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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Into Spiritual Clarity | i.d.9:16

by Renewal Ministries Staff | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized

If it is the case that our pursuit of God can turn into an introspective house of mirrors, then how do we get out? Here are a few reference points. 1) Don’t force anything (that’s the problem, remember?), just ask. Release your cramped muscles. Prayer, our spiritual...

1977 Kansas City Prophecy

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Mar 14, 2016 | Prophecy, Ralph Martin

Prophecy given at Kansas City Charismatic Renewal Conference, 1977 | by Ralph Martin "Come before me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit for the body of my Son is broken. Come before me with tears and mourning for the body of my Son is broken. The light is dim,...

Prophecies-The Renewal Ministries Gathering, May 2015

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 12, 2015 | Prophecy

The path before you is hard, but it is straight. It is perilously narrow, but it leads to glory.
Will you back down, my people?
Will you back down when the world shirks and disregards you?
I set before you this day two paths: a blessing and a curse. Life or death.

Video from the International Charismatic Renewal Convocation

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized

A short compilation video of events that took place at the International Charismatic Renewal Convocation in Rome the weekend of June 1, 2014 with Pope Francis in attendance. Ralph Martin and Patti Mansfield were invited to speak. There were more than 50,000 people...

Prophecies-Pentecost 2014

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jul 9, 2014 | Prophecy, Uncategorized

Renewal Ministries Gathering 2014 “No longer will I hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the lord.” Ezekiel 39:29 To you who are grafted onto this same house. I say to you my people. You are the people I have chosen...

Pope Francis’ Remarks at the Charismatic Renewal Convocation

by Renewal Ministries Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized

Click here for an English translation of the Pope's comments and address at the Charismatic Renewal Convocation.

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