Why Are the Variety of Church Session Requests Growing?

by Thom S. Rainer

Founder

If I counted appropriately, Church Solutions has acquired 41 session requests from church buildings in 20 states up to now few months.

The church buildings symbolize 23 denominations, whereas the remainder are non-denominational.

The congregations cowl the continental United States: Missouri, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Washington, South Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, New York, West Virginia, Florida, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. We aren’t stunned that North Carolina is our primary supply of church purchasers. We’re stunned that New York is quantity two.

We might be near 50 states if we counted particular person teaching of pastors.

We started in 1988 as Church Progress Visions. I did three consultations that 12 months.

We then grew to become the Rainer Group earlier than we grew to become Church Solutions.

I’d not be stunned if we’re quickly on a tempo of 100 session requests a 12 months, plus 1000’s of particular questions we reply annually. My finest estimate is over 3,000 per 12 months. We all know that about 250,000 church buildings get info or sources from us yearly.

What Explains the Surge?

It’s simple for us to elucidate this surge. We are able to inform by the consultations we do and the questions we reply. Listed below are the 5 most typical causes we get when a pastor or different church chief requests a session:

1. 1. “We aren’t reaching folks any extra. We used to depend on switch progress from different church buildings, however that has evaporated. And we have been by no means excellent at reaching misplaced folks.”
   2. “COVID was a wake-up name. We misplaced 60 % of our attendance in a single 12 months, and we’ve but to recuperate.”
   3. “I feel we’ve employees and lay leaders who aren’t on the identical web page, however we don’t know for certain.”
   4. “I don’t wish to go the remainder of my life enjoying church video games;  we have to make a distinction in our neighborhood, however we’re simply going by the motions.”
   5. “We are able to’t discover a pastor. It’s by no means been this tough up to now.”

Some type of these 5 feedback clarify almost 80 % of our session requests. And the variety of requests continues to develop.

Our Response

Although we actually can’t scale church consultations financially since most of them want a human contact, Church Solutions has made a dedication to extend our efforts on this space. It could not make good enterprise sense, however we consider it makes good Kingdom sense. Right here is our response:

1. 1. We are going to make ourselves accessible for church consultations greater than ever. We presently have extra consultants on employees than we’ve ever had. I, personally, will commit extra of my time to church consultations.
   2. We are going to add to our consultants from our personal licensed church consultants. A whole lot of individuals have change into licensed by us. For instance, I acquired a session request immediately from a church in a Midwestern state. I’ll ask one among our licensed consultants from that state to assist us. We’d like extra educated consultants to assist us with the demand. Test our session certification right here.
   3. We are going to make the most of the digital world as a lot as potential, however we all know an in-person session is most useful. Within the session request immediately, the pastor and I made a decision to go the hybrid path. We are going to ship two consultants for 2 days on web site, however we are going to do the remainder digitally. His church couldn’t afford it in any other case.
   4. We are going to ask unashamedly for church buildings and Christians to offer monetary assist to church buildings that want consultive assist however can’t afford it. Please contemplate making a donation immediately to Now Go Community, our non-profit sister group. We might enormously recognize a one-time donation. We might recognize much more a recurring donation. The entire donations go instantly to assist church buildings. Nobody is paid at Now Go Community. We’re all volunteers. Right here is the hyperlink to present.
   5. We are going to assist your church. We hope to have the ability to assist any church that wants assist. Tell us if we are able to present a session to your church. Contact us right here.

Paul would commend church buildings to assist each other. This admonition at 2 Corinthians 8:14 is however one instance: “Proper now you will have a lot and might help those that are in want. Later, they’ll have a lot and might share with you whenever you want it.”

Nothing is extra lovely than seeing members of the physique of Christ, the native church, work collectively for the great of all.

And nothing is extra lovely than seeing church buildings assist each other.

That’s our imaginative and prescient at Church Solutions.

Much more, that’s our ardour at Church Solutions.

