The Church Answers Podcast
Hosted by Thom and Jess · The Church Answers Podcast
4.8from 287 ratings
- 232
- Episodes
- 175
- Transcribed
- 287
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 5K
- YouTube views
About The Church Answers Podcast
The Church Answers Podcast with Thom Rainer is fast-paced, to the point, and sometimes witty. It addresses one question about church life and leadership in just ten minutes. Buckle your seatbelt and take a ride into the world of congregational health in a fun and fascinating way.
- Publisher
- The Church Answers Podcast
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Jul 2024
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
175 of 232 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Eliminate Programs and Ministries
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why the Decline of Church Transfer Growth is a Good Thing
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Have (Most) Churches Stopped Using Spiritual Gift Inventories?
Inside a recent episode
How to Eliminate Programs and Ministries
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Sometimes though, there's a better way than elimination. And you say, Decreased focus sometimes is better than elimination. Explain that. There are two simple church books out, the original book and the revised book. That's not uncommon. The reason that Eric and I did the revised book is because we're getting a lot of people in trouble with the original book. And people were going in and saying, hey, Geiger and Rainer said we need to eliminate this, eliminate that. And you start just eliminating without wisdom, random, just eliminate here and there. and you're going to get in trouble. We did not anticipate the level of challenge that that would bring. […]
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- Josh Jordan
- Ryan Blackwell
- Eric Geiger
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 4,915
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 275 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts The Church Answers Podcast?
Thom and Jess host the show. Published by The Church Answers Podcast.
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