by Paul Chappell | Mar 2, 2022 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
It’s easy to create church outreach programs. Just plan the details and add it to the church calendar. It’s more challenging—and needful—to pastorally cultivate a church culture that prioritizes compassionate gospel outreach to unsaved people. So often, the...
by Paul Chappell | Feb 7, 2022 | Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast
Mentoring may be a corporate buzzword, but when you think about it, the whole idea of mentoring is a biblical process. From Jesus mentoring His disciples to Paul mentoring Timothy and Titus, we see these kinds of relationships throughout the Bible, including the New...
by Paul Chappell | Jan 17, 2022 | Ministry Leadership
It’s true for people, and it’s true and for churches: the passing of time does not guarantee the development of maturity. The passing of time does not guarantee the development of maturity. Share on X When it comes to church growth, it’s easy to fall into a pattern...
by Paul Chappell | Nov 22, 2021 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
One of the great blessings of my life has been to pastor one church for thirty-five years and counting. To still be in the ministry and fulfilling God’s calling on my life over forty years after I started is a great blessing—a far greater blessing than the weight of...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 28, 2021 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
There are two ways we can talk about spiritual leadership: a position and practice. A position of spiritual leadership includes pastors, small group leaders, Sunday school teachers, Christian parents, ministry leaders, and anyone entrusted to any degree with the...