Leonard Chapple Sr. was born in Atlanta, GA, to the late Francis Chapple Dumas, On February the 16th, 1952. He has been married to Shelia A. Chapple for 46 years and is the proud father of six children, three girls, and three boys. Bishop Chapple accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in Nov. 1974 through the witness of his sister Elaine Chapple. He received his call to the gospel ministry in December of 1976 under Superintendent Felton Talley Sr. He was later ordained by Bishop J Howard Dell Georgia Northern First. After hearing the Holy Spirit speak to him, saying take the gospel to your family, Bishop Chapple started a Bible study in his mother's living room, Francis Chapple Dumas. The Bible study outgrew his mother's living room within a short time. Moved by the Holy Spirit, Bishop Chapple and his wife Shelia founded the Latter-Day Ministries Church of God in Christ in 1998, later rebranded to Victory In Praise Church of God in Christ.