While I enjoy attending, I do understand conferences are designed with one major flaw. They provide education with no accountability. You can learn volumes and then do nothing with it. There is no one to say, “You know better than that.” As a result, most of the things I have learned over the years are grand theories and ideas kept in various binders and notebooks.

That is the genius of God in the local Church. While it might not always inspire you like a conference, it is a place where people can hold you accountable for what you have learned. Fellow believers can come alongside you to help you implement God’s word as you are transformed to be like Christ.

Of course, the Church is flawed, too, if you treat it like a weekly conference that is meant only to inspire or educate you.