The Ralph Moore Podcast

I met Jervie Windham a few years ago at an exponential event and was immediately impressed.  Here's a guy who started three churches while he was a career military officer: one in Korea and two in the United States. So, he was a seasoned man with big ideas about planting a conventional church.  We talked about what we were beginning to call micro church at the time. To date, he's planted a hub church with micro churches all around his community of Texas City, Texas. They utilize unique locations in the city and in rural areas beyond it. A large group meets on Sunday morning, but there are far more people meeting in the small spaces.  In this podcast, he describes churches in barber shops. He started one microchurch in a barber college, got involved in counseling the young students there, and was invited to set up microchurches in three barber colleges and a beauty school. Now, those who graduated are starting little churches in their barber shops. They're doing evangelism and they're discipling their members.  As this caught on, they've got a crazy thing going on at a deer rescue ranch that will surprise you as he talks about it.  He goes on further and talks about personal problems and the pains that go on in ministry. He details the struggle in his own household when raising one of his kids was really, really tough. However, that story ends nicely. His “problem child” just graduated from medical school as a young doctor bent on using his medical practice as a way of bringing the Gospel to people.  This is an exciting, encouraging and encouraging podcast. If you're discouraged, this is for you. If you're encouraged and up, you'll be excited and encouraged that much further.You can connect with Jervie at Resonate Church or jervie.windom@gmail.com.

I met Jervie Windham a few years ago at an exponential event and was immediately impressed.  Here's a guy who started three churches while he was a career military officer: one in Korea and two in the United States. So, he was a seasoned man with big ideas about planting a conventional church.  We talked about what we were beginning to call micro church at the time. To date, he's planted a hub church with micro churches all around his community of Texas City, Texas. They utilize unique locations in the city and in rural areas beyond it. A large group meets on Sunday morning, but there are far more people meeting in the small spaces.  In this podcast, he describes churches in barber shops. He started one microchurch in a barber college, got involved in counseling the young students there, and was invited to set up microchurches in three barber colleges and a beauty school. Now, those who graduated are starting little churches in their barber shops. They're doing evangelism and they're discipling their members.  As this caught on, they've got a crazy thing going on at a deer rescue ranch that will surprise you as he talks about it.  He goes on further and talks about personal problems and the pains that go on in ministry. He details the struggle in his own household when raising one of his kids was really, really tough. However, that story ends nicely. His “problem child” just graduated from medical school as a young doctor bent on using his medical practice as a way of bringing the Gospel to people.  This is an exciting, encouraging and encouraging podcast. If you're discouraged, this is for you. If you're encouraged and up, you'll be excited and encouraged that much further.You can connect with Jervie at Resonate Church or jervie.windom@gmail.com.

I met Jervie Windham a few years ago at an exponential event and was immediately impressed.  Here's a guy who started three churches while he was a career military officer: one in Korea and two in the United States. So, he was a seasoned man with big ideas about planting a conventional church.  We talked about what we were beginning to call micro church at the time. To date, he's planted a hub church with micro churches all around his community of Texas City, Texas. They utilize unique locations in the city and in rural areas beyond it. A large group meets on Sunday morning, but there are far more people meeting in the small spaces.  In this podcast, he describes churches in barber shops. He started one microchurch in a barber college, got involved in counseling the young students there, and was invited to set up microchurches in three barber colleges and a beauty school. Now, those who graduated are starting little churches in their barber shops. They're doing evangelism and they're discipling their members.  As this caught on, they've got a crazy thing going on at a deer rescue ranch that will surprise you as he talks about it.  He goes on further and talks about personal problems and the pains that go on in ministry. He details the struggle in his own household when raising one of his kids was really, really tough. However, that story ends nicely. His “problem child” just graduated from medical school as a young doctor bent on using his medical practice as a way of bringing the Gospel to people.  This is an exciting, encouraging and encouraging podcast. If you're discouraged, this is for you. If you're encouraged and up, you'll be excited and encouraged that much further.You can connect with Jervie at Resonate Church or jervie.windom@gmail.com.

