Echo Chamber or Ministry Partnership?
An echo chamber is a lousy place to serve. Isolating ourselves to hear only an echo of our own opinions keeps us from growth. This is because part of the process of growth is for our thinking to be challenged. When we discuss truth or ideas with people with whom we...
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...
Four Elements in Effective Transition
How would you finish the sentence, “A growing church is…”? Anyone who has been at Lancaster Baptist longer than six months could answer, “…always in transition.” A growing church is always in transition. A growing church is always in transition. Share on X From...
Developing a Church Staff: Spiritual Leadership Podcast
I thank God for the wonderful team of staff that He has brought to Lancaster Baptist Church and West Coast Baptist College. It’s amazing how God gives different gifts to different people within a church family to work together to meet the needs of the local...
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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.
