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PROCEEDINGS 139
Sunday, 25th—3:00 to 4:00 A. "Radio in the Life of Tomorrow."
B. "Radio in the Christian Program of Tomorrow."
Monday, 26th—8:45 Conference—"Delivering the Religious Message."
10:00 Conference—State Radio Committees.
Tuesday, 27th—8:45 Conference—"The Pastor and the Local Station."
10:00 Conference—"Television in the Christian Program of
1950."
Wednesday, 28th—8:45 Conference—"Southern Baptist Agencies Using Radio."
10:00 Conference—"Evangelizing the World via Shortwave."
Speakers for many of these conferences and addresses have already been
engaged but since the list is not complete we will not announce any of the
speakers or conference leaders in this report.
It should be said in this connection that the best informed leadership among
Southern Baptists and from the radio field will be represented on the program
of the Ridgecrest Radio Conference.
XL MEETING THE NEW CHALLENGES
As set forth in the opening paragraph of this report, with its tremendous
increase in the number of stations, with the new type of station known as FM,
which gives better reception and costs far less and whose permits can be
granted to individual groups, with television and its revolutionizing effect upon
radio, with tremendous progress in shortwave broadcasting which will make this
a practical medium of preaching the gospel to all nations of the earth, radio
offers an unparalleled challenge to Southern Baptists for the immediate future.
Your Radio Committee is seeking to lead Southern Baptists to advance as
rapidly as practical in its use of this mpst effective medium of the propagation
of the gospel. However, your Radio Committee is seeking to take advantage
of every opportunity of study of every phase of radio, and to use every precaution
in order not to lead Southern Baptists to make foolish investments of
money in radio and also in order not to lead them down a dead-end alley in
religious broadcasting which would prove to be utterly worthless.
Your committee earnestly desires the prayers and sympathy and counsel of
our people to the end that our service may be effective and thus well pleasing
to our Lord and Master.
RADIO COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
S. L. WAGNER, Treasurer
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 1945
Balance—January 1. 1945
Receipts from:
$15,094.01
Executive Committee, S.B.C $53,600.00
First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N. C 1,000.00
Central Baptist Church, Miami, Fla. 1,600.00
Proceeds of Loan 1,000.00
Fan Mail 587.16
Louisiana State Convention i 393.60
Defense Service Council—Chaplain Day 300.00
Home Mission Board—Chaplain Day 326.65
Methodist Church—Chaplain Day 326.56
Sunday School Board 625.80
Central College 158.55
Georgia Baptist Convention 224.69
Atlanta Baptist Tabernacle 75.00
Refunds—Various 82.30
Income Tax Withheld—Not Remitted 334.20
Women's Missionary Union 106.29
Minister's Retirement
Total Receipts
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
186.82
425.20
61,387.27
Miscellaneous Total to be accounted for 34.45 $76,481.28