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{{short description|University chapel in North Carolina, US}}
{{Infobox church
| name = Wait Chapel
| image = UpperQuad ACB.jpg
| caption = Wait Chapel's distinctive edifice dominates the main quad at Wake Forest University
| coordinates = {{coord|36.13508|-80.27885}}
| location = [[Hearn Plaza]]
| address = [[Wake Forest University]]
| denomination = [[Baptist]]
| dedicated date =
| architect =
| completed date = {{start date and age|1956|p=yes}}
| spire height = 213 feet (65 m)
| musicgroup =
}}

'''Wait Chapel''' is a building on the campus of [[Wake Forest University]]. The first building constructed on the university's Reynolda campus, in October 1956, it is named for [[Samuel Wait]], the university's first president. Its steeple reaches to {{Convert|213|ft}}. The chapel stands on the northeastern side of [[Hearn Plaza]] (Upper Quad), opposite [[Reynolda Hall]].

The chapel, which seats 2,250 people, houses the Janet Jeffrey Carlile Harris [[Carillon]] of 48 [[Bell (instrument)|bells]] and the Williams Organ, donated by Walter McAdoo Williams, namesake of [[Walter M. Williams High School]].

Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] spoke at Wait Chapel on October 11, 1962.<ref>{{cite news|title=King Asks Whites to Aid Integration|url=https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/2151/ogb_1962-10-15.pdf|accessdate=21 April 2015|work=Old Gold and Black|issue=4|date=15 October 1962|volume=48|ref=ogb1962.10.15}}</ref> On March 17, 1978, president [[Jimmy Carter]] made a major [[National Security Agency|National Security]] address in the chapel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=30516|title=Address at Wake Forest University}}</ref> In 1988, it hosted a presidential debate between [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Michael Dukakis]] and, in 2000, between [[George W. Bush]] and [[Al Gore]]. On September 13, 2007, it hosted a broadcast of [[National Public Radio]] (NPR) show ''[[Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/|title= Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me|website= [[NPR]]}}</ref> [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] spoke here in November 2011. A private memorial ceremony for [[Dr. Maya Angelou]] was held in Wait Chapel on June 7, 2014. Attendees included first lady [[Michelle Obama]], president [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Oprah Winfrey]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tooley|first1=Elaine|title=A celebration of rising joy: Family, friends and honored guests remember Dr. Maya Angelou|url=http://news.wfu.edu/2014/06/07/a-celebration-of-rising-joy/|website=Wake Forest University News Center|date=7 June 2014 |accessdate=21 April 2015|ref=wfnews}}</ref>

The chapel is linked to a vast underground series of tunnels crisscrossing the campus carrying utilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ogb.wfu.edu/07/index.php?/ee/l_article/50_things_to_do_at_wake_before_you_graduate/|title= Old Gold and Black}}</ref>

The congregation of [[Wake Forest Baptist Church]] once held regular Sunday services in the chapel; the church dissolved in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/wake-forest-baptist-church-on-university-campus-votes-to-dissolve-after-66-years/article_21d2cdfc-16b4-11ed-9995-bf6735f1f93a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story|title=Wake Forest Baptist Church on university campus 'votes to dissolve' after 66 years|last=Deem|first=John|work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|date=August 8, 2022}}</ref> In the late 1990s the chapel became the center of controversy when members of the church decided to conduct a same-sex commitment ceremony; this became the subject of the documentary ''[[A Union in Wait]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aunioninwait.com/|title= A Union In Wait}}</ref> Other events held in the chapel throughout the year include a [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] [[lovefeast]] during the [[Christmas]] season.

==References==
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{{Wake Forest University}}

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[[Category:Wake Forest University buildings]]
[[Category:Bell towers in the United States]]
[[Category:Carillons]]
[[Category:University and college chapels in the United States]]
[[Category:Churches in Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Baptist churches in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Moravian churches in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Towers in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Clock towers in North Carolina]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina]]

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