Why Should I Attend a Conference?

We live in an amazing time. The amount of resources at our fingertips is simply staggering. The other day, my friend asked me about a rare resource he needed for his book project. I was able to pop over to one of the libraries at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, pull up the book electronically, and send him PDFs of the sections he needed. All for free, and it didn’t take me more than an hour or so, including travel time.

We have so much information available to us.

So, that leads me to the central question of this post: Why should I go to a conference if I have so much (too much?) information available? After all, my reading list is ever-growing!

This was a question I wrestled with when another pastor and I contemplated starting what has become the Pastor-Theologian Collective. Why add another conference / gathering? Here is the answer I settled on:

The main reason for attending a conference isn’t to get information or content. The main reason to go to a conference or gathering is to process content or information with others.

So, you can attend the WARBC Annual Conference on October 20-21 to hear compelling lectures on discipleship. But more than that, you will have plenty of opportunities to process that information with others in similar situations.

You also could attend a Pastor Theologian Collective gathering in Green Bay on October 15th. Again, you will hear great information about repentance, but I suspect your most significant benefit will be processing that content with others.

So, which one gathering should you attend? Both! :-)

Sign up for the WARBC Annual Conference by clicking here.

Sign up for the Pastor-Theologian Collective gathering in Green Bay by clicking here.

I hope to see you at both events!