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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Relationships We Need to Succeed, Part 2 by Tamara Graff
As a minister, you can expect “hard.” It comes with the territory. The enemy is against what God has planned for your ministry, and...
New Issue of Lead Magazine – October 2025
In this issue you will find articles from Christian leaders such as Candace Cameron Bure, Glen Henry, Mary DeMuth, Peter Greer, and Hill Heisey....
Relationships We Need to Succeed by Jim Graff
A leading US evangelical seminary recently did a study on ministers who finished well, which meant that at every stage of ministry they kept...