In this inteview you will hear the pain of a man who hurts because of friends who refuse to believe that systematic racism is a problem for the church.

Listen as he tells how he coaches his sons to prevent them from becoming objects of racial violence. Hear his heart when he says that making disciples of Jesus is the answer, but that disciplemaking must include rejecting sin, including the sin of racism.

Gather two or three books to help you understand these things from a paradigm unlike what you've previously understood:

A Story of Rythm & Grace by Jimi Calhoun, a Hope Chapel pastor who played alongside some of the biggest names in rock music.

Before becoming a pastor, he worked with,

Jimi Hendrix

Etta James

Hank Williams Jr.

John Lennon

Elton John

Mick Jagger

The Four Tops

Martha and the Vandellas

Rare Earth

In "A Story of Rhythm and Grace," Calhoun weaves together engrossing stories about racial differences and reconciliation from his life in the music world and his life in the church. Reflecting on how he has often found more racial harmony on the stage and in the recording studio than in the pews, Jimi shows what religion might learn from rock and roll.

"As an African-American growing up in the 1950s and '60s, Calhoun knows firsthand about the effects of racism. His personal anecdotes about this period are eye-opening, heart-wrenching and exciting. . . . His historical and sociological insights about racism and the civil rights movement are fascinating. . . . Those looking for an unusual perspective on one of the most turbulent times in recent U.S. history will be intrigued."--"Publishers Weekly "

"I love Jimi's heart. He's written "the right book at the right time." This book is a great read!"--Dr. John, musician

"Jimi Calhoun is a rare combination of storyteller, sage, artist, and pastor. Reading this warm-hearted, encouraging, and challenging book is like sitting down with Jimi for a dozen leisurely lunches and talking about what it means to be human beings with different skin tones and different histories. I hope and pray that this book will infuse hundreds of thousands of pastors, small group leaders, neighbors, and coworkers with new rhythm and grace."--Brian McLaren, author of "A New Kind of Christian"

How to be White in a Black Man's World, by Myron Pierce.

Myron is lead pastor of Mission Church in Omaha, the hub of a church multiplication network stretching across the United States, Africa and the United Kingdom.

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Ethan grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he cut meat, earned a degree, worked for a bank, and met his wife, Stephanie.

Ethan and Stephanie have three children. Ethan is the president of Renewing Management a firm that has been restoring hope by transforming communities for 16 years. Ethan found Christ later in life and feels compelled to live out his faith in community with others.

Ethan serves on the Operations Team at Mercy Road, Panhurst Farms Foundation, Nexus, Renewing Communities, and Multiply Indiana.

Multiply Indiana is a church planting "machine," dedicated to bringing one million people in the state to Christ by 2030. They welcome church planters, offer coaching, emotional and even financial support to church planting efforts. You might want to join them at http://multiplyindiana.com/

For more on disciplemaking and church multiplication from Ralph Moore, including blog, books and free sermon library go visit http://ralphmoore.net/

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So what happened to the Vineyard Movement after Wimber?

If you ever wondered about this or wanted to see how a movement can move forward after the death of its founder you'll enjoy this podcast.

A USC professor of religion once wrote a book called Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millenium. In a way, this podcast is a follow-on to his predictions about Calvary Chapel, The Vineyard and Hope Chapel.

You'll laugh and even cry your way through this episode.

You can catch up with Michael at Multiply Vineyard.

Remember the blog at ralphmoore.net for more stimulating thoughts about disciplemaking and church multiplication in America and in the wider world.

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Parker Green worked at Hillsong in Sydney before moving to NYC as a campus pastor in a large church.

Called back "home" to Southern California, he's planted a church which is a cluster of microchurches. Together they've reproduced their "church of churches" in several other cities and now Costa Rica.

He's the son of my first secretary and one of our best leaders in our early years in Manhattan Beach (she was 19 when I was 27). What goes around comes around which is a very nice concept if you make disciples.

You can connect with Parker at saltchurches.com. You'll find him on Instagram @microchurches.

Decided to uncouple the podcast from the blog. So you'll only find this information on this website. For the blog and the other resources go to ralphmoore.net. If you haven't done so, while your'r there catch the sermon site.

