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Who is Bryan Chapell?
Bryan Chapell is a pastor and theologian. Bryan Chapell is currently the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America. Bryan previously served as the senior pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois. For the previous eighteen years, he was president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
Early Life and Childhood
Bryan Chapell was born in the United States on November 18, 1954. He is currently 67 years old.
His parents brought him up in the United States. Bryan is of mixed ethnicity and has American citizenship. At the moment, no information about his parents or siblings is available.
Education Details
Bryan Chapell graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Journalism.
Bryan later received a Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary as well as a Ph.D. in speech communication from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Professional Career
Chapell’s magnum opus is Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon. It was named Book of the Year by Preaching magazine in 1994.
In it, he explains his concept of the “Fallen Condition Focus” (FCF): “the mutual human condition that contemporary believers share.
Bryan’s approach is to raise the FCF in the sermon’s introduction, and then respond to it in the body of the sermon by explaining its redemptive purpose.
According to Zack Eswine, the FCF “helpfully urges preachers to account for Christians in a fallen world,” but it is “primarily equipped as a tool for churched contexts.”
Bryan published his book Why Do We Baptize Infants in 2006. He explains the biblical basis for infant baptism.
First, he presents the biblical support for infant baptism, as he has done in previous new member and church officer training classes.
Brian also assists pastors in better understanding how to administer the sacrament in meaningful and helpful ways for their churches.
Bryan and Grace Presbyterian Church members established Unlimited Grace Media in 2015, an independent non-profit media ministry dedicated to spreading the gospel of God’s grace to all people.
He also hosts the Unlimited Grace podcast, a daily half-hour radio Bible teaching podcast that began airing nationally and internationally in 2016.
In 1976, he began his pastoral ministry at Woodburn Presbyterian Church in Woodburn, Illinois. Bryan then served as the pastor of Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sparta, Illinois, from 1978 to 1985.
In 1985, he was appointed as a preaching professor at Covenant Theological Seminary, where he also served as dean of faculty, president, and chancellor.
Bryan was appointed senior pastor of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois, on Easter 2013, and served in that capacity until 2020.
In 2020, he was appointed as the Presbyterian Church in America’s Stated Clerk Pro Tempore, and in 2021, he was elected as the stated clerk.
Net Worth and Salary
Bryan Chapell’s net worth is estimated to be $876,544.
Relationship Status
Bryan Chapell is an Englishman. Bryan is married to his lovely wife Kathleen Beth Gabriel.
The wedding took place on May 27, 1978. They have four adult children and an increasing number of grandchildren.
Body Measurements
He is a man of average stature, standing at 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @bryanchapell.
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Trivia
- Bryan is a pastor and theologian from the United States.
- He is currently the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America.
- His net worth is estimated to be $876,544.
- Bryan previously served as the senior pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois.
- He stands at 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
