Hugo H. Culpepper was Professor of Missions at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music and a word of prayer (00:00-09:22). Hugo H. Culpepper is introduced as the Missionary Day chapel speaker (09:23-13:47). The choir sings a song of worship (13:48-17:12). Culpepper begins his sermon by stating his theme of the spiritual pilgrimage of a missionary (17:13-20:47). Culpepper gives the steps of the spiritual pilgrimage of a missionary which includes the church, the conversion experience, the Holy Spirit, the word of God, Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and the character of God himself, and he uses his own life as the model for this pilgrimage (20:48-56:07). Culpepper concludes his sermon with a word of prayer (56:08-57:24). The service ends with organ music and a benediction (57:25-58:16).