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Eating the Elephant: Leading the Established Church to Growth 2 reviews
Thom S. Rainer, Charles E. Lawless
Pinnacle Pub., 2003
Wise Counsel Has Become Even Wiser
After having read the first edition of this title by Thom Rainer, I was curious to see what kind of changes would be present from the input of Chuck Lawless. What I found was that the wise counsel of Rainer has become even wiser when accompanied by the spiritual warfare/prayer expertise of Lawless. The theme of this volume is that church growth principles must be implemented in a congregation ...
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Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples76 reviews
Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger
B&H Books, 2006
A Must Read for All Church Members
This book is a must read for all church members, not just leaders. Churches are trying to be everything to everybody. Thus, they are becoming less effective in reaching new people and in helping believers develop in spiritual maturity. Simple, but effective.
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Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, & Principles 1 review
Thom S. Rainer
B&H Publishing Group, 1998
Church Growth Compilation
Ranier does the church a favor when he pulls together in this volume the history, theology and principles of the movement. After each chapter is additional suggested reading list. One can easily and concisely in this work see the development and emphases of this movement. Now somewhat outdated (1993 publication), nevertheless the info here presented is worthwhile to those desiring to pursue the ...
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Breakout Churches: Discover How To Make The Leap18 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
Zondervan, 2005
Awesome!
I loved this book, and not just because I'm in one of the churches reviewed. I thought one of the most fascinating things they document is how members and staff in plateaued or declining churches all go on about how awesome their church is doing, and how many people they're winning. They are completely out of touch with the fact that the church has lost vitality. Why? Probably because the ...
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The Unexpected Journey: Conversations with People Who Turned from Other Beliefs to Jesus 4 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
Zondervan, 2005
Simple truth....
The evangelistic efforts of Christians today are crippled because of a fear of failure, or rejection, or incompetence. Consequently, rather than struggle with weak unclear efforts, often, there is none.
Thom S. Rainer's book "The Unexpected Journey: Conversations with People Who Turned from Other Beliefs to Jesus" serves to rebuild the confidence of would be evangelists. Rainer accidentally (?) ...
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The Unchurched Next Door: Understanding Faith Stages as Keys to Sharing Your Faith 8 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
Zondervan, 2008
The Unchurched Next Door: Understanding Faith Stages as Keys to Sharing Your Faith
Extremely helpful to read before going on mission doing surveys and witnessing door to door. Helped to understand where people are in the process of receiving a witness about Jesus Christ, and to not feel discouraged when they "rejected" our offer to hear the gospel. It helped us know how to pray for certain people knowing that they are either resistant, neutral, seeker, or just waiting to hear ...
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The Everychurch Guide to Growth: How Any Plateaued Church Can Grow 2 reviews
Elmer L. Towns, C. Peter Wagner, ...
B&H Publishing Group, 1998
Good a bit hard to understand
This is a good book on church growth, even though it is hard to understand at some parts. I used this for a class on Evangelism and church Growth and really enjoyed it.
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Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them19 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
Zondervan, 2008
quality resource
Great stats for church progress written with quality expertise.
This is a must have for every pastor interested in church growth.
This will stir your heart to reach people for JESUS.
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Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts2 reviews
Thom S. Rainer, Sam S. Rainer
B&H Books, 2008
Essential Church an Essential Resource
More than two-thirds of young adults between the ages of 18-22 leave the church - that's a disturbingly high figure. In this follow-up to the popular book "Simple Church", the Rainers spoke to those who left, the dechurched. What reasons did they give for leaving?
Top Ten Reasons Church Dropouts Stopped Attending Church
1. Simply wanted a break from church.
2. Church members seemed ...
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High Expectations: The Remarkable Secret of Keeping People in Your Church6 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
B&H Publishing Group, 1999
A Must Read for Church Leadership
If you're involved in church leadership, either on staff or on a board, you owe it to yourself to read this book. There are many books out there based on opinion or the experience of one church--often a mega-church--and that's fine. But the detail and research behind this book make it unique and remarkable because it applies to every church of any size anywhere in the world. It's not the only ...
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Career Crossover: Leaving the Marketplace for Ministry2 reviews
Tom R. Harper
B&H Publishing Group, 2007
Alan's review
This book appears to very well researched and I think it would be a must for any individual thinking of making a career change into some segment of ministry. Well written and easy to understand.
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Raising Dad: What Fathers & Sons Learn from Each Other1 review
Thom S. Rainer, Art Rainer
B&H Publishing Group, 2007
Transparent, Vulnerable and Authentic
This is the best book on fathering that you'll read this year, regardless of whether you're raising sons or daughters. Although the book is a shared journal between father and (adult) son, the principles explained here are valuable in raising daughters also.
Rainer writes with amazing transparency, showing us mistakes in his own attitudes, priorities, and behaviors. Because of that, we're able ...
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Eating the Elephant: Bite-Sized Steps to Achieve Long-Term Growth in Your Church
Thom S. Rainer
Broadman & Holman Pub, 1994
Bite-sized steps to achieve long-term growth in your church. Effective techniques for creating sensitive change at a comfortable pace, especially for pastors of "traditional" churches.
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Iglesias Exitosas: Descubre cómo dar el salto
Thom S. Rainer
Vida, 2007
SPANISH EDITION. this book shares the process of transformation to a successful church and the factors that make this spiritual metamorphosis possible.
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The Challenge of the Great Commission: Essays on God's Mandate for the Local Church
Pinnacle Publishers, 2005
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matt. 28:18-20, NASB). With these words, Jesus gave to his disciples their marching orders. They were to take the gospel to all ...
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Iglesia Simple: Como volver al proceso Divino de hacer discipulos
Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger
B&H Espanol, 2007
Ya ha comenzado la revolución de lo sencillo. Las ideas sencillas están cambiando el mundo. Una prueba de ello es el diseño del reproductor de música iPod y la discreta página inicial del buscador Google en Internet. El libro Iglesia simple convoca claramente a los cristianos a volver a los métodos sencillos de evangelización de Jesús. Por decirlo de algún modo, "sin bombos ni platillos". Los autores, Thom Rainer y Eric Geiger, se basan en ...
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Returning to God's Process for Making Diciples Simple Church (Sample Excerpt)
thom s. rainer, eric geiger
broadman & holman, 2006
this book is just a Sample Excerpt
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The Bridger Generation 2 reviews
Thom S. Rainer
B&H Publishing Group, 2006
Good look at the NEXT Generation
Great book that will introduce you to what the next generation is thinking, what they want in a church, what their hurts are, and how we can reach them.
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In Real Time: Authentic Young Adult Ministry as It Happens
Mike Glenn
B&H Books, 2009
Research shows that churches are seeing a dramatic decrease in the membership of 18 to 34 year-olds. One major cause traces back to when the gospel was watered down to a non-confrontational level for baby boomers, resulting in a generation that proclaimed faith without changing its lifestyle. Now many among that generation?s children feel less endeared to the church if not suspicious of its worth considering their parents? conflicting beliefs ...
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