Posted on Could 19, 2025

With almost 40 years of ministry expertise, Thom Rainer has spent a lifetime dedicated to the expansion and well being of native church buildings throughout North America.
Extra from Thom

by Thom S. Rainer

Founder

If I counted appropriately, Church Solutions has acquired 41 session requests from church buildings in 20 states up to now few months.

The church buildings symbolize 23 denominations, whereas the remainder are non-denominational.

The congregations cowl the continental United States: Missouri, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Washington, South Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, New York, West Virginia, Florida, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. We aren’t stunned that North Carolina is our primary supply of church purchasers. We’re stunned that New York is quantity two.

We might be near 50 states if we counted particular person teaching of pastors.

We started in 1988 as Church Progress Visions. I did three consultations that 12 months.

We then grew to become the Rainer Group earlier than we grew to become Church Solutions.

I’d not be stunned if we’re quickly on a tempo of 100 session requests a 12 months, plus 1000’s of particular questions we reply annually. My finest estimate is over 3,000 per 12 months. We all know that about 250,000 church buildings get info or sources from us yearly.

What Explains the Surge?

It’s simple for us to elucidate this surge. We are able to inform by the consultations we do and the questions we reply. Listed below are the 5 most typical causes we get when a pastor or different church chief requests a session:

1. 1. “We aren’t reaching folks any extra. We used to depend on switch progress from different church buildings, however that has evaporated. And we have been by no means excellent at reaching misplaced folks.”
   2. “COVID was a wake-up name. We misplaced 60 % of our attendance in a single 12 months, and we’ve but to recuperate.”
   3. “I feel we’ve employees and lay leaders who aren’t on the identical web page, however we don’t know for certain.”
   4. “I don’t wish to go the remainder of my life enjoying church video games;  we have to make a distinction in our neighborhood, however we’re simply going by the motions.”
   5. “We are able to’t discover a pastor. It’s by no means been this tough up to now.”

Some type of these 5 feedback clarify almost 80 % of our session requests. And the variety of requests continues to develop.

Our Response

Although we actually can’t scale church consultations financially since most of them want a human contact, Church Solutions has made a dedication to extend our efforts on this space. It could not make good enterprise sense, however we consider it makes good Kingdom sense. Right here is our response:

1. 1. We are going to make ourselves accessible for church consultations greater than ever. We presently have extra consultants on employees than we’ve ever had. I, personally, will commit extra of my time to church consultations.
   2. We are going to add to our consultants from our personal licensed church consultants. A whole lot of individuals have change into licensed by us. For instance, I acquired a session request immediately from a church in a Midwestern state. I’ll ask one among our licensed consultants from that state to assist us. We’d like extra educated consultants to assist us with the demand. Test our session certification right here.
   3. We are going to make the most of the digital world as a lot as potential, however we all know an in-person session is most useful. Within the session request immediately, the pastor and I made a decision to go the hybrid path. We are going to ship two consultants for 2 days on web site, however we are going to do the remainder digitally. His church couldn’t afford it in any other case.
   4. We are going to ask unashamedly for church buildings and Christians to offer monetary assist to church buildings that want consultive assist however can’t afford it. Please contemplate making a donation immediately to Now Go Community, our non-profit sister group. We might enormously recognize a one-time donation. We might recognize much more a recurring donation. The entire donations go instantly to assist church buildings. Nobody is paid at Now Go Community. We’re all volunteers. Right here is the hyperlink to present.
   5. We are going to assist your church. We hope to have the ability to assist any church that wants assist. Tell us if we are able to present a session to your church. Contact us right here.

Paul would commend church buildings to assist each other. This admonition at 2 Corinthians 8:14 is however one instance: “Proper now you will have a lot and might help those that are in want. Later, they’ll have a lot and might share with you whenever you want it.”

Nothing is extra lovely than seeing members of the physique of Christ, the native church, work collectively for the great of all.

And nothing is extra lovely than seeing church buildings assist each other.

That’s our imaginative and prescient at Church Solutions.

Much more, that’s our ardour at Church Solutions.

