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Enjoy messages mostly drawn from 27 years of “Word of Hope” radio broadcasts.Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay (now called Anchor Church) featured Ralph's Bible teachings on three daily broadcasts for 27 years.Carl Moore brings many of the teachings. He served both as youth pastor, then led the ministry to men and finally as the lead pastor.

If you make disciples and want to multiply churches, this book is for you. Since appearing in 1983, this book has been in its 7th edition and has helped several thousand pastors move from growing strong Christ-followers to multiplying churches. It will teach you to leverage your gifts in the lives of others. Ralph's story and the story of Hope Chapel challenge us to let go of our ways for God's ways. Although he is not the most charismatic speaker, he makes up for it with his writing. The title came from a challenge by Ralph’s dentist regarding plans to leave a megachurch in California ...

Want to make a difference in the world? Who doesn't? You can, and should make a difference but ministry can feel like trying to push water uphill. If you're reading this you've probably invested your life in making disciples and teaching people the wonders of our God. You've also had a few disappointments along the way--this is where I think we can make a difference together. I’ve been in your shoes and I think I can help you. I’d like the privilege of sharing experience and insights with you as I do a host of other leaders. This podcast aims to come alongside church leaders who could use ...

Are you desperate to win your battle against anxiety? You’re not alone, more than one in four Americans wrestles with anxiety. It is now our most treated emotional disorder. Are you hassled by fears, worry or panic attacks? Do you toss and turn at night unable to shut your mind off long enough to fall asleep? Do you suffer panic over your health, job, family, money, or relationships? Do you war against timidity, self-doubt or general feelings of insecurity? The truth is that these feelings are mostly rooted in fiction. You’ve learned to believe that the worst possible outcome is the ...

Peter Drucker allegedly said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."If strategy is breakfast, your church structure is on the lunch menu.If you hope to make disciples who make disciples and plant churches that plant churches, you must first address the root culture that influences everything you attempt.

Many leaders find that the realities of day-to-day church leadership bear little resemblance to their ideals about how a congregation should function. This book brings New Testament love, grace and discipline into the process of leading a growing church in the 21st Century. Ralph draws from a wealth of hands-on experience to solve problems such as finding and retaining volunteers, managing paid staff expectations & performance and even firing when you're forced to do it. It's a great tool for a church staff to read and discuss together. This volume is book 6 in a series of Kindle books, ...

The realities of day-to-day staff management bears little resemblance to pastors preconceptions of how a church should function. Bring New Testament love and wisdom to the everyday task of managing a church today.LEARN TO: Radically increase the number of volunteers in your church. Make disciples leading to “succession management.” Avoid hiring missteps that ruin friendships. Breed healthy communications over staff roles and expectations. Overcome conflict before it gets out of hand. Generate a toolkit of inexpensive benefits for both volunteer and paid staff. Fire person without ...

Many leaders find that the realities of day-to-day church leadership bear little resemblance to their ideals about how a congregation should function. This book brings New Testament love, grace and discipline into the process of leading a growing church in the 21st Century. Ralph draws from a wealth of hands-on experience to solve problems such as finding and retaining volunteers, managing paid staff expectations & performance and even firing when you're forced to do it. It's a great tool for a church staff to read and discuss together. This volume is book 3 in a series of Kindle books, ...

PARALYZED BY FEAR OF MISSING GOD’S PLANS FOR YOUR LIFE? Do you find yourself condemned to indecision over important choices? If so, this book is for you! The book shows how God functions much like an architect who leaves the interior design, landscaping and color choices to us. Drawing on many years as a pastor, Ralph Moore brings lots of real life stories into the book. Each serves to illustrate a process for choosing success in light of God's plans for your life. The book makes complicated truth simple and easy to understand. It is a quick and enjoyable read... You will discover: - How ...

Many leaders find that the realities of day-to-day church leadership bear little resemblance to their ideals about how a congregation should function. This book brings New Testament love, grace and discipline into the process of leading a growing church in the 21st Century. Ralph draws from a wealth of hands-on experience to solve problems such as finding and retaining volunteers, managing paid staff expectations & performance and even firing when you're forced to do it. It's a great tool for a church staff to read and discuss together. This volume is book X in a series of Kindle books, ...

Many leaders find that the realities of day-to-day church leadership bear little resemblance to their ideals about how a congregation should function. This book brings New Testament love, grace and discipline into the process of leading a growing church in the 21st Century. Ralph draws from a wealth of hands-on experience to solve problems such as finding and retaining volunteers, managing paid staff expectations & performance and even firing when you're forced to do it. It's a great tool for a church staff to read and discuss together. This volume is book 4 in a series of Kindle books, ...

Many leaders find that the realities of day-to-day church leadership bear little resemblance to their ideals about how a congregation should function. This book brings New Testament love, grace and discipline into the process of leading a growing church in the 21st Century. Ralph draws from a wealth of hands-on experience to solve problems such as finding and retaining volunteers, managing paid staff expectations & performance and even firing when you're forced to do it. It's a great tool for a church staff to read and discuss together. This volume is book 2 in a series of Kindle books, ...

Thanks for joining me as we explore future options that look better by the day. Microchurch has become the primary tool for moving forward in Europe as it is in many parts of the world.As the U.S. follows Europe into a post-evangelical era, we need to be alert to what Europeans and Asians have learned about the effectiveness of the church whenever it resembles the church in its most fruitful era--that of the New Testament.While I strongly advise you to download and read my short ebook, Mega.Multi.Multiply (free at Exponential.org), we will NOT follow or parallel that book in this series.The ...

A series of radio talks stemming from a debilitating anxiety episode.Imagine your spouse fighting cancer while an investment manager lost 45 percent of your life savings and toss in a hotrod building project gone awry.These events led to growing insomnia culminating in an emotional breakdown and eventual acknowledgment of a life of low-grade anxiety that exploded into an acute episode.The teachings describe the coalition of the Word, the Spirit and modern medicine as an avenue to peace.

The normal expression of a Christian church is small.In the United States, most congregations number fewer than 80 people. Across the world, the numbers are even smaller.Big churches are the anomalies. However, large congregations that effectively operate as clusters of small ones are a growing phenomenon. We'll explore how this model is poised to plant new congregations outside the circle if their own fellowships.Recapturing the power of "small" is key to fulfilling the Acts 1:8 imperative to take the gospel from our local communities to people nearby but somewhat unlike us and then to the ...