Russell Joyce planted Hope Brooklyn and now leads Faith Center Eugene, one of the most significant churches in Oregon. My friend Bill Gross discipled him as a young man at Hope Chapel Apex, NC. After graduating from seminary, he and a small team planted a church affiliated with Drew Hyun, Edwin Colon and New City Network. Part of Russell’s story involves Edwin’s generosity when he offered free meeting space (a rare commodity in New York) to a church centered a location just two blocks away. That generosity characterizes New City Network.Around the time the Spirit began nudging him to hand off the Brooklyn church, he was asked to assume the leadership of Faith Center – during COVID.He describes the strength he gained via the trials of the pandemic and its attendant isolation, along with the charge from the previous pastor, Steve Overman, him to be his own man rather than give place to the giants who had gone before him. Besides leading the Eugene congregation, Russell heads “Foursquare Multiply” the church planting arm of that denomination. He describes their efforts as a trellis to aid others as their vine grows to fruitfulness. A mutual friend brought us together, so I first met Russell in this interview. But it felt like meeting an old friend partly due to shared values but also because our lives were shaped by some of the same people. Russell pastors the church planted by my friend and “older brother” Roy Hicks Jr. It was Roy who set the bar for church planting in our early years in Hermosa. Steve Overman, who followed Roy and now supports Russell, is an admired friend. Bill Gross came up in Hope Chapel Hermosa during my last few years there – and he continues to influence me when we interact.You may ask yourself, “Isn’t a lot of name-dropping happening here?” There is!It’s because meeting Russell so underscored how we’re “no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”You can connect with Russell through the email at faithcenter.org. his Instagram or foursquaremultiply.com. 

Russell Joyce planted Hope Brooklyn and now leads Faith Center Eugene, one of the most significant churches in Oregon. My friend Bill Gross discipled him as a young man at Hope Chapel Apex, NC. After graduating from seminary, he and a small team planted a church affiliated with Drew Hyun, Edwin Colon and New City Network. Part of Russell’s story involves Edwin’s generosity when he offered free meeting space (a rare commodity in New York) to a church centered a location just two blocks away. That generosity characterizes New City Network.Around the time the Spirit began nudging him to hand off the Brooklyn church, he was asked to assume the leadership of Faith Center – during COVID.He describes the strength he gained via the trials of the pandemic and its attendant isolation, along with the charge from the previous pastor, Steve Overman, him to be his own man rather than give place to the giants who had gone before him. Besides leading the Eugene congregation, Russell heads “Foursquare Multiply” the church planting arm of that denomination. He describes their efforts as a trellis to aid others as their vine grows to fruitfulness. A mutual friend brought us together, so I first met Russell in this interview. But it felt like meeting an old friend partly due to shared values but also because our lives were shaped by some of the same people. Russell pastors the church planted by my friend and “older brother” Roy Hicks Jr. It was Roy who set the bar for church planting in our early years in Hermosa. Steve Overman, who followed Roy and now supports Russell, is an admired friend. Bill Gross came up in Hope Chapel Hermosa during my last few years there – and he continues to influence me when we interact.You may ask yourself, “Isn’t a lot of name-dropping happening here?” There is!It’s because meeting Russell so underscored how we’re “no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”You can connect with Russell through the email at faithcenter.org. his Instagram or foursquaremultiply.com. 

