Julius Carroll Trotter was the Emeritus Professor of Preaching and Speech at Southeastern Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:52). There is a Scriptural responsive reading (3:53-4:58). There is a moment of prayer (4:59-7:06). Lolley extends a welcome to the congregation to join them for Founders Day and the trustees are asked to stand in recognition (7:07-8:48). The award for rural church ministry is presented (8:49-12:19). Lolley shares about Founders Day and introduces J. Carroll Trotter as the chapel speaker (12:20-15:59). The choir sings an anthem (16:00-20:48). Trotter begins his presentation by speaking about his involvement in the founding of the seminary (20:49-24:30). Trotter expresses his gratitude for the opportunity to speak (24:31-25:22). He gives an overview of the early history of the seminary, namely the events leading up to its founding (25:23-32:05). He explains the physical layout of the campus and what would change (32:06-37:40). Trotter speaks about Stealey and his effect on the seminary, especially that of ensuring education was available to many regardless of intellectual and financial capabilities and of ensuring the seminary taught well (37:41-51:39). There is a moment of prayer (51:40-53:49).
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).
Joseph B. Bethea was the Raleigh District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church and a graduate of Gammon Theological Seminary. The service begins with organ music (0:00-3:49). Prayer concerns are shared with the congregation and there is a moment of prayer (3:50-5:07). Joseph Bethea is introduced as the chapel speaker (5:08-5:45). Bethea reads a passage of Scripture from Ephesians 3 (5:08-6:52). Bethea gives his thanks for Southeastern Seminary and has a moment of prayer (6:53-9:24). Bethea speaks of Paul’s emphasis for the believers in Ephesus to grow in maturity, expressing that believers in present day should follow the same advice (9:25-15:00). He suggests that to do this, Christians must live more like Christ, though the circumstances are different from when Jesus lived (15:01-17:25). He argues that Christians must practice religion without adulterating and turning it down (17:26-21:30). He argues that Christians should put their emphasis on love (21:31-27:18).
M. Mahan Siler was the pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. The service begins with organ music (0:00-2:50). The choir sings a song of worship (2:51-4:57). M. Mahan Siler introduces himself as the chapel speaker and the topic of his presentations (4:58-7:58). Psalm 51 is presented through song (7:59-11:37). There is a moment of prayer (11:38-13:24). Siler reads Scripture from Mark 14 (13:25-14:58). Siler shares a personal anecdote to illustrate the importance of giving rather than receiving (14:59-19:38). Siler speaks about how giving can be a way to focus on other’s needs but that actively receiving is also important (19:39-20:33). Siler shares that he hopes by sharing personal things from his life that the congregation will examine their own life and see how God has worked in them to provide grace (20:34-34:00). A song of worship is sung by the choir (34:01-35:50). The service closes with a benediction and a charge (35:51-36:22).
John I. Durham was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament. The service opens with a word on the former librarian Edwin C. Osborne’s health, and the speaker reads from the Scriptures (00:00-01:27). John I. Durham reads from Genesis 22, and Matthew 9, and he gives a word of prayer (01:28-08:09). The choir sings a song of worship (08:10-12:14). Durham’s speaks about the call of God and the human response, and he argues that the call of God requires immediate obedience and the endpoint of the call is rarely seen (12:15-26:05). Durham ends the service with a benediction (26:06-26:19).
Archie Lee Nations was Professor of New Testament Interpretation. The service begins with a Scripture reading and a word of prayer (00:00-0:56). The choir sings a hymn (00:57-03:50). Nations delivers the Old Testament lesson from Psalm 72:1-4 and the New Testament lesson from Matthew 5:9 (03:51-05:37). Nations preaches on the theme of shalom in scripture, and he recognizes that current world conflicts and theological rigidness are an affront to the peace of God (05:38-27:03). The service ends with a word of prayer (27:03-27:11).
Glenn T. Miller was Professor of Church History at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with a call to worship (0:00-0:35). There is a Scripture reading (0:36-2:04). Miller talks about the world’s view of Mary as an indistinct figure (2:05-2:50). He argues the Scriptural view of Mary is more profound, and he gives a summary of the birth of Jesus and other times when Mary is mentioned (2:51-12:29). Miller speaks of God’s promises being hidden in pain and suffering (12:30-14:33). The service concludes in a moment of prayer (14:34-15:38).
The service begins with a skit about Moses speaking to God at the burning bush (00:00-01:10). An international student gives a word of prayer (01:11-02:16). A speaker invites the audience into a litany of thanksgiving (02:17-03:36). Mark 8:27-38 is publicly read, and a student gives her commentary on the passage (03:37-09:26). A student gives his personal thought about taking up his cross (09:27-15:13). A speaker invites the audience into a litany of confession (15:14-18:08). The service ends with a benediction (18:09-18:49).
The guest speaker for the SEBTS Convocation on Women in Ministry was Letty M. Russell who was Professor of the Practice of Theology at Yale Divinity School (00:00-03:41). The title of Russell’s convocation speech is “Woman in Ministry: Problem or Possibility,” and she states that her attention will be focused on what has been called the “Strasbourg Shift” (03:42-12:05). Russell believes that men in the church view the creation order as a pyramid of domination with men above women in the hierarchy, and this domination has been masked by the label of maintaining orthodoxy even though both sexes have been called into one ministry and one baptism (12:06-19:51). She examines the abuse of the hierarchical structure of Reformed ecclesiology, and she offers other paradigms that celebrates diversity, humility, and inclusiveness and creates order through a synergetic spectrum (19:52-28:48). Russell states that ministry should be defined through servanthood, specifically the humble posture of Christ as the servant and liberator (28:49-37:56). Russell concludes her convocation speech by speaking on the pinnacle complex, and she says, “we must let Pharaoh go and embrace the rainbow” (37:57-47:15).
George W. Braswell, Jr. was Professor of Missions and World Religion. The service begins with organ music (00:00-02:45). The speaker announces community concerns, and she gives a word of prayer (02:46-05:30). The choir sings the anthem (05:31-08:00). Braswell gives a report about the Southeastern summer mission trips and church planting endeavors in North America (08:01-10:59). The first student, Mickey, shares his experience serving a church plant in Daytona Beach, FL (11:00-15:17). Fred and Sherry, a married couple, share about their mission experience in Durham, NC through poetry (15:18-18:01). Bill Long, praxis director of the Home Mission Board, shares the need of students for the next summer mission trips, and he invites the audience to an interest meeting after the service (18:02-24:10). The service ends with a hymn and a word of prayer (24:11-26:18).
