A Time to Come Apart
Vance Havner often said, “If we do not take time to come apart, we will come apart.” Terrie and I are thankful that we have been able to take some time away from the normal rigors and challenges of ministry and spend some time together as a family the last several...
Annual Men & Boys Campout
It was a great joy to travel with seven or eight hundred men to the Sequoia National Park for our annual campout at Camp Able. For more than twenty years we have gathered, as men, in these mountains for the purpose of hearing red-hot preaching and enjoying times of...27 Days!
Spiritual Leadership Conference is only 27 days away! Countless hours of prayer and preparation have already gone into this highly anticipated conference. We are counting down the days—literally! On the second floor of our office building, we have mounted a countdown...
Graduation
Graduation time! As I share these thoughts with you I must admit I’m still a bit stunned to think that our youngest child, Matthew, has now graduated from high school! I can still recall when Matt was born at the Antelope Valley Hospital nearly eighteen years ago. His...
Dr. Jerry Falwell
Over the last few years we have seen the passing of a few warriors for the faith of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While I personally could not condone some of the associations with whom Dr. Falwell “yoked himself” over the last several years, I must be honest to say...
Laborers Entering the Harvest
This past Wednesday morning, parents, pastors, and friends gathered together for the commencement services of West Coast Baptist College. It was a joy to see 139 graduates cross the platform to receive their diplomas. During the commencement address, I challenged each...
Dr. Lee Roberson
As I arrived at church this past Sunday morning, I was given the news that Dr. Lee Roberson, long-time pastor of the Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had gone home to be with the Lord at the age of ninety-seven. There are few men who have...
Senior Trip to Costa Rica
I’ve always believed that you could never go wrong visiting a foreign mission work for a class trip. This past week my wife and I headed down to Costa Rica to be with our son Matt and his senior class on their trip. Our group was hosted by missionary Ed Bordell,...
Ministering to Teens
We had the great privilege of hosting the West Coast Baptist Youth Conference here in Lancaster last week. Our theme “Not Ashamed” was taken from Romans 1:16 and was greatly used in the hearts of the teenagers who came from all over America. We truly need...
Focus
Learn to identify distractions, realign priorities, cultivate Christ-centered habits, and press forward with joy in Christ.
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.
"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." (Mark 1:35)