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Easter and Hymns with Keith Getty
Podcast Episode #111
This week, we welcome back a great friend of the podcast, Keith Getty. Fourteen years ago this Easter, In Christ Alone was debuted at an event in England. Now it is one of the mos…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
Overcoming the 12 Most Frequent Burdens Pastors Face
Podcast Episode #110
We will cover a recent post from Chuck Lawless on pastoral burdens.
Some highlights from today's episode include:
* 70% of churches in America are declining.
* Many times pastors d…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
What to Do When a Pastor or Staff Member Leaves
Podcast Episode #109
We constantly receive questions from listeners of the podcast and readers of the blog and use those questions to frame the content here at ThomRainer.com. Today we use a question …
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Obstacles to Evangelism in the Local Church
Podcast Episode #108
I recently conducted an informal Twitter poll and asked what keeps Christians from evangelizing. The results were overwhelming and led to a blog post that generated quite a discus…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Nine Technological Trends Every Church Should Consider
Podcast Episode #107
For too long, many churches have not only been technologically deficient, but technologically averse. But many churches are now catching up through several different methods. On t…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
How to Overcome the Most Fiercely Defended Traditions in a Church
Podcast Episode #106
Many churches are averse to change when it comes to traditions. And pastors and church leaders often realize problem areas too late. So today on the podcast, we cover the ten most…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Why Your Church Should be Thinking Multisite
Podcast Episode #105
Many times when we think about multisite, we think big churches. But now smaller churches are going multisite too. In fact, multisite is becoming almost as common as multiservice.…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
What Not to Say to the Pastor Before the Sermon
Podcast Episode #104
I recently wrote a blog post on what church members say to their pastors right before they preach. It was surprisingly popular so we went a bit deeper into the discussion today.
So…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Why Your Church Needs a New Members Class
Podcast Episode #103
A new members class is critical to informing prospective new members of information and expectations related to your church. In fact, I would suggest every church have a new membe…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
What Staff Member to Hire Next and Other Listener Questions
Podcast Episode #102
The listeners of the podcast help us shape the content and topics with their questions and comments. So we always enjoy episodes in which we can touch on several questions that ha…
Published on 10 years, 10 months ago