May 20, 1971 - Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

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Sooner or later we Southern Baptists 

are going to have to decide wh it we're 

going to do about our Annual mee'ting. 

When" this year's messengers tr} tcj get 

inside the * 11,000-seat • • • Kikl it Uuditcrium r ' " in 

St. Louis-next month, that city, as one of 

our editors remarked recen ly, "will drop 

off the list" of .possible (convention j sites 

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in the uture. .Yet, a Baplist 

VITEWpoll 

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last fall ranked St. Louis; as second 

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Dallas as the preferei ce of SFCjpas- 

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tors as a convention site. 

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It" appears .that we regu ire a tionven-- 

'tion hall that! will accommodate 151000 

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and upward. jAnd to fail acknc wledge 

that this figure will grow and grov f down 

through] the years is to £ il to face facts.- 

Even with- adequate space, how will the 

meetings be able to* function ction properly 

with such hug6 gatherings? 

In another VIEWpoll isjdak found that' 

31 (per cent of SBC pasiois felt tiat "a 

further limiting of the number o: mes- 

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•sengers was';the best solution 1o 

our 

growing problem. The lame pol .indi- 

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cated that alniost one-fourAi of a! SBC 

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w pastors would express no 

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matter, i i either'because of Ire uctancef lack 

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of; prior consideration, or "inability • to s 

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know how to deal construct vely vfcrth the 

situation! 

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port of private, sectarian schools.. What 

a relief it would be if Congress and the 

Supreme Court would settle the issue 

once and for all. 

About a year or so ago in a move that 

looked more like a bid for Roman Catholic 

votes than anything else, President 

.Nixon met with representatives of the 

National Catholic Education Association 

and pledged to find ways to support private 

schools. Later he appointed "the 

President's Commission ori School Finance" 

to "study ways that parochial and 

other nonpublic schools can be aided by 

public agencies," but conveniently failed 

to appoint even one person to it who 

believes tax funds should be confined to 

public schools. *' ~ 

A hot fight to use public funds to support 

parochial education-is being wageclj 

BY ACT OF THE CREATOR 

It seems to;me-that if vfe Baptists vânt 

to continue having a large annual mpet- by the Office of Economic Opportunity 

ing we are going to have|tc decide .what OEO) in its endeavor to conduct "educa- 

- "large" means in terms of iie maximum tional experiments" by giving to parents 

: number [of messengers th'at can be han- .vouchers to be cashed by the schools of 

died. 'Having, .done •'that," e'll face the their choice, either private or public. .The 

problem! of dividing the seating among * OEO seems to have forgotten that its 

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state conventions (and other 

original purpose is to provide programs' 

If we are not ready for s" eventuality, 

wfj;need|to urgently examlnf some ^)f-tKe 

other suggestions,, such as;' a conve ntion 

ofp simultaneous state meelii gs conn ected 

closed circuit television," or ioing 

avfray with the meeting altogether and 

caL "rying r on the conventior business in 

oilier ways.—C. Eugene Wl Mow 

to aid the poor, not to engage in educational 

experiments. 

The most recent nationally known figure 

to join the parochiaid 'forces is Billy 

Graham who last month in a speechât 

the National Conference of Christians 

and Jews at Cleveland, Ohio, said "public 

schools have been so influenced by antagonistic, 

unbelieving secularists that I 

Raid on the Tre asury 

Baptist* New Mexi :an 

Opponents of the principle of se 3ara- 

'tioii of church and state (ver give up. 

Year after year after yea^ ander differ- „ 

ent guises subtle, moves arl i lade top;om- 

maind the public tax dolhr for the supbelieve 

my children and grandchildren 

would be greatly benefited by attending 

religiously oriented schools," and then 

proceeds, perhaps by inference^ to suggest 

that public tax funds may be neces-^ 

sary to "save" the private, sectarian 

schools of the nation. He sees it "wrong 

in principle for people to be taxed to' 

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support truly secular education (public 

schools) while at the same^ time having 

to pay for educating their children in 

church schools." What a remarkably distorted 

view of a citizen's responsibility to 

maintain adequate public service institutions! 

And what a contradiction from 

one who said in the same speech that he 

was "irrevocably committed" 'to the traditional 

separation of church and State. 

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The secular press seems to have looked 

upon this thing of separation]of church 

and .state as purely a religious fight between 

Catholics and certain Protestants. 

Let us pray this false opinion will one 

day be erased and secular newspaper editors 

who have the qualities called for by 

true statesmanship will see the issues for 

what they really are and will rally to the 

defense of our public schools^ and take a 

strong stance .against the use [of public 

tax funds to support any kind of secular 

school or organization, Baptist, Catholic, 

or otherwise!—C. Eugene Whitlow 

A Wonderful Scene 

.California Southern Baptist 

His three lovely daughters, in their late 

teen years and early adulthood,, made a 

public profession of faith in Christ on 

the opening Sunday night of a week's 

revival. He and his pretty wife stood 

motionless, gripping the back of the pew 

in front of them throughout tlie invita- 

. tion, just as they did almost each night 

•of the week following. Though conviction 

and spiritual yearning were written 

upon tffeir faces neither he nor his wife 

-would yield to the appeal to take up the 

new life in Christ. 

On the closing Sunday night of the 

revival they watched those three daughters-being 

baptized, one looking very 

solemn, one with a broad smile bf joy 

on her face, one with tears streaming 

down her cheeks. 

The • invitation was almost over and 

still they stood,- seemingly immovable. " 

Just as the invitation was about to close" 

he turned and whispered to his wife who 

was standing in the row behind him. 

Then he took her hand and together they 

stepped into the aisle to come 'forward. 

Before he even got to the pastor, he sank 

.to his knees and before his knees touched 

the floor he was already pouring out his 

heart to God .asking forgiveness for his 

sins and pleading for God to save him. 

A few moments later, as the pastor 

was presenting him to the church, he 

said, "I've been running with tlie Devil 

for 46 years and. I'm tired of carrying 

him on my back. I saw that my daughters 

had found something wonderful that 

I did not have and. I "just couldn't stand 

it any longer. I had to come tonight."— 

J. Terry Young 

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16:24). It is important to remember that Christ gave this 

challenge to his disciples immediately after Peter >ad made 

his grpat confession of faith at Caesarea Philippi, 'Thou .art 

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thb Christ, the Son of tliej living ( od" x(Matt. 

