by R.B. Ouellette | Jun 30, 2012 | Ministry Leadership
[This is a guest post by Dr. R.B. Ouellette. Dr. Ouellette is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Bridgeport, Michigan, where he has served for thirty-five years. The church has grown tremendously under his leadership and sees regular fruit through soulwinning and...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jun 28, 2012 | Ministry News
About a month ago, I shared with our church family that one of our associate pastors, Cary Schmidt, had been sensing the calling of God to the pastorate. After trying to talk him out of it didn’t work, 🙂 I spent many, many hours with him in prayer and counsel as we...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jun 26, 2012 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
I’m still reflecting on what God did in my heart through Spiritual Leadership Conference. This year’s conference was so full of blessings. Here are a few of mine: Preaching The highlight of the conference for me is always the preaching services. As a pastor who is...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jun 21, 2012 | Ministry Leadership
Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching the ordination service at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Cortez, Colorado, for Pastor Andrew Reed. This was a particularly special service as Brother Reed and his wife, Angela, are both graduates of West Coast Baptist College....
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Jun 18, 2012 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Ministry has a rhythm of expending and replenishing, producing and preparing. The summer can provide times of rest and brief lulls in the rigors of ministry. But it is also easy to waste the summer on frivolous activity. Instead of letting the summer pass without...