by Paul Chappell | Aug 10, 2015 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership
As local church leaders, it is imperative that we keep God—not numeric growth—as our primary goal. When it comes to the local church, Jesus is the Builder; the church is His habitation; and we are His co-laborers, called to labor in winning souls and building...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 6, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
This is part 2 of a guest post by Dr. R.B. Ouellette. In part one he described complaining critics, casual critics, and crazy critics and listed helpful responses for each. In this post, we pick up with the final two types of critics: Career Critics Ralph Nader...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 3, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
Growing leaders who desire to finish strong in the work of the Lord must develop a filter through which they receive criticism. To disregard all criticism is prideful and insolates you from help you need. But to try to act on all criticism reveals another type of...
by Paul Chappell | Jul 13, 2015 | Ministry Leadership
None of us start out in leadership with the intention of failing. But we all know people who have disgraced the Lord and hurt the people they lead through unfaithfulness. We all want, when we come to the end of our race, to be able to say, “I have fought a good fight,...
by Paul Chappell | Jul 7, 2015 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
I thank the Lord for the life, ministry, and friendship of Dr. R. B. Ouellette. Just before he preached at Spiritual Leadership Conference this summer, we thanked him for his faithfulness in serving the same church for forty years. A pastor marking his fourth decade...