16:16). No one 

is really ready to "comb after" Ghrist until he has recognize W Wftiri^'lShill'iilU&l 11 'toWiJrtE 

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president of the Southern Baptist Con- what we are. They are pretty mudiitiie 

vention I am sure that you have had to same. The vast majority of Spiêni 

Baptist people are in the middle ffieplcn 

X . .' X •, A. ' • _ f . . • • , •' , , ; ' •.-••.-!"•''.• ''J ' ••'-..•• 'Jj 11 travel even more than in the past. Where 

have you been this last year since the^ 

Denver convention? ' ; " 

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: Answer: Really, I have been to *u-' this 

section— Texas and Oklahoma — more 

than to any- other part of the nation. I 

have also bekn to the West Coast, California 

and bolden Gate Seminary. I 

have visited the 'seminary at Fort Worth, 

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gically. I expect them to continue, ft 

w^r. I see no eyidenp:thatlthere;is|^^ 

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Question: As you jtravelâbcmt, ;^ 

would you describe^; th^:;dpmman 

mood of our people at this time? |^J |i|^ 

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with respect to the mbod of 

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NEWS 

SBC Meetinc cted to Be "Quiet Session 7 

I The Southern Bap ist Convertion, the nation's largest evangelical denomination, 

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will assemble 

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Louis Mo. in ;innual business session June 1-3 

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for what the 

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dent ofitêîipriyention pi edicts wijll be a "quiet meeting." About 15,000 Baptists are 

expected to a'tlterid^the sessions at Kiel Auditorium, beginning Tuesday morning, June 

1 and|adjourningTat noon Thurs., i une 3. 

\ Carl E.'Bjates, presilent-of he 11.6-million-member convention and pastor of 

First Church, Charlotte^ ^".C., sai i in an 

interview with Baptist* (press that 

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as I can analyze it, Tve^heard of no ma- 

jor issues at this point!* mat can be expected 

to erupt at the fconventior. Bates 

said it would.probably be a "routine 

session; with .the emphasis — h on con ducting 

the business of the denomination. 

Several* are on 

1 operating budget section for the ninemonth 

period is equal to the same'operating 

budget for a similar nine-month period 

in 1971, .with no increases recommended 

for the 19 agencies receiving 

budget funds. 

Another major recommendation from 

major business items the Executive Committee would dissolve 

the agenda for the convention, bi(t Bates the Hospital Agency of the SBC, on sec- 

said'tie did not exi" to spjirk un- ond-reading. Last year, the convention 

usual debate or discuslkjn. The conven- set Up a procedure for getting out of the 

tion will vill act on recommendations from hospital business by immediately giving 

its Executive Committee palling for a two hospitals in New Orleans and Jack- 

$24.6 million Cooperative Program for 'SOn, Fla., to a corporation called Souththe 

first nine months o| 1972 leading up era Baptist Hospitals,. Inc., and phasing 

to a new fiscal year, |na a second-year ollt in 1971 the corporation called the 

^ recommendation to eliminate its hospital Hospital Agency of the SBC. 

agency operation. ^ ' Other recommendations from the Ex- 

/ Reelection Ejected ecutive Committee to the SBC deal with 

Bates, serving his .first) term as pre^- I ^ " / i relationships and -program assignments 

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dent of the conventipnijis exjpectep to 

reelected for" .a traditional second term. 

Last June in Denver the/ convention 

voted 5,394 to 2,170 in favor 

of a motion 

asking the SBC publishing house, the Sunday 

Sbhool Board, to vifchdraw Volume 

One of i the new Broai timan 

Bible Gom- 

mentary* The action c|a] on 

Usher to have" the volume on Get sis and 

Exodus rewritten "with e consic eration 

of the conservative viewpoint. 

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\ Wh in asked if this mai ter wouLd come 

up .again this year, .-Bates replied, "I feel 

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^ye are obligated by thel action in Denver .. 

to give the Sunday .School Boarc. a real 

chance to resolve the I matter." Neither 

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Bates, nor any of the -Baptist state paper 

• editors, indicated knowledge of i 

ganizea move or" indiviaual plansJto present 

a motion on this issue at St. Lous. 

A t>tal of about five! Hours will be devoted 

to conducting the business of the 

convention,* according |to the proposed 

program : coordinated by James L. Sullivan, executive 

secretary of the Sunday Schopl 

Board, Nashville. ' > 

Several related nationwide Baptist conferences 

will meet In connection with the 

SBC. The Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference, 

involving about 5,000 persons, 

will meet Monday. In simultaneous sessions 

also will be the ^Woman's Missionary 

Union Convention, an auxiliary to 

the SBC. The Southern Baptist Religious 

Education Association will-meet on Sunday 

and Monday, May 30-31; the Southerp 

Baptist Evangelists' Conference will 

convene Wed., June 2., and the Southern 

Baptist Church Music Conference will, be 

held Friday and Saturday, June 4-5. (BP) 

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released-1 by the commitee on 

order of business,- Molt of the Tuesday 

morning and aftejrnooir sessions will /be 

. devoted to .business/ ifijplidine action on 

recommendations the Executive* 

Committee, election of (of icers, introduc- 

tion of miscellaneous bibiness and resolu- 

tions, and receiving ana icting upon reports 

from agencies, and organizations. 

i Nine-month Budeet Planned 

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The Executive Committee will present 

the recommended budget of $24.6 million 

for the first nine mon of 197 2. The 

for several SBC agencies, program promotion 

plans for denominational emphases 

in 1973-74, and a proposal that the 

1976 convention meet in Norfolk, Va. 

The Executive Committee will also report 

on a study of the basis of representation 

at the convention, recommending no 

change in the current system. / -. 

Three to Bring Addresses •- , 

Only three -major addresses are scheduled 

during the convention,' including 

Bates' presidential address, the annual 

convention sermon by John R. Claypool, 

pastor of Crescent Hill Church,'. Louisville, 

and a -message by the president of 

the Baptist World Alliance, V. Carney 

Hargroves, retired pastor from Philadelphia, 

Pa. Following an Hour-long presentation 

of foreign missions, the convention 

will feature a joint commissioning service 

for newly-appointed home and foreign 

missionaries on Wednesday evening. 

Baptist students, led by a group of 

state BSU presidents, will make a multimedia 

presentation on what youth are 

trying to do through the church, during 

the Wednesday morning session. A message 

on theological education by Duke 

K, McCall, president of the Southern 

Seminary, Louisville, also will be featured 

Wednesday.; 

The convention will close Thursday at 

noon following an hoiur-long presentation 

on "Meeting the Challenge of the Cities 

of the World," depicting efforts by all 

SBC agencies. The presentation will be 

7 at Love Festival 

During the anniversary observances of 

the killing of four Kent State University 

students one year ago, some 500 students, 

hippies and yippies attended a "Jesus 

Festival of Love" in Kent, Ohio led '-by 

Arthur Blessitt, Hollywood evangelist. 

Some 25 persons made decisions "to accept 

Christ as Lord and Savior" after 

Blessitt spoke on "peace," and a "Jesus 

rock group" had played, according to 

Lee Birdson, Kent State BSU director, 

who planned the event. 

