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- Dr. Delos Miles was Professor of Evangelism at Southeastern Seminary. An announcement is made that two night classes begin the next evening (0:00-0:49). Paul Pridgen III makes announcement that the lessons for the morning come from the law and the gospel in Deuteronomy 18:15-22 and John 5:39-47, which are read aloud (0:55-4:23). Prayer is given to open the service (4:23-6:50). Dr. Miles introduces Mr. Pridgen who is his assistant for the year. He then begins his message by asking how big each person’s Bible is to make the point that all of it, with no part missing, is vital for the Christian life (6:50-22:15). Dr. Miles closes the service in prayer (22:15-23:27).
- Subject:
- Bible
- Creator:
- Miles, Delos and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 12, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Delos_Miles_1983-01-12
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- Description:
- Phillip Rodgerson was the Director of the Missions Department at the Virginia Baptist General Board. Chapel opens with prayer (0:00-1:03). A welcome is given to the Directors of Missions present for a conference and the speaker, Phillip Rodgerson, is introduced (1:03-4:14). Phillip Rodgerson introduces his message and challenges the audience with Baptist distinctives in the current culture (4:14-9:02). He states that Baptists’ congregational government, professional training, gathering in community, and variety of programs strengthen them to reach the current society (9:02-13:40). He concludes by saying that Southern Baptists can lead with their strengths in the current society (13:40-15:54). The service closes in prayer (15:54-16:27).
- Subject:
- Southern Baptists and Naisbitt, John
- Creator:
- Rodgerson, Phillip E. (Phillip Edward) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 13, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Phillip_Edward_Rodgerson_1983-01-13
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- Description:
- John Wilson Fleming was a professor at Shaw Divinity School. Reading from Matthew 5:43-45 and 1 John 4:16-18 (0:00-1:50). Chapel is opened in prayer (1:50-3:15). Choir leads in song (3:15-6:35). Introduction of the speaker, Dr. Fleming (6:35-7:53). Dr. Fleming opens his message with prayer (7:53-8:22). Dr. Fleming introduces his message on the reflection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and walking with hope and faith, actively in God’s work (8:22-16:00). He says that God is a God of history and still reigns over His universe which influences how we live and keeps us active in God’s work (16:00-24:25). A benediction is given to conclude the service (24:25-24:43).
- Subject:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Creator:
- Fleming, John W. (John Wilson) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 19, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_John_Wilson_Fleming_1983-01-19
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- Description:
- R. Keith Parks was the President of the Foreign Mission Board. Chapel begins with an audience responsive reading and prayer (0:00-2:11). The speaker, Dr. Keith Parks, is introduced (2:11-3:40). Undecipherable music (3:40-7:20). Dr. Parks begins his message and focuses on the challenges and responsibility of accurately communicating the gospel to others (7:20-13:42). He introduces and reads passages from 1 Corinthians 4 and Ephesians 2 and 3 (13:42-18:45). His thesis is that God’s calling involving salvation and direction of life is a calling to become his steward, responsible for the good news of salvation which requires of everyone trustworthiness in completing the task (18:45-19:50). He illustrates this with a story about good stewardship (19:50-24:23). He exhorts that believers must recognize the lordship of God who created everything and that we must fulfill our stewardship faithfully, to be trustworthy (24:23-25:20). Dr. Parks says he also grows concerned when he reflects on the way he exercises stewardship of the gospel. He says it requires the sacrifice of the steward’s interest so that the gospel might go forward (25:20-32:05). He states that choice is the highest compliment a steward can be paid by God and that stewards must make hard decisions in order to help the gospel spread (32:05-36:00). The gospel is for all the earth and when we are saved, we must go tell everyone (36:00-39:50) He discusses the great potential of the Southern Baptists to share the gospel with the world (39:50-47:00). Dr. Parks closes the chapel in prayer (47:00-48:32).
