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.
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The Smartphone Problem in Your Church
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Why Conflict in the Church Is Often About Something Else
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular – Part 4: NASB, NRSV, RSV, LSB
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular – Part 3: ESV, CSB, NJKV
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular – Part 2: NIV, KJV, NLT
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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A Comprehensive Examination of Why the Top 10 Bible Translations Are Popular – Part 1
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Autopsy of a Deceased Church in 2025 – Part 2
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Autopsy of a Deceased Church in 2025 – Part 1
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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8 Reasons Most Churches Do Not Do Outreach – Part 2
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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8 Reasons Most Churches Do Not Do Outreach – Part 1
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Five Ways Church Members Hold the Church as a Financial Hostage
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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How Churches Can Best Address Facility Costs
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Thomas Edison on Leadership – Part 4: The Powerful Lesson of Selected Persistence
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Thomas Edison on Leadership – Part 3: The Incredible Lesson of Managed Chaos
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Thomas Edison on Leadership – Part 2: How Failures Succeed
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Thomas Edison on Leadership – Part 1: Understanding the Mind of a Growth Leader
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Reach Gen Z
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Reach the Boomers
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Ten Ways an Almost Deceased Church in the Florida Keys Is Being Revitalized (Part 2)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Ten Ways an Almost Deceased Church in the Florida Keys Is Being Revitalized (Part 1)
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Why We Can No Longer Define Worship Styles
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Four Off-the-Wall Actions That Are Highly Effective for Attendance Growth
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Why has the use of the offering plate declined?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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How did churches raise money before the introduction of the offertory?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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What is the origin of the Sunday evening worship services?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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What is the origin of the Wednesday-night meal in many churches?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Lack of Focus on Clean and Well-Supplied Restrooms: The Unforced Error Series
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Lack of Guest-Friendly Signage and Markers: The Unforced Error Series
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Failure to Have a Secret Guest: The Unforced Error Series
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Failure to Remind People About Digital Giving: The Unforced Error Series
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Zero Invitations: The Unforced Error Series
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May 28, 2025 |
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The Holy Huddle: The Unforced Error Series
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May 28, 2025 |
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Grow Your Congregation in the Grace of Giving: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
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May 21, 2025 |
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Reconnect Your Congregation to the Vision through Generosity: An Interview with Mike Stadelmayer
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May 21, 2025 |
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Failure to Have a Parking Lot Greeter: The Unforced Error Series
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May 14, 2025 |
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The Time of Worship Services on the Website Is Not Correct: The Unforced Error Series
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May 14, 2025 |
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Church Facility Growth Strategy: How to Build with Purpose with Brown Church Development Group
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May 07, 2025 |
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5 Ways “Simple Church” Can Apply to Your Church Facility with Brown Church Development Group
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May 07, 2025 |
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Where Have All the Atheists and Agnostics Gone?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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The Nones Are Rising No More: 5 Things Church Leaders Need to Know
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 2)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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How Pastors Can Affair-Proof Their Marriages (Part 1)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Amazing Growth of Sports Ministries to Reach Communities with the Gospel: An Interview with Kevin Drake
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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A Church That Is Really Reaching Its Community with Sports: An Interview with Chris “Tiny” Seely
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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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
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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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
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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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
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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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
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The 15 Most Common Names of Churches in the United States
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Six Reasons You Should Change the Name of Your Church
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 4
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 3
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 2
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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23 of the Most Common Questions Asked about Church Revitalization, Part 1
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Five of the Greatest Pain Points of Pastors
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Seven Ways You Can Develop Thicker Skin in Ministry
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Someone puked loudly while I was preaching. How should I handle unexpected interruptions? and other listener questions
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Should I lead the elders to fire our pastor, who is also my brother-in-law? and other listener questions
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Growing an Evangelistic Church in a Town of 5,602 People
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Evangelistic Growth in a Non-Denominational Church
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Four Most Common Acts of Stupidity That Get Pastors Fired
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Seven Personality Traits Guests Like in a Pastor
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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From Chaos to Clarity: Simplifying Church Finances for Growing Ministries
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Breaking the Stigma: Why Church Finances Shouldn’t Be a Mystery (Multisite Churches Must Listen to This)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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New Research: Where Are Church Attendance Trends Headed Through 2030?
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Beyond the Fiction: What Are the Real Church Attendance Trends in America?
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Ten Tips for Becoming a Productive Pastor
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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When It’s Not Time to Quit
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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2025 Updates for AI and the Church
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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15 Traps to Avoid If You Lease a Part of Your Church Facility
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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How to Develop a Church Outreach Plan from Your Demographic and Psychographic Report
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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How God Is Working to Bless Churches Financially in Great Ways – Part 3: God’s Miraculous Work Providing Funding for Building at a Church
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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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
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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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
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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The Most Common Barriers to Growth in Churches Today
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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How Does a Church Grow When All or Most of Its Members Are Old? A Return to an Often-Asked Question
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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How Do Pastors Recover When Something Unexpected, Funny, or Even Tragic Happens During a Worship Service?
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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How Several Church Leaders Became Their Own Church Consultant with Great Success
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Seven Characteristics of Excellent Worship Leaders That Are Often Forgotten: An Interview with Mike Harland
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Why and How You Should Create Your Own Church Curriculum
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Seven Important Trends in New Member Classes
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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If Your Church Is a Neighborhood Church, Act Like It
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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How to Assimilate People Who Come to Events at Your Church
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Don’t Fight Sports Leagues – Join Them
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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The Quiet Denomination: Why You Need to Know More about Free Will Baptists
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Ten Ways a Pastor’s Ministry Has Changed Dramatically in 25 Years
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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11 Surprising Lessons from a Church Consultant
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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An Actual Autopsy of a Real (But Now Closed) Church
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Why Are the Pianist and Organist Paid Positions in Many Churches?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 2)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Different Pastors Are Wired Differently (Part 1)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Can We Predict Future Church Attendance by Race, Age, Gender, Education, and Income?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Church Members Who Do This One Thing Will Be Your Most Committed Members
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Do Conservative Christians REALLY Attend Church More Frequently?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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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?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Why “The Anxious Generation” May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written – Part 2: The Smartphone is the New Cigarette
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Why “The Anxious Generation” May Be One of the Most Important Ministry Books Written – Part 1: The Agonizing Pain of a Generation
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 3: Refusal to Accept Responsibility
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 2: The Failure to Deal with Toxins
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Lessons from Church Autopsies, Part 1: Dealing with Denial
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Sep 05, 2024 |