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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Top 10 Reasons Leaders Stop Leading: and How to Get Going Again
Just because you have a leadership position doesn’t mean you are leading.
That’s a sobering thought.
All of us who carry the responsibility to lead must...
Stop the Cycle: How to Keep Your Student Pastor Longer Than Two Years
The average tenure of a student pastor is only two years. That means by the time your teenagers finally start to trust and open...
Increasing Volunteer Teams: How to Build, Empower, and Inspire Your Teams by Joe Cameneti...
You're not in ministry if you haven't had last-minute volunteer call-offs and difficult conversations. I feel like problems usually pop up right before or...