Dr. Bryan Chapell

President Emeritus

Currently serving as the Stated Clerk and leader of the Administrative Committee for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), Dr. Chapell is a renowned preacher, teacher, and speaker who also serves on the faculties of numerous seminaries and Bible colleges in different parts of the world and conducts pastors’ conferences in several nations each year. He is the author of many books, including the award-winning Christ-Centered Preaching (now in its third edition) and the founder and host of Unlimited Grace, a daily half-hour Bible teaching program heard on radio stations and online in the US and around the world.

Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Chapell is a graduate of Covenant Seminary and was a pastor in southern Illinois for ten years before returning to join the Seminary’s faculty in 1985. In addition to teaching preaching courses, he served for six years as Vice President for Academics and Dean of Faculty. In 1994, he became the institution’s fourth President, serving until 2012, when he assumed the role of Chancellor and President Emeritus. In 2013 he took a call as Senior Pastor at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois (where he is now Pastor Emeritus) before being named Stated Clerk Pro Tempore for the PCA in 2020 and then elected to the office in 2021.

Dr. Chapell and his wife, Kathy, have four grown children—Jordan, Colin, Corinne, and Katy. His teaching resources are available at www.bryanchapell.com.  

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