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- Description:
- Carl Elkanah Bates was the president of the North Carolina Baptist Convention.
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1966-04-26
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Carl_Elkanah_Bates_1966-04-26
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- Description:
- This service is an SEBTS commencement service. The service begins with prayer (00:00-13:38). Douglas H. Pruden was recognized as the representative from this graduating senior class (13:39-14:29). President Stealey offers warm words of thanks and congratulations to this graduating class (14:30-19:02). He then introduces the speaker, Carl Elkanah Bates, who was pastor of First Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC (19:03-20:45). Special music and singing occurs before he begins to speak (20:46-26:17). His subject for the message is “Nineteen Years From Now,” relating his own life with the lives of those who are graduating and hoping to impart something helpful for them to carry into their futures, namely that God will be with them day after day, until the end of the age. He also encourages them to be fervent in prayer, humilty, and endurance, which are provided in God’s plan through His grace and love (26:18-50:21). The service ends in prayer (50:22-51:27).
- Subject:
- Commencement ceremonies
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1960-05-12
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Commencement_Carl_Elkanah_Bates_1960-05-12
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- Description:
- Carl Elkanah Bates was a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (0:00-4:19). There is a Scripture reading (4:20-5:25). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (5:26-8:00). Carl Bates is introduced as the chapel speaker (8:01-11:18). The choir sings a song of worship (11:19-13:32). Bates speaks about the proof of Christians’ love being seen by their keeping God’s commandments (13:33-15:13). He speaks of two commandments that must be kept, the first not being drunk with wine (15:14-23:08). The second imperative he speaks of is growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (23:09-32:47). There is a moment of prayer (32:48-34:18).
- Subject:
- Summary of the Law (Theology) and Obedience
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1987-03-31
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Carl_Elkanah_Bates_1987-03-31