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- Audio is low quality. Dr. Michael Stroope was a Southern Baptist area director of missions in Sri Lanka. The interview begins with Stroope giving the details of his background and call to missions, and he talks about the influences that shaped his own theology and ethos of missions (0:00:00-0:0:18:17). Stroope speaks about the vision of his work as area director of missions in Sri Lanka, and he describes the administrative day to day operations on the field and how it fit his missions ethos (0:18:18-0:37:53). Stroope says that his model for missions prohibited the establishment of western institutions such as schools and conventions to not hinder indigenous church growth, and he defines the strategy his team used to enter a country or region and how they engaged the indigenous population (0:37:54-1:00:57). Stroope speaks about how the missionaries leveraged resources on the field through multiple sources, and he describes the reasons why the International Mission Board (IMB) restructured their mission strategy (1:00:58-1:10:56). Stroope speaks about the need of training missionaries by starting with the basics to avoid bad thinking and theological reasoning on the field, and he says that he is hopeful that Southern Baptist will be motivated to use the best and most biblical strategy to reach the nations with the gospel in the future. He also believes that the IMB will be less centralized and focused more on cooperation in the future (1:10:57-1:18:46). The interview concludes with Stroope stating that Southern Baptist must hold on to their distinctive while at the same time prioritizing the biblical mandate, and part of this priority means guarding the autonomy of indigenous churches (1:18:47-1:26:51).
- Subject:
- Indigenous church administration, Missions, and Sociology--Fieldwork
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1998-02-25
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Michael Stroope 25Feb98_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Dr. Cal Guy was the Emeritus Professor of Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The interview begins with Dr. Guy giving a background of his life in ministry and his interest in missions (00:00-04:23). He speaks about the mission vision of D.A McGavern that emphasizes bringing people to Christ, and he talks about the difficulty McGavern had in getting his books published and his vision to be accepted by evangelicals (04:24-11:16). Dr. Guy then speaks on McGavorn’s influence on his teaching, and he talks about the slow acceptance and implementation of McGavorn’s church growth and mission strategies in the Southern Baptist Convention (11:17-18:44). He points to the clarity of the mission strategy of the SBC as being connected to McGavorn’s influence (18:45-23:56). Dr. Guy believes that McGavern’s influence was a seed that flourished into the modern mission strategy of Southern Baptists, though there are now other components that did not originate with McGavern (23:57-26:30). Dr. Guy gives a final word praising the Lord for the opportunity he has had to train and recruit future missionaries (26:31-32:07).
- Subject:
- Missions, Church growth, and Methods (Gospel)
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1998-04-08
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- 01 Dr. Cal Guy 8Apr98_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Dr. Avery Willis was the Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations. The interview begins with Dr. Willis giving a background of his call to missions and his life in ministry (00:00-05:47). He briefly speaks on the restructuring of the IMB into regions (05:48-07:34). Dr. Willis defines the “new paradigm” of missions of seeking to find what God is doing in bringing people to saving faith (07:35-09:22). Dr. Willis defines the “cutting edge” in missions as being on edge of lostness, and he argues why they IMB needed to be restructured to focus on people groups and to get more laymen involved in missions (09:23-13:45). Dr. Willis defines the difference between “harvest field” and “unreached,” and this is reflected in the move towards looking at people groups rather than nations (13:46-15:13). He believes that there is a biblical mandate to reach everybody including both categories of the “harvest fields” and the “unreached” (15:14-16:09). Dr. Willis speaks on the how the funding for resources going towards the evangelization of unreached people groups has gone up over time and mentions how resources and have been shifted specifically for unreached people groups (16:10-19:36). Dr. Willis makes the prediction that a larger percentage of people will be involved in international missions, the third world will be producing more missionaries, and the center of the church will move to the third world by 2010 (19:37-22:20). Dr, Willis’ closing comment is that the church must always be listening to God and discovering his strategy for reaching the unreached, and he believes that today is the great day for mission (22:21-23:52).
- Subject:
- Missions, Reorganization, Ethnic groups, and Evangelistic work
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 2000-03-08
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Avery Willis 8Mar00_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- James McAtee was a missionary in Indonesia and Myanmar for the International Mission Board. McAtee begins the interview by giving a summary of his call to ministry, and he discusses his time as a missionary in Indonesia (0:00:00-0:16:30). McAtee speaks on the three men who led the International Mission Board during his tenure in Indonesia, and he briefly discusses the differences of each of their mission strategies (0:16:31-0:26:48). McAtee discusses in detail the strategies forged by Presidents Parks and Rankin of putting missionaries in unreached and closed countries, and he says because of this strategy he was able to do mission work in Myanmar and Indonesia (0:26:49-0:34:30). McAtee moves to specifically focus on the strategy the IMB used in Myanmar, and this strategy includes translating the Bible into the native languages and placing churches and biblical materials in unreached areas of the country (0:34:31-0:45:30). McAtee describes the relationship the IMB currently has with the national church of Myanmar (0:45:31-0:51:05). McAtee speaks on the future of evangelism in Myanmar, and he is excited about the prospect of every tribe being reached but knows that there are currently some barriers preventing that reality (0:51:06-0:59:18). The interview ends with McAtee giving a word to seminary students on the prospect of serving the Lord oversees (0:59:19-1:05:14).
