by Paul Chappell | May 29, 2024 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
I hold Dr. Don Sisk in high regard for many reasons, including his many years of faithfulness to the Lord. It’s incredible to realize, but Dr. Sisk has been in ministry for seventy years. And he continues to serve the Lord with joy. It was a blessing to me to sit...
by Paul Chappell | Feb 12, 2024 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
The apostle Paul’s solemn charge to Timothy was to “preach the Word.” Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2 Timothy 4:2) Biblical preaching and teaching is the expounding of the Word of...
by Paul Chappell | Dec 6, 2023 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Pastors are surrounded by stress-inducing circumstances. Whether it be the uncivil culture in which we minister, family burdens, financial pressure, dealing with problems in the church, or any number of other factors, stress is a daily reality for pastors. But if...
by Paul Chappell | Nov 20, 2023 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Several days ago, our church hosted our annual World Impact Missions Conference. One of our guest speakers for the conference was Dr. Kevin Folger, who is the North American Director for Spiritual Leadership Asia. The Spiritual Leadership Asia initiative has grown as...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 4, 2023 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Every church has core values, but not every church has written them down. And actually, it wasn’t until several years ago that I and some of the other leaders in our church worked on writing our core values. Both the process and the product proved to be a helpful...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 4, 2023 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
In the process of leading a church family and building a congregation, there are times when you need a restart. The apostle Paul wrote to the Galiatians, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you” (Galatians 4:19)....