Dorothy Elliott Sample was president of the Women’s Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (00:00-08:41). The speaker gives a word of prayer (08:42-10:42). Dorothy Elliott Sample is introduced as the Missionary Day speaker (10:43-12:50). The choir sings the anthem (12:51-15:19). Samples speaks about the Southern Baptist’s commitment to missions, and she encourages the audience to live for Christ in the world, give to foreign missions, and consider going to the nations (15:20-44:54). The service ends with a benediction (44:55-45:32).
Lena and Paul Early were missionaries to the Bahamas. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:09). Lena and Paul Early are introduced as the Missionary Day speakers (01:10-03:28). Lena Early shares of God’s faithfulness throughout her life in her call to missions and her commitment to ministry (03:29-15:14). Paul Early reads from Mark 10:35-45, and he diagnosis a sickness in the Southern Baptist Convention of the sin of self-love and pompous pride (15:15-29:22). The service ends with a word of prayer (29:23-30:13).
Motlaepula Chabaku was a South African refugee. The service begins with announcements over community concerns, and the speaker gives a word of prayer (00:00-02:35). Motlalepula Chabaku is introduced as the Missionary Day speaker (02:36-04:09). Chabaku reads from Matthew 4:18-21 and Luke 8:1-3, and she speaks at length about how the inequality of race, gender, and economic status seen, not only in her home country of South Africa but all over the world, is contrary to the Scriptures and the justice of God (04:10-34:51). The service ends with an invitation and a last word from Chabaku about a hymn that changed her life (34:52-38:20).