Update from Nicaragua
Thank you for your prayers for us while we are ministering in Central America. The video below was shown at our midweek Bible study at Lancaster Baptist, and it provides an update of our trip.
One Simple Way to Powerfully Encourage the Heart of Your Pastor
Less than a week before we launched our Elevate & Magnify building campaign, a man in our church who is serving as the volunteer spokesman for the campaign stopped by my office. We talked and planned together for several minutes about upcoming events, and then he...
Remember to Replenish
[This post is an excerpt from the book I am currently writing—Stewarding Life. The book should be available in early June, but I couldn’t wait to start sharing some of the content! I hope it is a blessing, and I am glad for your feedback.] If there was ever a man who...Growth Points 010—Deacon’s Retreat
Each year, we have a Deacon’s Orientation—a time when the deacons and their wives come apart for a couple of days of training, equipping, and refreshing so they are better able to represent the Lord, the Pastor, and their church. In this week’s video, I share three...
How to Grow the Church by Keeping it Small
To me, our church isn’t that large. Sure, the numbers have grown over the past quarter of a century, but I’ve been here through each stage of growth. On any given service, I can look across our auditorium and see people whom I’ve led to the Lord, baptized, dedicated...New Podcast Posted: Principles for Biblical Church Growth
This is one of my favorite leadership lessons. I love the local church! And I love to watch it grow in ways that honor Christ. Some have twisted God’s design for church growth into a methodology of pleasing the unregenerate seeker or a formula of self-gratifying...
8 Vision-Sustaining Truths
If there is a story in the Bible that simultaneously encourages and irritates me, it is the account of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Encouraging? God gave Nehemiah a vision to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. As Nehemiah shared the vision, the people...
The Solution to Self
There is no challenge in the Christian life but that a look to the cross won’t give you a fresh start. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.—Hebrews 12:3 I am crucified with Christ:...
The Humility Question
After preaching the Monday night service of a Striving Together meeting a few years ago, a visiting pastor asked me a question: “How do you stay humble?” That question was a first, and I was taken aback by it. I figured he was expecting a deeply insightful answer, but...
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Pastor Paul Chappell
Dr. Paul Chappell is the senior pastor of the Lancaster Baptist Church and president of West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California. His biblical vision has led the church to become one of the most dynamic independent Baptist churches in the nation. He has been married to his wife, Terrie, for over forty years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry.
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