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Time Magazine: Can the U.S. Flatten the Curve When it Comes to Coronavirus?

https://time.com/5809038/coronavirus-flatten-curve/

Defeating Anxiety by Ralph Moore on Amazon CLICK HERE

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Are you responding to the pandemic or merely reacting? If you are reacting you may be struggling, or you may be rejoicing that lots of people are watching Facebook Live. Meanwhile, disciplemakers are responding by multiplying disciples, leaders and even planting churches digitally.

This is a story of one congregation with a huge goal -- to plant clusters of churches in every inner city in the U.S. Their response to the pandemic has been the launch of online congregations in eight cities, so far. They're shooting for 40 by year's end. You'll learn much from this podcast about the post-pandemic opportunities that came to us allong with the tragedy.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

myronpierce.com

ralphmoore.net

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This is the second interview with Jason. The first (Episode #50252) was recorded several months earlier.

While the first deals with the theology and practice of a microchurch network. This episode pinpoints the ease with which a network of house church is adapting to, and growing during the pandemic.

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Jason grew frustrated after working for several large churches that seemed to miss the beauty and simplicity of church as we see it in the New Testament. The result was a house church, then a cluster of them and then thousands of people meeting on Sundays as a collective of house churches. The further result is Church Projects across Texas, Colorado, California and in Africa.

Jason is a self-confessed church reductionist. His team minister to thousands each week. House church pastors actually pastor people. The yoke is light, the burden is easy (at least easier than many of us know). If you're burdened under the weight of the church you lead. Or, if you've been forced to re-think church due to how you handled COVID-19, you'll love Jason and his world.

Links mentioned in this episode are churchproject.org and churchprojectnetwork.com

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Mentioned in the podcast:

Link to a related blog at Exponential.org mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.

My own blog which is a severely shortened version of this episode CLICK HERE.

Scriptures referenced in this episode

Luke 4:18

Acts 2:41-47

Ephesians 4:10-13

I Corinthians 14:26

Romans 15:14 (Note that I gave the wrong reference in the podcast)

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Myron Pierce struggled to become the biggest drug dealer in North Omaha, Nebraska.

Both his parents were deep into drugs, but his grandmother was a strong spiritual influence. An influence he would need upon finding himself in prison for a very long time.

In prison, he surrendered his life to the Lord. That day he committed to planting churches though he barely knew what that meant. Upon “graduation,” seven years later he came under the influence of Ron Doetzler who discipled him and guided him into the schooling which would set him up for business and disciplemaking. Today, Myron is a “hope dealer” in the neighborhood where he once dealt drugs.

COVID-19 is hitting urban neighborhoods with a vengeance, yet Mission Church is prevailing. They’ve moved online in several ways.

Like everyone else they’re doing Facebook Live, but Myron is on there for a half-hour every day. They’ve organized Facebook watch parties which prove extremely effective in expanding their network. Online attendance currently stands at over 2,500 people—a long way up from their normal 300 in church. They’re operating four live Facebook church services on Sundays to fit into the schedules of those still working.

Myron saw opportunity to serve when the virus hit. Providing meals for children who aren’t being fed at school generated interest, and generous giving, from the larger community. The church distributed 5,000+ lunches in the past few days. The surrounding churches and the pre-Christian community are joining in. Did I mention that this kind of involvement feeds into the online church? And while most churches struggle through this thing, Mission Church’s offerings are up by 70 percent.

Below is a list of links to various tools and agencies referenced in the podcast

https://www.planningcenter.com/giving#pricing (Online Giving + Txt Giving)

• 100 donations a month at $14/month

www.slack.com (Organize conversations, share files, and get answers faster in Slack.)

• Slack has a free version

Zoom.us (online communication tool for small group discipleship)

• Free up to one hour every session

Groupme.com (GroupMe brings group text messaging to every phone. Group message with the people in your life that are important to you.)

• We use groupme to stay in touch with all of our disciples during the week.

myronpierce.com

• Social Media Marketing Tips/Webinars
• Side Hustle Pastor Book available on www.amazon.com

Mission Church Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/thisismission.org

Mission Church Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/705294069664872/

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