Birdscfn said the response to the rally 

was "an answer to prayer," and that it, 

helped to "keep- things cool" at Kent ' 

State during four tense days wherf students 

observed the anniversary of thef 

tragedy on May 4, 1970. The BSU direc- -' 

tor said the 500-person attendance was 

significant since there are only 13 members 

of the BSU at Kent and only 5,000 

of the 22,000 Kent State students profess 

to be church members. (BP) 

Former 0 Pastor Convicted 

Wilson E. McCrary, a former .state 

pastor who is now a Lawton bookstore 

owner, was convicted May* 11 of distrib- ; 

uting pornographic books and magazines 

in Oklahoma City. A district court jury 

in Oklahoma City imposed the maximum 

penalty sentencing the 52-year-old minister 

to 10. years in prison and fining him 

$5,000. * . - * 

A graduate, of Oklahoma University 

and Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, 

Texas, McCrary has not served as pastor 

for some 13i years. Records indicate he 

was pastor of Central Church, Mullins 

Association, 1951-53; First Church, Alfalfa, 

1954-57 and Homer Church, Banner 

Association in 1957. 6 - 

Testifying in his own defense, the former 

pastor said the books are actually 

cultural, scientific and educational. He 

was quoted as saying he was not condoning 

the things shown in .some of the 

books,-but was only condoning, the right 

of people to know about those things. 

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Grady Cothen accepts a pendant with" an inscribed $eal of*IVew\Orleans 

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sixth president. A. Morgan Brian' Jr., chairman of thVseminaiy's^bpard!>^ 

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poses with his son, Grady Coulter Jr., who read the scripture lesson' during tte|lVft.y 

Oklahoma City, Olivet and former president of ~ 

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Gradv C. Cothen Inau 

Southern Baptist seminaries were urged 

to quit competing and instead to empha- 

as 

of the seminary presidents' council 

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cited as one example 'of co-operation;!the 

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size co-operative planning to .improve ' joinf efforts at working;out agreements 

theological education by Grady C. 

Cothen during-his inauguration as the 

sixth president-of New Orleans Seminary. 

A former president of Oklahoma Baptist 

University and former pastor of Olivet 

Church, Oklahoma pity, Cothen was 

elected president of the seminary on 

Sept. 17, 1970. 

In°his inaugural address, Cothen said 

co-operative planning by all \ the * seminaries 

might rally their alumni around 

the cause of theological education.-"instead 

of pitting them against each other 

in competition for support." 

"In a time of polarizing around issues 

when name>, calling is easier than problem 

solving, in a time when it is obvious that 

in the seminaries 'offering the; dc?ctor;|:t>f 

ministry ^degree as the J>asic professional 

degree program in all seminaries;?=Heltheii 

proposed. that some -of the seminaries 

offer the doctor of ministry (degree l^vith 

emphasis on specialized areas| ^d ^spei| 

cialized programs, such ;as one seminary 

concentrating on -student work; ^41II! 

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"This would eliminate the "necessity;;of 

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all schools offering all kinds of;: work^" 

he said. It ^would also ValldwSspme 

schoqls to develop a degree pf^:expertise 

not now possible; in;the presentation|of 

such • programs." •-. ' - • 

financial support may shortly diminish, 

we have a remarkable opportunity to 

demonstrate to Southern Baptists arid 

to the world a genuinely co-operative effort 

in theological education," he said. 

He added that if the six seminaries 

placed the corporate good higher than 

their individual needs, then "Christ would 

be honored in fact instead of word, theological 

education.would-prosper in a new 

way, the individual institutions would 

gain new stature, and we would furnish 

quality of leadership the denomination 

badly needs." 

The new president said that the six 

'seminaries have made^strides in that direction^ 

in recent years through the work 

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The inaugural activities •beeahiwitii\!a 

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dinner, featuring ..Tan address ^ by^ SBC 

President Carl E. Bates. Official repre| 

sentatives of about 75 education anstitufions. 

across the nation, of thej Ameficari 

Association" of Theological Schools |ai 

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of the SBC and its agencies fepk; par| |in 

the; activities. Attending from lOklal&ma 

as a-representative of New: Orleans ;Sem| 

inary alumni was Don Turner^ manager 

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of the Oklahoma City Baptist JJpok Store 

and state president of.!; New' Orleans 

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alumni. • ••;''- :;. ^" •'v",:' ":--:/^.rî^S : %$jj$. 

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Cothen, 50, is a native ot Pbplaryille 

Miss, and a graduate of MississippilCBa 

tist) College and New Orleans Seminary 

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tist convention before accepting the OBU 

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By T. Be 

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Executive Secret ary - Treasurer 

Sunday, May 9: It Wafe an ins piration 

to preach for and vjsii with the Baptist 

church at Geronimo, May 9 where 

Wayne Sanmann is pas :o . Billy J 

i. 

Crow 

is music director. 

Geijonimo co-operates md participates 

actively in our whole denominational program. 

jThe church an 

technicians were honored May 10 at the crafly;, recognized 

annual Rhetta May Borland Awards Ban- ment * & more than 40 OBUwomen. 

quet. Jeanne Sheppard, Duncan senior, " Athenean social club .named Ann ^Browning, 

was named, best actress and Cleland 

Knox, Overland Park., Kan. senior,"was 

selected best actor. 

"^ Robert Wright, May senior, was recipient 

of the Trouper award, the award for 

in a bit role, and one of three 

Oklahoma City freshman^ best pledge: ; : 1 llliî 

Elaine Hill, St. Louis, Mo. sophomore,^!was 

namedfBeta Chi Gamma; social: club's .outstanding 

member. •: .w*w* Colo, awjuuwi., senior, received 

J.WVWJ.TWU 

Sultant With .the Midwest City Public the Women's Recreation Association'^Presidential 

Schools, received the outstanding service 

award° during Women's Day activities 

recently at Oklahoma Baptist University. 

The OBU alumna received her MIX 

degree from the University of Oklahoma 

in 1933, and interned in Children's Hos- 

turning to practice general medicine in 

her home town of Hennessey. : 

Sturgeon was selected for three fellowships 

by the Commonwealth fund. She 

spent three months at Tulane University 

in general practice in 1940, one month 

at Harvard University in internal medi-. «~v e*^** v«. *««*j «»«*wv ,«**^n^^*«. ^«.^tt\AA 

j xt_ AT. * TT son were given to Mary Butner, Vinita;. Karlat David- 

Henry, Tulsa, and Billie Jo Hamson,' Ocala, 

cine in 1944, and another month at Har- — Fla. 

vard in pediatrics in 1946. She has done 

graduate work at Menningers, Tbpeka, 

AAAY 20, 1971 

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Woman's Missionary nion 

Glorieta Conference Will Provide Training 

- ' •* -••• li ••• • •• • ^^ ^m •» • ft i. 

By Miss Abbie Louise Green, Executive Secretary 

The Woman's Mission ry Union conference at Glorieta will-be July 22-28. Conferences 

will'be held for la :h officer in WMU. Detailed information concerning thje, 

progr•am 

was published irifthe Anril 15 issue of the Baptist Messenger. 

