Thom S. Rainer

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  Dec 4, 2016

  7 Things to Consider When Your Sermon Stinks

  Have you ever had that terrible feeling after preaching a sermon? You know, the feeling where you can't wait to get home and hide under the covers?

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  Dec 1, 2016

  5 Responses to 'I Want My Old Church Back!'

  The church member knows his or her church is in decline.

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  Nov 26, 2016

  6 Reasons Churches Spend Too Much on Staff

  If you think one of the six reasons is high salaries for each person on staff, you would be wrong.

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  Nov 21, 2016

  4 Differences Between Programs and Ministry Solutions

  I admit I got it wrong. For many years, I listened to some church leaders say that their churches are not program-driven.

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  Nov 17, 2016

  6 Surprises About Church Staff Salaries and Budgets

  The new research on church staff salaries and budgets is amazing.

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  Nov 15, 2016

  The Two Most Common Practices in Healthy Churches

  We have created cultures of activity in many of our churches instead of cultures of transformational discipleship. There are so many important facets of church life to emphasize. Where should we put our greatest emphases?

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  Nov 9, 2016

  8 Reasons Many Bible Belt Churches Are in Trouble

  I served as pastor of four churches, and three of them were in the Bible Belt. One was not. It was my favorite.

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  Nov 6, 2016

  5 Ways to Stop the Decline In Your Church

  Is there any hope for our church? Are we doomed to close the doors of this church after over a century in this community? Those questions were two among many I received recently.

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  Nov 2, 2016

  12 Key Reasons for Church Staff Conflict

  To be clear, conflict exists in all relationships. And when I use the phrase "church staff," I am referring to all who serve in vocational ministry at a local church, including the pastor.

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  Oct 30, 2016

  6 Reasons Congregational Singing Is Waning

  What then are the primary reasons fewer people are singing in church? Why has that act of worship before God become nominal in so many contexts? Here are six reasons: