Not Just True, But Also Good, Rev. Caleb Bassett

Presentation Description

The challenge facing our churches may no longer be the question, “Is Christianity true?” but “Is Christianity good?” The claims and demands of the Scripture often strike people as not only implausible, but oppressive. “Even if these things are true,” people reason, “they are not good.”

The response to such a challenge is not to make the church more fun, more entertaining, or more convenient, but to root out flawed assumptions embedded in our approach to ministry and to lean into the deep implications of Christian theology that we overlook in a technologically-driven and consumer-oriented culture.

This breakout session will offer analysis of significant cultural challenges facing Lutheran churches as well as a roadmap and toolkit for leaders who seek to organize ministry around key themes, important objectives, and refreshing practices that will move churches toward the goal of embodying not only the truth, but also the good.

Speaker Bio

Rev. Caleb Bassett

Rev. Caleb R. Bassett serves as pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fallbrook, Calif. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the WELS Hymnal Project and chairman of the project’s Technology Subcommittee. He has been a frequent guest panelist on The White Horse Inn, a nationally syndicated radio program and podcast on theology and culture. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights in Strasbourg, France and a member of the WELS Institute for Lutheran Apologetics.