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Rainer on Leadership

Rainer on Leadership is your online home for leadership lessons for the local church. This twice-weekly podcast provides practical training on important issues for church leaders and pastors. For more information, visit ChurchAnswers.com.

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50 episodes

Jul 3, 2025•—

How Much Money Should a Pastor Make?

Jul 7, 2025•—

Seven Occasions When You Should Not Hire More Church Staff

Jul 10, 2025•—

What Young Families Really Want in a Church

Jul 14, 2025•—

Ten Quiet Disrupters in American Church Life (Part 1)

Jul 17, 2025•—

Ten Quiet Disrupters in American Church Life (Part 2)

Jul 21, 2025•—

The Top 5 Legal Issues Churches Face Today

Jul 24, 2025•—

The Limits of Pastoral Care: When Counseling Isn’t Appropriate

Jul 28, 2025•—

The Burge Report: Is Gen Z More Religiously Engaged than Their Parents?

Jul 30, 2025•—

The Easiest (and Most Incredible) Way to Get Information from Your Guests!

Jul 31, 2025•—

Sermon Illustrations that Connect to the Bible Text (And Your Church!)

Aug 4, 2025•—

Why the NLT Might Be the Best Bible You’ve Never Considered

Aug 7, 2025•—

The Johnson Amendment Reversal: Endorsing Political Candidates from the Pulpit

Aug 11, 2025•—

Weekly Church Attendance Patterns by Generation: 2016 to 2024

Aug 14, 2025•—

Who in the Church Should Hold Pastors Accountable?

Aug 18, 2025•—

The Non-Legalist Reasons for Weekly Church Attendance

Aug 21, 2025•—

The Loneliness Epidemic Among Pastors

Aug 25, 2025•—

The Burge Report: Do Churchgoers Want More or Less Politics in the Pulpit?

Aug 27, 2025•—

How Your Building Shapes Your Ministry: The Baptist T – When Building Design Limits Ministry

Aug 27, 2025•—

How Your Building Shapes Your Ministry: Five Ways the Baptist T Still Shapes (and Limits) Your Ministry

Aug 28, 2025•—

Which “Higher Standard” Measures Actually Make Sense for Pastors

Sep 1, 2025•—

Millennials Move LESS than Gen X and Boomers (New Implications for Your Church)

Sep 4, 2025•—

Realistic One-to-Two-Year Objectives for Small-Church Revitalization

Sep 8, 2025•—

Five Reasons Churches Should Still Try to Reach Boomers

Sep 11, 2025•—

The Trust Gap: Why Outsiders Won’t Step Inside Your Church

Sep 15, 2025•—

The Top 6 Gripes About Church Curriculum (and What to Do About Them)

Sep 18, 2025•—

Building a Worship Ministry that Excels On and Off the Stage

Sep 22, 2025•—

The Big Front Door for Guests Just About Every Church Misses

Sep 25, 2025•—

What Really Scares People Away from Church

Sep 29, 2025•—

The Burge Report: The Kids Aren’t Alright—And Church Student Ministry Might Actually Help

Oct 2, 2025•—

Six Essential Pastoral Meetings No One is Scheduling For You

Oct 6, 2025•—

The Unknown Connection Most Unchurched Have with the Church

Oct 9, 2025•—

How We’re Using AI in Sermon Prep Ethically and Efficiently

Oct 13, 2025•—

The Legacy Life with David Green, Founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby, and Bill High, CEO of Legacy Stone

Oct 16, 2025•—

The Least Appreciated People in Your Church (And What To Do About It)

Oct 20, 2025•—

How to Get Families in Your Church to Read the Bible Together

Oct 23, 2025•—

The One-Person Church Communication Plan (That Actually Works)

Oct 27, 2025•—

The Burge Report: The Biggest Little Denomination: The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

Oct 30, 2025•—

Many Churches Face Future Sticker Shock with Deferred Maintenance

Nov 3, 2025•—

The Church Number: From 137 to 60 The Shrinking Median Church in America (2000–2023)

Nov 6, 2025•—

The Unchurched Are Not Angry with You (But They Are Indifferent)

Nov 10, 2025•—

How to Grow Generosity in Your Church (Without Making It Complicated)

Nov 13, 2025•—

Three Things Every Church Small Group Leader Should Be Doing

Nov 17, 2025•—

An Entrepreneurial-Minded Pastor in an Established Church: The Unique Story of a Baltimore Congregation

Nov 20, 2025•—

The Top Reasons Why It’s Painful for Pastors to Lose Church Members

Nov 24, 2025•—

The Burge Report: How Do Pastors Actually End Up in Ministry?

Nov 27, 2025•—

Why You Should Leave Your Church (A Pastor’s Perspective)

Dec 1, 2025•—

Small-Church Breakout Growth: The Incredible Story of First Baptist Caldwell, NJ

Dec 4, 2025•—

How to Handle Losing Your Church’s Biggest Financial Supporter

Dec 8, 2025•—

Should Churches Look Churchy? The Advantages of Traditional Architecture

Dec 11, 2025•—

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