The Ralph Moore Podcast

Billy McMahan's passion for reaching the next generation didn't begin with research, it began on the mission field. In Part 1 of Ralph's conversation with Billy, you'll hear the remarkable story behind the president of the Great Commission Research Network. From growing up as a missionary kid in Indonesia, to student ministry in Silicon Valley, to discovering a vision for raising up and sending th...

What if one of the greatest measures of ministry success isn't the size of your church, but the leaders you've helped grow? In this final installment of Ralph Moore's conversation with Antoine Lassiter, the discussion turns to mentorship, multiplication, and the joy of investing in future leaders. Ralph reflects on the people who shaped his ministry journey, the influence of encouragers like Barna...

Everyone loves stories about the beginning and the breakthrough. The call. The launch. The growth. The success. But what about everything in between? In this episode, Ralph Moore and Antoine Lassiter dive into the often-overlooked reality of ministry life: the messy middle. Drawing from Antoine's book Beyond the Calling , they discuss the gap between God's calling and the day-to-day faithfulness r...

Can an introvert be an effective pastor? In this episode, Ralph Moore continues his conversation with Antoine Lassiter, exploring the hidden challenges many pastors face but rarely discuss. Antoine shares how anxiety, overthinking, and a desire to control outcomes once kept him isolated before services—even hiding in his office to avoid conversations. What he discovered changed both his leadership...

What happens when a pastor buys his wife a cake truck and starts hanging out at farmers markets? In this episode, Ralph sits down with pastor, author, and longtime friend Antoine Lassiter to talk about the surprising ministry opportunities that emerge when Christians intentionally step outside their church circles and into everyday life. Antoine shares the story behind his wife's cake business, a...

In this final part of Ralph’s conversation with Kenneth Makuakane and John Honold, the discussion turns toward the future of ministry training, church renewal, and what it really means to raise up leaders for the harvest. Ken and John share how Kahupono has become more than a school for ministry. It has become a flexible, Spirit-led training ground for people who may not fit the traditional semina...

In Part 2 of Ralph’s conversation with Kenneth Makuakane and John Honold, the focus turns to what it actually looks like to bring new life into a historic church. Ken shares how Kawaiahaʻo Church, one of Hawaii’s oldest and most significant churches, began shifting from a building-centered ministry to a community-centered mission. Rather than simply maintaining programs for members, they began ope...

In this powerful episode, Ralph sits down with longtime friends and ministry leaders Kenneth Makuakane and John Honold to explore what it looks like to bring fresh life to historic churches. Ken shares his remarkable journey, from growing up in a deeply rooted Hawaiian Christian family, to becoming an award-winning musician and cultural icon, to stepping into pastoral leadership at one of Hawaii’s...

In the final part of this conversation, Ralph Moore and Tim Goodman pull back the curtain on what it really takes to build a multiplying church and why so many modern approaches miss the mark. Ralph reflects on the rise of attractional, program-driven ministry and contrasts it with the simplicity and power of Scripture-centered, Spirit-led disciple-making. Drawing from the Jesus Movement and decad...

In Part 3 of the conversation, Ralph Moore and Tim Goodman go deeper into what it actually takes to build a disciple-making culture that lasts. Ralph shares hard-earned insights from decades of ministry, unpacking the difference between a church that gathers and a church that truly functions as a body. From his “mini church” model to the idea that real pastoring happens in living rooms (not large...

In Part 2 of Ralph’s conversation with Tim Goodman, the discussion moves from personal calling to the realities of leading through disruption, and rebuilding on the other side. Tim unpacks the deeper theological crisis behind the Methodist split, explaining why the issues went far beyond surface-level debates and struck at the core of Scripture, salvation, and the nature of truth itself. From ther...

In this episode of the Ralph Moore Podcast, Ralph sits down with Tim Goodman, senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Westchester, Ohio, for a deeply personal and timely conversation about calling, conviction, and the cost of leadership. Tim shares his powerful journey from a small, rural church upbringing to walking away from faith, to a life-altering encounter with God following two brain surgeri...

