Rainer

What’s Your Scorecard?

I’ve been asked to review Transformational Churches by Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer.  It’s laying on my desk, and I plan to work through it this morning, but before I do, I’ve been struck by the subtitle: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations. I’ve got some ideas about what Stetzer and Rainer may recommend, but …

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Book Review: Effective Evangelistic Churches

Thom Rainer is a great writer and a tireless researcher.  In Effective Evangelistic Churches, he has once again proven his salt.  The downside for those of you outside of the Southern Baptist Convention, is that this book focuses solely on the Southern Baptist Convention.  In an attempt to find a homogenous group with easily identifiable …

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Book Review: The Book of Church Growth

I had to read Thom Rainer’s The Book of Church Growth as an assigned read for a project I’m working on right now.  To be honest, I was not motivated about it.  After devouring it in three days, however, I have to say that I was wrong.  This book is great.  Not only is it …

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