B&H Publishing Group announced Tuesday that Dr. Thom S. Rainer’s I Am a Church Member has sold over 1 million copies. Hundreds of thousands of pastors, church

Hundreds of thousands of pastors, church leaders and members have studied the book in small groups, Sunday school classes and home fellowships. The book has also been a regular feature in the No. 1 spot on the CBA and ECPA best-seller lists.

Since the book's release, Rainer has had two other best-selling B&H titles, Autopsy of a Deceased Church and I Will, on the market. All three of the books were based on blogs posted at thomrainer.com.

Rainer commented on the sales milestone.

“I am humbled by how these books have been used to bear fruit in the church,” he said. “These messages were developed by listening to and engaging with pastors and church members from around the country and through many years in ministry. It’s my prayer that they will continue to bear fruit in the form of biblically healthy, self-reproducing churches for generations to come.”

Testimonies of the impact of I Am a Church Member have poured in to B&H Publishing. Houston’s First Baptist Church shared on Twitter that the church purchased 6,000 copies of I Am a Church Member to give to members.

Erik Reed, pastor of The Journey Church in Tennessee, said he has seen the benefit of using the book in his church.

“Going through I Am a Church Member has been huge,” Reed said. “I've received countless statements from congregants on how insightful it has been for them. It will be a resource we give to every new member.”

Jennifer Lyell, trade book publisher for B&H, said she was “humbled” by the strong response.

“I have been blessed to have worked with Dr. Rainer for nearly 15 years and have seen him lead churches through incredible change,” Lyell said. “Dr. Rainer has spent his time in ministry listening to and serving church leaders and members to develop his books. We are incredibly humbled and blessed to see God work through I Am a Church Member to call so many to faithful church membership.”

Dr. Rainer's Who Moved My Pulpit?: Leading Change in the Church comes out from B&H in June.

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