Ralph is a a veteran practitioner in disciple making and church multiplication, and one of NewBreed's key trainers and thought leaders.
“You Give Them Something to Eat”
How Jesus Used Tactics to Hand Responsibility to Disciples Before They Felt Ready It’s getting late. The crowd is still there-thousands of them-spread across the hillside. They’ve been listening all day. Watching. Waiting. No one has moved. The disciples are doing the math. There’s no food. There’s no plan. There’s no way this ends well.…
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Principles of Time: Why Formation Requires Proximity
By Peyton Jones If the patterns of Jesus’s life show us how he spent time with his disciples, the principles of time explain why that time mattered. Jesus did not simply accumulate hours with people. He was not aimlessly available. His use of time was purposeful, relational, and deeply formative. Time, in Jesus’s hands, was…
Read More 5 Ministry Trends That Will Flip the Church on Its Head in 2026
Ministry as we know it is shifting-and fast. The methods that built yesterday’s churches are no longer enough to meet the demands of today’s world. From cultural shifts to technological breakthroughs, the church is being forced to rethink how it connects with people, equips believers, and expands the Kingdom. The question isn’t whether change is…
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Disciple Making Drift: The Cost of Outsourcing Disciple Making to Professionals
Most Christians don’t think they’re qualified to make disciples. They assume that work belongs to someone else. Someone trained. Someone credentialed. Someone paid. Disciple making, in their mind, is the responsibility of pastors and church staff, not ordinary believers. That assumption didn’t appear out of nowhere. Over time, the church has professionalized spiritual formation. Counseling,…
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Disciple Making on the Front Lines: Leiloni in Florida
For Leiloni Holder, who lives in Florida, disciple making does not begin with a program or a prescribed pathway. It begins with presence. That posture has shaped her ministry for years, even before she had language for why it mattered. Looking back, Leiloni describes her earlier approach to disciple making in a way that will…
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Pre-Conference at Exponential Conference: Church Plantology
The Art and Science of Planting Churches The world has changed. The mission hasn’t. But the way we plant churches has to reckon honestly with both. That’s why, ahead of Exponential Global 2026, we’re hosting a Pre-Conference experience powered by NewBreed Training called Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches, a two-day reset…
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