Ed Wheeler was the Associate Director of the Department of Cooperative Ministries with National Baptists with the Home Mission Board. The service opens with a word of prayer (00:00-01:26). The choir leads in a song of worship (01:27-01:51). The audio cuts to an announcement about community concerns, and the speaker reads from Luke 19:1-10 (01:52-05:30). Ed Wheeler is introduced as the missionary day chapel speaker (05:31-08:30). The choir leads in a song of worship (08:31-14:36). Ed Wheeler opens his sermon with a word of recognition to people in the audience who have been influential in his life, a joke about preaching overtime, and a word of prayer (14:37-17:35). He recounts a story where he encountered a drunk man in Atlanta, G.A. for the purpose of urging the audience to show the love of Christ to the worst of sinners (17:36-24:30). Moving to Luke 19:1-10, Wheeler presents a character synopsis of Zacchaeus as the great example of a man who escaped the satisfaction of his “small” life situation to look upon Jesus (24:31-29:53). After presenting Zacchaeus, he moves to characterizing the crowd who he describes as a group marked by hatred and condemnation (29:54-32:26). Wheeler concludes his sermon by describing the character of Jesus, and he challenges the audience to have a love and concern for sinners like Jesus (32:27-36:58). The service finishes with an announcement and a closing benediction by Wheeler (36:59-38:57).
James Wood was the Director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University. The service begins with a word of prayer (0:00:00-0:01:55). James Wood is introduced as the Carver-Barnes Lecturer (0:01:56-0:03:47). Wood begins his lecture by stating his theme of the historical perspective of religion and politics in America (0:03:48-0:04:16). Wood describes the paradox of the American relationship between religion and politics, and he says that the nation’s people are deeply religious yet believe in the separation between church and state (0:04:17-0:15:13). Wood spends most of his lecture tracing the history of the relationship between religion and politics in America all way before the founding of the country to the rise of the religious right in the modern day (0:15:14-1:00:02). The service ends with the speaker dismissing the audience (1:00:03-1:00:34).
William Randall Lolley was the 3rd president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The service begins with Lolley speaking about a broken table, and he gives a word of prayer (00:00-02:56). Lolley speaks about the four women sexually assaulted around Southeastern campus, he warns the students to be alert and act wisely, and he thanks Wake Forest Baptist Church for letting Southeastern use their sanctuary for chapel (02:57-06:44). A pastor of Wake Forest Baptist reads Genesis 18:9-15, and he gives a word of prayer (06:45-09:14). The pastor preaches a brief sermon comparing the story of Abraham and Sarah and the story of Jesus’ crucifixion, and he says that dark times in Scripture are always followed by deep hope and joy (09:15-19:42).
Ronald Callahan Hill was the Fletcher Visiting Professor of Missions. The service begins with organ music (00:00-05:55). The speaker reads a Psalm, and he gives a word of prayer (05:56-08:13). Ronald Callahan Hill is introduced as the chapel speaker (08:14-11:22). The choir sings the anthem (11:23-15:14). Hill preaches from Colossians 1:1-14, and he speaks about the growing Christian movement in the former mission field of the global south (15:15-34:08). Hill ends the service with a word of prayer (34:09-35:04).
The service begins with a word of prayer, and Matthew 22:36-40 is read (00:00-05:38). The choir sings a song of worship (05:39-10:48). Ethel B. Lee gives the story of her testimony and her call to ministry (10:49-25:03). Lee ends the service with a word of prayer (25:04-25:36).
Audio quality is very poor. W. Chen Smith was President of the Baptist Convention of Georgia. The service begins with a word of prayer (0:00:00-0:00:53). Dr. Glenn Miller delivers the Scripture reading from Ephesians 1:3-14, and he gives a word of prayer (0:00:54-0:06:57). President Randall Lolley welcomes the friends and families to the commencement service (0:06:58-0:09:24). Robert L. Hilton presents a gift to the senior class (0:09:25-0:10:47). T. Robert Mullinack, who was part of the class of 1967, delivers an update on an endowed scholarship for future Southeastern students, and Lolley thanks the class of 1967 for their investment in the future of Southeastern (0:10:48-0:13:20). Dean Morris Ashcraft confers awards to members of the senior class (0:13:21-0:24:10). Lolley introduces W. Chen Smith as the commencement speaker (0:24:11-0:27:40). The choir sings the anthem (0:27:41-0:34:12). Smith centers his sermon on Matthew 27:42, and he speaks to the seniors about giving their lives for the ministries in the same manner as Jesus, who gave his life on the cross (0:34:12-1:00:20). Smith ends the service with a word of prayer (1:00:21-1:01:41).