In the final part of Ralph Moore’s conversation with Peyton Jones , the discussion turns practical: How does disciple making actually happen in everyday life? As Peyton prepares to launch his new book Discipology at the Exponential Conference, he and Ralph reflect on the deeper principles behind multiplying disciples—and why the church often misses the simple patterns Jesus modeled. Ralph shares s...

In Part 2 of Ralph Moore’s conversation with Peyton Jones , the focus turns to the heart behind Peyton’s new book Discipology and the disciple-making pattern Jesus used to train His followers. Peyton reflects on his years planting churches in the U.K., where small congregations forced leaders to rely on disciple-making rather than large programs or events. During that season he worked a series of...

Ralph Moore sits down with longtime friend and ministry partner Peyton Jones to talk about disciple-making, church planting, and Peyton’s new book Discipology . The conversation begins with a look at the newly launched church plant The Abbey in North County San Diego and the surprising ways God has already been bringing together generations of leaders and young people. Ralph reflects on the person...

What if the side hustle is actually the main thing? Joshua Brown spent 22 years in vocational ministry. Seven different church teams across four states. Moving his family. Growing programs and events but not making disciples. Getting frustrated. Then he Googled "top five businesses to start for $5,000 or less." Pressure washing made the list. He knew nothing about it. Not handy. No dad to teach hi...

Fifty-five percent of American homes are headed by single moms right now. That's a cultural crisis. Millions of kids growing up without seeing what godly masculinity looks like. Without a model for fatherhood. Without knowing how to be the dad they never had. Joshua Brown gets it. He lived it. And now he's doing something about it. In this episode, Joshua introduces his "Dudes Without Dads" podcas...

Some kids grow up dreaming about what they'll be when they grow up. Joshua Brown just wanted a family. His biological father offered to pay for his abortion. When his mom refused, the father said he'd never be part of Joshua's life. His mom's adoptive father went to prison for abuse. They slept in cars, soup kitchens, church fellowship halls. By seventeen, Joshua was a high school dropout selling...

What happens when digital ministry stops being an experiment—and becomes real community? In Part 3, Ralph Moore and Yvonne Nash wrestle with the deeper questions behind online discipleship: Who should (and shouldn’t) pursue ministry on social platforms Why TikTok formed community when other platforms didn’t What perseverance looks like when no one is watching And how “new wineskins” don’t require...

What happens when a staff pastor walks away from full-time ministry…with no plan, no job, and no safety net? In Part 2 of this conversation, Ralph Moore talks with Yvonne Nash about the leap that changed everything. After sensing God was calling her to step away from church staff ministry, Yvonne took a season of rest—and then began experimenting online. Not to build a platform, but to build relat...

Yvonne Nash didn’t grow up in church. She grew up above her parents’ bar in Milwaukee, exposed early to a world most kids never see. Years later, a simple invitation to feed the homeless changed everything. In this conversation, Ralph Moore talks with Yvonne about: Why attending church didn’t transform her (but discipleship did) What raw, first-generation faith looks like today Why Gen Z conversio...

Chestly planted a church and did everything the prevailing model taught him. He was miserable. Depressed. The church wasn't growing fast enough. Then a pastor he hadn't talked to in a decade sent him a Facebook message: "Your only job is to love my people." That changed everything. This episode wrestles with significance versus success. Stage speaking versus real relationships. Why digital communi...

Sunday-centric churches get three to four hours a week with their people. Social media gets two to three hours a day. You can fight that reality or you can work with it. Chestly breaks down the difference between digital noise and actual community. He walks through Paul's hub strategy in Ephesus—how the Roman road system created a first-century network that looks surprisingly like what we have now...

Chestly Lunday grew up in ministry. His dad pioneered churches before anyone called it church planting. At 18, Chestly started a youth church in a skating rink—90 kids in six weeks. Then the Negative Nancy's showed up. They told him it wasn't biblical. Couldn't work. Shouldn't be done. He listened. Big mistake. This conversation traces Chestly's journey from military service to dying church turnar...

The hard truth: what's holding back your church is probably between your two ears. This conversation gets uncomfortable. We talk about why growth stalls, why some pastors waste time with the wrong people, and how to prioritize ruthlessly. Jared's had prophetic words about a large church, but right now he's stuck. The answer isn't working harder—it's working smarter. We cover the ABC priority syste...