Breakout Churches
Discover How to Make the Leap

Negatives: Rainer relied too heavily on Jim Collins's book Good to Great. Modeling a book on church growth after a book on corporate success is a huge turn-off for me. Also, Rainer's portrayal of leadership qualities based on Acts 1-7 was a work of fiction and not exposition. Any book on ministry sh......more

If you listen to Thom Rainer on Leadership podcast, you know that Rainer can tend toward wordiness. This book has a tinge of his Southern drawl to it, though it is excellent in its stories and research. The book covers the lessons learned from a project that surveyed thousands of churches, looking f......more

Leadership Counts In this book, Rainer examines thirteen churches that increased their attendance by at least 70% in a five-year period. The book is modeled on the secular business book, Good to Great. And like its secular counterpart, Breakout Churches concludes that there are several factors that c......more

A good work with interesting insights, but... It feels as if the definition of a breakout church may have been narrow. For example, pretty much any church that started from scratch then developed into self sufficient maturity also likely went through many of the struggles and processes described in t......more