Spiritual Leadership with Dr. Paul Chappell

Efficiency Management Principles

Efficiency Management Principles

Leading Through A Crisis

We are living in unprecedented times. In over thirty years of pastoring, I have never experienced a moment of ministry leadership like we are all experiencing now. Today, I put some thoughts together about leading in a time of crisis, and I hope they will edify and encourage you.

Preparing for Easter

Easter is not only a time to celebrate the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is also a great opportunity to share the gospel. There are very few days of the calendar year that offer as great an opportunity to invite someone to your service and to share the powerful truth of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ with them. This week, I sat down with Gabriel Ruhl, our executive pastor and we discussed how to prepare for a great Easter weekend. We talked through the fact that on Easter weeke...

Mission-First Leadership, or People-First Leadership

In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I set down with General John Teichert and discuss how he applies biblical principles of servant leadership in his current role of Base Commander at Edwards Air Force Base. John was saved here at Lancaster Baptist Church several years ago, and God has blessed his life and career. We discuss leadership styles and principles. We talk about mission first or people first leadership. I enjoyed hearing General Teichert’s view of mission sustainabilit...

Independent Baptist Missions

I recently sat down with one of my greatest friends and mentors, Dr. Don Sisk to talk about a subject we are both passionate about—world-wide missions. I consider Dr. Sisk to be one of the greatest spokesmen in our generation for Baptist missions. We talked about his journey from the Southern Baptist convention’s cooperative missions program. He tells why he left that movement and the strengths he sees in the independent Baptist model of directly supporting missionaries. Dr. Sisk also talked abo...

Keeping Young Adults in Church

Recent studies show that roughly two-thirds of teens stop attending church after graduation across protestant denominations. In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I talk with our youth pastor, Larry Chappell, and the Young Adults ministry director of Franklin Road Baptist Church, Joel Norris about how to reach and engage single young adults for the cause of Christ. We discussed answering common questions that arise from this group about ministry and culture. I appreciate the heart...

Reaching Gen Y with the Gospel

Developing Church Staff

In this episode of Spiritual Leadership podcast, I discuss the development of the church staff. I thank God for the wonderful team of staff that He has brought to Lancaster Baptist. I believe in the necessity of staff. God gives different gifts to different people to work together to meet the needs of the local church. The right staff can bring perspective and creative ideas to the work of the ministry. In this episode I talk about how to bring a staff together. How to hire like-minded people wi...

Reaching the 10/40 Window with the Gospel

In this podcast Niranjan Sundararaj and I discuss the needs in the 10/40 window and how we can work together with American churches, Christian businessmen, and Asian national pastors and missionaries to shine the light of the gospel into this area of spiritual darkness.

Neo Calvinism, Progressive Sanctification and More

In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I am joined by Pastor Jeff Amsbaugh and WCBC professor Tobi England. We discuss a number of contemporary issues including Calvinism, progressive sanctification, the Gospel-centered movement, and collaboration.

Balancing Creativity and Our Biblical Heritage

At times, there can be a healthy tension between a honoring our heritage and being creative in ministry and outreach. For this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I sat down to discuss how we manage that tension with Pastor Dave Delaney. Dave pastors the First Baptist Church in Long Beach. He is a millennial aged pastor ministering in an urban environment. He is also committed to Bible truth. At the beginning of the podcast, I also answer a few listener-submitted questions. If you have ...

Church Administration

God’s work deserves our very best, and we serve a God of order. As His servants, we should desire to be as effective as we can in serving Him, ministering to His people, and reaching the lost with the gospel. In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership podcast, Pastor Paul Chappell discusses practical ways to improve administration in church ministry. Pastor Chappell also takes time to answer a few questions about transitioning into a leadership role, the role of generations in ministry work, an...

Reaching our Spanish-speaking communities with Dr. Ezekiel Salazar

Let politicians deal with political challenges— The people of the growing hispanic population in our communities need to be reached by the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our community and in hundreds of communities across America, the demographics are changing, and there is a greater need for Bible preaching in the Spanish language. This week, I sat down with my friend, Ezekiel Salazar, pastor and founder of the Montecito Baptist Church, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of reaching Spanis...

Staying the Course in Ministry-- Special Guest Pastor Jeff Amsbaugh

Growing as a Spiritual Leader-- Special guest Pastor Dean Miller

Continue in Sacrifice

Continue in Outreach Part 4

Continue in Outreach Part 3

Continue in Outreach Part 2

Continue in Outreach

Grace for the Growing Church Part 1 - Perceiving the Need and Admitting Problems

Spiritual Leadership Podcast from Pastor Paul Chappell. In this episode, Pastor Chappell discusses identifying challenges and obstacles to growth. Every growing church will grow by God’s grace and will make adjustments by God’s grace.

5 Thought-Prevoking Questions

How to be a Team Building Leader Part 3

How to be a Team Building Leader Part 2

In this episode, Pastor Paul Chappell answers questions from listeners, and gives insights about strategic team building

How to be a Team Building Leader Part 1

Pastor Paul Chappell answers questions about sermon preparation, conducting invitations, and dealing with family health issues. Send questions for future episodes to qa@lancasterbaptist.org. This month’s lesson is “How To Be a Team-Building Leader Part One” How do you build and nurture a productive team? Pastor Paul Chappell shares insight from his decades of experience at Lancaster Baptist Church and West Coast Baptist College.

Is Your Motivation Style Demotivating

The first episode of The Spiritual Leadership Podcast, “Is Your Motivation Style Demotivating?” deals with four types of motivation that Paul Chappell describes as “unhealthy and unscriptural” This episode goes on to outline four healthy and scriptural types of motivation. Future episodes of the podcast will dedicate time to answering questions and addressing topics that are submitted by email to qa@lancasterbaptist.org. The Spiritual Leadership Podcast is the latest in a long series of ministry...

The Philosophy and Practice of Biblical Church Planting (Part 3)

Taught by Dr. Paul Chappell at West Coast Baptist College for a conference on the subject of church planting

The Philosophy and Practice of Biblical Church Planting (Part 2)

Taught by Dr. Paul Chappell at West Coast Baptist College for a conference on the subject of church planting

The Philosophy and Practice of Biblical Church Planting (Part 1)

Taught by Dr. Paul Chappell at West Coast Baptist College for a conference on the subject of church planting

Renewing the Worker of God Part 1