IMB trustees adopt record budget, tighten expenditures

Trustees of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board (IMB) adopted a $290.1 million budget for 2003 during an Oct. 31–Nov. 3 meeting in Dallas that included the appointment of 95 missionaries — the second-largest group of long-term workers appointed in one service. Trustees also announced their personal pledges to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions (LMCO), passed resolutions…