Charles and Mary Love were Baptist missionaries in Guyana. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:38). The speaker delivers the Scripture reading from Psalm 19, and he gives a word of prayer (04:39-07:16). Charles and Mary Love are introduced as the chapel speakers (07:17-10:50). The Love’s share the story of their calling to international missions, and they give words of encouragement to the audience for discerning God’s will (10:51-29:10). Charles Love ends the service with a word of prayer and a benediction (29:11-30:04).
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).
David Lockard was the director of the Missionary Orientation Center of the Foreign Mission Board. The service begins with a prayer (00:00-01:37). David Lockard is introduced as the chapel speaker (01:38-03:32). The choir leads in a song of worship (03:33-06:20). Lockard opens his sermon by talking about his ministry at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, G.A. (06:21-09:56). He reads the whole chapter of Matthew 28 and gives some of his own commentary in between the verses (09:57-14:23). He asks the audience to reflect on their own great commission call and where the Lord will lead them to share the gospel (14:24-19:00). Lockard tells two personal stories from the mission field to help the audience understand the great need for gospel laborers in the unreached areas of the world (19:01-24:24). He concludes his sermon with a final charge for the audience to pray and consider the call to go and make the gospel known among the unreached peoples of the world (24:25-28:21). Lockard closes with a word of prayer (28:22-30:06). The service finishes with a closing song (30:07-31:13).
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).
William Randall Lolley was the 3rd president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Lolley opens the service by speaking on Article 18 of the Abstract of Principles, “The Liberty of Conscience,” and he gives a word of prayer (00:00-05:24). Lolley speaks on 1 Timothy 3:17 as the seminary’s mission statement or “tav,” and he argues that the seminary’s purpose is to train men and women to be what God has called them to be (05:25-21:16). He ends the sermon by giving a welcome to the students and faculty as they enter the second summer term (21:17-26:07). Lolley ends the service with a prayer (26:08-26:37).
L.D. Johnson was the chaplain of Furman University. The service opens with a word of prayer (00:00-02:00). L.D. Johnson is introduced as the chapel speaker (02:01-05:26). The choir leads in a song of worship (05:27-08:39). Johnson opens his sermon by asking the audience to consider martyrdom, and he reads from Acts 7:54-8:1 (08:40-10:29). He tells the audience that he feels like a goose speaking in front of them (10:30-13:44). Johnson’s sermon examines the risks of martyrdom, but he argues that the rewards outweigh the risks (13:45-29:17). Johnson ends his sermon with a word of prayer (29:18-30:38). The choir ends the service with a song of worship (30:39-31:52).