Keeping Young Adults in Church: Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Recent studies show that, across Protestant denominations, roughly two-thirds of teens stop attending church after graduation. In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I talk with our youth pastor, Larry Chappell, and the young adults ministry director of...
Reaching Generation Z with the Gospel: Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Those of us in ministry read a lot of statistics about young adults who grew up in church and then leave the church. At the same time, we see youth ministries that, rather than effectively equipping teens to stand up for truth in their generation, have centered around...
The Blessings and Burden of Social Media
Technology is interesting in that the more integrated into your life a particular aspect of it becomes the more likely you are to take it for granted. And perhaps the less likely you are to consider its impact on your life—for good or for bad. In the early days of...
Reaching the 10/40 Window for Christ: New Spiritual Leadership Podcast
I recently sat down with Niranjan Sundararaj to discuss the challenges and opportunities of reaching the 10/40 window with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Niranjan is a former vice president of American Express International. In his business role, he has traveled much...
Three Ways to Engage in #SLC19 (even if you can’t be here)
Spiritual Leadership Conference 2019 begins this Monday. The day before, we celebrate Anniversary Sunday at Lancaster Baptist Church. I’m excited about this upcoming week and am asking the Lord to work in a great way in all of our lives as we focus on the theme...
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 thirty years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry.
