The winner of our question why the local church is better than a pastors conference IS

moving to New Jersey soon,

but now resides in Franklin, TN.

Reid Monaghan is the winner!

And the winning entry was:

Top Ten Reasons Local Churches are better than pastors’ conferences:

1. It is OK your pastor is not named “John” or “Mark”
2. Deacon cage matches - learning to forgive and be forgiven
3. You have to be rich to go to conferences – the poor are welcomed in local churches (hopefully)
4. The Lord’s Table
5. Scripture - You find out God has given many teachers to his church – beyond the 7  guys who are invited to every reformed conference