Thom Rainer Five Guidelines for Pastors and Church Staff on Social Media The early days of social media were often informational, relational, and familial. Now many of the posts are verbal warfare. What, then, should Christian leaders do?
Thom Rainer Five Ways Designated Giving Can Get Your Church in Trouble Designated giving can be an incredible blessing for your church. It allows, for example, church members to give to such areas of passion as missions or facilities. But far too many churches are handling designated giving in ways that can get them in trouble.
Thom Rainer Easter is Over. Now What? Five Steps to Sanity. It was a celebration. It was a great occasion. But it was also exhausting. What do you do now?
Thom Rainer Five Trends in Small Groups Coming Out of COVID We really don’t need to miss the unfolding trends of small groups. While the regathering of in-person worship services rightly has our attention, we must also focus on small groups in churches.
Thom Rainer Five Moves Churches Are Making in the Second COVID Spike Many areas are seeing a COVID spike a second time, some even greater than the first spike. The most common responses included establishing digital worship services and digital small groups. This time, the responses are different.
Thom Rainer Seven Heartfelt Prayers by Pastors for Their Churches in 2021 In that light, I asked pastors a simple question on social media: “What are your prayers for your church for 2021?” I received hundreds of responses, but the answers were amazingly consistent. Here are the top seven prayers in order of frequency:
Thom Rainer Seven Reasons Your Online Worship Attendance is Declining There are at least seven key reasons most churches are experiencing a dramatic decline in online viewing of worship services.
Thom Rainer 5 Things Churches Should Do Differently in 2021 For certain, there are many of us looking forward to leaving 2020 behind and entering a new year. We anticipate that 2021 will be much better. Indeed, we have every reason to believe it will be a better year.
Thom Rainer Five Ways Churches are Responding to a Second COVID Spike Though a number of pundits told us to expect a second COVID spike, we were all hoping it would not happen. In many areas, the spike has happened. Here's how church leaders are responding.
Thom Rainer Five Reasons Why Church Adoption and Church Fostering Are Such Important Movements Adoption is one family bringing another family member into the household of faith. Fostering refers to a healthier church helping a less healthy church for a season.
Thom Rainer Four Reasons Your Church is Losing Volunteers After COVID-19 One of the most common challenges we are hearing from church leaders is the unexpected loss of volunteers. It is always a challenge to get and keep volunteers.
Thom Rainer Seven Sentences We Never Expected to Hear in Churches in 2020 I can only imagine how we would have responded in 2019 if someone had told us we needed to be prepared not to gather in-person in worship services for several months in 2020. Indeed, if we had been given a glimpse of this crazy year ahead of time, we would have thought the world had gone crazy.
Thom Rainer Five Types of Church Members Who Will Not Return After the Quarantine It is one of the most common questions we get from church leaders: When will all the church members return to in-persons services? Leaders do not like my response: Never. It is a reality church leaders and members are hesitant to accept.
