Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove

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Pastor Renewal Retreat

Pastor Renewal Retreat: The Temple is Not Enough

with Thom Rainer

September 7-9, 2027
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Stay Over is available for this event!

Please fill out the application provided and submit as directed. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at The Cove.

Note: Applicant must be actively serving in current ministry role as a lead/senior pastor or associate pastor. Resources cover Pastor Renewal Retreat, meals & 2 nights of lodging for pastor & spouse. A materials fee of $30 per person ($60 per couple) will be processed with your application.

Assistance awards are limited to one actively serving lead/senior pastor and spouse, and one actively serving associate pastor and spouse, per church, to be applied towards one Pastor Renewal Retreat per year.

If you have a roommate request, please call our Reservations department at 828-771-4800.

Ezra discovered God’s people were still living in sin despite the restoration of the temple. Join us as we examine why it’s not enough to only rebuild—we must allow God’s Word to reshape our hearts. Step into the presence of the Holy Spirit and, just as Ezra “felt encouraged because the gracious hand of the Lord … was on [him]” (Ezra 7:28, NLT), experience true renewal in Him.

Thom Rainer

THOM S. RAINER holds a master of divinity degree and Ph.D., which he received from Southern Seminary, where he later served as dean. He is the founder and CEO of Church Answers and the author or coauthor of 42 books, including The Anxious Generation Goes to Church and I Am a Church Member. Rainer has also served as a pastor, former president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, and former president of Rainer Group consulting. He and his wife, Nellie Jo, have three sons and eleven grandchildren.