Author: Rich Stevenson

Rich is the Executive Director of The Malachi Network (www.malachinetwork.org), a ministry focused on making the name of the LORD great among the nations. This network serves young leaders in missions and church planting. He also serves as Executive Pastor at Wesley Church in Quarryville, PA. And in the summer, you can find him leading Avalon Beach Church in Avalon, NJ. Prior to his present ministry, Rich pastored in Southern New Jersey, planted a church in Wilmore, KY, established a network of churches, served as an adjunct professor at Asbury College. Rich is the author of five books: Secrets of the Spiritual Life—10 Lessons from the One Thing Passages (Baker Books, 2003) A Voice from Home—The Words You Long to Hear from Your Father (WaterBrook Press, 2005) Let’s Dance – A New Way of Relating to Jesus (1elevenmedia, 2017) 40 Days of Easter – Walking with Jesus from the Resurrection to the Ascension (1elevenmedia, 2017) Scattered Sheep – For Those Prone to Wander (1elevenmedia, 2017) He graduated from Asbury College in 1984 with a BA degree in Philosophy of Religion and Asbury Theological Seminary in 1987 with a Master of Divinity degree. In 2010, Rich received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Union Biblical Seminary in Yangon, Myanmar. Rich has been married to Tania since 1982 and they have been blessed by amazing children and grandchildren.

Episode #10 is Right Here!

“For the law of happiness in this universe seems to be: Center yourself on yourself, and you won’t like yourself. Lose yourself in the needs of others, and you will find yourself—find yourself a happy person. That is the basic law of life, human and divine, in this universe. Break it and you get broken—there are no exceptions.” — E. Stanley Jones

🔥 NEW EPISODE DROPPED 🔥

Episode #9 of Join Me in the Ruins is live… and this one hits hard.

What happens when power, politics, and the Church collide?
Where did things begin to shift… and what did we lose along the way?

In this episode, we wrestle with the story of Stephen, the rise of Constantine, and what might be one of the most pivotal (and painful) turning points in Church history.

This isn’t just history.
This is about right now.

👉 Are we following Jesus… or protecting systems?
👉 Are we living sacrificially… or comfortably?
👉 Did the Church gain influence—but lose something deeper?

If you’ve ever felt tension between the Church as it is and the Church as it could be…
this conversation is for you.

Episode #7 Has Arrived!

Episode 7 has arrived and there is some wild stuff about the kind of Church Jesus expects from us!

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Why are so many people rethinking their faith?

Why are so many people rethinking their faith?

Not because they’re weak.
Not because they’ve “fallen away.”
But because they’re being honest.

🎙️ Join Me in the Ruins exists for this exact space.

It’s for the ones who are:

  • Asking hard questions and getting tired of easy answers
  • Carrying church hurt that hasn’t healed yet
  • Wrestling with doubt, pain, or disappointment with God
  • Trying to separate real faith from what was just inherited
  • Longing for something authentic—not performative

Deconstruction isn’t the end of faith.
Sometimes… it’s the beginning of something real.

In the ruins, we don’t pretend.
We rebuild.

If you’re somewhere between what you believed and what you’re becoming—this podcast is for you.

Please look at our season one page and our podcast platform page.