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- Karen Smith was a Southeastern student. The service begins with a Scripture reading from Luke 11:9-10 (00:00-00:44). Smith examines the statements of Jesus in Luke 11:9-10, and she speaks on calling for the Christian as a tension between serving and receiving (00:45-17:23). The audience is led in a song of worship (17:24-22:14). The service ends with a word of prayer (22:15-22:52).
- Subject:
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices, Church work, and Lay ministry
- Creator:
- Smith, Karen 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:
- 1983-09-15
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Karen_Smith_1983-09-15
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- Description:
- The service begins with a word of welcome (00:00-01:50). The congregation sings the hymn “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus” (01:51-06:50). The speaker gives the audience an opportunity to share community concerns, and he gives a word of prayer (06:51-09:10). Another speaker reads from Luke 9:51-56 (09:11-10:05). The new student council is sworn in by the former president (10:06-13:02). The former president gives a brief word to the new council on beginning ministry in the present moment (13:03-18:41). The new president of the student council gives a brief word on the three things that the students should focus on in the new school year, and these things are community, chapel, and Christ (18:42-25:55). The congregation sings the hymn “Lord, Speak to Me” (25:56-28:14). The service ends with a benediction (28:15-28:52).
- Subject:
- Community development--Religious aspects--Christianity, Lay ministry, Student government, and Hymns
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1982-09-09
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Student_Council_1982-09-09
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- Description:
- Edwin Luther Copeland was Professor of Christian Missions and World Religions and a missionary to Japan. The service begins with organ music, and the choir sings a song of worship (0:00:00-0:11:06). President Randall Lolley welcomes everyone to Founder’s Day, he gives a word of prayer, and he welcomes the Board of Trustees (0:11:06-0:13:41). The Citation for Excellence in Christian Ministry is awarded to Ed and Mary Price, a lay couple serving at Lakeside Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA (0:13:42-0:28:00). Edwin Luther Copeland is introduced as the Founder’s Day Address speaker (0:28:01-0:29:01). The choir sings the anthem (0:29:02-0:34:33). Copeland delivers a speech about the various components of the tradition of Southeastern, and he encourages the seminary to press on and perfect these components for the future (0:34:34-0:56:37). The choir sings a song of worship (0:56:38-1:00:39). The service ends with a word of prayer (1:00:40-1:01:15).
- Subject:
- Religious education, Lay ministry, and Tradition (Philosophy)
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1984-03-13
- Resource Type:
- Audio
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- Description:
- The service begins with an announcement about the schedule of speakers, which include Michael Hawn, associate professor of Church Music, and Bob Sphinx, assistant to the president for financial development (0:00:00-0:01:50). Hawn leads the audience in two hymns (0:01:51-0:05:45). Sphinx delivers the Scripture reading from 1 Corinthians 12, and he gives a word of prayer (0:05:46-0:11:56). The chairman of the development council at Southeastern delivers his testimony of faithful living at his job in Virginia (0:11:57-0:25:21). Bill Deal, a Lutheran layman from Pennsylvania, delivers a sermon on the principles of the Christian life and reflections on ministering in the marketplace (0:25:22-1:22:00). Hawn leads the audience in a song of worship (1:22:01-1:25:20). Malcolm Tolbert, professor of New Testament studies, conducts a Bible study entitled “All Are Gifted,” and his main idea is how spiritual gifts correspond and serve to strengthen the body of Christ, which is the church (1:25:21-2:04:50). The speaker gives an announcement about available seating near the front of the sanctuary (2:04:51-2:06:10). Richard Broholm, executive director of the ministry of the laity at Andover Theological School, is introduced as the next guest speaker (2:06:11-2:08:49). Broholm delivers a message where he encourages churches to uplift the position of the laity and make their daily ministries known to the body (2:08:50-2:56:21). Sphinx gives a brief word about technology, and the convocation ends with a few concluding announcements about lunch (2:56:22-3:03:19).
