The Church Answers Podcast

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The Church Answers Podcast with Thom Rainer is fast-paced, to the point, and sometimes witty. It addresses one question about church life and leadership in just ten minutes. Buckle your seatbelt and take a ride into the world of congregational health in a fun and fascinating way.

Episode Date
Grow Your Congregation in the Grace of Giving: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
May 21, 2025
Reconnect Your Congregation to the Vision through Generosity: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
May 21, 2025
Failure to Have a Parking Lot Greeter: The Unforced Error Series
May 14, 2025
The Time of Worship Services on the Website Is Not Correct: The Unforced Error Series
May 14, 2025
Church Facility Growth Strategy: How to Build with Purpose with Brown Church Development Group
May 07, 2025
5 Ways “Simple Church” Can Apply to Your Church Facility with Brown Church Development Group
May 07, 2025
Where Have All the Atheists and Agnostics Gone?
Apr 30, 2025
The Nones Are Rising No More: 5 Things Church Leaders Need to Know
Apr 30, 2025
How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 2)
Apr 23, 2025
How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 1)
Apr 23, 2025
The Amazing Growth of Sports Ministries to Reach Communities with the Gospel: An Interview with Kevin Drake
Apr 16, 2025
A Church That Is Really Reaching Its Community with Sports: An Interview with Chris “Tiny” Seely
Apr 16, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of American Protestantism the Past 25 Years, Part 4: Abject Failures of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Apr 09, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of American Protestantism the Past 25 Years, Part 3: Key Strengths of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Apr 09, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of American Protestantism the Past 25 Years, Part 2: Abject Failures of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Apr 02, 2025
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of American Protestantism the Past 25 Years, Part 1: Key Strengths of American Protestantism in the 21st Century
Apr 02, 2025
The 15 Most Common Names of Churches in the United States
Mar 26, 2025
Six Reasons You Should Change the Name of Your Church
Mar 26, 2025
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 4
Mar 19, 2025
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 3
Mar 19, 2025
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 2
Mar 12, 2025
23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 1
Mar 12, 2025
Five of the Greatest Pain Points of Pastors
Mar 05, 2025
Seven Ways You Can Develop Thicker Skin in Ministry
Mar 05, 2025
Someone puked loudly while I was preaching. How should I handle unexpected interruptions? and other listener questions
Feb 26, 2025
Should I lead the elders to fire our pastor, who is also my brother-in-law? and other listener questions
Feb 26, 2025
Growing an Evangelistic Church in a Town of 5,602 People
Feb 19, 2025
Evangelistic Growth in a Non-Denominational Church
Feb 19, 2025
The Four Most Common Acts of Stupidity That Get Pastors Fired
Feb 12, 2025
Seven Personality Traits Guests Like in a Pastor
Feb 12, 2025
From Chaos to Clarity: Simplifying Church Finances for Growing Ministries
Feb 05, 2025
Breaking the Stigma: Why Church Finances Shouldn’t Be a Mystery (Multisite Churches Must Listen to This)
Feb 05, 2025
New Research: Where Are Church Attendance Trends Headed Through 2030?
Jan 29, 2025
Beyond the Fiction: What Are the Real Church Attendance Trends in America?
Jan 22, 2025
Ten Tips for Becoming a Productive Pastor
Jan 15, 2025
When It’s Not Time to Quit
Jan 08, 2025
2025 Updates for AI and the Church
Jan 02, 2025
15 Traps to Avoid If You Lease a Part of Your Church Facility
Dec 26, 2024
How to Develop a Church Outreach Plan from Your Demographic and Psychographic Report
Dec 19, 2024
How God Is Working to Bless Churches Financially in Great Ways – Part 3: God’s Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Building at a Church
Dec 13, 2024
How God Is Working to Bless Churches Financially in Great Ways – Part 2: God’s Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Debt Reduction at a Church
Dec 13, 2024
How God Is Working to Bless Churches Financially in Great Ways – Part 1: God’s Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Deferred Maintenance at a Church
Dec 13, 2024
The Most Common Barriers to Growth in Churches Today
Dec 12, 2024
How Does a Church Grow When All or Most of Its Members Are Old? A Return to an Often-Asked Question
Dec 05, 2024
How Do Pastors Recover When Something Unexpected, Funny, or Even Tragic Happens During a Worship Service?