Russell Joyce planted Hope Brooklyn and now leads Faith Center Eugene, one of the most significant churches in Oregon. My friend Bill Gross discipled him as a young man at Hope Chapel Apex, NC. After graduating from seminary, he and a small team planted a church affiliated with Drew Hyun, Edwin Colon and New City Network. Part of Russell’s story involves Edwin’s generosity when he offered free meeting space (a rare commodity in New York) to a church centered a location just two blocks away. That generosity characterizes New City Network.Around the time the Spirit began nudging him to hand off the Brooklyn church, he was asked to assume the leadership of Faith Center – during COVID.He describes the strength he gained via the trials of the pandemic and its attendant isolation, along with the charge from the previous pastor, Steve Overman, him to be his own man rather than give place to the giants who had gone before him. Besides leading the Eugene congregation, Russell heads “Foursquare Multiply” the church planting arm of that denomination. He describes their efforts as a trellis to aid others as their vine grows to fruitfulness. A mutual friend brought us together, so I first met Russell in this interview. But it felt like meeting an old friend partly due to shared values but also because our lives were shaped by some of the same people. Russell pastors the church planted by my friend and “older brother” Roy Hicks Jr. It was Roy who set the bar for church planting in our early years in Hermosa. Steve Overman, who followed Roy and now supports Russell, is an admired friend. Bill Gross came up in Hope Chapel Hermosa during my last few years there – and he continues to influence me when we interact.You may ask yourself, “Isn’t a lot of name-dropping happening here?” There is!It’s because meeting Russell so underscored how we’re “no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”You can connect with Russell through the email at faithcenter.org. his Instagram or foursquaremultiply.com. 

This is part four of a four-part podcast with deep interest to me. My friend John Honold and I interviewed Kenneth Makuakane, a third-generation Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay pastor.  He's an award-winning Waikiki entertainer concurrently leading the largest Hawaiian congregation in the state. The original missionaries planted the church. As the story unfolds, I discipled John Honold, who multiplied several churches and leads a string of micro churches today. John now coaches Ken, whom he discipled decades ago. And Ken is plowing ground that lay fallow until his arrival. The church is growing, and elderly people often engage with street kids.  Most ethnic Hawaiians, whether they go to church or not, call Kawaiaha'o Church their home. This is significant as it links the first spiritual awakening in the Kingdom of Hawaii to the most recent in the State of Hawaii. The congregation is steeped in tradition as it became the church home to the kings and queens of ancient Hawaii. Beginning with the original New England-born missionaries in the early 1700s, Hawaii experienced four church-planting movements. In terms of per capita penetration, it remains the most successful awakening in human history. The second planted churches among Japanese Americans. Thousands of Japanese immigrated to Hawaii to work in sugar plantations, and many came to Christ. Takie Okamura, the innovator God used to drive that awakening planted what we would call microchurches in the sugar cane camps. He ran a Japanese-language newspaper and invented language schools for evangelism. He also planted Makiki Christian Church which prevails today.  From the 1940s to the early 1980s or late 1970s, church multiplication centered on Olivet Baptist Church, which launched more than 40 congregations.  My friends and I showed up in 1983, thirty of us including children. We planted and multiplied 69 churches in the Hope Chapel arena in about 27 years. Shortly after our arrival Wayne Cordeiro launched the New Hope movement, which is responsible for another 69 congregations during those same years. Theirs are often larger than ours, but we were privileged to send a little more than 100 people to help launch New Hope Oahu, including their long-serving first worship band.  The greater excitement of the fourth awakening comes via hundreds of small churches planted after the example of the larger networks. These are mostly independent congregations. At one point, every public school in the state (650+) hosted at least one or more congregations. None started from the more noticeable movements.  This podcast is significant because Ken's role links the original spiritual awakening with the most recent.  I hope it blesses you as it has me. And I hope you'll join us for all four installments of this podcast. If you need more information, you can learn about the church at https://kawaiahaochurch.com or connect with Ken via email.

