20 Reasons I’m Glad We Started West Coast Baptist College
Twenty years ago this very week the doors of West Coast Baptist College swung open to the first group of forty-three students. Today, WCBC’s doors swing open for the twentieth opening day of a new academic year of training laborers for His harvest. As I look back over...
28 Years of Renewal
When God led our family to Lancaster twenty-eight years ago, we had no idea of what He was planning to do. All we knew then was that He was leading us and that He gave us a tremendous burden to see souls saved and a strong, gospel-preaching, Baptist church established...
Into the Harvest: The Purpose of West Coast Baptist College
Since West Coast Baptist College opened its doors in 1995, our goal has never been students, but graduates. Although graduates must first be students, our focus is getting laborers out to the harvest field. By the grace of God and to His glory, there are currently...
20 Lessons from Megachurch Life
This year marks my twentieth year to pastor what researchers call a megachurch—a church averaging over two thousand people in weekly attendance. Statistics on pastoral tenure in churches suggest that for a pastor to remain twenty-eight years in the ministry, let alone...
The Resilient Life
Overcome the Crises and Anxieties of Life through Christ
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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.
