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- Description:
- On Friday, May 16, 1958, the graduation program was given in the SEBTS Chapel. The audio begins with the conferring of awards and degrees by Dr. Sydnor Stealey, the President of SEBTS (start-19:14). Dr. Olin Trivette Binkley, Professor of Christian Sociology and Ethics and Academic Dean of SEBTS, then gave the charge to the graduates (19:15-33:02). [The recording ends at this point due to the rest having being inadvertently overwritten at some point before digitization.]
- Subject:
- Commencement ceremonies
- Creator:
- Binkley, Olin Trivette, 1908-1999, Stealey, Sydnor Lorenzo, 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_Olin_Trivette_Binkley_1958-05
- Description:
- A Lenten Communion led by Drs. John W. Carlton, John I. Durham, and Michael Hawn with the Cantata Choir. John W. Carlton was Professor of Preaching. John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. C. Michael Hawn was Associate Professor of Church Music. The chapel service is opened with a responsive reading (0:00-0:45). A speaker leads the audience to examine their hearts and confession prior to communion (0:45-10:46). The speaker leads in communion (10:46-13:27). Chapel is continued with prayer (13:27-14:30). Chapel is closed with a benediction (14:30-14:57).
- Subject:
- Lord's Supper, Music, and Communion sermons
- Creator:
- Carlton, John W., 1920-, Durham, John I., 1933-, 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:
- 1983-03-16
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_John_W_Carlton_and_John_I_Durham_1983-03-16
- Description:
- Ann Neil was the Fletcher Visiting Professor of Missions. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-03:00). Ann Neil is introduced as the Missionary Day speaker (03:01-05:50). The choir sings the anthem (05:51-10:01). Neil’s sermon topic is “women in missions,” and she traces the history of Southern Baptist women’s involvement in missions and the stories of prominent women whose work had great impact on the field (10:02-31:04). Neil concludes her sermon by speaking about the current situation of women who are missionaries and the need to bring them into staff position in global missions’ organizations (31:05-39:57). Neil ends the service with a word of prayer (39:58-40:30).
- Subject:
- Church representation, Women in the Southern Baptist Convention, and Missions
- Creator:
- Neil, Ann 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:
- 1982-09-21
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Missionary_Day_Address_Ann_Neil_1982-09-21
- Description:
- Darrell Jackson Heath was a Visiting Professor of Christian Education. The service begins with organ music (0:00-2:06). Jack Heath is introduced as the chapel speaker (2:07-2:34). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation (2:35-3:28). The congregation is led in a hymn for prayerful thought (3:29-4:44). There are two songs of worship (4:45-11:02). There is a responsive reading (11:03-12:38). The choir sings a song of worship (12:39-16:36). There are solo songs of worship (16:36-22:40). There is a moment of prayer (22:41-23:02). “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” is sung as a hymn of worship (23:04-23:52).
- Subject:
- Worship and Hymns
- Creator:
- Heath, Darrell Jackson 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:
- 1986-10-28
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Chapel_Darrell_Jackson_Heath_1986-10-28
- Description:
- This message was part of the Ministry with the Small Rural Church Workshop. Selz Cabot Mayo was an emeritus professor from North Carolina State University. The lecture begins with Mayo introducing himself, and he states that his lecture will be divided into two parts (00:00-01:00). In the first part of the lecture, Mayo discusses the changing statistics of rural and urban population growth, education, life expectancy, and cost of living over the past ten years (01:01-31:58). In the second part of the lecture, Mayo discusses the changes in the culture, specifically the fact that pastors know their parishioners less than they did in years past (31:59-43:13). Mayo opens for comments, observations, and questions (43:14-46:31).
- Subject:
- Social change, Rural-urban migration, and U.S. states--Population
- Creator:
- Mayo, Selz C. (Selz Cabot), 1915-1983 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:
- 1982-11-02
- Resource Type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Conference_Selz_Cabot_Mayo_1982-11-02
- Description:
- John H. Westerhoff was Professor of Religion and Education at Duke University and an Episcopal priest. The service begins with organ music (0:00:00-0:06:10). The speaker reads from the Scriptures and gives a word of prayer (0:06:11-0:07:29). John H. Westerhoff is introduced as the Spring Lecturer (0:07:30-0:09:17). Westerhoff begins his lecture by thanking God for everyone, and he introduces his topic of the process of education for catechetics (0:09:18-0:14:56). He believes that education should be modeled after a journey or pilgrimage with the right understanding of conversion and nurturing (0:14:57-0:20:05). Westerhoff begins with conversion, and he defines it as the opening of a new way of seeing the world and an ongoing process (0:20:06-0:37:12). Westerhoff speaks at length of remembering baptism and our perfection in Christ, and he argues that the gospel begins with grace and faithful living, not sin (0:37:13-1:00:55). The service ends with a benediction (1:00:56-1:01:31).
- Subject:
- Conversion, Baptism and church membership, and Grace (Theology)
- Creator:
- Westerhoff, John H., III, 1933- 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:
- 1981-03-19
- Resource Type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Spring_Lecture_John_H_Westerhoff_III_1981-03-19
- Description:
- Dr. Brevard S. Childs was a leading Old Testament scholar during the 20th century and Professor of Old Testament at Yale Divinity School. The service begins with organ music (00:00-06:18). President Randall Lolley welcomes all the guests to the Spring Lectures, he delivers the Scripture reading from Isaiah 45:5-8, and he gives a word of prayer (06:19-08:54). Brevard S. Childs is introduced as the Spring Lecturer (08:55-11:29). The title of Childs’ lecture is "Reading the Old Testament As Religious Literature.” He begins his lecture by addressing the influence of the traditional Protestant and historical-critical approaches in field of biblical studies, and he recognizes the shifting landscape of the field of biblical studies (11:30-21:49). Childs main message is about the evolution of the biblical text as a method of interpretation, and he examines three stories from the Hebrew Scriptures to show that the biblical text should be interpreted canonically in opposition to pagan religious practices (21:50-56:50). Lolley concludes the lecture with a word of prayer (56:51-57:27). The service ends with organ music (57:28-58:53).
- Subject:
- Bible. Old Testament, Religious literature, Canon (Literature), and Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Creator:
- Childs, Brevard S. 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:
- 1985-03-19
- Resource Type:
- Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Spring_Lecture_Brevard_S_Childs_1985-03-19