- Subject:
- Great Commission (Bible), Christian stewardship--Baptists, and Witness bearing (Christianity)
- Creator:
- Parks, R. Keith and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 25, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_R_Keith_Parks_1983-01-25
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- Description:
- Terry K. Douglas was the Director of Missions at the South Cental Baptist Association in Pennsylvania. Chapel is opened in prayer (0:00-1:22). An introduction for the chapel speaker, Dr. Terry Douglas, is given (1:22-2:52). Chior leads in singing (2:52-7:05). Dr. Douglas begins his message with greeting, thanks, and introducing the passage of Mark 8: 22-25 (7:05-9:15). He uses the passage of the blind man to illustrate that sometimes people need a second touch from God to truly know why Jesus Christ came, to know who our fellow men are, to know what the church is all about, and to let Jesus guide his people into a growing experience of fellowship (9:15-23:57). Dr. Douglas closes the service in prayer (23:57-24:33).
- Subject:
- Christian life and Witness bearing (Christianity)
- Creator:
- Douglas, Terry K., Sr. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 26, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Terry_K_Douglas_Sr_1983-01-26
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- Description:
- Thomas R. McKibbens was the pastor of First Baptist Church in Bristol, Virginia. Chapel begins with a reading from Mark 9 and with prayer (0:00-2:55). The chapel speaker, Dr. Tom McKibbens, is introduced (2:55-4:12). The choir leads in singing (4:12-9:45). Dr. McKibbens begins his message by reflecting on the passage from Mark 9 with the statement “I believe, help me in my unbelief” and its relationship to doubt (9:45-11:00). He discusses how everyone doubts (11:00-18:00). He then discusses that everyone also believes (18:00-20:00). People live with a faith-doubt tension and Mark 9 helps us see how to handle this. The father confessed his doubt and faced it and then chose faith over doubt, and believers today should do likewise (20:00-25:30). Dr. McKibbens closes the service in prayer (25:30-26:40).
- Subject:
- Faith
- Creator:
- McKibbens, Thomas R. and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- January 20, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Thomas_R_McKibbens_Jr_1983-01-20
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- Description:
- Robert Morgan was a former United States Senator from North Carolina. Chapel opens in prayer and an introduction for song (0:00-0:40). Announcement is given about class schedules for the day, with reading from Matthew 25 followed by prayer (0:40-3:58). Introduction of chapel speaker, Senator Robert Morgan, is given (3:58-5:21). Choir leads in singing (5:21-10:12). Senator Morgan begins by reflecting on the separation of church and state and states that Christians should be involved in politics (10:12-14:29). He says that it is important for Christians to remain involved in politics because the country needs those Christians values (14:29-19:00). To do this it is important to have compassion for others like Christ has compassion and be willing to serve others (19:00-29:38). Senator Morgan concludes by challenging the audience to be responsibly involved in government as believers (29:38-31:36). Chapel is closed in prayer (31:36-32:34).
- Subject:
- Church and state and Compassion--Religious aspects--Christianity
- Creator:
- Morgan, Robert, 1925-2016 and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- February 15, 1983
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Robert_Morgan_1983-02-15
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- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- November 5, 2005
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- GBraswell Jr_Nov05
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- Description:
- Dr. Robert Naylor was President Emeritus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The interview begins with Dr. Naylor giving a background of his life in ministry (00:00-04:25). He speaks about his time as a trustee at Southwestern in the last year of the presidency of L.R. Scarborough and in the presidencies of E.D. Head and J. Howard Williams (04:26-06:15). Dr. Naylor believes that the Great Depression and World War II were great blessings for Southern Baptists in helping them unify and see the need for missions (06:16-09:09). He also believes that the events of the early 20th century helped Baptist financially (09:10-11:26). Dr. Naylor speaks about the growth of the seminaries after World War II and how the time oversees fighting prepared many Southern Baptist for international missions (11:27-15:20). Dr. Naylor talks about the “75 Million Campaign,” and he praises L.R. Scarborough for his contribution to the post-war growth of Southern Baptist’s initiatives (15:21-18:56). Dr. Naylor believes that Southwestern has made a great contribution for Southern Baptists regarding evangelism and missions (18:57-21:06). He believes that the converts made during the mid-century ultimately made a great impact on world missions (21:07-22:38). The interview concludes with Dr. Naylor speaking on the culmination of events of the early 20th century led to the great evangelism and missions push of Southern Baptists in the later 20th century (22:39-24:30).
