by Dr. Paul Chappell | Nov 22, 2021 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
One of the great blessings of my life has been to pastor one church for thirty-five years and counting. To still be in the ministry and fulfilling God’s calling on my life over forty years after I started is a great blessing—a far greater blessing than the weight of...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Nov 8, 2021 | Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
The picture above is from two weeks ago and represents one of those moments that makes me so grateful we began West Coast Baptist College twenty-six years ago. The three men being ordained are all WCBC graduates, and they were ordained at the church where they are...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 21, 2021 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
We live in a day of amazing confusion. But what makes the confusion especially disorienting is that those who are creating it don’t act bewildered or perplexed. Instead, when we point out what seems obvious, they tell us with a straight face that we are confused,...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 12, 2021 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
It’s impossible to capture in words what the Lord did in our midst at Spiritual Leadership Conference last week. I believe that God answered our prayers for this conference and that there will be continued fruit from it for months and years to come, and I praise Him...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 28, 2021 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
There are two ways we can talk about spiritual leadership: a position and practice. A position of spiritual leadership includes pastors, small group leaders, Sunday school teachers, Christian parents, ministry leaders, and anyone entrusted to any degree with the...
by Dr. Paul Chappell | Sep 10, 2021 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
We’re ministering in a day when it often seems that Christian leaders are looking for a reason to disagree with or disregard one another. But when we take this approach, we miss out on the fellowship, support, encouragement, prayers, mentoring, and more that God would...