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how much opposition, threats, and
problems he had. But he was a positive
model of leadership. He provided the
role model the Jews needed to build
the wall around Jerusalem.
Thom S.
Rainer
“It hit me like a sack of bricks in the
head,” he said metaphorically. “Church
members were looking to me and my
example. I had to change first. I had
to get my head screwed on straight. I
had to have the right attitude. Healthy
change had to start with me.”
Thom S. Rainer is the president
and CEO of LifeWay Christian
Resources, one of the largest
Christian resource companies in
the world. Also a respected pastor
and researcher, he has written
more than twenty books and
coauthored the No. 1 best sellers
Simple Church and I Am a Church
Member. Rainer and his wife, Nellie
Jo, have three grown sons and
several grandchildren, and they
live in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit
ThomRainer.com to learn more.
Excerpted from Who Moved My Pulpit? by Thom Rainer.
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