Intervening Leadership

In this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, Pastor Paul Chappell introduces "Intervening Leadership," focusing on the vital role of spiritual...

The Christian Leader's Soul

Being Faithful through the Entire Journey of Life

Questions and Answers on Biblical Preaching

The apostle Paul’s solemn charge to Timothy was to “preach the Word.”

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, reb...

Opportunities for the Gospel in Asia

A few days ago, our church hosted our annual World Impact Missions Conference. One of our guests here for the conference was Dr. Kevin Folger, who is...

Dealing with Pastoral Stress

Pastors are surrounded by stress-inducing circumstances. Whether it be the uncivil culture in which we minister, family burdens, financial pressure, d...

Setting the Course with Fresh Vision

In the process of leading a church family and building a congregation, there are times when you need a restart. Sometimes this needed reset is because...

What Are Core Values and Why Do They Matter for a Church?

Every church has core values, but not every church has written them down. And actually, it wasn’t until several years ago that I and some of the other...

Interview with Dr. Jerry Vines

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Jerry Vines for the Spiritual Leadership Podcast. Some of the audio and technical quality was...

Planting Churches in Challenging Places

At a recent California for Christ meeting, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Alan Fong, Robbie Yapp, and James Kim to discuss the need for an...

Disagreement without Disunity

Biblical Project and Process Managment

Interview with Coach Joe Kennedy

In this episode, I have the opportunity to sit down with Coach Joe Kennedy, who recently won a cast at the United States Supreme Court. He had made a...

Essential Principles for the Journey of Ministry Part 2

Essential Principles for the Journey of Ministry

When the Lord first brought me into the pastorate, I was twenty-four years old and had a great desire to reach people in our community with the gospel...

How to Have a Great Mentoring Relationship

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 discip...

Planning for the New Year

More than a Vacation: Christian Travel to Biblical Lands

Connection Points for Christian Leaders

Training the Next Generation

Three Ways Spiritual Leaders Must Respond in Perilous Times

That word perilous in 2 Timothy 3:1 speaks of an unraveling. It’s not hard to see the application of this verse to the world we live in today. It seem...

What Now?

Prayerfully, and with God’s help, as vaccines get distributed, it looks like we could soon be closing the chapter on COVID-19. I think most of us are...

Developing an Effective Weekly Schedule

Time is one of God’s greatest gifts. He gives it to all of us equally, and how we use it is our gift back to Him. We often speak of managing our time,...

New Testament Missions

If you have a heart for missions and for the spread of the gospel around the world, you are going to love this episode of the Spiritual Leadership Pod...

Passing the Faith to the Next Generation

In today’s episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, I interview Pastor Tim Rasmussen, Pastor of the Faith Baptist Church in Canoga Park, CA, and h...

Keep the Faith

In this new episode of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, my son Larry and I discuss my new book, Keep the Faith and walk through the chapters and topi...

Leadership Qualities for Turbulant Times

On today’s podcast, I begin a discussion about leadership qualities for turbulent times. What kind of spiritual leader will you be during this trying...

Leading in a Time of Delusion

What can Christian leaders do during this unprecedented time of challenges, anger, and unrest? Pastor Paul Chappell discusses with his son Larry nine...

Defining Moments

Nehemiah was taken captive from his home land, and worked for King Artaxerxes for decades, but what is recorded for us in Scripture and what we rememb...

Adapting Ministry for COVID-19

Adapting Ministry for COVID-19

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 expe...

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...

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 l...

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...

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 Sp...

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 ha...

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 busines...

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 conte...