Posted on Could 19, 2025

With almost 40 years of ministry expertise, Thom Rainer has spent a lifetime dedicated to the expansion and well being of native church buildings throughout North America.
Extra from Thom

by Thom S. Rainer

Founder

If I counted appropriately, Church Solutions has acquired 41 session requests from church buildings in 20 states up to now few months.

The church buildings symbolize 23 denominations, whereas the remainder are non-denominational.

The congregations cowl the continental United States: Missouri, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Washington, South Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, New York, West Virginia, Florida, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. We aren’t stunned that North Carolina is our primary supply of church purchasers. We’re stunned that New York is quantity two.

We might be near 50 states if we counted particular person teaching of pastors.

We started in 1988 as Church Progress Visions. I did three consultations that 12 months.

We then grew to become the Rainer Group earlier than we grew to become Church Solutions.

I’d not be stunned if we’re quickly on a tempo of 100 session requests a 12 months, plus 1000’s of particular questions we reply annually. My finest estimate is over 3,000 per 12 months. We all know that about 250,000 church buildings get info or sources from us yearly.

What Explains the Surge?

It’s simple for us to elucidate this surge. We are able to inform by the consultations we do and the questions we reply. Listed below are the 5 most typical causes we get when a pastor or different church chief requests a session:

1. 1. “We aren’t reaching folks any extra. We used to depend on switch progress from different church buildings, however that has evaporated. And we have been by no means excellent at reaching misplaced folks.”
   2. “COVID was a wake-up name. We misplaced 60 % of our attendance in a single 12 months, and we’ve but to recuperate.”
   3. “I feel we’ve employees and lay leaders who aren’t on the identical web page, however we don’t know for certain.”
   4. “I don’t wish to go the remainder of my life enjoying church video games;  we have to make a distinction in our neighborhood, however we’re simply going by the motions.”
   5. “We are able to’t discover a pastor. It’s by no means been this tough up to now.”

Some type of these 5 feedback clarify almost 80 % of our session requests. And the variety of requests continues to develop.

Our Response

Although we actually can’t scale church consultations financially since most of them want a human contact, Church Solutions has made a dedication to extend our efforts on this space. It could not make good enterprise sense, however we consider it makes good Kingdom sense. Right here is our response:

1. 1. We are going to make ourselves accessible for church consultations greater than ever. We presently have extra consultants on employees than we’ve ever had. I, personally, will commit extra of my time to church consultations.
   2. We are going to add to our consultants from our personal licensed church consultants. A whole lot of individuals have change into licensed by us. For instance, I acquired a session request immediately from a church in a Midwestern state. I’ll ask one among our licensed consultants from that state to assist us. We’d like extra educated consultants to assist us with the demand. Test our session certification right here.
   3. We are going to make the most of the digital world as a lot as potential, however we all know an in-person session is most useful. Within the session request immediately, the pastor and I made a decision to go the hybrid path. We are going to ship two consultants for 2 days on web site, however we are going to do the remainder digitally. His church couldn’t afford it in any other case.
   4. We are going to ask unashamedly for church buildings and Christians to offer monetary assist to church buildings that want consultive assist however can’t afford it. Please contemplate making a donation immediately to Now Go Community, our non-profit sister group. We might enormously recognize a one-time donation. We might recognize much more a recurring donation. The entire donations go instantly to assist church buildings. Nobody is paid at Now Go Community. We’re all volunteers. Right here is the hyperlink to present.
   5. We are going to assist your church. We hope to have the ability to assist any church that wants assist. Tell us if we are able to present a session to your church. Contact us right here.

Paul would commend church buildings to assist each other. This admonition at 2 Corinthians 8:14 is however one instance: “Proper now you will have a lot and might help those that are in want. Later, they’ll have a lot and might share with you whenever you want it.”

Nothing is extra lovely than seeing members of the physique of Christ, the native church, work collectively for the great of all.

And nothing is extra lovely than seeing church buildings assist each other.

That’s our imaginative and prescient at Church Solutions.

Much more, that’s our ardour at Church Solutions.

Posted on Could 19, 2025

With almost 40 years of ministry expertise, Thom Rainer has spent a lifetime dedicated to the expansion and well being of native church buildings throughout North America.
Extra from Thom

by Thom S. Rainer

Founder

If I counted appropriately, Church Solutions has acquired 41 session requests from church buildings in 20 states up to now few months.

