Ralph Moore is the starter of the most prolific multiplying church in North America. In this conversation, Ralph answers our community questions and shares his secrets. 

In this episode we hang out with Adam Ward - engineer, podcast host, and data king from Columbus, OH. A few years ago, Adam started his podcast, For Columbus, when he sensed God asking him to share the Gospel with everyone in his city. He began by interviewing ten leaders in his city which has since led to major impact in Columbus.

Through his podcast, Adam talks with congregational, parachurch, and marketplace Christian leaders, highlighting their flourishing impact on our city.

In this episode with Rob Wegner of Kansas City Underground, we talk about de-centralized leadership and multiplying micro church movements. Rob is a long-term practitioner of micro church movements and leads the way in decentralized church leadership, empowering everyday leaders to be missionaries in their communities.

Rob offers some great and practical practices and tools for empowering everyday people in their churches and networks to pray, listen, and make disciples in their neighborhoods.

Guest David Godbout brings us an encouraging discussion about how to be on mission within one's local community! In this episode, we discuss how to pastor "a community," not just a congregation.

In this conversation, we talk with Curt Hughes about living on mission in the marketplace while also leading his faith community. Curt, who spends about 75% of his time with The Anser Group coaching and developing CEOs and their teams, shares unique insight into how we can use our skills to fund our ministry while also making disciples within the marketplace using those same skills.

Ron Johnson from Restoration Church in Denver, CO joins us for a discussion around multiplying simple churches and shifting our emphasis away from addition to multiplication.

Steve Donaldson of Rural Compassion brings decades of experience in rural ministry, being a "Communitarian," the "rule of 25%," and how to apologize on behalf of the church when it's necessary

Turning tools of violence into tools of redemption, Chad Rieselman with Lumber City Church collaborates with Raw Tools, an organization that exists to "disarm hearts, forge peace, and cultivate justice." In this episode, listen to a story of redemption coming to a historically high-crime and underserved neighborhood simply by being present.

Rev. Dr. Franklin Carrero and Marisol Carrero join Next Wave for a conversation on discerning where God is leading and meaningfully engaging the community where you are planted to see God's redemption, hope, and dignity brought to your neighborhood.

One thing John Jay Wilson has witnessed during his years in proximity to both political and religious organizations is that ministry in both contexts is much the same - you work alongside people, all who have lives and hurts and joys of their own, and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to have an impact on some of their lives.