Rainer on Leadership
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The Pastoral Burden of Never Having “Off Hours”
Oct 8, 202624 min
Why Preachers Should Pick One Translation (And Which One Is Best)
Oct 5, 202631 min
Should Pastors Encourage Burial Over Cremation?
Oct 1, 202620 min
The Burge Report: Why Gen Z Might Be the Least Mobile Generation in American History
Sep 28, 202627 min
How to Prevent Your Discipleship Model from Aging Out with the Older Generations
Sep 24, 202625 min
My Hope for Lifeway: An Interview with Dr. Ryan Blackwell, President and CEO of Lifeway
Sep 21, 202623 min
What Has Changed the Most in Preaching the Last 20 Years?
Sep 17, 202626 min
The Problem of Ageism and Church Staff Near Retirement
Sep 14, 202623 min
Armed Church Security Teams: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Sep 10, 202620 min
Five Relatively Recent Theological Controversies That Have Faded
Sep 7, 202623 min
Why Don’t Churches Sing Old-School Hymns Anymore?
Sep 3, 202621 min
An Interview with Chris Brauns on “The Way of Repentance”
Aug 31, 202623 min
Should a Church Accept a Tithe from a Lottery Winner?
Aug 27, 202626 min
The Burge Report: Why Immigration Won’t Reverse America’s Secular Drift
Aug 21, 202627 min
The Top Preaching Distractions (What Stops Pastors Mid-Sentence in the Pulpit)
Aug 20, 202621 min
Why the Pastorate Is One of the Highest Security Jobs in an AI World
Aug 17, 202621 min
What Should a Pastor Do When One or Two Key Donors Keep the Church Doors Open
Aug 13, 202623 min
The Four Domains of Successful Outreach to Families with Children
Aug 10, 202622 min
Why We Still Believe in Short-Term Mission Trips for Churches
Aug 6, 202622 min
Unique Church Leadership Lessons from the Book of Ezra You Haven’t Heard
Aug 3, 202623 min
The Back-to-School Checklist for Pastors (Prepping Your Church for Ministry to Parents and School-Age Children)
Jul 30, 202622 min
The Burge Report: Why the 1990s Were the Most Consequential in Modern U.S. Religious History
Jul 27, 202629 min
What Successful Evangelistic Churches Actually Do for Outreach
Jul 23, 202624 min
Dodging Detours: Five Ways a Feasibility Study Protects Your Campaign from Pitfalls
Jul 20, 202622 min
Should Pastors Engage in Online Fights?
Jul 16, 202623 min
The Future of Church Hiring When Pastors Are in Short Supply
Jul 13, 202626 min
Amiable Autocrats: Why Some of the Nicest Pastors Make the Worst Bosses
Jul 9, 202622 min
Why Churches Are Struggling More and More to Find Staff
Jul 6, 202621 min
Why Can’t Pastors Talk About Politics?
Jul 2, 202625 min
The Burge Report: Are Non-Denominational Churches Just Southern Baptists in Disguise?
Jun 29, 202628 min
The Ongoing Shortage of Student Pastors (Where Did They Go?)
Jun 25, 202621 min
The Church Summer Slump: What Every Pastor Should Know
Jun 22, 202621 min
The Top Ten Most Common Low Attendance Days in Churches
Jun 18, 202617 min
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Bible Translation Committee (What Really Happens)
Jun 15, 202627 min
The Reality of Church Hoppers: A Pastor’s Honest Perspective
Jun 11, 202623 min
Why Members Leave Their Church and Never Come Back
Jun 8, 202628 min
Why Some Pastors Stay for Decades (and Thrive in Their Churches)
Jun 4, 202619 min
The Hyper-Traditionalist Movement in Church Architecture (Is Anyone Really Building Churches This Way?)
Jun 1, 202626 min
The Church “Fault Lines” That Could Become Ministry Tsunamis
May 28, 202625 min
The Burge Report: Boomers Can’t Save Us Forever: The Hard Truth About Church Demographics
May 25, 202624 min
What Churches Should Do About Inactive Members
May 21, 202623 min
Are Sunday Morning Service Times Changing? What the Data Says About the Future of Church Worship Schedules
May 18, 202628 min
What to Say (and Not Say) Immediately After a Church Crisis
May 14, 202627 min
Crucial Commitments: 5 Simple Decisions That Members of Healthy and Growing Churches Make
May 11, 202626 min
How to Become Your Pastor’s Favorite Church Member
May 7, 202630 min
The Best Board and Trustee Structure for Churches
May 4, 202624 min
Seven Things Pastors Do You Probably Don’t Know About
Apr 30, 202629 min
The Burge Report: Gen Z and the Church: Lonely, Cautious, Skeptical, But… Open
Apr 27, 202627 min
How to Discard a Worn-Out Bible Properly
Apr 23, 202618 min
Should Full-Time Pastors Have a Side Hustle?
Apr 20, 202623 min