Rainer on Leadership

Pastors often deal with discouragement on a weekly—or even daily—basis. Today we discuss how to fight ten sources of pastoral discouragement.

Churches like to be busy. Unfortunately busyness can hurt a church's effectiveness. Today we discuss this problem and how to deal with it.

Pastors and church staff do a lot of great things. Unfortunately, they sometimes do some stupid things too.

Will Mancini joins us to discuss how churches can better connect with guests and mistakes they make that hurt those connections.

Darrel Girardier joins us to discuss how bet to operate your church's communications efforts for both online and in print.

We routinely hear from pastors' wives and ministry spouses. Their feedback is often heartbreaking. Today, we expound on their frustrations.

Volunteers are important for churches. And it's even more important to keep them. Today, we discuss six ways churches often lose volunteers.

Daniel Im joins us to discuss his new book, No Silver Bullets, and five shifts you can make that will radically your ministry.

LifeWay research recently released a study of financial issues in the church. Today, we discuss these three issues and ways churches can better prepare themselves financially.

Podcast Episode #368 Reactivity can hurt a pastor's ministry, but so many pastors are more reactive than proactive. Today, we examine seven traits of a proactive pastor. Some highlights from today's episode include: * When looking ahead, plan and communicate for the future. * A proactive pastor is one who brings chaos back to order. * The more you develop relationships, the more freedom you will h...

Pastors often come seeking advice. Today, we cover ten of the most frequent requests we get.

Growing as a leader is important to grow in ministry. Today, we discuss a post by Sam Rainer on the five ways you can grow as a leader in the church.

Leaders in the church often struggle on their own. They are at their most effective when they have someone coaching them and pushing them to realize their full potential.

Pastors and church staff are often evaluated poorly. This often stems from a lack of clarity as to what the job actually entails.

Podcast Episode #363 Leaders often struggle to let go and move on. And it's often for one of these seven reasons. Some highlights from today's episode include: * Pastors and church staff members in their 20s and 30s want to know how to finish well. * Coasting in ministry is basically telling God "I'm not going to do what you've called me to do." * If your church you pastor averages 200 in attendan...

Mondays are ofter quite difficult for those in ministry. It's the day many want to throw in the towel. Today, we explain six reasons why you shouldn't quit.

New campuses and new church plants often create an energy established churches and campuses do not. But how much of a difference does it make?

Church revitalization, like several other things in the church, is not easy. There are no magic bullets, and because it's hard, church revitalization often fails.

Churches are dying all over the country. However, their legacy of ministry can live on if the right decisions are made by the leadership.

How much growth in growing churches is due to evangelism? Not as much as you would hope. We discuss effective evangelistic churches and more on this week's episode.

We continue our focus on evangelism and churches by revealing five surprising insights that were found in the research on effective evangelistic churches.

Ministries run on the backs of volunteers. Here are ten ways you can invest in your volunteers to create passionate servants in your ministry.

Revitalization is needed in nearly two thirds of churches in America. Today we discuss four paths for revitalization and the challenges of each.

Statistics of doom and gloom for churches are all the rage—especially for those who specialize in helping churches. But are they correct? Not always. 

The mind of a leader is important to his or her success. Today, we discuss seven thoughts that can derail your leadership decisions.