Thom Rainer
Thom S. Rainer is the founder and CEO of Church Answers, an online community and resource for church leaders. Prior to founding Church Answers, Rainer served as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Before coming to LifeWay, he served at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twelve years where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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The Two Times a Pastor Is Most Vulnerable
“Guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us the treasure which has been entrusted to you” (2 Timothy 1:14).
We’re all vulnerable. Let him...
Don’t Build a Mini Me: How to Develop Leaders Who Can Lead without You...
One of the greatest responsibilities we have as leaders is preparing people to lead without us.
That doesn’t apply only to a senior pastor preparing...
Top 10 “basic” Relationship Skills
Getting along with people can be more complicated than it appears. If it were easy, everybody would be good at it!
How you treat people,...