Shannon Clarkson Rains, D. Min.
Shannon is the Associate Professor of Children's Ministry at Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas. She joined LCU in 2016 after fifteen years in church Ministry, specializing in children and family ministry. She earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Abilene Chistian University in Abilene, Texas, emphasizing spiritual formation. Her project-thesis explored the role of the children's minister in the discipleship of children. She actively coaches church leaders on issues concerning the leadership of children and family ministries. Currently, her research and publications has focused on the intergenerational worship with children and the inclusion of women in public leadership of the church. Shannon has taught workshops and led church consultations on a variety of topics, including: training and equipping children's ministers, hiring children's ministers, developing a vision of children and family ministry, contemplative practices with children, teacher training, and congregational leadership. Shannon is an associate with Hope Network Ministries, an organization dedicated to mentoring leaders and guiding churches. She is married and the mother of a daughter who is now in college and a teenage son in the Lubbock ISD. She and her family are active members of the Broadway Church of Christ.
CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? Women, Service, and the Small Church
The authors have requested the following articles be downloaded as a pdf in order to read it so they can track the
number of times the articles are read. The links will take you to the The Sibert Institute for Church Ministery Journal "Discernment"
April 30, 2021:
Oneness in Christ: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Initial Experiences
Leading in Public Worship at Broadway Church of Christ
authored by Dr. Shannon Clarkson Rains, Jennifer M. Dabbs, and Kaley D. Ihfe
May 20, 2022:
This is the 2nd article in the study of worship at the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, TX
authored by Dr. Shannon Clarkson Rains, Jennifer M. Dabbs, and Kaley D. Ihfe