Rainer on Leadership
By Thom Rainer
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Your online home for leadership lessons for both the church and the workplace.
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Realistic One-to-Two-Year Objectives for Small-Church Revitalization
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Millennials Move LESS than Gen X and Boomers (New Implications for Your Church)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Which “Higher Standard” Measures Actually Make Sense for Pastors
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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How Your Building Shapes Your Ministry: Five Ways the Baptist T Still Shapes (and Limits) Your Ministry
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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How Your Building Shapes Your Ministry: The Baptist T – When Building Design Limits Ministry
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Do Churchgoers Want More or Less Politics in the Pulpit?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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The Loneliness Epidemic Among Pastors
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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The Non-Legalist Reasons for Weekly Church Attendance
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Who in the Church Should Hold Pastors Accountable?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Weekly Church Attendance Patterns by Generation: 2016 to 2024
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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The Johnson Amendment Reversal: Endorsing Political Candidates from the Pulpit
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Why the NLT Might Be the Best Bible You’ve Never Considered
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Sermon Illustrations that Connect to the Bible Text (And Your Church!)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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The Easiest (and Most Incredible) Way to Get Information from Your Guests!
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Is Gen Z More Religiously Engaged than Their Parents?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Limits of Pastoral Care: When Counseling Isn’t Appropriate
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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The Top 5 Legal Issues Churches Face Today
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ten Quiet Disrupters in American Church Life (Part 2)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ten Quiet Disrupters in American Church Life (Part 1)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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What Young Families Really Want in a Church
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Seven Occasions When You Should Not Hire More Church Staff
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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How Much Money Should a Pastor Make?
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Are Religious People More Prone to Conspiracy Theories?
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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The Future of America’s Largest Churches: An Interview with Eric Geiger
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The Shifts in How Churches Choose Small Group Curriculum (What You Need to Know): An Interview with Michael Kelley
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Best Bible Translation for Preaching
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Four Kinds of Church Leaders Who Will Not Lead in Revitalization
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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What Should I Do After Getting Fired from a Church?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Four Common Reasons Most Churches Aren’t Breakout Churches
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Five Key Tips to Teach Your Church to Tithe
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Eight Causes for a Ministry Slump
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Is There Any Hope for Revitalizing Mainline Churches?
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May 29, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Why Are Non-Denominational Churches Growing?
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May 26, 2025 |
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Are Church Members Cussing More Today Than in the Past?
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May 22, 2025 |
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Five Reasons Healthy Churches Seek Outside Help
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May 19, 2025 |
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Why Some Pastors Never Experience Church Growth
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May 15, 2025 |
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What Is the Right Age to Retire as a Lead Pastor?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is Student Ministry Still a Stepping Stone?
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May 08, 2025 |
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The Pastor’s Dilemma: Loving Preaching, Loathing Sermon Prep
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May 05, 2025 |
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Approval Addiction, People Pleasing, and How Pastors Can Let Go
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Does Homeschooling Change the Political and Religious Views of Children?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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A Checklist for Making Your First Hire in the Church
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Um, Uh, and You Know: Killer Fillers in Public Speaking
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Going to a Dead Church on Purpose
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Five Ways to Report Truthful Worship Attendance
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Young Pastors Are Rare (Here Is What Happened)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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How Wedding Ceremonies Are Different Than in the 1990s (A Pastor’s Perspective)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Should Churches Share Their Campuses with Other Non-Profits?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: Everyone Is Having Less Sex (What It Means for the Church)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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What’s Often Missed with Student Ministry Safety in Churches
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Seven Power Groups in Churches (The Good and the Bad)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The Surprise Benefits of a Culture of Continual Education in Your Church: An Interview with Timothy Paul Jones
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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What Business Leaders in the Church Want Pastors to Know: An Interview with Steve Graves
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The Ten Commandments of a Pastor’s Vacation
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The Hidden Opportunity of Hospitality in Churches: An Interview with Danny Franks
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Are Smart Phones Killing Student Ministries in Churches?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Why Some of Our Churches Are Not Safe Places
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Does Divorce Disqualify a Pastor from Ministry?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: How Church Attendance Makes You a Better American
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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How to Celebrate Church Staff Birthdays, Work Anniversaries, and Major Milestones
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Why Hiring Friends Usually Ends in Disaster
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Why Churches Are Not Early Adopters of Technology
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Right Expectations Churches Should Have of Pastors
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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What’s Different about Pastor’s Kids These Days?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Do Dying Churches Really Know They Are Dying?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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How Pastors Spend Their Time During the Workweek (Any Surprises?)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The Burge Report: The New Era in American Religion Begins Now (What’s Happening?!)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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The Tell-Tale Signs of Abusive Pastors
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Do You Really Remember What Took Place in Churches During COVID?
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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What Will Be the Sacred Cows in Church Worship When the Millennials Are the Oldest Generation?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Making Change in an Older Church (Without Running Over the Old Guard)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Things About Church Leadership We Haven’t Figured Out Yet
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Five Predictions We Got Wrong about the Future of the Church
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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What Every Church Leader Needs to Know to Move Church Members to Higher Levels of Generosity
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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How to Really Enjoy Your Christmas as a Pastor
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Leading (and Loving) a Dying Church
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Warning Signs You’ve Stayed Too Long at a Church
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Why Churches Are Not Inherently Safe Places
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Common Ways Financial Mismanagement Occurs in the Church
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Things to Consider When Relocating Your Church Facility – Part 3: Starting All Over–New Property, New Building With Todd Brown and Isaac Brown of Brown Church Development Group
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Things to Consider When Relocating Your Church Facility – Part 2: Moving Your Church to Another Building With Todd Brown and Isaac Brown of Brown Church Development Group
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Things to Consider When Relocating Your Church Facility – Part 1: Is Your Church Really Ready for Relocation? With Todd Brown and Isaac Brown of Brown Church Development Group
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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6 Reasons Why Most Church Greeter Ministries Struggle
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The Burge Report: Who Is Really Attending Online Church?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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6 Do’s and Don’ts for Pastors Before and After Worship Services
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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NEW Surprising Insights from the Unchurched (Releasing New Research)
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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What You’re Missing by Not Reading a Chronological Bible: An Interview with Iva May
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Election Day Special: Shepherding a Politically Polarized Church
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The Burge Report: Higher Education Leads to More Church Attendance
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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How Churches Became the Go-To Spot for Halloween
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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What Will Happen in Churches When All the Baby Boomers Are Gone?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Do NOT Make These Five Financial Mistakes in Your Church
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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The Nuts and Bolts of Starting a New Church Site
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The Burge Report: What Happened to All the White Evangelical Democrats?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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The One Simple Move a Church Can Make to Increase Its Giving by 20% or More
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Three Tax Benefits Ministers May Not Know
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Implications of the Rise of Non-Denominational Churches
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Getting Members Ready to Give at Death Now!
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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You Can Increase Your Building Funds Now!
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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4 Ways to Increase Giving Now!
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Aug 30, 2024 |