This is part three of a four-part podcast with deep interest to me. My friend John Honold and I interviewed Kenneth Makuakane, a third-generation Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay pastor.  He's an award-winning Waikiki entertainer concurrently leading the largest Hawaiian congregation in the state. The original missionaries planted the church. As the story unfolds, I discipled John Honold, who multiplied several churches and leads a string of micro churches today. John now coaches Ken, whom he discipled decades ago. And Ken is plowing ground that lay fallow until his arrival. The church is growing, and elderly people often engage with street kids.  Most ethnic Hawaiians, whether they go to church or not, call Kawaiaha'o Church their home. This is significant as it links the first spiritual awakening in the Kingdom of Hawaii to the most recent in the State of Hawaii. The congregation is steeped in tradition as it became the church home to the kings and queens of ancient Hawaii. Beginning with the original New England-born missionaries in the early 1700s, Hawaii experienced four church-planting movements. In terms of per capita penetration, it remains the most successful awakening in human history. The second planted churches among Japanese Americans. Thousands of Japanese immigrated to Hawaii to work in sugar plantations, and many came to Christ. Takie Okamura, the innovator God used to drive that awakening planted what we would call microchurches in the sugar cane camps. He ran a Japanese-language newspaper and invented language schools for evangelism. He also planted Makiki Christian Church which prevails today.  From the 1940s to the early 1980s or late 1970s, church multiplication centered on Olivet Baptist Church, which launched more than 40 congregations.  My friends and I showed up in 1983, thirty of us including children. We planted and multiplied 69 churches in the Hope Chapel arena in about 27 years. Shortly after our arrival Wayne Cordeiro launched the New Hope movement, which is responsible for another 69 congregations during those same years. Theirs are often larger than ours, but we were privileged to send a little more than 100 people to help launch New Hope Oahu, including their long-serving first worship band.  The greater excitement of the fourth awakening comes via hundreds of small churches planted after the example of the larger networks. These are mostly independent congregations. At one point, every public school in the state (650+) hosted at least one or more congregations. None started from the more noticeable movements.  This podcast is significant because Ken's role links the original spiritual awakening with the most recent.  I hope it blesses you as it has me. And I hope you'll join us for all four installments of this podcast. If you need more information, you can learn about the church at https://kawaiahaochurch.com or connect with Ken via email.

This is part two of a four-part podcast with deep interest to me. My friend John Honold and I interviewed Kenneth Makuakane, a third-generation Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay pastor.  He's an award-winning Waikiki entertainer concurrently leading the largest Hawaiian congregation in the state. The original missionaries planted the church. As the story unfolds, I discipled John Honold, who multiplied several churches and leads a string of micro churches today. John now coaches Ken, whom he discipled decades ago. And Ken is plowing ground that lay fallow until his arrival. The church is growing, and elderly people often engage with street kids.  Most ethnic Hawaiians, whether they go to church or not, call Kawaiaha'o Church their home. This is significant as it links the first spiritual awakening in the Kingdom of Hawaii to the most recent in the State of Hawaii. The congregation is steeped in tradition as it became the church home to the kings and queens of ancient Hawaii. Beginning with the original New England-born missionaries in the early 1700s, Hawaii experienced four church-planting movements. In terms of per capita penetration, it remains the most successful awakening in human history. The second planted churches among Japanese Americans. Thousands of Japanese immigrated to Hawaii to work in sugar plantations, and many came to Christ. Takie Okamura, the innovator God used to drive that awakening planted what we would call microchurches in the sugar cane camps. He ran a Japanese-language newspaper and invented language schools for evangelism. He also planted Makiki Christian Church which prevails today.  From the 1940s to the early 1980s or late 1970s, church multiplication centered on Olivet Baptist Church, which launched more than 40 congregations.  My friends and I showed up in 1983, thirty of us including children. We planted and multiplied 69 churches in the Hope Chapel arena in about 27 years. Shortly after our arrival Wayne Cordeiro launched the New Hope movement, which is responsible for another 69 congregations during those same years. Theirs are often larger than ours, but we were privileged to send a little more than 100 people to help launch New Hope Oahu, including their long-serving first worship band.  The greater excitement of the fourth awakening comes via hundreds of small churches planted after the example of the larger networks. These are mostly independent congregations. At one point, every public school in the state (650+) hosted at least one or more congregations. None started from the more noticeable movements.  This podcast is significant because Ken's role links the original spiritual awakening with the most recent.  I hope it blesses you as it has me. And I hope you'll join us for all four installments of this podcast. If you need more information, you can learn about the church at https://kawaiahaochurch.com or connect with Ken via email.