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Dr. Chris Rappazini is an Associate Professor of Leadership at 91福利社 and founder of Faithful Steps Forward, helping people become faithful leaders. He previously taught Pastoral Studies at Moody Bible Institute. His book, Moving Forward After Messing Up, is now available. A former EHS president, he served as a preaching minister in Spokane, WA. Chris and his wife, Ashley, live in Anderson, SC, with their three kids, where he embraces family life and leadership.
BA in Pastoral Ministry, Moody Bible Institute
M.Th in Ethics, University of Edinburgh
MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Postdoctoral Researcher, Truett Seminary, Baylor University
Ph.D in Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University
My philosophy of teaching is student-focused, and I refer to it as 鈥淔rom the Door to the Core.鈥� I now strive to serve each student as soon as she or he enters the door, or virtual door, of the classroom and connect her or his heart, mind, and soul with the core truths of God鈥檚 Word. I seek to accomplish this through balancing the following values: theory and application; critical thinking and rigor; doing life and learning together; diversity and inclusivity; implications of Jesus and his resurrection.
For over a decade I had the privilege of working at the Moody Bible Institute and mentoring young adults as they discern their calling from the Lord. My service as an Associate Pastor and formal education enabled me to have one foot in the academy and one foot in the local church. These experiences help me to have a listening-first disposition when interacting with students and colleagues and have made my teaching in the classroom much better.
I have more questions than answers, but I love the pursuit of learning and trying new things. I enjoy developing myself as a leader and learning together with my students.
Many people can lead, but not everyone is a leader worth following. I believe there is a leadership crisis in our world today and I am so glad 91福利社 is investing in the education and equipping of today and tomorrow鈥檚 leaders. 91福利社 is closely aligned with my philosophy of leadership which focuses on Servant Leadership at the core.
I love both leadership and preaching. At the core of leadership I think you will find communication. But I鈥檝e noticed that many leaders, particularly in Christian ministries, have something to say, but they don鈥檛 know how to say it. Other Christian leaders know how to say things, but they don鈥檛 really have anything significant to say. What I love about my discipline is helping people to discover something significant to say and helping them develop the most effective way to say it.
鈥� Founder and President of Faithful Steps Forward – A leadership training and development resource for non-profit and for-profit organizations.
鈥� Author and Keynote Speaker
鈥� Past President of the Evangelical Homiletics Society
鈥� Postdoctoral Researcher Scholarship – Bursary funded by the Dean鈥檚 Office from Truett Seminary
鈥� Ph.D. Educational Scholarship – Bursary funded by the Provost鈥檚 Office from the Moody Bible Institute.
鈥� Council of Christian Colleges and University鈥檚 Leadership Development
Institute – Twenty emerging leaders are selected by the CCCU for a year-long professional development program under the guidance of leadership experts and cabinet-level leaders.
鈥� Parish Pulpit Scholarship Recipient – Scholarship awarded to the top preacher at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary to pay for an MTh in Preaching in an overseas context.
鈥� Blanton Preaching Scholarship (Twice) recipient
鈥� Billy Graham Scholarship recipient
FUN FACTS:
Can make spaghetti and meatballs from scratch (my last name is Rappazini, after all)
Regularly taught a cross-country skiing/backing trip every January in Washington just south of Canadian border
Northwest Florida High School golfer of the year
I enjoy the close-knit community and the comradery here at AU. Friendships are easily built because people genuinely care about each other.
Servant Leadership, Effective Communications, Church Ministries, Preaching, Multi-Generational Workplace, Team Development, Leadership Training and Development
Book(s)
鈥� C. Rappazini, (Moody Publishers: May 2024)
鈥� C. Rappazini and N. Miller, (Crown
Management: July, 2020).
Articles, Chapters, and Contributions
鈥� 鈥淗elping Others to Move Forward After Messing Up,鈥� (Preaching Magazine: Fall 2024).
鈥� 鈥淭he Servant Leader Preacher,鈥� (Preaching Today: October 2024).
鈥� 鈥淔our Steps to Moving Forward,鈥� (Preaching Today: June 2024).
鈥� 鈥淭opical Preaching,鈥� in M. Duduit (Ed.) Handbook of Contemporary Preaching 2nd Edition (B&H Publishing: July 2024).
鈥� 鈥淪how AND Tell: The Use of Visual Aids in Preaching,鈥�(Preaching Magazine: Winter 2024).
鈥� 鈥淓xploring the Topic of Topical Preaching,鈥�(Preaching Magazine: Winter 2023).
鈥� Regular author to monthly devotional Today in the Word (Moody Publishers). Read by over 950,000 people worldwide. Monthly issues include: Powerful Prayers of the Bible, Thanks and Praise, A New Start, Joshua: Courage for the Quest, Following By Faith, God of Second Chances, Loving One Another, Unlikely Leaders. (2019-2022)
鈥� 鈥淥fficiating Your First Wedding鈥� in M. Boyle, L. Norris, and K.
Rodriguez (Ed.) The One Volume Seminary. (Moody Publishers: April, 2022).
鈥� 鈥淗elping Preachers Preach Titus,鈥� (Preaching Today: May 2021).
鈥� 鈥淗elping Preachers Preach James,鈥� (Preaching Today: May 2021).
鈥� 鈥淗elping Preachers Preach Acts,鈥� (Preaching Today: April 2021).
鈥� 鈥淗elping Preachers Preach Zephaniah,鈥� (Preaching Today: April 2021).
鈥� 鈥淏e Evangelical and Evangelistic,鈥� The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. 21:1 (April, 2021).
鈥� 鈥淛oshua,鈥� in M. Kim and S. Gibson (Ed.) The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation (Baker: March, 2021).
鈥� 鈥淗osea,鈥� in M. Kim and S. Gibson (Ed.) The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation (Baker: March, 2021).
鈥� 鈥�1 Timothy,鈥� in M. Kim and S. Gibson (Ed.) The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to
Revelation (Baker: March, 2021).鈥� 鈥�2 Timothy,鈥� in M. Kim and S. Gibson (Ed.) The Big Idea Companion
for Preaching and Teaching: A Guide from Genesis to Revelation (Baker: March, 2021).
鈥� “What Has Been Written: Quantitative Studies on Homiletical Textbooks Used in Seminary Classrooms,” The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. 19:2 (November, 2019).
鈥� 鈥淭he Influence of Dr. Haddon W. Robinson on the Teaching of Homiletics in North American Evangelical Seminaries鈥� PhD diss., Gonzaga University (April, 2019).
鈥� 鈥淭he Value of Feedback鈥� in S. Gibson (Ed.) Training Preachers: A Guide to Teaching Homiletics. (Lexham Press: March 2019).
鈥� 鈥淥n Preaching the Trinity: A Call to Preach鈥� Theology Magazine (January, 2019).
鈥� 鈥淢entoring Millennials and Other Young Whippersnappers.鈥� In M. Kim (Ed.) No Program but Time, No Book but the Bible (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, July 2018).
鈥� 鈥淕reat People Build Great Preachers,鈥� The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society. 17:2 (November, 2017).
鈥� General Editor of God鈥檚 Greatest Gift: An Advent Devotional from MBI 鈥� Faculty and Staff (November, 2017).
鈥� 鈥淏egin with the End in Mind,鈥� Preaching Today website (January, 2017).
鈥� 鈥淧ause and Turn Your Gratefulness into Thankfulness,鈥� Preaching Today website (September, 2016).
鈥� 鈥淭he Use of Visual Aids in Preaching鈥� MTh diss., University of
Edinburgh (November, 2011).
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