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New & Featured Courses

On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

Invite Your One

Create a Culture of Invitation and Evangelism in Your Church

Most people visit a church because someone invited them.  In this online course, Dr. Rainer walks you through how to move your church from inward to outward and have an inviting culture.

$229

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On-Demand Video Course

The Complete Membership Class Toolkit

A comprehensive guide to in-person and virtual member classes

Looking for a resource to revamp your membership class? The Complete Membership Class Toolkit includes all the resources you need to facilitate a successful class. The kit includes:

  • Participant video course
  • Leader training course
  • Guides for in-person and virtual classes
  • Downloadable templates

$325

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On-Demand Video Course

Pray & Go

The Outreach Program for Everyone

A complete toolkit for reaching your community through prayer, including:
    • 8 Videos Packed with Insights from Experienced Leaders
    • Tips & Tricks to Launch and Maintain an Effective Program
    • Downloadable Templates & Sample Prayers
    • Clear Outline of Roles & Responsibilities

$249

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Tools for Your Church
Tools for Your Church

Getting More From Your Know Your Community Report

Knowing your neighbor is the first step in loving your neighbor

Why is knowing your community important?  Sam Rainer walks you through the Know Your Community report in this video series.  By knowing your community, you can better reach your community.

$40

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Outreach & Evangelism

On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

Invite Your One

Create a Culture of Invitation and Evangelism in Your Church

Most people visit a church because someone invited them.  In this online course, Dr. Rainer walks you through how to move your church from inward to outward and have an inviting culture.

$229

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On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

Pray & Go

The Outreach Program for Everyone

A complete toolkit for reaching your community through prayer, including:
    • 8 Videos Packed with Insights from Experienced Leaders
    • Tips & Tricks to Launch and Maintain an Effective Program
    • Downloadable Templates & Sample Prayers
    • Clear Outline of Roles & Responsibilities

$249

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On-Demand Video Course

16 Quick Adjustments

Small adjustments that will reach more people

A resource that will help your church reach more people and help you see more guests connect with the church even before they step into the building.

$129

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On-Demand Video Course

Reaching the Millennials

Making Christ followers of America’s largest generation

In Reaching the Millennials, Dr. Rainer walks you through how to reach the largest generation in the world. A generation that is experiencing the fastest advancements in online technology.

$229

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On-Demand Video Course

Gen Z for Church Leaders

A concise picture of Gen Z

Although it is early to say we know definitive truths and trends about Gen Z, Dr. Rainer teaches how Gen Z fits in with the generational world, some early definers of Gen Z, and indications and implications for the church.

$129

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Membership & Assimilation

On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

I Am A Church Member

Church Membership Is Really That Important

Why is church membership important? In this video online course Dr. Thom Rainer will walk through what church membership really entails and how you can communicate this to your church members.

$129

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On-Demand Video Course

The Complete Membership Class Toolkit

A comprehensive guide to in-person and virtual member classes

Looking for a resource to revamp your membership class? The Complete Membership Class Toolkit includes all the resources you need to facilitate a successful class. The kit includes:

  • Participant video course
  • Leader training course
  • Guides for in-person and virtual classes
  • Downloadable templates

$325

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On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

Closing the Back Door—Church Assimilation Checklist

Are People Flying Out Your Church’s Back Door?

The last thing you want to see in your church is an influx of guests, only to see them never return just a few short months after attending regularly. Find out how you can slam the back door shut.

$229

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On-Demand Video Course

How Churches Can Retain Guests More Effectively

Increasing the chances a guest will make a second visit

Every Sunday, guests visit churches and most won’t return a second time. If you follow these simple steps you will increase guest retention by 6 times your church’s normal average.

$129

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Church Health & Revitalization

On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

4 Steps to Revitalizing Your Church

Simple steps to gain momentum in your church

You care about your church. You care about the kingdom. You want to see communities impacted and souls saved. This course is more than online training, it is an online consultation where Thom Rainer helps you move your church from flatlined to flourishing.

$329

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On-Demand Video Course

Churches Helping Churches

A New Fostering Strategy

Pastors and church leaders in struggling congregations need help from pastors in healthy churches. By helping other churches you can move your church from an inward focus to an outward focus.

