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A Teaching & Formation Platform
Every story has a chapter
we would rather not read.
Christ meets us there—and refuses to let pain write the ending.
Transformation University is the teaching, formation, and transformation platform founded by James R. Chapman—a place to confront the story pain has written, surrender it to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and learn to live from truth rather than survival.
James R. Chapman · Teacher · Pastor · Author
Meet James R. Chapman
A pastor for people who thought there was no place for their story.
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James R. Chapman teaches from a life reordered by surrender. Husband, father, pastor, and author, his work sits at the intersection of Scripture, pastoral care, and the honest chapters most of us are still learning to name.
Transformation University gathers his teaching and pastoral pathways in one place — The Surrendered Life™, The Story Beneath the Story, Healing Out Loud, and R12.
"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."
Genesis 50:20 — Life Verse
Featured Teaching
The Story Beneath the Story
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Long-form teaching & storytelling
A long-form teaching and storytelling series exploring the biblical story beneath our suffering, the beliefs formed through pain, and the better story revealed when our lives collide with Christ.
Release details forthcoming
The Library
Watch · Listen · Read
Three pathways into the teaching — as content becomes available.
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Podcast and audio teachings
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Studies & Essays
Studies, articles, prayers, and written teachings
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The University
Not another platform. A place of formation.
Transformation University is being built as a home for teaching, formation, and pastoral pathways under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Details of cohorts, intensives, and schedules will be published as each pathway opens.
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Practice
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Sent lives
Programs & Pathways
Four pathways under Transformation University.
Flagship
The Surrendered Life™
A formation pathway for people learning to bring the whole story — the shadowed chapters included — under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
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Signature Teaching
The Story Beneath the Story
A long-form teaching series naming the narratives shaped by pain — and the better story revealed when our lives collide with Christ.
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Pastoral
Healing Out Loud
A pastoral pathway of confession, prayer, and honest healing for people who thought there was no place for their story.
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Pathway
R12 — Think · Practice · Execute
The Transformation University teaching pathway drawn from Romans 12 — for people learning to live sent lives.
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Events & Live
Come sit at the table.
Upcoming Lives, classes, and gatherings will appear here.
Speaking & Seminars
Bring James to your church, campus, or gathering.
James is available for a range of speaking and teaching contexts. Send a request and the team will follow up with availability and details.
- Church guest teaching→
- Leadership and ministry workshop→
- The Surrendered Life seminar→
- Podcast or media appearance→
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The First Honest Step
Be the first to take the Surrendered Life™ Assessment.
The Surrendered Life Assessment is being developed to help you identify where pain, belief, responsibility, surrender, and purpose intersect in your story. Join the early-access list and be notified when it opens.