Author: Clay Wallace; Producer: Chris Kraft
119 episodes listed below
Ministry stories from Dallas.
Dallas Metro Podcast sits at the kitchen-table end of Christian ministry conversation. Guests talk through family, calling, children, food, buildings, missions, police work, marriage, and the long patience required to keep serving a city.
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Dallas Metro Podcast is a faith-centered interview show about ministry as it is lived over time, not just described from a stage. It feels local. Episodes often begin with Dallas weather, fishing stories, family news, or gentle joking before settling into testimony and practical reflection. The conversations are warm and unhurried, with guests given room to remember how they arrived at their work and who helped them along the way. Children are never an abstract cause here. They are the center of the conversation. Recent episodes return again and again to Dallas Metro’s work with kids, its Metro Kids programs, its food outreach, and its hope for a new facility built without debt. The building campaign matters, but the show keeps insisting that the building is not the point. Faith is. Guests talk about police training, youth group, missions trips, marriage, Sabbath rest, church leadership, missionary kids, and the steady call to care for families in hard places. A conversation with Ebony Smith frames the groundbreaking as a shared act of belief. Buddy Calzada connects truth-telling, police work, and the need for children to hear something steady. Marco Luna brings the discussion toward rest, marriage, and the damage caused when leaders neglect their homes. James Musyoki talks about food needs and the belief that feeding people is part of showing God’s love. Timothy Thomas reaches back into youth trips, grandmothers, church, eviction, discipleship, and the relationships that carried him. The show is plainspoken and openly Christian. It often closes with prayer, donation appeals, or direct updates about Dallas Metro’s next step. For the right listener, that directness is part of the appeal. Dallas Metro Podcast offers ministry memory with names attached, grounded in Dallas places, church relationships, family life, and the conviction that ordinary acts of service can become part of a larger work.
Made for: For listeners who want warm Christian testimony, local ministry stories, and conversations about children, family, service, and faith in Dallas. It especially suits people connected to church work, outreach, missions, or long-haul community care.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its lived-in local memory: guests are not treated as case studies, but as people with family histories, church ties, and years of service behind them. Its ministry updates feel personal because they are woven through relationships, not presented as detached reports.
Since 1988, Dallas Metro has reached tens of thousands of at-risk children through their hands on approach to ministry in the inner-city of Dallas. Each week, Clay Wallace, the founder of Dallas Metro, interviews adults who were once children of the ministry, current and former staff and volunteers, and long time friends of Dallas Metro. These incredible stories will challenge you, inspire you, and help change your perspective on what ministry is and what it can be!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal interviews connect Christian faith with the practical relationships, family choices, and community support that shape children's lives.
Clay Wallace builds each conversation from personal history outward, giving guests room to connect family life, faith, and service to children in Dallas.
A grocery bag and a building fund share the mic when you want faith with practical stakes.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A faith-forward conversation about the groundbreaking, the cash commitment, and the children at the center of it.
The conversation opens with a fishing joke before settling into Ebony Smith's reflections on God's faithfulness, the groundbreaking, and the practical work of keeping children at the center of the plan.
A faith-forward conversation about truth, calling, family, and public service.
Buddy Calzada's conversation with Pastor Clay offers a warm, faith-forward look at calling in ordinary life. It circles a new facility groundbreaking, a long marriage, two children, a daughter studying worship ministries, and the idea that police work can be grounded in truth,…
A grounded conversation about Sabbath, marriage, and the quiet work of staying faithful at home.
Marco Luna's conversation centers on marriage, fatherhood, Sabbath, and the discipline of making room to rest. He speaks with the steadiness of a longtime pastor, and the talk stays rooted in home life: the memory of his children, the strain ministry failures can place on trust,…
A sincere account of family faith, church support, and a difficult season.
This piece stays close to Timothy Thomas's life in a way that feels plainspoken and credible. Family faith, youth-group roots, a fishing trip, a growing family, and the pressure of an eviction all sit together without feeling overworked.
A warm ministry story that links faith memory to the practical work of feeding people.
James Musiocchi’s discussion stays grounded in lived faith and everyday service, moving from childhood memory to the practical work of helping neighbors.
Comedy banter with the chat left open.
Motherhood, sisterhood, and life in motion.
Sisterly talk for life in transition.
Parenting chaos, said out loud.
Scripture, heart change, and lived discipleship.
Lewis Hogan, founder of United Cry, tells Clay on Dallas Metro Podcast about two 2004 encounters, including a vision of 'over 40 million babies in the field,' that led him to leave his Arlington church pastorate.
The conversation opens with a little family banter and a fishing story, then turns to Ebony Smith and the work around Dallas Metro.
The episode opens with a groundbreaking for Dallas Metro's new facility.
This episode features a conversation with Paul Ecker, discussing his move to Springfield, Missouri, his wife Linda's role as CFO at their church, and their 40+ years of experience with Team Challenge ministry.
This episode features an interview with Darren Harlan discussing his family, marriage to Cori, daughter Isabel's recent wedding and studies, and his background from Oklahoma.
Marco Luna sits down with the host, and the conversation begins with family before opening out into ministry life.
This episode features an interview with Steve Skipper discussing his family life, including his 50-year marriage, his daughter's work educating missionary kids, and his son's upcoming mission work in Barcelona.
The hosts open with weather, a recent fishing trip, and the off-kilter feel of a Metroplex day.
James Musiocchi returns to the podcast.
This episode features a casual conversation with Portia Allen discussing her marriage, family life with three boys, and personal anecdotes about friends and community in Texas.
This episode features an interview with Isai Esparza discussing his family's influence, their involvement in church service, and local sports teams in Dallas.
This episode features a casual conversation with guest Michael Cathcart about fishing, family life, and his role as a grandparent.
This episode features an interview with Clinton Allen discussing his family life, including his wife and three sons, their birthdays, and parenting dynamics.
Bob Moya discusses his family life, including his long marriage, three grown children working in ministry, and humorous anecdotes about parenting and moving back home.