Vision and Hope for the Future of Your Church
In the midst of heartbreak and struggle, here’s hope. Thom Rainer reveals insights he has gathered from thousands of surveys of church leaders and in-person consultations. This book serves as a handy personal consultant to help you prepare your church for the post-quarantine world and identify key opportunities for your congregation, including

• better ways to lead the gathered church,
• a moment to rethink your facilities,
• a wide-open door to reach people digitally,
• and much more!

Thom S. Rainer is founder and CEO of Church Answers. For more than a decade, he served as CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. A respected pastor and teacher, Thom is the author of two dozen books. He lives with his wife, Nellie Jo, in Nashville. Saber más

Discover a Natural Way to Share the Love of Christ.
Think about an incredibly joyful event in your life. Perhaps you got a job you desperately wanted or you were really proud of something you made. Do you remember how you couldn’t wait to talk about it? You were willing and eager to have a conversation about it with anyone who would listen! Why doesn’t our excitement for Jesus overflow from our lives in a similar and natural way?

In this book, Thom Rainer explores what makes so many Christians hesitant to talk about the greatest news the world has ever heard. There are real obstacles, challenges, and fears, but God is bigger and stronger than these hurdles. His compassion extends to all who wander, and He wants to show them His love through the lives of His people.

With this helpful guide, you will

• Discover why it is so difficult to share the greatest news in the world
• Identify common objections that are difficult to answer and learn how to respond to them gracefully
• Learn about the three biggest barriers to talking to your friends and neighbors about the gospel and how to bypass those obstacles
• See how God loves to work through our lives to draw others to Himself

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In this concise book, respected pastor, author, and church consultant Thom Rainer explains how the local church is God’s primary plan for reaching the world with his love. "I am a Christian" and "I am a church member" go hand in hand.

What does it really mean to be a Christian? In a world where everything from sports to politics, social media to podcasts, and movies to television vies for our attention, we need to get back to what is essential. We need to know who we truly are and who we serve.

When people finally grasp who they are in Christ and what their participation means to their local church, everything changes. Life begins to make sense. Their purpose becomes clear. Their mission through their local church is confirmed. Their hearts start longing to cooperate with God in the company of fellow believers. When Christians become committed church members, the church becomes healthy. When the church becomes healthy, communities become healthy. When communities become healthy, the world can be transformed.

The urgent need of our day is for Christians to understand who they are, what they believe, and how that affects what they do. And the best place to answer those crucial life questions is in the context of the local church. It’s nothing short of amazing and miraculous what God will do through a group of devoted Christians who become committed and selfless church members. I Am a Christian is your first step on that incredible journey. Saber más

What does it really mean to be a Christian?
In a world where everything from sports to politics, social media to podcasts, and movies to television vies for our attention, we need to get back to what is essential. I Am a Christian Participant’s Guide helps people grasp who they are in Christ and what their participation means to their local church through an eight-session workbook designed for use with the companion DVD experience (sold separately).

Based on the book I Am a Christian, by respected author and church consultant Thom Rainer, this guide is a great resource for any Christian. Designed to be used with groups or individually, I Am a Christian Participant’s Guide will

• help you clarify your purpose and mission
• encourage you to become a committed church member
• help Christian communities become healthy places so they can make a significant impact on the world

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There is hope. God can save your church.

In this book, Thom Rainer reveals seven findings of revived churches. Through new research, he figuratively dissects hundreds of churches that were on the path toward death. But they turned around. They revitalized. They did so in the face of facts and naysayers who told them it could not be done. Today, three out of four churches are declining in our nation, and twenty percent of churches are close to death. What are the secrets of the churches who avoided this fate and experienced revival?

In Anatomy of a Revived Church, Thom will show you how these churches experienced renewal. He will cover everything from "expanding the scorecard" to "dealing with toxins" to "choosing meaningful membership." When you finish reading this book, you will have the tools to strengthen, restore, and energize your church.

You can choose life for your church. Saber más

Who is God? Why am I here? How should I live? These are a few of the crucial questions about life that must be answered. What’s exciting is that God has provided those answers in Scripture. In I Believe, Thom Rainer outlines the essentials of the Christian faith in a clear and succinct way. You’ll learn about prayer, church, angels, heaven, the Trinity, and much more.

Read and discuss these Christian beliefs in a small group at your local church. It was within a church that Thom Rainer first experienced the power of these profound yet simple truths to utterly transform his life.

The urgent need of our day is for Christians to understand who they are, what they believe, and how that affects what they do. The best place to answer those life questions is in the context of the local church. It’s nothing short of miraculous what God will do through a group of devoted Christians who become committed and selfless church members.

Studying I Believe with a small group of Christians will give you a solid base of truth on which to anchor your life in Christ. Saber más

Spend the next 30 days reaching your community in prayer and learn what it means to be a Great Commission Christian.

Pray & Go is a profound and easy-to-use tool that empowers church members to focus outward and learn how to pray regularly. There’s hope. Imagine your congregation devoted to prayer. Envision a healthy and growing church dedicated to worshiping Jesus.

Our neighborhoods need prayer like never before. Pray & Go is designed to provide convenient opportunities for everyone in your church to participate in and experience the incredible power of prayer. It’s easy. Anyone can do it. Just be present and pray.

When Jesus left his followers to be reunited with God the Father, his parting command to them was to wait. The believers obeyed by gathering, praying together, and waiting for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. Pray & Go is focused on following in the footsteps of those early Christians.

It’s a 30-day journey of praying and going, waiting for God and then going outside the church’s four walls in obedience to Jesus’ command. Both adults and young people enjoy the Pray & Go program because it isn’t cumbersome or time-consuming. It requires a small commitment each month to prayer and outreach.

Pray & Go contains 30 daily focus topics to pray for, including:

• Praying for Great Commission church members
• Praying for your pastor
• Praying for unity
• Praying for reconciliation

Just pray and go. Yes, it’s that simple. You will be amazed by what God will do when your church family is praying for each other and for the community.

Accompanying video Church Campaign Kit through Church Answers available online. Saber más

A convenient and easy way for pastors to ask for the prayer support they desperately need.

"Will you pray for me?" is a question pastors hear every day. But when have you heard a pastor ask that question for themselves? Frankly, its rare. That was the question Thom Rainer asked his congregation. The response was overwhelming. Within two days, more than one hundred people committed to praying for him, and the church was transformed over the next year. Thom cannot imagine what would have happened if he hadnt overcome his initial reluctance to be that vulnerable with his congregation.

In this book, there are thirty reflections and thirty prayers that give church members a glimpse into the struggles most pastors face and helps them pray in specific ways. In the back of this book, there are instructions on how to start a prayer ministry for your pastor, a prayer ministry for members of your pastors family, and a thirty-day prayer challenge.

God promises to honor the prayers of his people.

When the People Pray is an invitation to unleash those promises. Saber más