by Paul Chappell | Oct 13, 2009 | Ministry Leadership
This past Sunday, we conducted our annual Open House Sunday at Lancaster Baptist Church. (See new photos in gallery at right.) Over the course of a year, we have three or four special days that are designed for the specific purpose of reaching out into our community...
by Paul Chappell | Oct 10, 2009 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
Every actively engaged Christian who loves the Lord desires to be a better soulwinner. Following are some tips that I have found make my soulwinning more effective and fruitful: 1. Recognize your responsibility. Christ commanded us “Go ye into all the world, and...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 21, 2009 | Ministry Leadership
As a pastor, I desire to motivate my people to achieve spiritual goals. I desire to motivate my staff to strive fore continuous improvement. Yet motivation itself is not enough, for all methods of motivation are not equal. I’ve learned over the years that there are...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 17, 2009 | Ministry Leadership
In the last two posts (1, 2) we’ve been examining that there are many experimenting with local church philosophy. I am burdened that our next generation of pastors and leaders excercise discernment and wisdom—choosing to apply biblical models over more carnal...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 14, 2009 | Ministry Leadership
In my last post I shared my burden for young men in ministry who are tempted to look outside the Bible for answers regarding local church philosophy. While there are many voices and many attractive models—the fact is, God still blesses the biblical model. It is vital...