After the introduction, a prayer, and announcements (start-4:00), Dr. Sydnor Lorenzo Stealey, the first president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks about his life with his father.
After the reading of Psalm 95:1-6 (start-0:42), Ben C. Fisher, the Administrative Assistant and Director of Public Relations, shares gratitude for Southeastern Seminary and shares his testimony.
After a prayer (start-2:27), Dr. Garland Alford Hendricks, Professor of Church Community Development and Director of Field Work, speaks about the duties of ministers and churches.
After a poem, prayer, and introduction (start-3:20), Glendon McCullough, the Personnel Secretary of the Home Mission Board, spoke about the difference we can make if we work to change the things around us.
After a prayer and introduction (start-1:35), William Randall Lolley, associate pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX (and eventually the President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary), speaks about the theology of man and how our anthropology has let us down.
Sydnor Lorenzo Stealey was the first President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Stealey speaks from 0:09-16:36 and opens the chapel service with a Scripture reading of Ephesians 2:8-9. Stealey speaks to the seminary on the greatness of the Gospel message and how it is crucial for the students to know the Gospel so that their lives could be tied up with God's. President Stealey's source text was found in two places in the Book of Romans: Romans 2:14-16 and Romans 16:25-27.
This service was organized by the Student Coordinating Council and was the first chapel service of the new semester. Music is played from 0:09-5:03 as students file into the service. From 5:11-8:22 there are opening announcements, prayer, and a Scripture reading of Psalm 23. The speaker gets up and reminds students of the vision of SEBTS and discussed the faith of characters like Abraham, David, Jonah, and Samson. He shares the vision for the upcoming semester and the desire to be a school focused on the Great Commission. His source text for the service was Luke 2:8-14,52. This happens from 8:27-15:54. There is a time of prayer and reflection from 15:55-20:30 as instrumental music is played. Max Smith, professor at Union Theological Seminary closes in prayer from 20:35-20:58. Closing music plays from 20:59-27:13.