$229

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On-Demand Video Course

Church Vision Checklist

Steps that will motivate and inspire healthy growth

A church’s vision statement is our best human understanding of God’s best future for her. It’s a way of setting up a picture to get your people incredibly excited and motivated. Learn the key elements of a vision statement that are gospel focused and provide clarity into what God has called you to do.

$229

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Tools for Your Church
Tools for Your Church

Getting More From Your Know Your Community Report

Knowing your neighbor is the first step in loving your neighbor

Why is knowing your community important?  Sam Rainer walks you through the Know Your Community report in this video series.  By knowing your community, you can better reach your community.

$40

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On-Demand Video Course
On-Demand Video Course

Implementing Simple Church in a Post-COVID World

A step-by-step video guide for Simple Church

What a church measures gets emphasized. Creating a clear process of discipleship helps churches to…

  • Provide clarity
  • Move members to connectivity
  • Create accountability
  • Measure healthy growth

$99

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Course Bundles

On-Demand Video Course Bundle
On-Demand Video Course Bundle

The Vision Bundle

A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing a Vision in Your Church

The Vision Bundle includes four digital resources, 19 video courses, 10 proven steps, 3 bonus documents, and an eBook created for leaders who want to develop a clear vision for their church and build a culture that effectively retains guests.

$297

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On-Demand Video Course Bundle
On-Demand Video Course Bundle

The Comeback Bundle

Three resources that will help your church be more effective retaining and reaching more people

The individual components of the Comeback Bundle will help your church in specific areas of your church.  Put together and implemented well—they can create radical transformation in your church that you may have never expected to see.

$399

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On-Demand Video Course Bundle
On-Demand Video Course Bundle

The Outreach Bundle

Four Essential Digital Resources to Help Your Church Reach People More Effectively

The individual components of the Outreach Bundle will help in specific areas of your church. Put together and implemented well—they can create radical transformation in your church that you may have never expected to see.

$747

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On-Demand Video Course Bundle
On-Demand Video Course Bundle

The Mega Bundle

All the Tools You Need for 2021

Get all of these resources together at an unbelievable price! Topics include Revitalization, Membership, Evangelism, Prayer, Guest Retention, and more!

$1,997

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Go Deeper with Full Certification

Extend your kingdom impact within your church or another church.

On-Demand Video Certification
On-Demand Video Certification

Church Consultation University (CCU)

Become a Certified Church Consultant

Join Thom Rainer for this video-based training and learn how to combine your experience with these consulting tools to help churches increase their Kingdom impact.

    • Licensed certification
    • Step-by-step training
    • Personal coach
    • Templates for client proposals & reports

$2,650

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On-Demand Video Certification
On-Demand Video Certification

Church Revitalization Certification

Moving churches from flatlined to flourishing.

Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer lead this video-based training on how to become a certified church revitalization specialist pastor in as little as 6 months. Church Answers is the premier organization in the world that provides certification for leaders who desire to lead in the area of church revitalization.

$1,200

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On-Demand Video Certification
On-Demand Video Certification

Bi-vocational Co-vocational Certification

Preparing Leaders for Bi-vocational and Co-vocational Ministry

Join Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer for this video-based training that will prepare you to lead in a part-time capacity and address the common issues associated with the growing bi-vocational and co-vocational ministry models.

  • Licensed certification
  • Step-by-step training
  • Personal coach
  • Includes Pray & Go resource

$1,300

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On-Demand Video Certification
On-Demand Video Certification

Interim Pastor Certification

Developing leaders for churches in transition

Join Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer for this video-based training that will prepare you for the common issues facing churches in the interim season and equips students to help these churches prepare for their next leader.

  • Licensed certification
  • Step-by-step training
  • Personal coach
  • Get certified in less than 6 months

$1,850

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On-Demand Video Certification
On-Demand Video Certification

UnPlatform

Expanding your influence for the sake of the gospel

Do you have a message that HAS to get out? Are you compelled to make a difference where you are and beyond? Do you want to expand your influence for the sake of the gospel?

$2,100

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Why learn from Thom Rainer and the team?

  • Proven: courses based on decades of ministry experience
  • Practical: apply ministry concepts immediately
  • Convenient: learn on your own schedule when it works for you

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