Thom S. Rainer

Author, Founder & CEO of Church Answers

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Thom S. Rainer Biography

Thom S. Rainer is the founder and CEO of Church Answers, an online community and resource for church leaders. Prior to founding Church Answers, Rainer served as president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Before coming to LifeWay, he served at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twelve years where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In addition to speaking in hundreds of venues over the past 20 years, Rainer led Rainer Group, a church and denominational consulting firm, from 1990 to 2005. The firm provided church health insights to over 500 churches and other organizations over that period.

Rainer and his wife, Nellie Jo, have three grown sons: Sam, Art and Jess, who are married to Erin, Sarah and Rachel respectively. The Rainers have ten grandchildren: Canon, Maggie, Nathaniel, Will (with the Lord), Harper, Bren, Joshua, Collins, Joel, and James.

He is the author of more than two dozen books, including I Am a Church Member, Breakout Churches, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, Simple Life, Simple Church, Raising Dad, The Millennials, Essential Church, and Who Moved My Pulpit?

Thom S. Rainer Videos

  • Dr. Thom Rainer | Advice to Young Pastors
    Dr. Thom Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. He has authored more than a dozen books addressing church health and growth...
  • Becoming a Welcoming Church by Thom S. Rainer
    New for each Church Member: http://www.Welcoming.Church Most church members don’t see their churches clearly. In almost all of Thom...
  • Thom Rainer - I Am Going: To be a Church Member - 1 Corinthians 12
    Thom Rainer, President of Lifeway Christian Resources, preaches on how our membership with our local church is not meant to be a country club.

Thom S. Rainer Books

  • Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death
    Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death
  • Becoming a Welcoming Church
    Becoming a Welcoming Church

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