7 Ways Parents Undermine Their Own Influence
All children have moments or seasons when they struggle with obedience—just like their parents. But some young people, particularly in their teenage years, become defiant and overtly disrespectful. Why? There are many contributing reasons—including the freewill of...
A Simple Test to Know If You Should Get Making Home Work Audiobook
We’re so excited to announce the release of our first professionally-recorded audiobook through Striving Together Publications. The book is Making Home Work in a Broken Society, a highly-practical book with biblical principles for Christian parents that I wrote this...What If You Took It Personally?
Over the past thirty years of ministry here in Lancaster, we have attempted to reach our community for Christ in many ways—including billboards, television ads, promoted Facebook posts, radio programs, community newsletters, gospel-centered acts of community service,...
3 Often-Overlooked Ways Every Spiritual Leader Can Be Engaged in the Great Commission
If there is one thing that is clear in the New Testament, it is that the gospel doesn’t end with receiving it. It is a truth to pass on to others. From the woman at the well who immediately “left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,...
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 thirty years and is the father of four married children all serving in Christian ministry.
