Ralph Martin

President of Renewal Ministries

Ralph Martin is the president of Renewal Ministries and the host of the weekly Catholic television program The Choices We Face. He holds a doctorate in theology and has just completed twenty-three years as the director of Graduate Theology Programs in the New Evangelization at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Ralph is the author of A Life in the Spirit: A Memoir and the widely read A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward and The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints.

Ralph and his wife, Anne, reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and have six children and nineteen grandchildren.

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‘Kerygma for Kids’: Evangelization Tool

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Nov 17, 2016 | Featured Authors

We at Renewal Ministries recently received an email asking if we knew of any solid materials on the New Evangelization for children. Later that day, we received an email from Anita Houghton, informing us of her new resource for children on evengelization, called...

The Lord Sends Us Forth: ‘Do Not be Afraid’

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Nov 15, 2016 | Featured Authors

The following word was shared by Peter Thompson at Renewal Ministries' 2016 Country Coordinators' meeting. Apostasy, apostasy, rebellion, hatred. These foul fruits rear their evil heads, demoralizing, entangling, suffocating My people. Nations that once were faithful,...

Responding to the Call of Evangelization

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized

A group of women from St. John’s Church in Fenton, Michigan, recently discovered that the call of the New Evangelization truly is for all Catholics. These women—Jeanie Frakes, Tammy Junker, Nora Francis, and Christine Champlin—had their faith activated when...

Trust Me: Putting Our Treasure in Its Place

by Ralph Martin | Nov 7, 2016 | Featured Authors

Ralph Martin gave the following talk at a recent i.d.9:16 Disciples’ Night. The text below has been abridged from its original form; you can hear the entire talk by visiting our YouTube channel. Simply visit our home page, at RenewalMinistries.net, and click on the...

Lansing Diocese Strives to Reach Lost Sheep

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Nov 3, 2016 | Featured Authors

Peter Herbeck recently interviewed Bishop Earl Boyea, from the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, on Fire on the Earth. The two discussed the diocese’s plan to host three assemblies over six years, in order to reach out to people in the pews, people who have left the...

Basics of the Human Heart

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

i.d.9:16 recently shared this blog post by Joey McCoy: What thing – if you lost it – could almost mean that you would lose the will to live? What thing – if you lost it – could mean that almost all significance and value would be drained from your life? (Tim...

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