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Make My Church Safe: A Guide to the Best Practices to Protect Children and Secure Your Congregation from Harm

Make My Church Safe: A Guide to the Best Practices to Protect Children and Secure Your Congregation from Harm

by Sam Rainer

A concise guide to the best practices in making your church safe for members and attendees of all ages.Every church should be a safe space for everyone who comes in. Every church should also be equipping people to confront the powers of darkness and help those in trouble. Unfortunately, far too many churches are unsafe internally, which leaves them unprepare… Read more…

Surprising Return of the Neighborhood Church: Discover How Your Church Is Primed to Reach Your Neighbors

Surprising Return of the Neighborhood Church: Discover How Your Church Is Primed to Reach Your Neighbors

by Sam Rainer

Opportunity Lies Right Down the Road.There’s hope for your church. Respected church expert Sam Rainer envisions an exciting new wave of revitalized neighborhood churches that are growing and thriving. In the not-so-distant past, churches tended to relocate away from their neighborhoods and build large campuses at major intersections. At the turn of the 21s… Read more…

Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts
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Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts

by Sam Rainer

Narrated by Rainer, Sam

Why are so many 18- to 22-year-old Christians leaving the church---and what will it take to reverse the trend? In this important follow-up to the bestseller Simple Church, the Rainers share surprising insights from their survey of 1,000 "dropouts." Find out why young adults stopped attending---and discover four concrete strategies for bringing them back!… Read more…

Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
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Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples

by Eric Geiger and Sam Rainer

Narrated by Rainer, Sam

Many of the church leaders we talk to are seeking an escape from the not-so-simple life. // "Relax. This book is not about another church model. If you are a church leader, you have been exposed to plenty of models, and most of them are on your shelf. Or worse, you have blended a bunch of models into one schizophrenic plan. If that is the case, neither you n… Read more…