Hot Off the Press: New Resources from Striving Together Publications
Each year, we work to prepare new resources from Striving Together for release at Spiritual Leadership Conference, and I’m very excited about the brand new resources that are releasing this summer. These books, minibooks, and curriculum (including the first quarter in...
My 3 Goals for Spiritual Leadership Conference
Spiritual Leadership Conference 2014 is fast approaching! Our staff and church family are daily making preparations for this event and are anticipating this being the most refreshing and renewing conference we have ever had. As we approach the conference, I have three...Growth Points 51: Technology in Ministry
To properly use any tool, you must first understand the task which you are attempting to accomplish. This has never been more true than in relation to using technology in ministry. It appears to me that there are two extreme ideals in how to help people come along in...Growth Points 50: How to Nurture a Godly Family in a Fervent Ministry Environment
All of us that are passionate about ministry recognize that we often have competing interests between family and ministry. If we’re not careful, we can yield to the addiction of the urgency in ministry to the neglect of our families. I know that at times I was on the...
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)