"Timeless or trendy? Malls are trendy. Church should be timeless." The opening words of the popular campaign "Still Church" serve as the launch point for the e-book A CASE FOR BEING TIMELESS. Change sweeps across every aspect of life. Church should be a place where people can come and not feel tossed around by every new current in culture. Church should be anchored. It should stand firm. Some churches fail because they never change, but they never explain to the next generation why. Some churches fail because they DO change. We choose to not change. On purpose. With reason. We like the old paths, and we have no reason to leave them. In fact, we have every reason to remain true to them. A CASE FOR BEING TIMELESS is a 3-part book that makes a case for churches remaining on the old, fundamental paths on which they began rather than constantly changing in order to keep up with fads. The three parts (What, Why, and How) to the book make a compelling case for why our generation of youth should choose to be passionate about the old paths.
Ryan Rench serves as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Temecula, CA. Ryan’s family moved to Temecula in 1986 to plant the church where Ryan was reared and is now pastor. He earned his master’s degree in ministry from Heartland Baptist Bible College in 2010. Ryan Rench married his wife, Jamie, in 2008. They have one son named Abe (July 2012) and two daughters: Charlotte (March 2014) and Gwen (February 2016). Ryan blogs at RyanRench.com and has published several books, including BIBS: Big Idea Bible Study and A Case For Bible College, available from Calvary Baptist Publications (CalvaryBaptist.pub.)