The church buildings symbolize 23 denominations, whereas the remainder are non-denominational.

The congregations cowl the continental United States: Missouri, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Washington, South Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, New York, West Virginia, Florida, Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. We aren’t stunned that North Carolina is our primary supply of church purchasers. We’re stunned that New York is quantity two.

We might be near 50 states if we counted particular person teaching of pastors.

We started in 1988 as Church Progress Visions. I did three consultations that 12 months.

We then grew to become the Rainer Group earlier than we grew to become Church Solutions.

I’d not be stunned if we’re quickly on a tempo of 100 session requests a 12 months, plus 1000’s of particular questions we reply annually. My finest estimate is over 3,000 per 12 months. We all know that about 250,000 church buildings get info or sources from us yearly.

What Explains the Surge?

It’s simple for us to elucidate this surge. We are able to inform by the consultations we do and the questions we reply. Listed below are the 5 most typical causes we get when a pastor or different church chief requests a session:

1. 1. “We aren’t reaching folks any extra. We used to depend on switch progress from different church buildings, however that has evaporated. And we have been by no means excellent at reaching misplaced folks.”
   2. “COVID was a wake-up name. We misplaced 60 % of our attendance in a single 12 months, and we’ve but to recuperate.”
   3. “I feel we’ve employees and lay leaders who aren’t on the identical web page, however we don’t know for certain.”
   4. “I don’t wish to go the remainder of my life enjoying church video games;  we have to make a distinction in our neighborhood, however we’re simply going by the motions.”
   5. “We are able to’t discover a pastor. It’s by no means been this tough up to now.”

Some type of these 5 feedback clarify almost 80 % of our session requests. And the variety of requests continues to develop.

Our Response

Although we actually can’t scale church consultations financially since most of them want a human contact, Church Solutions has made a dedication to extend our efforts on this space. It could not make good enterprise sense, however we consider it makes good Kingdom sense. Right here is our response:

1. 1. We are going to make ourselves accessible for church consultations greater than ever. We presently have extra consultants on employees than we’ve ever had. I, personally, will commit extra of my time to church consultations.
   2. We are going to add to our consultants from our personal licensed church consultants. A whole lot of individuals have change into licensed by us. For instance, I acquired a session request immediately from a church in a Midwestern state. I’ll ask one among our licensed consultants from that state to assist us. We’d like extra educated consultants to assist us with the demand. Test our session certification right here.
   3. We are going to make the most of the digital world as a lot as potential, however we all know an in-person session is most useful. Within the session request immediately, the pastor and I made a decision to go the hybrid path. We are going to ship two consultants for 2 days on web site, however we are going to do the remainder digitally. His church couldn’t afford it in any other case.
   4. We are going to ask unashamedly for church buildings and Christians to offer monetary assist to church buildings that want consultive assist however can’t afford it. Please contemplate making a donation immediately to Now Go Community, our non-profit sister group. We might enormously recognize a one-time donation. We might recognize much more a recurring donation. The entire donations go instantly to assist church buildings. Nobody is paid at Now Go Community. We’re all volunteers. Right here is the hyperlink to present.
   5. We are going to assist your church. We hope to have the ability to assist any church that wants assist. Tell us if we are able to present a session to your church. Contact us right here.

Paul would commend church buildings to assist each other. This admonition at 2 Corinthians 8:14 is however one instance: “Proper now you will have a lot and might help those that are in want. Later, they’ll have a lot and might share with you whenever you want it.”

Nothing is extra lovely than seeing members of the physique of Christ, the native church, work collectively for the great of all.

And nothing is extra lovely than seeing church buildings assist each other.

That’s our imaginative and prescient at Church Solutions.

Much more, that’s our ardour at Church Solutions.

Posted on Could 19, 2025

With almost 40 years of ministry expertise, Thom Rainer has spent a lifetime dedicated to the expansion and well being of native church buildings throughout North America.
Extra from Thom