- Subject:
- Missions, Evangelistic work, Church renewal--Southern Baptist Convention, and Twentieth century
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 1999
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Robert Naylor 99_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- Dr. Keith Parks was President of the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), now known as the International Mission Board (IMB). Part 2 of the interview begins with Parks giving his own thoughts on the doctrine of inherency, and he believes that the Bible may have errors but not enough to compromise theology (00:00-04:15). Parks gives his reason why he took a position with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) after he resigned from the FMB, and he believes that the CBF are good Southern Baptist who do not discriminate over theological differences (04:16-15:05). The interview concludes with Parks saying that the CBF approached him before his resignation at the FMB, and he gives his last word on the changes in the strategy that both the CBF and the SBC have taken to reach the nations with the gospel (15:06-18:46).
- Subject:
- Missions, Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc., and Church controversies--Southern Baptist Convention
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 4, 2000
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Keith Parks 4Apr00_orig_2_2
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- Description:
- Dr. Keith Parks was President of the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), now known as the International Mission Board (IMB). The interview begins with Parks speaking on the process of getting to know the missionaries during his time as president, and he emphasizes the importance of the local churches and cooperation for missions (0:00:0-0:12:01). Parks briefly talks about the impact of his ecclesiology class at Southwestern, and he opens up on his thoughts about the changes that happened in the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s that led to his resignation as President of the FMB (0:12:02-0:24:44). Parks gives his definition of missions as the church reaching beyond itself, and he stresses the importance of being ecumenical and having diversity of thought in the denomination (0:24:45-0:35:06). Parks criticizes the decisions and the appointments made to the FMB and the seminaries during the Conservative Resurgence which led him to resign, and he speaks about certain colleagues who the trustees of the convention saw as liberal (0:35:07-0:51:49). Parks briefly speaks on Paige Patterson’s contribution to the FMB, but he also speaks openly about Patterson’s desire to see him resign as President of the FMB (0:51:50-1:03:40). Parks gives his list of basic Baptist beliefs, and he opposes the idea of inherency as a one of the basic beliefs, along with creedalism (1:03:41-1:06:50). Parks believes there must be a theological bedrock for missions alongside a gifting and calling, and he believes that the centrality and love of Christ should be the drive of a missionary (1:06:51-1:13:40). Parks gives further criticism of the doctrine of inherency, but he does believe that Jesus, unlike the Scriptures, was without flaw (1:13:41-1:19:55).
- Subject:
- Missions, Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc., and Church controversies--Southern Baptist Convention
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 4, 2000
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Keith Parks 4Apr00_orig_1_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
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- March 1998
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Avery Willis Mar98_orig_1_1
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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
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 20, 2004
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 2 of 2
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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).
- Subject:
- Church work with teenagers, Evangelistic work, Church work with women, and Missions--Kenya
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 20, 2004
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Theresia Muchere 20th April 04 1 of 2
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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).
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 10, 1998
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Jerry Rankin 10Apr98_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).
- Subject:
- Missions, Women in church work--Southern Baptist Convention, and Ordination of women
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- May 14, 2004
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Robin Hadaway 14May04_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
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 23, 2004
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- James McAtee 23Apr04_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
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- March 8, 2000
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Avery Willis 8Mar00_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)
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- April 8, 1998
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- 01 Dr. Cal Guy 8Apr98_orig_1_1
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- Description:
- 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
- Creator:
- Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- February 25, 1998
- Resource type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- Dr. Michael Stroope 25Feb98_orig_1_1