We hope each church and association has begun to wage a Glorieta attendance 

campaign.and that you firs planning to have a car or cars from your church or 

association in each conference, ThS more people we can involve, in training and 

inspiration, the. more effective o jr work 

will be. 

a missionary, a sacred concert by min- 

There will /be a charter 

>d bits 

from Oklahoma for the convenience • 

going 

of*• 

isters of music 

* 

of Tennessee. 

The "Time of Commitment^ 

those who do not wish to drive. The approximate 

• . L 

cost 

. x .- 

per person 

ti i 

is 

. 

114.50. 

This includes registration! ipsurahce, bus 

fare, lodging enroute, meals enr6ute and 

lodging while at Glorietajj (pepending on 

choice of lodging). Detaijjefl information 

has been, mailed to the WMU {directors 

of ;the churches and association If you 

r 

plan to go on the chartered bus ' ou must 

register [through the state >VMTU office. 

We have the reservations Glc rieta for 

: |* - 

those wno ride the bus. 

If you gcrby another m of ransportation 

write Glorieta Baptist Assembly, 

Glorieta N.M. 87535 for! reservations. 

The c lartered bus will eave the Union 

'Bus Station, Oklahoma City, at 7 the 

~* * /* ^ < >^ 4 *m •* * " * I 

morning of July 21. Mission points will 

be visited at Taos. N.M. enroute to Glo- 

rieta. , . Trips » r to mission .1 po nts in Santa 

Fe|will 

conference; The night of 

spent at 

5 which 

will climax the meeting, will, include music, 

testimony, Scripture, prayer, and a 

time for decision making. ^ 

Offering Total Is $148,694 

As of April 30 the amount received 

for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 

for Home Missions was $148,694.76. 

This is an increase over this date in 1970 

which was $143^299.23. If you haye not 

given your offering for home missions, 

please give this matter, prayer and consideration 

so that our. state goal of $168,- 

000.00 will be reached. Much work .in 

our homeland andêven in our: state depends 

upon this offering. Let us continue 

to pray that Oklahoma Baptists will meet 

this goal. 

made during the week of the Sunday School Board: 

ly "2JS will be 

Albuquerque, N.M on 1pe return WIN Materials Available 

trip. The bus-will arrive at t icl 

Station, Oklahoma City at appr Dximately 

Local church evangelism has been giv- 

6:30 the evening of. July 29 

en the possibility of new life through the 

Witness Involvement Now — WIN ma- 

. PJpn now to attend this important con- terials. 

-ference. ; 

Produced by the church training department 

of the Sunday School Board in 

Bartlett Will Leac Wli sic consultation with the Division of Evan- 

Gene Bartlett, "state music secretary gelism, Home Mission Board, the. ma- 

for; the Baptist" General Convention of terial was prepared under the editorial 

jOklahoma, will lead the mjsic during a coordination of John Ishee, editor, adult 

special commitment seme* daring the curriculum materials, church training 

f+ _ Â.L^ ^ ___ T» _ A—* Â. ' » • 7 .*••» • • «*» A» * * A « n n* f^ •** ** «*T f * + ' ' 

Southern Baptist Woman'5 Missionary 

Union annual meeting in Si Louis, Mo., 

'- I '. . " *~ > sive and practical -are characteristics of 

the material. • 

•"It is impossible to use this material 

without using the Bible in a physical, way. 

ft has been field tested by the Home 

Mission Board," Ishee related. 

Beginning in October, a book of procedures 

will be added to the WIN materials. 

This guide will recommend the 

use of present structure in the local 

church rather than imposing a new structure 

upon existing ones. 

Adapted for use in retreat settings j revivals, 

training sessions or special lay institutes 

of evangelism, the material will 

be flexible. ^ 

Every member of a local church can 

be enlisted to serve in evangelism through 

use of the WIN materials. 

Working -with the director of new 

church member orientation, the church 

training director can relate new church 

member orientation to WIN materials. 

He can also supplement witnessing materials 

used to train church members. 

Leading choir members, directors of 

graded choirs and instrumentalists to receive 

WIN training may be, the task of 

the choir director or minister of music. 

He may also provide witnessing opportunities 

for musicians as part of the musical 

activities sponsored by the local church. 

Mission action projects which make 

use of the * witnessing training gained 

through the WIN materials can be part 

of the outreach of the WMU and Brotherhood 

programs in the local church. 

Securing, storing and displaying WIN 

materials may be the job of the church 

library director. . . - 

Direction of outreach projects to involve 

all church members in witnessing to w^ 

the lost is the job of the Sunday school 

outreach director. 

• Coordination of the WIN project in 

the local church may be accomplished 

by the church council, which includes 

leaders in every organization of the local 

church. 

de- WIN materials may be ordered from 

partment. 

the Church Literature Department, Southern 

Baptist Sunday School Board, 127 

• li I ' - _ . The materials center on the local 

May 31!"(See program on )age13.) 

Ninth Ave., North, Nashville, Tenn. 

church, •"" where church members are 

The annual meeting wfll be i time of trained to win unsaved people to Jesus 

commitment to missions. 

Christ. . 

Sessions will be in the C era House of 

Churches Increase Gifts 

A 

"WIN is to motivate, train and lead 

By Joe L Ingram 

Kiel Auditorium. 

the church member to be an evangelistic Assistant Executive Secretary 

Each session will feature a report 

on witness as he -is involved in today's 

The following churches have in- 

successful, innovative mission . work world," Ishee said. 

creased their percentage giving to 

through JWMU. Pastors, church and state "it is not a program but a -proj ct. 

! 

»»»••' •"»• T».< !^ - 1 ' • • L ' i . _ 

the Cooperative Program. V 

. WMU*leaders,:and missionary personnel With this material a pastor can conduct Church Frorii To 

will t&l[how mission stuhyi mission ac- his own WIN institute for evangelism. Sapulpa, Ridgeway 10%' 

South Heights 5% 7% 

!ion, and mission support j h[ave made an Nothing, that I have worked on in Imy' Adair, First 7% 8% 

Matoaka ._ 2% 

impact on their church. 

10% 

eight years as an editor has been a more Oketnah, First __,__ 20% 21% 

Each session will also'Ihdlude a -multi- significant contribution to the evangelis- Perkins, First ., 11% 12% 

Manger __*_ 10% 17% 

media presentation by K ennetti Chafin, tic thrust of the local church than the Durant, Calvary 17% 18% 

Ardmore, First : 18% 

director of the Division of E yangelism for WIN materials," Ishe£ added. 

Springer, First Southern ,.. 13% 14% 

the i Home Mission Board a message by .Bible-centered, clear, simple, inexpen- 

,PAGE TE 


Foundation: 

_ G 

Responsible for Trust Funds 

By Thomas E. Carter, Executive Secretary 

The Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma 

as a trust agency exists for its service to 

the institutions and agencies of the Baptist 

General Convention of the State of 

Oklahoma and the Southern.Baptist Con^ 

vention. Our first responsibility then is 

to earn money for these institutions and 

agencies whose trust funds we hold, and 

to continue to increase the amount of 

endowment funds so that the earnings 

will be greater from year to year. 

