Thom S. Rainer

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  Sep 24, 2016

  5 Categorical Lies About Pastors

  I've had enough. I've heard the lies too many times. It's time for them to end.

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  Sep 20, 2016

  6 Reasons Why Your Church Members May Not Be Friendly to Guests

  It's one of the biggest lies in churches.

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  Sep 19, 2016

  7 Ways Pastors Can Deal With the Monday Blues

  It can be the toughest day of the week for pastors.

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  Sep 16, 2016

  5 Reasons Churches Are Dying Faster Today

  With some exceptions, it is indeed more difficult to lead churches to growth. Such is a reality that is about 15 years in the making.

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  Sep 10, 2016

  Top 5 Worst Christian Leader Apologies

  I really don't like to share my experience with apologies, because it is evidence of my bad leadership. But leaders need to learn to apologize. Real apologies. Sincere apologies.

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  Sep 8, 2016

  10 Reasons Many Churches Aren't Evangelistic (Update)

  Eighteen months ago, I reported on a Twitter poll that asked why churches aren't evangelistic. Since that time, I have followed up by asking the same question of church leaders in both evangelistic and non-evangelistic churches.

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  Sep 3, 2016

  15 Reasons Your Pastor Shouldn't Visit Your House

  I read the sad story recently of a church that fired its pastor because "he didn't visit the members enough." Granted, I don't know all the details about the situation, but I am not optimistic about the church's future.

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  Sep 1, 2016

  8 Virtual Services That Could Help Your Church

  Let's look at eight key trends in virtual workers in the church. We provide one key service provider for each category.

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  Aug 28, 2016

  6 Terrible Ways to Recruit Ministry Volunteers in Your Church

  Would you like to do the worst possible job of getting people involved in ministry in your church?

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  Aug 26, 2016

  4 Kinds of Members Your Church Will Always Lose

  Your church will lose four categories of church members; and you can do absolutely nothing to stop it.