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The Hope Initiative is for pastors and churches looking to reinvigorate their commitment to evangelism. Expand your outreach and connect with your community through this simple, reproducible 30-day program.

The Hope Initiative

Reinvigorate yourself and your church for the task of evangelism

$198 – $308

Autopsy of a Deceased Church: Help My Church Not to Die

A complete package of resources to help you determine the health of your church

Dead and dying churches share very common traits. If your church shares these traits, you’ll want to know. The good news is it’s not too late. Learn the symptoms now to grow in health. The Autopsy of a Deceased Church kit includes:

12 teaching videos
Workbook for all participants
Complete and comprehensive secret guest survey

$397

Outreach & Evangelism

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.

Invite Your One

Create a Culture of Invitation and Evangelism in Your Church

$229

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.

16 Quick Adjustments

Small adjustments that will reach more people

$129

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.

Reaching the Millennials

Making Christ followers of America’s largest generation

$229

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.

Gen Z for Church Leaders

A concise picture of Gen Z

$129

Membership & Assimilation

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.

I Am A Church Member

Church Membership Is Really That Important

$129

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 Kit includes all the resources you need to facilitate a successful membership class.

$197 – $397

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.

Closing the Back Door—Church Assimilation Checklist

Are People Flying Out Your Church’s Back Door?

$229

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.

How Churches Can Retain Guests More Effectively

Increasing the chances a guest will make a second visit

$129

Church Health & Revitalization

The church in North America faces looming challenges and opportunities. With every big challenge comes a vast array of opportunities with little to no competition. Utilizing quantitative and qualitative research, this e-book identifies ten significant storms and the potential benefits they could bring to the church. Equip yourself with the knowledge of these storms and the opportunities they offer to make the most of the coming changes. The Big Storms & Blue Oceans bundle includes:

[Bundle] Big Storms and Blue Oceans

eBook and Video Resource

#1: Exclusive Big Storms & Blue Oceans e-book
#2: Exclusive video content covering and expanding on the book's ten findings

$19.97

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.

4 Steps to Revitalizing Your Church

Simple steps to gain momentum in your church

$329

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.

Churches Helping Churches

A New Fostering Strategy

$229

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

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.

Tools for Your Church

Getting More From Your Know Your Community Report

Knowing your neighbor is the first step in loving your neighbor

$40

Explore Tool

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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

$40

Course Bundles

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

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.

The Comeback Bundle

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

$399

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.

The Outreach Bundle

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

$747

The Mega Bundle

All the Tools You Need for 2023

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

$1,997

Go Deeper with Full Certification

Extend your kingdom impact within your church or another church

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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Church Consultation University (CCU)

Become a Certified Church Consultant

Join Thom Rainer and Sam 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 mentor
- Updated workbook and PDFs
- Templates for client proposals & reports
- Case studies

~~$2,650~~$1,590

Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer lead this video-based training on becoming a certified church revitalization specialist pastor in as little as six 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.

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Church Revitalization Certification

Moving churches from flatlined to flourishing.

~~$1,200~~$900

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

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?

UnPlatform

Expanding your influence for the sake of the gospel

$2,100