Conscious of the fearful trend of world events, and of the appalling crisis which man faces in every realm of his existence, and
Believing that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only adequate remedy for that crisis, and
Realizing that the doors of evangelism and world missions have already been closed by the iron and bamboo curtains on more than one-third of the peoples of the world, and that the time in which we may enter the remaining open doors may be incredibly short, and
Gratefully conscious of the devoted and sacrificial efforts of our missionaries both at home and abroad, and of the faithful endeavor of the devout leadership of all of our Convention agencies, but
Aware of the fact that we desperately need to step up the tempo of our efforts as Baptists to lay hold on that for which we were laid hold on by Jesus Christ.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
(1) That this Convention authorize its president to appoint a representative committee of seven to study additional ways and means by which the rank and file of our churches may be aroused to action in increasing their support of all our Convention agencies and particularly world evangelization, and
(2) That the committee be instructed to meet with the Promotion Committee in June and report to the Executive Committee in December with specific proposals, for approval, looking toward the implementation of the efforts of the committee and the subsequent report of the committee, in cooperation with the Promotion Committee, to the Convention in Miami in 1955.
Submitted by R. Paul Caudill (Tenn.), Leon M. Latimer (S.C.), John W. Raley (Okla.), Wade H. Bryant (Va.), Harold G. Sanders (Fla.), Harold W. Seever (Ala.), W. Boyd Hunt (Tex.), H. Guy Moore (Tex.), A. Warren Huyck (Fla.).