One of our main responsibilities is to 

safeguard the funds, but at the same time 

eairn the largest possible income commensurate 

with good business practice, 

because these institutions always have a 

need for any additional incom'e we are 

able to earn for them. We are, therefore, 

looking for ôpportunities to make good 

investments. This also applies to our responsibility 

in the funds we have available 

for church loans as to the amount 

of interest we "charge, for the first responsibility 

is ^to the institution or agency 

whose funds we hold.. 

In the first full year of operation, 1947, 

with less than $70,000, one-half,of which 

.was in farm land, the earnings were 

$1,231.50; By 1950 the earnings had increased 

and in 1953 were $19,730.85, 

jumping to $75,250.91 in 1955. The 

earnings had doubled again by 1965, with 

$303,850.62 and then doubled again by 

1970, 'for a total earnings of $603,502.01. 

. The year 1970 showed the foundation 

reached over $11 million in assets and 

for the first time earned over one half 

million dollars. This also made possible 

the largest distribution of funcls the foundation 

had ever, experienced, as these 

earnings were distributed' to the institutions 

and agencies of our convention and 

those institutions we represent in the 

Southern Baptist Convention. If it is possible 

to continue this series of accomplishments, 

the earnings should reach 

well over a million dollars by 1975., 

Certainly, :the foundation's directors 

aife to be commended for their steward^ 

ship in the responsibility of investments 

and careful handling of the funds through 

the years they have worked to bring 

these major results to pass. 

"Approximately 22 per cent of the 

trust funds is invested in the investment 

pool; about 8 per cent in bonds; approximately 

40 per cent in church building 

loans and the balance in real estate, farm 

properties and minerals. This last group 

is not real estate or minerals that have 

been .purchased by the .foundation, but 

have come to the foundation by gifts or 

in testamentary trusts. 

MAY 20, 1971 

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are 'pictured-'here. vnth :Hugh;':WDIobyi^(ceiTO^^ 

left to"ridit'.they are : 'Brent'Fen:en^MaîJeime^ 

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Smith. Ponca City and Taylor Field, Enid. - 

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• Religious • Education: "*& ^^K^jî^^. 

By Bill Haggard, Director of Training 

f»;-;ri,' Mtv! a 'lAWi'-h^n"!'! ;«!•'-• n h^ t .»!LHiiifl-''ifciifLnuiHo^,.'(t€iii'i«iiw

Summer Camps 

falls Creek Assembly 

First Weelc ' ' 

July 12-1 

Preacher, Warren iltgren 

Second Week 

July' 19J2J 

3 reacher, Landrurr 

*. • 

Third Week 

KJuly.26-3J 

Preacher, Winfrec 

Fourth Week 

August 2-7 

Breacher, Carl Bates 

V 

Camp Hudg |r 

For Royal Amba 

* ' ' r - ji 

First Camp, June 

* 

Second Camp, Ju 

Third Camp, June 

Fourth Camp, June 

Fifth Camp, Jul 

. ^ 

Sixth Camp, 

Nunny-Cha- ha 

. June 7-12 

Girls in Ac|( 

(Grades "4-|6) 

eavell 

\Aoore 

ms 

>sadors 

7-12 

14-19 

21-26 

B-July 

5-10 

2-17 

May 31-June 

> • • * ,ir 

Girls in Action and ^cteen 

(Grades'4-1J2) 

- June 14-1 

Girls .in Action ani Acteens 

_ (Grades 4-12) 

PAGE TWELVE 

June 21-26 

Acteehs 

^Grades 7- 2) 

June 28-July 3 

Girls in4 Acfon 

(Grades 4-6, rfuID 

July 5-10 

Girls in 

(Grades 4^ 6) 

July 12-1 

Girls in A c 

(Grades 4-6, 

on 

fJny 

July 19-2| 

Girls in Action 

(Grades 4- 

THE FUTURE OF 

SOUTHERN BAPTISTS 

--• (Continued from page three) 

ventibn; it co-operates with the convention. 

The Baptist convention in America 

grew out of the need, you know, to have 

a missionary society to support the Jud-: 

sons in Burma. And out of that "grew 

the Soifthern Baptist Convention. 

I Question: As we look forward to June 

and St. Louis, what would you really 

like to see accomplished by the convention? 

Answer: The number one thing I 

would like to see happen in St. Louis is 

for us to conduct ourselves in such a way 

that our image could be improved appreciably. 

I am hoping that we can conduct 

our affairs in such a way that we 

shall not have the kind of attitudes shown 

toward i • one . another as were . shown in 

Denver. 

Question: Would you care "to say anything 

about what might be thought of 

as the .so-called "issues that may come 

before the convention when it meets? 

. Answer: I know of no issues that are 

in the offing or even in the embryo stage. 

Question: Recently, a distinguished 

writer said that Southern Baptists are 

moving away from the common people. 

. Is this true in your estimation? 

Answer: This would be true only in 

'some areas. Southern Baptists have become 

pretty dignified in some areas and 

they really have lost the common touch. 

But it would not ,be universally or nationally 

so. There are many places where 

our churches are made up strictly of 

"common" people. 

Question: What is your reaction to 

new- folk-rock music coming into 

churches? ; 

. Answer:-My persorfal feeling about 

is a negative one. We : the 

the 

the 

this 

do not needthe 

loud, .bombastic, amplified, electrified 

rock folk music in our-churches. This is 

actually one of—the most interesting 

phenomena of the time in which we live. 

This Actually started about the time the 

free speech movement developed, and 

degenerated into the filthy speech movement, 

then became disoriented in the hippie 

colonies and finally resulted in the 

fragmentation which resulted in the an-] 

archistic organizations. At the same time 

the music was trying to ~say: whaf was 

-being said in the free speech movement. 

But it failed. The Beatles dissolved as a 

group and ran off all over the world 

looking for a message. The movement 

lost any message and now then has lost 

its reason for existence. It has turned-, as 

a lost resort—as a last gasp—to jthe 

churches where really the difference .is 

not known, and people do not understand 

what is involved here. It shows 

up in the churches and we feel that we 

must be in step with the modern generation. 

As a matter of fact, this movement 

is dying and there is a great hunger 

for direction among the young people of 

our time.. Where the New Testament 

message has been proclaimed they have 

found this to be the answer for which 

they were looking all along. There is a 

tremendous revival among the younger 

generation in America. All over this land 

young people are turning to the preaching 

of the gospel. 

~ Question: What would you say is the 

greatest need of our denominationthinking 

of these 11 million people spread 

across the nation—at the present time? 

Answer: I think we need to find a-way 

to lay hold of. the potential resources of 

11 million Southern Baptists, both spiritually 

and financially. And if we could 

harness the potential power represented 

by these people and turn it loose in the 

world, we would be one of the most formidable 

forces in .the history of; the human 

race. 

