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The church is on a continual search for something new. New methods, new approaches, new techniques,
and that’s ok because it’s a changing world, and our audience is always moving. But I’ve personally
become deeply convicted that the simple, basic, old fashioned ways are the best ways. For the church to
grow in the 21st century, it needs to be like it was in the 1st century.
Over the last few years, mentoring young pastors has taught me a very important lesson. You have to be
solid in the basics before you can be fancy. That’s influenced me heavily in what I want to see the SNSW
Conference focus on. We want to be solid, not fancy. If you’ll give me a moment, I’ll explain what solid
looks like for the local church.