News Articles by Thom S. Rainer

LifeWay President Thom Rainer says Millennials are more interested in worship's theology, authenticity and quality than its style.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- I received a query from a person recently who indicated his curiosity and perhaps concern about how pastors are treated at Christmastime. On topics similar to this, I typically hear from one or two persons who are eager to point to pastors who feel entitled or who are treated too lavishly.

Thom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, relays nine suggestions to pastors for their first 90 days of ministry in a new church.

How much time do pastors spend to prepare their sermons? Thom S. Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, reports on an informal survey he conducted.

We must learn from churches that closed their doors because they were inwardly focused, says columnist Thom S. Rainer.

Columnist Thom Rainer, using interviews with pastors who once were burned out, lists 12 ways ministers moved out of burnout to re-engaging their ministry with passion.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The words seem cliché in some ways: "It's a parent's greatest fear." But they are not cliché. They are real -- and haunting. Frank and Dayle Page had the "perfect" family, or so it seemed to many of us on the outside looking in. He had pastored a megachurch and had been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination. Even today he serves as president and chief executive officer of the administrative offices of the denomination. And he has three lovely daughters.

Columnist Thom S. Rainer lists seven things pastors' wives say they wish they'd been told before becoming a pastor's wife.

Columnist Thom Rainer gives 10 tips for making guests feel welcome at church.

Columnist Thom Rainer gives five tips for encouraging pastors.