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The Future of Church Facilities, feat. Dr. Thom Rainer—Pastor Talk, Ep.17

Marty Duren - July 11, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Podcast Episode #17

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On this episode:

LifeWay’s president and CEO, Dr. Thom Rainer,  joins Pastor Talk host Marty Duren to discuss changes .

Guest bio:

Thom S. Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Prior 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, Who Moved My Pulpit, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, Simple Life, Simple Church, Raising Dad, The Millennials, and Essential Church.

References

The Money Challenge, by Art Rainer

Cool Solutions, Tim Cool

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