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1984-04-26/1984-04-28
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Convocation_of_the_Laity_1984-04-26to28
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- Description:
- Audio quality is poor. Findley Bartow Edge was the Basil Manley Jr. Professor of Christian Education at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:10). The speaker gives a few announcements, and Findley Bartow Edge is introduced as the Spring Conference lecturer (01:11-06:09). Edge begins his sermon by speaking about the warm relationships he has had with many of the faculty and staff at Southeastern, and he says that the big problem for Southern Baptist is that they have lost the essence and dynamic of their doctrine (06:10-18:51). Edge centers his focus on the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, defines it as all Christians being ministers, and he explains how the Southern Baptists laity have wrongly given all their priestly responsibilities to their paid ministers (18:52-43:00). Edge concludes his sermon with a football illustration of a coach playing and the team standing on the side lines to show how Southern Baptist have been operating while still advocating for the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers (43:01-50:01). Edge ends the service with a word of prayer (50:02-51:10).
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1982-03-26
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- Description:
- Cally Rogers-Witte was pastor of Community United Church of Christ in Raleigh, NC. The service opens with a word of prayer and a reading from Isaiah 6:1-3 (00:00-01:50). The speaker continues to read from Isaiah 6 from verse 4 through 7 (01:50-02:55). Cally Rogers-Witte is introduced as the chapel speaker, and the speaker reads from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (02:56-07:17). The choir leads in a song of worship (07:18-09:29). The public reading of Scripture comes from Luke 5:1-11 (09:30-11:26). Rogers-Witte’s sermon focuses on God’s calling of individuals, and she argues that calling is grounded in a person’s radical change and in God’s purpose and good news (11:27-24:41). She concludes her sermon with a prayer, and she leads the audience in a time of silent prayer (24:42-28:50). Rogers-Witte ends the service with a benediction (28:51-29:39).
- Subject:
- Conversion, Lay ministry, and Church work
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/13/2026
- Date Created:
- 1980-03-25
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Cally_Rogers-Witte_1980-03-25
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- Description:
- Audio quality is low. Eleanor Nutt was chairman of the deacons at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. The service begins with organ music (00:00-02:32). C. Michael Hawn reads the lines of a hymn, and he sings a song of worship (02:33-05:08). Hawn delivers the Scripture reading from Mark 4:26-29, and Eleanor Nutt is introduced as the chapel speaker (05:09-08:34). The choir sings the anthem (08:35-11:04). Nutt preaches a sermon on the topic making decisions and coping in the context of times of transitions (11:05-29:25). Nutt ends the service with a word of prayer (29:26-30:18).
- Subject:
- Lay ministry, Decision making, and Adjustment (Psychology)
- Creator:
- Nutt, Eleanor 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:
- 1984-10-24
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Eleanor_Nutt_1984-10-24
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- Description:
- Brenda Kneece was student of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a word of prayer and a responsive reading from 1 Corinthians 13 (00:00-03:14). The choir sings a song of worship (03:15-06:22). Kneece sermon is about calling, and she describes calling as God loving and using ordinary people to love and do extraordinary ministry (03:15-18:36).
- Subject:
- Lay ministry, Vocation, and Love--Religious aspects--Christianity
- Creator:
- Kneece, Brenda 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:
- 1982-11-11
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Brenda_Kneece_1982-11-11
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- Description:
- This service was organized by the Student Coordinating Council. The service begins with an introduction and prayer (0:00-1:43). Ken Altom is then introduced as the speaker for this service (1:44-2:06). After which, there is a time of singing (2:07-4:44). Ken Altom’s message is on the ministry of every believer. Ken Altom begins by stating that every Christian is a minister regardless of their vocation (4:45-8:12). He provides a corresponding illustration, demonstrating the need for all believers to engage in ministry (8:13-10:04). He concludes by explaining that all believers must have intentional relationships with the Church and the lost (10:05-13:46).
- Subject:
- Lay ministry
- Creator:
- Turner, Jerry 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:
- 1971-09-23
- Resource Type:
- Audio
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- Description:
- Mark Gibbs was a layman in the Church of England and a leading voice for the laity in Europe. The service begins with organ music, and the choir sings a song of worship (00:00-02:58). The speaker gives a word of prayer (02:59-05:26). Mark Gibbs is introduced as the chapel speaker (05:27-06:57). A soloist and the choir sing the anthem (06:58-10:50). Gibbs preaches on the role of the laity in the church, and he asks six questions for the clergy about how they are training the laity to advance God’s Kingdom (10:51-22:37). Gibbs ends the service with a benediction (22:38-22:56).
- Subject:
- Religious education, Lay ministry, and Laity--Church of England
- Owner:
- archives@sebts.edu
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Uploaded:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Modified:
- 02/12/2026
- Date Created:
- 1984-03-22
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Mark_Gibbs_1984-03-22