Nov 28, 2024
How Several Church Leaders Became Their Own Church Consultant with Great Success
Nov 21, 2024
Seven Characteristics of Excellent Worship Leaders That Are Often Forgotten: An Interview with Mike Harland
Nov 14, 2024
Why and How You Should Create Your Own Church Curriculum
Nov 07, 2024
Seven Important Trends in New Member Classes
Oct 31, 2024
If Your Church Is a Neighborhood Church, Act Like It
Oct 25, 2024
How to Assimilate People Who Come to Events at Your Church
Oct 25, 2024
Don’t Fight Sports Leagues – Join Them
Oct 25, 2024
The Quiet Denomination: Why You Need to Know More about Free Will Baptists
Oct 24, 2024
Ten Ways a Pastor’s Ministry Has Changed Dramatically in 25 Years
Oct 17, 2024
11 Surprising Lessons from a Church Consultant
Oct 10, 2024
An Actual Autopsy of a Real (But Now Closed) Church
Oct 03, 2024
Why Are the Pianist and Organist Paid Positions in Many Churches?
Sep 26, 2024
Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 2)
Sep 26, 2024
Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 1)
Sep 26, 2024
Can We Predict Future Church Attendance by Race, Age, Gender, Education, and Income?
Sep 19, 2024
Church Members Who Do This One Thing Will Be Your Most Committed Members
Sep 19, 2024
Do Conservative Christians REALLY Attend Church More Frequently?
Sep 19, 2024
Why “The Anxious Generation” May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written – Part 3: Do Churches Stand a Chance of Reaching Gen Z?
Sep 12, 2024
Why “The Anxious Generation” May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written – Part 2: The Smartphone is the New Cigarette
Sep 12, 2024
Why “The Anxious Generation” May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written – Part 1: The Agonizing Pain of a Generation
Sep 12, 2024
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 3: Refusal to Accept Responsibility
Sep 05, 2024
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 2: The Failure to Deal with Toxins
Sep 05, 2024
Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 1: Dealing with Denial
Sep 05, 2024
Seven Powerful Guidelines for Pastors Who Have to Let a Staff Member Go
Aug 29, 2024
How Pastors Deal with Burnout When Their Churches Are Not Supportive
Aug 29, 2024
Changing a Sermon at the Last Minute
Aug 29, 2024
How Churches Can Reach Gen Z
Aug 22, 2024
Why Gen Z Is Called “The Anxious Generation”
Aug 22, 2024
Understanding Gen Z Compared to Other Generations
Aug 22, 2024
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 3: The Challenge of Dealing with Regular Interruptions
Aug 15, 2024
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 2: The Challenge of Leading Volunteers
Aug 15, 2024
Three Significant Challenges Pastors Experience Every Week, Part 1: The Challenge of Regular Sermon Preparation
Aug 15, 2024
“The Day the Church Died” The Pains and Pleasures of Writing a Fictional Book – An Interview with Kevin Mills
Aug 08, 2024
“The Day the Church Died” How Moral Failure Affects the Future of Churches – An Interview with Kevin Mills
Aug 08, 2024
“The Day the Church Died” A Fiction Book Based on a Lot of Facts – An Interview with Kevin Mills
Aug 08, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 9 of 9: The Purpose of Prayer
Aug 01, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 8 of 9: The Purpose of Worship
Aug 01, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 7 of 9: The Purpose of Fellowship
Aug 01, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 6 of 9: The Purpose of Ministry
Jul 25, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 5 of 9: The Purpose of Discipleship
Jul 25, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 4 of 9: The Purpose of Evangelism
Jul 25, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 3 of 9: The Practical Benefits of Understanding the Purposes of the Church
Jul 18, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 2 of 9: How We Landed on Six Purposes
Jul 18, 2024
The Six Purposes of the Church: How They Really Play Out in a Local Congregation. Part 1 of 9: Why We Talk about the Purposes of the Church Today
Jul 18, 2024
Why the 2024 Election Won’t Be As Volatile as the 2020 Election
Jul 11, 2024
Four Indications That the COVID Reset Is Over
Jul 11, 2024
Is the Bible Belt Disappearing?
Jul 11, 2024
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 3: The New Opportunity
Jul 04, 2024
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 2: The New Structure
Jul 04, 2024
Why We Must Rethink the Smaller Church, Part 1: The New Norm
Jul 04, 2024
Why Are Conversions Down So Much in Churches? Part 2: The Priority Challenge
Jun 27, 2024
Why Are Conversions Down So Much in Churches? Part 1: The Demographic Challenge
Jun 27, 2024
Is Church Membership Biblical?
Jun 27, 2024
Comfortable Ways to Talk about Giving in the Church
Jun 20, 2024
The Power of Redundancy to Communicate the Church’s Vision
Jun 20, 2024