Question: What possibilities do you see 

—in that connection—for the future of 

Southern Baptists, say-for the next' 30 

years, the remaining years of this century? 

Particularly in missions and evangelism? 

How far could we go if we did 

harness this potential? - . 

Answer: Oh, there would be no way 

for me to express this in any realistic sort 

of fashion at all.,, It just staggers the 

imagination—all the way from sending 

2,500 missionaries to the foreign field 

we could be ^sending 7,500 missionaries, 

or 10,000—if we could harness-the resources 

of the present membership of 

Southern Baptist churches. The money 

we are. spending now through our Home 

Mission Board would be a mere pittance 

compared to what would be snent in the 

homeland. And the seminaries. I would 

be against any suggestion that would lead 

to the cutting back of these seminaries 

we have. We have not expanded too 

greatlv here. If revival corries./and there" 

are reasons to believe that it is coming, 

in fact, it is already here fsome people 

are not going to get in on,it because" they 

won't adjust to the Spirit's leading), there 

are young people by the thousands surrendering 

their lives to church-related 

vocations and we have the seminaries to 

train them when other denominations are 

closing the • doors of their schools. I 

wouldn't be a part to that at all, because 

I think God ( has given us an opportunity 

and our greatest days are ahead. I feel 

something great about Southern Baptists. 

If we can respond to the mcvement "of 

God's; Spirit in this hour, our greatest 

days really are ahead; there is- no doubt 

in mv mind about this. If .we 

do not re- 

spond, we may go the way of other denominations 

before us. 

G THE BAPTIST MESSENGER 

Woman's Missionary Union 

Opera House, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo. 

V May 31 

MONDAY MORNING 

Concert—Volunteer State Chorale, ministers of music X>f Tennessee, Louis 

O. Ball (Jr., conductor; chairman, music department, Carson-Newman 

= College, Jefferson City, Tenn. 

"Evangelism: All People"—Kenneth L. Chafin, Home Mission Board 

"Dimensions of Success"—Mrs. Bruce Andrews, WMU director, Metropolitan 

Chicago Association, Wheaton, 111. 

—Mrs. Huber Drumwright, past WMU director, Broadway Church, 

Fort Worth, Texas 

—Don B. Harbuck, pastor, First Church, Eldorado, Ark. • :' ' - 

—Mrs. T. Shad Medlin, Baptist Women president, First Church, Eldoracto, 

Ark. 

—Claudia Jones, Girls in Action-Mission Friends director, Texas WMU 

—Ruth Provence, executive secretary, South Carolina WMU i .'-.-• . - 

—Harper Shannon, pastor, First Church, Dothan, Ala. 

"WMU Committed to Study"—Alma Hunt, executive secretary, WMU 

"In Partnership in East Africa"—Webster Carroll, missionary, Uganda 

"Personally Committed"—Mrs. Robert Fling, president, New York WMU 

—Megumi Matsumura, Japan, student" at Samford University, Birmingham, 

Ala., organist . 

MONDAY AFTERNOON 

Concert—^Volunteer State Music Chorale, ministers of music of Tennessee 

"Evangelism: Total Ministry"—Kenneth L. Chafin : 

^"Dimensions of Success"—Mrs. Robert Buice, WMU leader, Second Church, 

Little Rock, Ark. . , - 

—Dale Cowling, pastor, Second Church, Little Rock, Ark. * 

—Jasper McPhail, member, Second Church, Little Rock, Ark. 

—Russell Dilday, pastor, Second Ponce de Leon Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

—Mrs. David Hicks, WMU elader, First Church, Oxford, Miss. - 

—Kathryn Bullard, Baptist Women director, North Carolina WMU/ 

—James Pleitz, pastor. First Church,. Pensacola, Fla. 

"WMU Committed to Action"—Alma Hunt 

"In Partnership in America"—Wendell Belew, Home Mission Board 

"Personally Committed"—Mrs. Robert Fling .- - 

MONDAY EVENING 

Concert—Volunteer State Chorale, ministers of music of Tennessee 

"Evangelism: America"—Kenneth L. Chafin •"" • 

"Dimensions of Success"—Kathryn Carpenter, executive secretary, Louisiana 

WMU, Alexandria, .La . . 

—Baker J. Cauthen, executive secretary, Foreign Mission Board % 

—Mrs. Oliver E. Gilliland Jr., missionary to Indonesia ~ 

—Landriim Leavell, pastor, First Church, Wichita Falls, Texas 

—Porter Routh, executive secretary-treasurer/ SBC Executive Committee 

—Arthur B. Rutledge, executive secretary-treasurer, Home Mission 

Board, Atlanta, Ga. . . : 

—R. F. Smith Jr., pastor. First Church, Durham, N.C.' 

"WMU Committed to Support*'—Alma Hunt 

"In Partnership in Vietnam"—Robert C. Davis Jr., missionary to Vietnam , 

Music—Claude H. Rhea Jr., dean, School of Music, Samford University, 

Birmingham, Ala. 

—Gene Bartlett, music secretary, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma 

"Committed'"to the. Churches"—W. L. Hbwse, director, education division, 

Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn. 

"Personally Committed"-=-Mrs. Robert Fling 

"A Higher Commitment"—Mrs. R. L. Mathis, president, WMU, Waco, 

Texas 

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Pastors' Conference 

Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo. 

May 31 

f. 

MONDAY MORNING 

Music, directed by D. Neil Darnell, minister of music, First Church, 

Wichita Falls, Texas -r 

Bible Study—Eddie Lieberman, evangelist, Greenville, S.C. . q 

Special music—Sidney L. Buckley, associate professor of music, Furman 

University, Greenville, S.C. ' " - 

"God's Prophet and His Motive"—Howard H. Aultman, pastor, First 

Church, Columbus, Miss. 

Announcements and music—Sidney L. Buckley, Furman University,- 

Greenville, S.C. ' • 

"God's Prophet and His Methods"—James Coggin, pastor, Travis 

Avenue Church, Fort Worth, Texas - 

Personal testimony—Leandro Castro, evangelist, Wichita Falls, Texas 

Music—D. Neil Darnell and Sidney L. Buckley 

"God's Prophet and His Message"—J. D. Grey, pastor, First Church, 

New Orleans, La - . 

V " ' . MONDAY AFTERNOON 

Music, directed by D. NeO Darnell 

Bible Study—Eddie Lieberman 

Music—Billy S. Hilbun, president, Crescendo ûsic Co., Dallas, Texas 

"God's Preacher and His Manners"—W. Fred Swank, pastor, Sagamore. 

Hill Church, Fort Worth, Texas 

"God's Preacher and His Morality"— Grady C. Cothen, president, 

New Orleans Seminary, New Orleans, La. 

Election of Officers - . _ , , 

"God's ^Preacher and His Money"—John F. Gibson, pastor, \yesleyah 

Drive Church, Macon, Ga. 

