by Paul Chappell | Feb 11, 2019 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
We know that progress in the Christian life comes by looking to Jesus (Hebrews 12:1–3). Additionally, God has designed the Christian life so that others lead us in the faith. For instance, a Christian parent should model God’s love and point their child to Christ. A...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 29, 2019 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Let politicians deal with political challenges—the people of the growing hispanic population in our communities need to be reached by the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our community and in hundreds of communities across America, the demographics are changing and there...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 21, 2019 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
At the beginning of the new year, you eagerly set goals to reach forward for Christ in multiple areas. Both through your goals and the early action steps you have taken, you stretched forward. But now it is three weeks into the new year. What are the underlying...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 7, 2019 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
This January marks Terrie’s and my thirty-third New Year at Lancaster Baptist Church. A few weeks ago, we were able to have over several families from our church who were here when we came or who we were able to lead to the Lord in those first couple years. Their...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 3, 2019 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership
Over the years, I have found consistent reading to be an invaluable resource for personal and leadership growth. Each year, I try to read books on a variety of subjects, including spiritual growth, leadership, history, and more. (I add these titles to my list of...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 31, 2018 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I hope you’ve made time over the past week or so to prayerfully evaluate needed areas of growth in your life and set some goals for this New Year. Setting goals, however, is the easy part; living them out in day-sized pieces over the coming year is the challenge. ...