Thom S. Rainer

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  Sep 3, 2016

  15 Reasons Your Pastor Shouldn't Visit Your House

  I read the sad story recently of a church that fired its pastor because "he didn't visit the members enough." Granted, I don't know all the details about the situation, but I am not optimistic about the church's future.

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  Sep 1, 2016

  8 Virtual Services That Could Help Your Church

  Let's look at eight key trends in virtual workers in the church. We provide one key service provider for each category.

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  Aug 28, 2016

  6 Terrible Ways to Recruit Ministry Volunteers in Your Church

  Would you like to do the worst possible job of getting people involved in ministry in your church?

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  Aug 26, 2016

  4 Kinds of Members Your Church Will Always Lose

  Your church will lose four categories of church members; and you can do absolutely nothing to stop it.

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  Aug 23, 2016

  4 Types of Churches That Will Soon Die

  Too many churches are dying. And the rate of dying churches is accelerating.

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  Aug 20, 2016

  Who Should Know Specific Church Salaries?

  Who gets to see all the salaries in a church?

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  Aug 13, 2016

  10 Things Church Members Would Love to Hear From Their Pastors

  Many church members are encouragers to their pastors. Pastors often lose perspective when a few critical church members become a persistent pain and challenge.

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  Aug 11, 2016

  10 Things Pastors Would Love to Hear From Their Church Members

  What do you hear from your church members that gives you the greatest encouragement?

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  Aug 9, 2016

  The Tragic Story of a Hurting Pastor's Wife

  I receive volumes of blog comments, emails, and social media communications every day. On occasion, one of those comments will stop me in my tracks, like this recent blog post comment.

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  Aug 7, 2016

  6 Perspectives on Dual Church Membership

  But what do we do with the concept of dual membership? As a rule, most of us believers should belong to one and only one local congregation. We need to be accountable to one body and ministering where we live. But I can see some exceptions.