"God's -Preacher and His Mate"—H. Franklin Paschall, First Church, 

Nashville, Term. - j 

MONDAY/EVENING j 

Music, directed by D. Neil Darnell • 

Bible study—Eddie Lieberman . ' 

Music—Miss Joe Ann Shelton, concert soloist, Fort Worth, Texas 

"God's Preacher and the Metropolis"—Jon F. Meek Jr., director, 

missions division, Baptist Convention of New York," Syracuse, N.Y. 

Music, directed by D. Neil Darnell and Joe Ann Shelton 

"God's Preacher and Missions"—James Hester, associate director, 

Division of Evangelism, Baptist General Convention of Texas 

Personal testimony—Walter Ayers, evangelist, Arlington, Texas 

"God's Preacher and His Mandate"—W. A. Criswell, pastor, First 

'Church, Dallas, Texas - 

MAY 20, 1971 

Chase-Park Plaza Hotel 

SUNDAY* AFTERNOON 

:ens^;a&otiateYprbfe&bf£pfi£^ 

'3:00.;/;-Vrae/Cont^^^ 

Dobbirisêmeritusfpfpfessp^ 

ministration, Southern Seminary 

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7:00 Worship Through Singing 

7:10 'The Upward Look":-! 

7:30 "Happeni 

'^••••'•'•••.-V'gram! 

8:00 DialbgueVwith Pleitz'ii 

,8:25 Address—-Peter McLeod^pastbr^FirstFGHurchi 

-• • • ••:':•':. ; -,: ^-^:^^^ ~ 

-9:00; Worship Through;Singing: 

9:10';. "The;-ypward Look" 

: :; 9:25 ••' • Addriess'^îll^^'iii;: !^> v;^ 

.lOÔ-'^'HappenihgiNow^-J^l^fMinist^^^ 

/ roe^ church ;!trainihgidârtêhtJSuinday|Schpplj 

11:10 Address-ir\Y; OHowse,;Sunday|School?Board! 

12:30 .. ; XuncHebri : : tribute to jiW 

'" M/ ''"1;iA!FrEIWddN: 

2:30 Worship in Song • 

2:3 

? "The .. Upward .. _iLpok^gfJ 

5 Earl MeaS 

4dent,"'• Southern} Baptists Convention; 

"4:00 • •: Dialogue:with Bates! (^^ 

MONDAY^ 

7:00 Worship ihTSbng 

: 7:10-:;i"The. Upward Lobk"^ 

;t;?.j A Dynamic; 

Wf^pjflf S^PIM^^ 

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•7:50. - -^Business s^pn^ft^ 

8:10 A word from" the riew presideritr^ToegBumelte^lpresident^let^mffi 

• ••-. • : : - •••"•ister of'educatibn^ ; FirstChurch;';a:' : iCornmissionedivc^ntata: : :^^ 

- • • -" ' ' ' " '''Wpo^lCphduct^fMdl'FirstlGI^^ 

;vJerry|;îebbi' "' " "' "" """ 

4:00 pepartmental conferences; ;]: ^ ^f 

'^Localichurch division,: John 

, presiding 

-'• : •• :. : ••'••-- ; .- îiH^-iV^ji:^ 

6:15 Ânnual banc-uet atvHplidayilnh; 

8:15 •:: Evening session at First Church 

8:30 Worship experienced-Chapel Chpu 1 ; 

sa; Bill Littleton; jconductpr; 

9:00 Wbrid Premier: ^''Immanuer" 

' Performed ;by Combined 

f Southern-! SemmarylOrchestfaM 

9:00 A" congre^tiorial^worship 

-.' '.••-• • : ;'.'.::*mair 

Choir, 

9:25 Conference;; 

10:00 "Bells, Bells land 

10:40 

^ program 

' " 

MORNING

Attendance 

Report 

Sunday, May-9,1! 

If the report of your church does not (appear 

here, please send, it each Monday! morning! to the 

Baptist. Messenger, Baptist Building, 1141 North 

Robinson, Oklahoma City, Okk 

CHURCH 

Ada, First _J 

IricL mission 

Morris Memorial 

. Trinity i ^__ 

Adair - L * _ • 

Akins _i . •" _ 

Altus, Emmanuel ' ^_ 

First _î, 

. *'IncL mission _ _ 

' Southside c __ „ 

Apache, First _ 

Ardmore, [Emmanuel " _ _ _ - J 

First _i r _ 

' IncL mission .' 

„ Asher, First 

Atoka, First : " 

Barnsdall, [First _ 

BartlesviUe; First 

Sflver r Lake , 

Trinity- 1 __ ~__ _ 

Incl. mission ,_ 

Virginia 1 Ave. _ L, 

• Beggs, First 

Bethany, First _ 

Tulakes ^ _ ^__ 

- Billings J- — . 

j Bixby, Riverview 

Blair, First _ _ 

Blanchard,! Central 

First ' 

; Bluejacket | _ 

c Bristow, First _ _ 

Broken Arrow, Arrow Hgts. 

'\ Calvary 

- Clayton "* 

Canute _ 

Carnegie, First _ ' : • 

IncL mission 

Csuney, First 

Carter, First _ _ __ _ . 

Cedar Crest" _ 

Chandler, {Forest _ __ _ 

Checotah, iFirst - __._ _^ 

^Cherokee, First- " 

Cheyenne; First - ____ 

-. Chickasha, College Hgts. 

First . 

Trinity s ihoma 

SS 

572 

178 

i 60 

! SO 

;239 

! 

634 

i!70 

139 

161 

493. 

5$2 

\ 23 

!241 

il70 

53 

131 

239 

•146 

260 

186 

1 

38 

243 

38 

154 

|l8 

102 

! 77 

! 56 

236 

279 

i 67;. 

i 75 

26 

I 70 

1312 

133 

229 

333 

l 

Chouteau, First 

' , 

Claremore,! First " 

Trinity i _ _ _ ^ 

CHnton, ' First _ -_ J 

.IricL mission 

Coaigate, Fu_t ,„' I" 

Colbert -i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

CoHinsvillp| Fift 

Comanche,} First 

Counrylinej 

Coweta, First 

Crescent* Valley" _ _^_ 

Cromwell, IFirst 

riushing, T?{rsf 

Oak Grove • •„ _ 

' Park Place _ _ 

Cyril, First '_ _ 

£>avis, First __ __ [ 

Del: City, Del View __ 1 | 

First Southern _ Jj 

Sunnylane _._ 

Depew .^_I_ ^ ^._ _ 

Dewar, First _ - - 

Dewey, first _ " i ". 

Dover i _ - _ 

Dnimrighf,! First 

Puke, First' "• - - -- J 

Duncan, Highland Park 1 

Trinity i " _^_ ^_ 

Durant," Calvary 

First __i __ 

Earlsboro, | Fakview _ _ _ 

5 

Us 

268 

;267 

403 

:510 . 

^137 

193 

; 57 

180 

89- 

59 

326 

79 

69 

164 \ 

145 

141 

1371 

148 

81 

96 

' l e 

Frederick, First - - - -- 365 60 

Northside 

Incl. mission 

451 

_:..!-'* 

r - Twin Oaks 

Tesca - 1 -_ 93 58 

tf "^ Mustang, Chisholm Hgts. 

Trinity •_ — - 70 38 '- ff-A 

f 

Friendship 

58 44 1*V 

106 40 

w^^ 

Geary, First __ :_ 63 27- 

Golden. First _'„ J 48 29 

m^^f 

Gore, rirst * : — 55 39 

•_^ 

Grandfield, First __ 116 37 

Greenfield - - •- 47 23 

Grove, First ___ £. 101 39 - 

Guthne, First - '_ 484 95 

Noble Ave. _ _ _ 172 57 -V 

Guymon, First - 330 103 ? 

7^103 Haileyville _ _ _ _ _ 120 45 ~^ 

Hartshorne, First •__ _ _ 125 40 - ? 

CT j ADD Haskell, First .-„„_ -„_ _ 221 84' 

106 Hastings, First _ ._ 24 20 

Headrick, First _ . • _ 51 29 

92 10 •Healdton, Bethel _•_ _~ 54 - 31 

t!A 

- First _ _ _ ' lL. . 188 -54 

Henryetta, First __ _L— ..„ 251 58 3 

26 

Tmmaniiel 

157 47 

124 6 Hinton, First _„ 

189 54 

184 4 Hobart, Fiist , :_ 379 75 

201 Holdenville, Calvary _ ___ 56 39 

55 1 First 

182 33 

i— •— 

43 

Penn West - 59 26 

45 HoIHs; First , 

427 

101 3 1 

Incl. mission 

471 ,j- -_ L 

137 Hominy, First 

197 67 

9 

104 

30 Howe, Faith 

57 21 

12*1 

175 8 

i 

44 

67 

, 80 

45 

63 

92- * f>* j 

54 

52 

31 7 

45 11 

44 

35 

115 1 

45 

37 

19 

84 

93 

"I mean, like what would you do if 

somebody you can't relate to was always 

21, 2 

. 33 

. t asking to use your car?" 

95 

'" 44 

39 Jones, First 104 51 2 

45 Keota 73 27 1. 

79 Kiowa _ . 82 

— / I 

36 Konawa, First — 104 —27 

Langley, First 77 26 — r~ 

96 ^Laverne, First 143 57 

57 Lawton, Cameron _•__ _ 501 251 —1 

140 

Central 322 277 256 

162 

Incl. mission — • "— 436" 333 

First :__ 1006 274 

40 

I 

* IncL mission _• _- 1203 343 

65 

74 

Mission Village 76 . 27 — : 

54 

Northside „_ — - — — - 195 89 

37 

Trinity - — 302 119 —10 

74 2 IncL mission 334 

— 

45 Leedey, First : 156 62 

— — 1i 

Lexington _ 126 43 

107 

Incl. mission ; 168 

18 .Lindsay, Calvary 152 

— 49— 

—2 

23 1 , First - 203 57 — . 

- 51 Madill, First 224 55 1 

29 Mangum, First 279 179 

81 

Trinity . — — 151 — 

505 5 Mannford, First _^_ 143 —55 '— — 

69 4 Marsden ~ 35 22 -— — 

18 Martha, First 59 35 - — 

Maysville, First - 214 

46 McAlester, High Hill 72 —34 -t 

ll 

Second 156 35 "— 

203 77 McLoud, First : 76 38 » ' 

109 37 

Hillside 50 25 } — 

55 Medicine Park : — 47 34 

39 

59 S3 

256 65 

; 77 1 

377 90 1 

- — 

107 49 

: 105 — . 10 

103 

26 .• — 

185 78 1 

25 

129 64 

26 — 

74 

236 1 

405 ^' 

69 

65 

90 2 

39 — . 

67 1 

"4 

44 

150 

p • 

" 4 

59 

308 -/^l 

85 — 

74 

54 —7 

ipo . 72' 

45 

51 

1)8 _ 

3' 

172 —2 

51 

39 

77 

. . — 

73 

35 1 

1 

57 20 

74 . -— 

r 18 

.. 78 31. 

._ 173 . 89 

First ^ ^ —_.. 

137 48 

I Nicoma Park^tirst 

._ 273 88 - 

Ninnekahj First — - 98 46 

Noble -pi 

._ H Watonga, First 154 57 5 

Waynoka, First ._ 131 64 — 

Weatherford, Emmanuel ____*__ li5 40 — 

First _ „ 265 35 '2 

Webbers Falls, First __: 83 — -u 

Weleetka, First __^__ 78 28 — 

Westport ^.____ 45 23 — 

Wewoka, Midway __*^___ 33 19 — 

First 162 . 53 — 

Wilson __ 129 47 — 

Wister, First- 138 66 — 

Woodward, First _„ 325 97 1 

Wynnewood, First j 182 47 — 

Wynona, First ._ 84 44 — 

Yale, Council Valley __: 70 45 2. 

Yuba ___—^__:__,___.__ •__- 71 - 34 —j 

Yukon, First ,__1_^ _„_ 301 94 3= 

Incl. mission 441 171 '—" 

LANGUAGE CHURCHES K. 

Carnegie,' Indian . : : 43 9 -4- 

Muskogee, First — 61 55 6 

Okla. City, Central "114 82 1 

Pawnee,. Indian 39 22 — 

. Ponca City, Indian 28 12 — 

x -Stroud, Only Way _^__ 16 18 — 

Tulsa, Indian Center 28 25 1 

" ' ' . : - • ' ' . _ * * ' • - . • ; • ; 

Church Training: 

New Quarterly for Adults 

Baptist Adults, consisting of at least 

one doctrinal lesson in each unit, will be 

produced through the church training department 

of the Southern Baptist Sunday 

School Board at Nashville, Tenn. Beginning 

with the October quarter of the 

church year, churches may order Baptist 

Adults for their training needs. The 

reading level of Baptist Adults will be 

comparable to popular magazines and 

newspapers. Sessions will be dated, and 

parts'will be numbered. 

Size, formaf, art and general appearance 

of Baptist Adults will be that of 

the familiar quarterly. Controversial issues 

will be minimized. Additional pages 

will be provided so that Bible readings 

aiid a missionary prayer, calendar may 

be included. It will be self contained. 

Source, Skill and Now will continue 

to be produced by the board. This 

literature will be available through the 

regular church literature order form. 

Copies of the new periodical will be available 

for inspection at the Southern Baptist 

Convention in St. Louis. 

MAY 20, 1971 ° -;:. 

SK-.-O •;-.;. r-::":>v.x.;.;.-:-.;-y.j'3^^^^pr^ .^t 

OU STUDENTS HE^^TOJjS^gtt 

mer, program director at 

Al Weedn, representing 

Tower at 

remedial education program for the 

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May 20, 1971 - Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

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