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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Ignore the Gorilla
Years ago, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons conducted an experiment. They recorded a group of students passing a basketball to each other. People watching...
Social Outrage: J.d. Greear on Charlie Kirk, When to Speak Out, and Culture Wars
J.D. Greear discusses the tension every pastor feels over when to speak out, how to speak out, and which issues should command a pastor’s...
Refreshed, Repentance, Rhythms by Pat Murray
We pastors have all had moments of regret and wished we had done better. Many of our fumbles happened when our churches were young,...