The Church Answers Podcast The Church Answers Podcast
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- Religion & Spirituality
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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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What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Leadership Assessment
https://youtu.be/IoZBglW_Bf4
Thom takes three episodes to share what he sees missing in most sectors of the revitalization movement today. In this episode, he examines the crucial need to know if leaders are equipped to lead a revitalization effort.
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
Church Revitalization Certification
“The Church Revitalization Checklist: A Hopeful and Practical Guide for Leading Your Congregation to a Brighter Tomorrow” by Sam Rainer
“Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings about How Congregations Avoided Death” by Thom S. Rainer
Know Yourself
* “Eating the Elephant : Leading the Established Church to Growth” by Thom S. Rainer
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
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What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Accountability for Evangelism
https://youtu.be/pzzdYOAy2vM
Thom takes three episodes to share what he sees missing in most sectors of the revitalization movement today. In this episode, he shares good news about a renewed emphasis on evangelism, but he is concerned that this emphasis does not have inherent accountability.
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA): Visit chaneyassociates.com today to get started. -
What the Revitalization Movement Is Missing: Culture Shift
https://youtu.be/BpmkCORFKVs
Thom takes three episodes to share what he sees missing in most sectors of the revitalization movement today. In this episode, he addresses the imperative for the church to make a culture shift before anything else takes place.
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA): Visit chaneyassociates.com today to get started. -
Why Your Pastor Search Process Is Not Working
https://youtu.be/QgXhzR6IEqU
Churches are taking longer to find a pastor and are often growing frustrated in the process. Thom looks at the reasons for a broken search process and what your church might do to produce greater fruit.
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA): Visit chaneyassociates.com today to get started. -
Where Have All the Student Ministers Gone?
https://youtu.be/L1y2JLhgVC8
They go by different titles: youth minister, student minister, family minister, and others. Regardless of the name, there is an acute shortage of these ministers. Thom shares why and what your church might do about the shortage.
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
* “Where Have All the Church Members Gone?: How to Avoid the Five Traps That Silently Kill Churches” by Thom S. Rainer
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA): Visit chaneyassociates.com today to get started. -
How to Get Stuck Church Members to Be Willing to Change
https://youtu.be/PaLCqF3KwdM
It might be one of the most common questions Thom receives: How do I get church members to be willing to change? In the previous episode, Thom addressed the question, “Why?” In this episode, he addresses “What?”
Resources:
Chaney & Associates
* “Who Moved My Pulpit? Leading Change in the Church” by Thom S. Rainer
* The Hope Initiative
* Check out the Church Answers Christian bookstore! Shop curated, trusted resources for Christian life and ministry
Episode Sponsor:
Focus on your ministry, we’ll focus on the finances.
Chaney & Associates — The accounting firm for the Church.
Stop stressing about the state of your church’s finances and start feeling confident knowing you’ve hired an accounting team you can trust.
At Chaney & Associates, we understand the weight you carry stewarding tithe money which is why we’ve helped over 1,100 churches with accounting & payroll services for over 21 years.
Save time with our cloud-based software. Access reports in real time. And feel confident knowing you’re working with software that’s the best in class.
From church plants to megachurches, we’ve got you covered.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA): Visit chaneyassociates.com today to get started.
Customer Reviews
An amazing help to me in my bi-co-vocational ministry.
This podcast is an amazing help to me in my bi-co-vocational ministry. I am currently revitalizing two churches in two different denominations that both had lost 90% of their attendees. I also hold a 45+hour a week full time healthcare CEO job. I have to listen to this with my finger over the rewind button as I ask myself, “did he really say that?” :-)
New format
Long time listener, but this new short format is hard to listen to. It’s a lot of sponsorship info, intro, and then just a few minutes of “meat”.
Encouraging and Excellent
Practical encouragement and wisdom from decades in the trenches.