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What You’re Missing by Not Reading a Chronological Bible: An Interview with Iva May
Episode 877
Thom and Sam are delighted to welcome Iva May to the Rainer on Leadership podcast. Iva is the founder and director of Chronological Bible Teaching wh…
1 year, 5 months ago
Election Day Special: Shepherding a Politically Polarized Church
Episode 876
The election season is probably not the primary catalyst for negativity in your church, but it can exacerbate the negativity already present. Pastors…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Burge Report: Higher Education Leads to More Church Attendance
Episode 7
The data may surprise you. Multiple studies confirm there is a positive correlation between higher education and church attendance. In other words, t…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Churches Became the Go-To Spot for Halloween
Episode 875
When Gen Xers and Millennials were children, many churches shunned trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Families were told Halloween events were ev…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Will Happen in Churches When All the Baby Boomers Are Gone?
Episode 874
A time is coming when the Baby Boomer generation will no longer be present in churches. Our research writer, Ryan Burge, calls it the “Silver Tsunami…
1 year, 6 months ago
Do NOT Make These Five Financial Mistakes in Your Church
Episode 873
These five financial mistakes are common in churches of every size. Thom and Sam discuss five “don'ts” of church finance. Correcting these mistakes o…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Nuts and Bolts of Starting a New Church Site
Episode 872
The multisite church movement continues to grow. Today, more small churches start new sites than larger churches. Thom Rainer talks with Jess Rainer …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Burge Report: What Happened to All the White Evangelical Democrats?
Episode 6
White evangelicals are among the largest voting groups in America. They tend to vote Republican. Has this tendency always been the case? And what abo…
1 year, 6 months ago
The One Simple Move a Church Can Make to Increase Its Giving by 20% or More
Episode 871
Thom Rainer and Art Rainer share a “secret” that very few church leaders know. Acting upon this information, the church is almost certain to increase…
1 year, 7 months ago
Three Tax Benefits Ministers May Not Know
Episode 870
Most pastors and other ministers understand the tax benefits of housing and the ability to take certain deductions, but many are unaware of these thr…
1 year, 7 months ago