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An Accountability Tool for Life Stewardship

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Dec 20, 2013 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership

I’m excited about the release of the Stewarding Life Planner because it addresses a core set of every spiritual leader’s greatest needs—personal balance, time management, and life stewardship. In a previous post I described the core components of this resource...

Do You Have a Vision or a To Do List?

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Dec 18, 2013 | Ministry Leadership

We’re just a couple of weeks out from our annual church vision night, when I share with our church family opportunities to serve the Lord as a church in the coming year. It’s always an exciting time as I attempt to cast vision for what God has placed on my heart and...

Discretionary Priorities

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 28, 2013 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

One of the first budget categories financial counselors tell their clients to identify is “discretionary spending.” Whether you are overseeing personal, business, corporate, or ministry expenses, you need to know what is discretionary and what is essential. (The...

Growth Points 41: Characteristics of a Healthy Church, Part 2

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 16, 2013 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Spiritual Leadership Podcast

In the last Growth Points video, I shared five characteristics of a healthy church. Since God has placed me as an undershepherd of His flock, and since the church belongs to Christ—it is His husbandry, His building (1 Corinthians 3:9), it is important to me that I am...

A Word about An Evangelist

by Dr. Paul Chappell | Oct 12, 2013 | Ministry Leadership

I am thankful for godly evangelists who labor for souls and for revival. The Bible mentions evangelism three different times: And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the...