by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 29, 2017 | Ministry Leadership
I’ll be upfront: as an independent Baptist pastor, I am concerned. Statistics bear that various groups are sliding, and every indication is that established independent Baptist churches are seeing fewer people added to the church by baptism. This means that even as...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 23, 2017 | Family
One of Terrie’s early, unspoken expectations of marriage was that I would help around the house. Shortly after we were married, we had invited company over for dinner. I noticed she was stressed with the preparations and offered to help. I was pleased with how...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 20, 2017 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership
As we approach Resurrection Sunday, our church is praying and working to impact our community with the largest gospel outreach in our history. Many of our friends around the country are similarly using Easter Sunday as an opportunity to magnify the message of the...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 15, 2017 | Family
This past Monday, right after preaching at the Capitol Connection meeting in Washington D.C., I received a phone call from Terrie letting me know that her mother had just gone to be with the Lord. In some ways, we were not shocked as Shirley (aged ninety-one) had been...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Mar 11, 2017 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
In part 1 of this post, we set the context for wanting our music to be honoring to God and offered three principles related to music. In part 2 we looked at seven more principles, for a total so far of 10: I believe preaching is central in worship and evangelism. I...