ ______________________ ______________ _ 5 Gambling Committee _______________________________ _ 29 Ministerial Education ____________________________________________________ _ 9 Nomination ___________________________________________________________ _ 35 Ouachita College ________ ______________________________ _ 9 Southern Baptist College ___ _ 10 Temperance League (Committee) _____________________ _ 10 Use of Tax Money (Committee) _________________ _ 27 Directory of Convention ________________ ____________________ _ 3 Directory of Ordained Ministers________ __________________ _ 50 Historical Directory __ _ ____________ _ 17 Messengers of .convention _______________________ _______________ _ 36 Proceedings of Convention __________________ _ 19 Recommendations of Executive Board and Convention 21 Recommendation-Changes in Constitution 20 Reports: Arkansas Baptist ___________________________ _______________ 70 Arkansas Baptist Assembly ___________________ 24 Brotherhood _______________________________________ ______________ 71 Budget _________________________________ :____________________________ _____ ___________ 92 Camps Board of Control _______ _________________ ________________ 25 Chaplains' Work __________________ 72 Church Music _____________________ ______________ _________________ _ 77 Civic Morality ___ _____________ __________________________ 109 Cooperative Program _________________ _______________ _______________________ 85 Evangelism ___ _________________________ _________________________ _____________________ 81 Executive Board ___________ ____________________ _________________ 83 Foundation Recommendations _____________________________________________ 27 and 93 Foreign Missions _________________ __________________________ ________________________________ 93 Home Missions ________ _____ ________ _ ______ _ _ _____ ____________ __ ____ _ 95 Hospitals _____________________________________________________________________________ 96 and 100 Nominations ______________ _____________ _______ ______________________ 5-10 Obituaries____________________ ________________________ 34 Orphanage ______________________________________________________________ 70 Ouachita College Campaign and Report _______________________ 28, 29 and 74 Radio and Television ______ __________________________________________________ 102 Resol utions _______________________________________________________________________________________ 32 Retirement Plans _________________________ _____________________ 104 Seminaries ___ __________________________________________________________________________ 105 Southern Baptist College____________________________ ___________________________________ 76 State Missions ___ ____________________________________________________ 109 Student Union ________ _______________________________________________________________ 112 Sunday School _____________ _____________________ __________________________________________ 114 Training Union ________________________________ _____________________________ _________________ 116 Woman's Missionary Union ___________________________________________________________ 119 Statistical Tables __________________________________________________________________________________ 122 DIRECTORY OF CONVENTION EXECUTIVE OFFICERS T. K. Rucker, Forrest City________________________ ___________________________ President Gerald Trussell, WarrelL ___________________________________________ lst Vice-President L. C. Tedford, North Little Rock ____________________________ 2nd Vice-President S. A. Whitlow, Little RocL______ _________________________________________ Treasurer W. Dawson King, Little Rock _________________________________ Recording Secretary ADMINISTRATION S. A. Whitlow, Little Rock _________________________________________ Executive Secretary Ralph Douglas, Associate Secretary_______________________ _________ Little Rock W. Dawson King, Little Rock __ Superintendent Ministers Retirement Betty Garton, Little RocL______ ____________________________________________ Bookkeeper Mrs. Nadine Bjorkman, Little Rock ______________________ Dffice Secretary Elsie Williams, Little Rock ________________________ Office Secretary Mary Hobbs, Little Rock ________________________________________________ Office Secretary Mrs. Julia Eudaley, Little Rock ________________________________________ PBX Operator MISSIONS DEPARTMENT C. W. Caldwell, Little Rock ______________ _ _____________________ Superintendent M. E. Wiles, Fort Smith_________________ _ __________ Rural Evangelist Charles Finch, Booneville __ ___________________________ Sanatori um Chap lain Arlie Sims, AlexandeL_______________________________ _____ Sanatorium Chaplain Joyce Fuller, Little RocL__________________ ___ Office Secretary T. Clyde Hart, Little RoclL ____________________________ Secretary of Negro Work E. A. Richmond, Pine Bluff ________________ Boys' Industrial School Chaplain SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Edgar Williamson, Little Roclc __________ State Sunday School Secretary Ernest Adams _________________________________________________________________________________ Associate Mrs. Grace Hamilton, Little Rock _________________________________ Office Secretary Mrs. Shirley McCarty ______________________________________________________ Office Secretary Ovanda Maple, Little Rock ____________________________________________ Office Secretary TRAINING UNION DEPARTMENT Ralph Davis, Little Rock _______________ State Training Union Secretary R. V. Haygood, Little Rock, Associate State Training Union Secretary Ruth Petty, Little Rock _______________________ _______________ Office Secretary Mrs. Ruth Tolleson, Little Rock ___________________________________ Dffice Secretary 4 ONE HUNDRED FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION BAPTIST STUDENT UNION DEPARTMENT Tom L. Logue __________ _____________ _ __ Student Union Secretary Jamie Jones, Jr., Fayetteville ____ U. of A. Secretary Neil Jackson, Russellville ___________________ ______ Arkansas Tech Secretary Nan Ba tes_______________________ ___ Office Secretary Carol Burns, Jonesboro _ _______ Arkansas State College Maurice Fennell, Monticello _______________________ ______ Monticello A. & M. James Smalley, Conway______ _______________ State Teachers College Mrs. Richard Wood ___________________ Ouachita and Henderson State Joel Bruner _ _________________ ________________________________________ Southern State Juanita Straubie __________ _ _______________________ Baptist Hospital James T. Boyd, Little Rock __ City-Wide Director MUSIC DEPARTMENT LeRoy McClard, Little Rock ___________________ State Church Music Director Lou Alice Mason, Little Rock _____ ___________________ _ _ ____ Office Secretary WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION Miss Nancy Cooper, Little Rock __ Executive Secretary and Treasurer Miss Sara Ann Hobbs, Little Rock ____________ _____________ Y outh Secretary Mrs. R. E. Haygood, Little Rock ___________________________ State SMU Worker Mrs. W. C. Edwards, Little RocL______ _____________ Bookkeeper Mrs. Gerald Stone, Little Rock ________________ _Office Secretary Miss Ruth Skiles, Little Rock _ ______________ ____ Office Assistant Mrs. Roy Hilton, Little Rock ______________ _______ Office Assistant ARKANSAS BAPTIST Erwin L. McDonald, Little