Thom Rainer Archives - MinistryWatch
Defining ‘church’ in 2025 and beyond
What is clear is that “Church,” as Americans have long known it, is changing.
The program faces growing challenges as it approaches its 100th anniversary.
Feuds over politics, race and the role of women in the church — which parallel the polarization of American culture — have dominated recent denominational meetings and caused some churches to withhold their mission giving.
Preachers love to borrow from each other, but the practice can sometimes lead to plagiarism.
But as Reese discovered, pastors are not always preaching their own words. While there are no statistics on outright plagiarism — claiming someone else’s words as your own — preachers love to “borrow” from each ...
Moore is gone, taking a job with Christianity Today, but expelling a nettlesome dissenter hasn’t solved a raft of serious problems. At the denomination’s annual meeting in Nashville next month, the leadership will face conflicts ...
She loves Jesus and the Bible and has dedicated her life to teaching others why they need both of them in their lives. Millions of evangelical Christian women have read her Bible studies and flocked ...
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren has apologized for a children’s Sunday school curriculum video that used Asian culture stereotypes to teach kids about the Bible.
In Rainer’s tweet explaining that he would accept LifeWay’s six stipulations—he did not specify what those stipulations were—he said, “This legal battle between Christians before the watching world has to end. I will end it.”
LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, has backed off its lawsuit against its former president and CEO Thom Rainer over what they had originally called a breach of contract.
LifeWay Christian Resources, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, has sued its former president and CEO, accusing him of violating a noncompete clause in his contract.
