While the Basics Conference, held every year for the past 20-plus years, except during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and keeping things from normal, at Parkside Church is presented as a conference for pastors and church leaders, there is good fruit to glean from these speakers for every professed Christian and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, those perhaps teetering on the path,  and something for every balking person hesitant or refusing to believe.

Ken Pullen, A CROOKED PATH, Monday, May 22nd, 2023

Basics Conference 2023

Left to right: Colin Smith, Alistair Begg, and Hershael York

In addition to the sessions below, the main speakers sat down with Truth For Life cohost Bob Lepine for a bonus roundtable discussion. Listen now!

Main Sessions

• Peter: The Fall and Rise of a Christian Leader by Colin Smith
• Our Basic Calling as a Shepherd by Hershael York
• A Lesson from Jude — Part One by Alistair Begg
• Our Basic Conviction as a Preacher by Hershael York
• Pursuing Gospel Clarity by Colin Smith
• Our Basic Conduct as a Disciple by Hershael York
• A Lesson from Jude — Part Two by Alistair Begg

Q&As and Breakouts

• Q and A with Alistair Begg
• Panel Question Time with Alistair Begg, Colin Smith, and Hershael York
• Preparing (Yourself) to Preach by Colin Smith
• Marriage and Ministry by Hershael York
• Ministering in a Culture of Addiction by Terry McCutcheon
• Christ-Centered Culture by Jeff Mills
• Serving and Leading as Elders by Parkside Church Elder