[1] This was at a time when the FMB had decided to start denominational work in Southern Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe).
[2] In 1951 during an SBC annual conference Dotson urged the FMB to send more missionaries and resources to support missions work towards blacks in Rhodesia.
The FMB sent another missionary couple Ralph and Betty Bawlin who served at the primary school and Dotson began traveling to and from cities across Zimbabwe starting churches.
[3] Villagers kept on asking for medicine from Mrs Dotson and they decided to set up a clinic at Sanyati Mission station.
The growth of the Baptist work in Zimbabwe stimulated a number of many young black Rhodesians and they felt called to serve the Lord as pastors and evangelists.
These include The Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe is governed by an executive committee composed of eleven members.