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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A Translation Guide for What Church Committees and Boards Really Mean
If you’ve been in church leadership longer than a few months, you’ve learned an important skill: translation.
Not Greek or Hebrew.Committee.
On the surface, the words sound...
You Get What You Expect
I once heard a story about a couple of travelers. Each was on their own journey, but they ran across the same man. The...
2026 Disruptive Church Trends: Gen Z Leading Church Attendance Surge, Women Exiting Faith +...
This year, Carey Nieuwhof unveils 7 disruptive church trends to track in 2026, including Gen Z leading a surge in young church attendance, a...