Bryan Chapell

Bryan Chapell is the president of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America. He began teaching at Covenant in 1984 after ten years in pastoral ministry. Chapell has a BSJ from Northwestern University, an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary, and a PhD in speech communication from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Before becoming president in 1994, he served for six years as vice president for academics and dean of faculty. He is a speaker in churches and conferences around the country, preaching and lecturing on topics including grace, marriage, and journalism. Chapell's online broadcast ministry, Living Christ 360, contains additional resources in his areas of expertise.

Chapell's book Christ-Centered Preaching won "Book of the Year" from Preaching Magazine and has established him as one of the nation's most recognized teachers of homiletics. He has written several other books, including:

• The Promises of Grace
• In the Grip of Grace
• Using Illustrations to Preach with Power
• Each for the Other
• The Wonder of It All
• 1 & 2 Timothy: To Guard the Deposit (with R. Kent Hughes)
• Holiness by Grace
• Praying Backwards: Transform Your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus' Name
• I'll Love You Anyway and Always, a children's book

He has also written many articles as well as lyrics to several hymns.

In November 2009, Chapell signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws which they claim would compel institutional participation in, or blessing of, abortion, same-sex marriage, and other matters that go against their religious consciences.

External links

• Living Christ 360 Website