- Subject:
- Missions, Strategy, and Church and international organization
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 2004-04-23
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- James McAtee 23Apr04_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Robin Hadaway was Associate Professor of Missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The interview begins with Hadaway giving the background of his life in ministry and his work with the International Missions Board (00:00-05:10). Hadaway talks about how the change of the Baptist Faith and Message effected the protocol in the IMB, and he shares a few stories about how the changes were received on the mission field (05:11-10:41). Hadaway says that he desired more theological assurance from his missionaries, and he talks about missionaries that left the IMB when the Conservative Resurgence occurred and when the BF&M was updated (10:42-16:51). He states that the main reasons some of his missionaries left the IMB was because they felt that the changes were put into effect without their personal input, and some left because that did not agree with the changes regarding women in ministry (16:52-18:59). Hadaway speaks about Ida Mae Hayes being ordained by her church in Brazil, and he feels mad about the situation because she lied to the IMB and is now pastoring in North Carolina (19:00-29:03). He makes a clarification that Ida Mae Hayes had no authority over pastors in her role as a director of missions in Brazil (29:04-32:09). In the final question of the interview, Hadaway says that he wants the IMB needs to put in place more perimeters regarding single women on the mission field, and he clarifies the statement given by the IMB on Ida Mae Hayes’ retirement (32:10-36:12).
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 2004-05-14
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Robin Hadaway 14May04_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Jerry Rankin was interviewed by John Surrel. At the time of the Interview, Dr. Rankin was the president of the International Mission Board. Surrel and Dr. Rankin discussed Dr. Rankin's background (0:45), his election as president of the IMB (8:40), the restructuring of the IMB (9:10), Rankin's opinion that Southern Baptists were living in the greatest era of missionary opportunity (28:40), Rankin's view on social work and evangelism in missions (35:55), Rankin's view of contextualization (40:15), how Rankin understands partnering with others (44:46), what Ranking believes the IMB would look like in 2010 (49:10), and closing comments (54:35).
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1998-04-10
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Jerry Rankin 10Apr98_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Theresia Muchere was a Kenyan Baptist missionary. The interview begins with Muchere describing her early life at the end of the colonial era in Kenya, and she gives her story of how she joined the Baptist church in Nairobi (0:00:00-0:13:45). Muchere describes the market next to the Baptist Center, and she describes an incident that God used to help the Baptist Center become self-sustaining (0:13:46-0:19:37). Muchere describes her role in the church as a teacher and a deaconess, and she speaks about the church’s plan to partner with existing churches to plant new churches (0:19:38-0:27:08). Muchere speaks about the struggle for people to give in the church, and she speaks about the church’s work through primary schools in the nearby city of Mombasa (0:27:09-0:37:41). Muchere says her involvement specifically with Southern Baptist work has been minimal but was an active member of one of their churches, and she describes her work with women in her church (0:37:42-0:52:30). Muchere talks about the leadership of the churches and how they came to their positions, and she defines the difference between the church and the mission (0:52:31-0:59:40). Muchere describes the process of training and communication with the mission in planting a new church, and she believes the mission has achieved its target purpose (0:59:41-1:03:29). Muchere speaks about the growth of the church to every part of Kenya, but she believes a weakness can occur when the church forgets whom they serve (1:03:30-1:10:55). The first part of the interview ends with Muchere talking about the areas in Kenya where work still needs to be done (1:10:56-1:14:59).
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 2004-04-20
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 1 of 2
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- Description:
- Theresia Muchere was a Kenyan Baptist missionary. The second part of the interview begins with Muchere describing the beginning years of the church in Nairobi, and she speaks about the reason many people attended the church and the outside perception of the Baptists in the city (00:00-05:04). Muchere moves to talk about the initial growth of the church in Mombasa and the difficulties of women and youth outreach (05:05-12:01). Muchere speaks about the current issue of keeping urban churches in line with Baptist procedures, and she describes the church planting campaigns that happened from 1960 to 1990 (12:02-20:26). Muchere speaks about the Kenyan people’s desire for freedom near the end of colonialism, and she talks about the continual need for missionaries, denominational partnership, and the spread of the gospel in Kenya (20:27-24:20). The interview concludes with Muchere giving a word of appreciation to the American church and their work in helping the church in Kenya (24:21-29:08).
- Subject:
- Church work with youth, Evangelistic work, Church work with women, and Missions--Kenya
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 2004-04-20
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 2 of 2
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- Description:
- Dr. Avery Willis was the Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations of the International Mission Board. The interview begins with Dr. Willis giving a background of his call to missions and his life in ministry (00:00-05:47). He briefly speaks on the restructuring of the IMB into regions (05:48-07:34). Dr. Willis defines the “new paradigm” of missions of seeking to find what God is doing in bringing people to saving faith (07:35-09:22). Dr. Willis defines the “cutting edge” in missions as being on edge of lostness, and he argues why they IMB needed to be restructured to focus on people groups and to get more laymen involved in missions (09:23-13:45). Dr. Willis defines the difference between “harvest field” and “unreached,” and this is reflected in the move towards looking at people groups rather than nations (13:46-15:13). He believes that there is a biblical mandate to reach everybody including both categories of the “harvest fields” and the “unreached” (15:14-16:09). Dr. Willis speaks on the how the funding for resources going towards the evangelization of unreached people groups has gone up over time and mentions how resources and have been shifted specifically for unreached people groups (16:10-19:36). Dr. Willis makes the prediction that a larger percentage of people will be involved in international missions, the third world will be producing more missionaries, and the center of the church will move to the third world by 2010 (19:37-22:20). Dr, Willis’ closing comment is that the church must always be listening to God and discovering his strategy for reaching the unreached, and he believes that today is the great day for mission (22:21-23:52).
- Subject:
- Missions, Reorganization, Ethnic groups, and Evangelistic work
- Owner:
- ddickerson@sebts.edu
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1998-03
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Avery Willis Mar98_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Robert Ernst Poerschke was Professor of Christian Education.
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Created:
- 1979-11-14
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Robert_Ernst_Poerschke_1979-11-14