Questions to Discern if Your Church Is Maturing
It’s true for people, and it’s true and for churches: the passing of time does not guarantee the development of maturity. The passing of time does not guarantee the development of maturity. Share on X When it comes to church growth, it’s easy to fall into a pattern...
Blessed Assurance in the New Year
There aren’t many things you can be assured of these days. Here we are less than two weeks into the new year, and there is already talk of yet another covid variant. Listen to any news program, and you will feel worse after than you did before you started. Fear,...
How to Set God-Honoring Goals You Can Reach This Year
Do your new year’s goals ever feel repetitious? Do you find yourself making the same goals year after year with little progress? It may be that the weakness isn’t so much with your resolve as it is with your plan. Determine Daily Routines There is a significant...
Filtering Your New Year’s Goals in Light of Your Calling
There’s nothing like an approaching new year for bringing out our best aspirations. Somehow everything seems doable when it’s a week away and written under a “Goals for the New Year” heading! And there’s nothing like an over-committed, unreasonable list of goals for...
How to Respond to an Impossible Situation
I’ll never forget hearing Dr. Tom Malone say, “When God wants to do something great, He starts with the difficult. But when He wants to do something miraculous, He starts with the impossible.” To me, as a twenty-four-year-old pastor, just getting started at a...
Woke or Awake? The Real Shame of American Christians
Black Friday typically heralds the beginning of the Salvation Army bellringer season. The familiar red kettles outside of stores provide opportunities for shoppers to give to those in need. But this year, the start of Salvation Army red kettle campaign was...
How to Develop a Cohesive, Workable Annual Plan
When it comes to approaching a new year, there are some common pitfalls ministry leaders fall into. One is that they don’t plan at all, and another is that they set monumental goals without creating a functional plan that has practical value. On one hand, we know...
Government Mandates and the Christian’s Mission
As American Christians, we have been blessed to enjoy a level of religious freedom unknown throughout history. This blessing has been purchased by the sacrifices of many and is not something we should take lightly. Because of this, I believe American Christians should...
Trust God Anyway
One of the things I love about the Christmas season is its many reminders to focus our attention on Christ. To be sure, there is much these days to call our attention away from the Lord. Just this past week as we celebrated Thanksgiving, there were several challenging...
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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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