In appreciation for his service, Morris H. Chapman was named to the honorary position of president emeritus of the Executive Committee (EC) and was presented the M.E. Dodd Award for Cooperative Program (CP) support during a retirement dinner Sept. 20 in Nashville.
Throughout his tenure as pastor of four churches over a span of 25 years and as president of the EC for 18 years, Chapman led the way in his support of Southern Baptists’ method for funding missions, Roger Spradlin, chairman of the EC, said.
As an M.E. Dodd Award recipient, Chapman received a bronze sculpture of a farmer sowing the Word as he walks across the world, depicting international evangelism.
While other recognitions honor annual accomplishments in CP support, the Dodd award is for sustained achievement.
Spradlin also reported that the EC, in addition to EC personnel policy retirement provisions, will make additional contributions to health insurance costs for Chapman and his wife, Jodi; provide a life insurance policy; and pay travel expenses for the Chapmans to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meetings.
Spradlin also presented Chapman with the title to the vehicle that has been furnished to him by the EC, and made a tribute to Jodi Chapman.
“It’s been a great privilege to serve the Lord Jesus through all these years among Southern Baptists,” Chapman said.
“My mother was a Methodist and my dad was a Baptist. When they were married, my mother joined the Baptist church, so I was born into the Baptist faith.” (BP)
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