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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
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1958-05
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Commencement_Dotson_McGinnis_Nelson_Jr_1958-05