Monday, October 6, 2025

Conference Time

 We had pastor Warner for both services on Sunday. He is here for our conference and he agreed to minister for us the day before it started. Pastor Warner is a good man and a successful pastor. He is not pastor Mitchell.

Pastor Mitchell was my pastor for many years. I got used to his style of preaching. I was comfortable with his delivery of truth. I could count on him to bring balance to the excesses of younger more inexperienced pastors. As long as pastor Mitchell was there on Sunday morning I knew we would be alright.

Regional conferences like ours play an important role in our Fellowship. Everyone cannot go to Prescott conference. But almost everyone can go to a conference closer to them. It gives local churches a place to go. It gives local pastors a chance to preach to a larger audience. It gives our church a chance to serve the greater vision.

Pastor Warner told us that starting today we, the San Antonio church, will be forgotten as our workers take center stage. We are here to minister to those who minister.

Pastor Mitchell used to say that the Prescott conference was a people's conference. Our conference is still mostly a people's conference. As opposed to a leadership conference.

It will take years before I get that sense of familiarity that I used to have in Prescott. I may not know everyone, but I see familiar faces which makes me glad.

Conference time is an important time. I am glad to be a part of it here.

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