Thom S. Rainer

Thom S. Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, one of the largest Christian resource companies in the world. He has consulted with more than five hundred churches, served as pastor of four churches and interim pastor in seven churches, and spoken in hundreds of venues worldwide. Among his publications are hundreds of articles and nineteen books including the national bestseller Simple Church as well as Essential Church?, Raising Dad, and The Bridger Generation. Rainer and his wife, Nellie Jo, have three grown sons and live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Catch Thom Twittering: Congrats to LifeWay Kids for being named head of class in social media. Great job @MKHunt and team! http://is.gd/eS18q (3:36pm)

Books By Thom S. Rainer
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	Essential Church? Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $19.99 Why do so many young adults (18 to 22) leave the church, and what will it take to bring them back? This important question is examined and duly answered in Essential Church?, a follow-up to Thom S. Rainer’s best-selling Simple Church cowritten this time with his son, research expert Sam Rainer.The book is...
	Simple Life Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $19.99 The research and change methods that made Simple Church a multiawarded, #1 ministry best seller are now applied to everyday matters in Simple Life. Authors Thom S. Rainer and Art Rainer interviewed a cross-section of 1,077 individuals to confirm that most people feel their lives are overly stressful and misguided, not allowing enough...
	Simple Church Trade Paper: $14.99 The simple revolution is here. From the iPod design to Google’s uncluttered homepage, simple ideas are changing the world. Now in paperback after selling more than 100,000 copies in hardcover, multi-awarded #1 national bestseller Simple Church guides Christians back to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No...
	Simple Church Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $19.99 The simple revolution is here. From the iPod design to Google’s uncluttered homepage, simple ideas are changing the world. Multi-awarded #1 national bestseller Simple Church guides Christians back to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No bells or whistles required. Based on case studies of 400 American churches, Thom...
	The Bridger Generation Trade Paper: $14.99 Now in paperback. The Bridger Generation is the first comprehensive study of the new generation, 72 million strong, born between 1977 and 1994. These are ‘the Bridgers’–the first generation to come of age in the twenty-first century, bridging the gap between two centuries and two millennia. Rainer’s in-depth analysis...
	The Book of Church Growth Trade Paper: $31.99 The Church Growth Movement has divided devout Christians. Even though Rainer is an advocate, his aim here is to present an objective view of the movement--its history, the theology associated with it, and the principles which seem to separate churches that grow from those that don't.
	Transformational Church Hardcover w/Dust Jacket: $22.99 How are we doing? The church, that is. And how are we doing it? Congregations have long measured success by "bodies, budget, and buildings"--a certain record of attendance, the offering plate, and square footage. But the scorecard can't stop there. When it does, the deeper emphasis on accountability, discipleship, and spiritual maturity is lost....
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	In Real Time Trade Paper: $12.99 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...
	Evangelicals Engaging Emergent Trade Paper: $24.99 While plenty of books related to the conversations as well as controversies surrounding the emergent church have surfaced in recent years, no comprehensive evangelical assessment of the movement has been published until now. Evangelicals Engaging Emergent draws from a broad spectrum of conservative evangelicalism to serve as a clear,...
	Evangelism Handbook Trade Paper: $24.99 In Matthew 5, Jesus calls believers the salt of the earth and light of the world. Indeed, we must reach out to tell others His story of sacrifice and grace so glory is given to God throughout our communities and the entire planet.Evangelism Handbook is a thorough guide to the daily ministry of sharing Christ. Writer and professor...

Congrats to LifeWay Kids for being named head of class in social media. Great job @MKHunt and team! http://is.gd/eS18q
posted at 3:36 pm on Thu, Sep 02

Another Gulf oil rig explosion http://is.gd/eRE7u
posted at 10:56 am on Thu, Sep 02

Doing a radio interview on "The Millennials." Need @JessRainer with me.
posted at 10:42 am on Thu, Sep 02

Hope the rest of the day is better.
posted at 8:40 am on Thu, Sep 02

Congrats to @PlattDavid "Radical" still on NYT bestseller list at #5. Great honor for a truly humble guy.
posted at 7:45 pm on Wed, Sep 1

Landing attempt aborted. Finally made to to DFW, but flight to Nash cancelled.
posted at 6:29 pm on Wed, Sep 01

RT @TransformChurch: TCs have discovered that welcoming the broken is a blessing and not a curse.
posted at 2:04 pm on Wed, Sep 01

Congrats to B&H on the release of the app of the HCSB Study Bible. Downloaded it on my iPad. Absolutely incredible!
posted at 10:27 am on Wed, Sep 01

Four great days in Wichita, KS and Riverside, CA. But today is the best: going home to Nash to @NellieJo.
posted at 9:12 am on Wed, Sep 01