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Description:: On Thursday, May 15, 1958, the commencement sermon was given in the SEBTS Chapel. After the prelude and processional (start-0:34), Dr. Sydnor Stealey, the President of SEBTS, gave an invocation (0:35-2:40). After a few more songs, prayer, Scripture reading, and the graduates’ gift to the seminary (2:41-22:20), Dr. Dotson McGinnis Nelson, Jr., the pastor at First Baptist Church of Greenville, SC, gave the main address entitled, “Truth Incarnate” (22:21-1:07:15). The service concluded with a hymn, a benediction from Dr. Stealey, and the recessional (1:07:16-end).
Subject:: Commencement ceremonies
Creator:: Nelson, Dotson McGinnis, Jr. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: May 1958
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Commencement_Dotson_McGinnis_Nelson_Jr_1958-05

Description:: After an introduction by Dr. Stealey (start-3:30), Dr. Roger G. Branch, the Secretary of Missions for the Baptist Convention of North Carolina, shares three lessons he learned about pastoral ministry through his 25 years of experience. The three lessons are maintaining a wholesome self-scrutiny, the need for developing lay people, and there is tremendous value in the relationship to that denomination of which you are a part (3:31-19:01). The service concludes with a hymn (19:02-end).
Creator:: Branch, Roger G., 1934- and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: October 2, 1959
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_Roger_G_Branch_1959-10-02

Description:: After the opening hymn, Dr. Stealey prays and introduces the speaker (start-6:58). Dr. Edwin Theodore Dahlberg, President of the National Council of Churches USA, preached a sermon entitled “Bridge Builders” from Ephesians 4:13. He focused on unity between believers despite differences.
Keyword:: Unity
Subject:: Bible. Ephesians and Church--Unity
Creator:: Dahlberg, Edwin T. (Edwin Theodore), 1892-1986 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: January 28, 1959
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Chapel_Edwin_Theodore_Dahlberg_1959-01-28

Description:: Dr. Stealey opens by reading Ephesians 6:10-20, and then introduces Dr. Niebuhr after a hymn. Dr. Helmut Richard Niebuhr, a Christian theologian, Professor at Yale Divinity School, and author of Christ and Culture, speaks on the impact Protestantism had at that time, and how they influence and shape culture.
Subject:: Protestantism
Creator:: Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: January 23, 1958
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Event_Helmut_Richard_Niebuhr_1958-01-23

Description:: After a few songs, the reading of Philippians 1:9-18, and a prayer, Dr. John Hall Buchanan, chairman of the survey committee that helped start Southeastern, is introduced (start-14:32). Dr. Buchanan encourages the class of 1959 from Philippians 1:9-11 (14:35-49:58). Dr. Stealey then concludes the service with a prayer.
Subject:: Bible. Philippians and Commencement ceremonies
Creator:: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Buchanan, John H. (John Hall), 1928-
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: May 14, 1959
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Commencement_John_Hall_Buchanan_1959-05-14

Description:: After some songs and the opening prayer (start-5:05), Isaiah 40:18-31 and 2 Corinthians 5:10-21 are read to the graduates (5:06-12:03). Dr. Marc Hoyle Lovelace, Professor of Archeology, gives the charge from 2 Timothy 3:17 to the graduates of the class of 1959 (12:04-26:50). Dr. Stealey, the president of the seminary finishes with the benediction (26:51-end).
Subject:: Bible. 2 Timothy
Creator:: Lovelace, Marc Hoyle and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: May 15, 1959
Resource type:: Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Commencement_Marc_Hoyle_Lovelace_1959-05-15

Description:: Dr. Stealey introduces Dr. Eduard Schweizer, a professor of New Testament from the University of Zurich, who then proceeds to lecture on “The Disciples of Jesus in the Post-Easter Church”. Using the parable of the Prodigal Son, found in Luke 15:11-32, as a jumping off point, Dr. Schweizer focuses on what Jesus would want for the church now.
Subject:: Bible. Luke and Church
Creator:: Schweizer, Eduard, 1913-2006 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: September 10, 1959
Resource type:: Text and Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Convocation_Eduard_Schweizer_1959-09-10_AM

Description:: Dr. Stealey welcomes and introduces Dr. Eduard Schweizer, a visiting lecturer who is a New Testament professor from the University of Zurich. Dr. Schweizer proceeds to discuss differing views, especially a gnostic one, on the "Body of Christ" and then posits the position he believes is most in line with the Bible.
Keyword:: Body of Christ
Creator:: Schweizer, Eduard, 1913-2006 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Location:: Wake Forest (N.C.)
Language:: English
Date Created:: September 10, 1959
Resource type:: Text and Audio
Identifier:: SEBTS_Convocation_Eduard_Schweizer_1959-09-10_PM

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