Often I see my colleagues cringe when the talk of new methodology comes up. I think the problem arises from the fact that we are convinced that our biblical theology has a great impact upon “the way we do church.” So “new” methodology sounds like “un-biblical” methodology to us.
But I would submit that many times methodology is not even really what is being discussed. It is more likely that style is being discussed.
In other words, much of what I do when I “do church” is similar to the way church has been done for centuries. We preach, pray, sing, take the Lord’s Supper, baptize, disciple, discipline, gather on the Lord’s Day, practice eldership-led congregationalism, teach, fellowship, etc. Most of what we “do” as far as methodology is concerned we learned from the Epistles, and therefore our methods are timeless. But I can guarantee you that my style is nothing like the church in first century 
Jerusalem, or in second century Rome, or in seventeenth century London, or even in twentieth century Looneyville, Texas.
At least I hope not.
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Jason Robertson is a husband and a father and a pastor. He is dedicated to leading and equipping his the Church with God’s word and biblical theology for life ministry, using a combination of pastoral, church planting and evangelism experience. He holds a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is experienced in church planting, evangelism, missions, and the training of pastors and Bible teachers.
Jason has been preaching the gospel since 1985, serving the first ten years of ministry as a Southern Baptist itinerant evangelist out of Milldale Baptist Church in Zachary, LA which ordained him in 1993. He has preached in hundreds of churches in over 30 States and 4 countries. He planted churches in Siberia, Russia in the summers of 1993 and 1994. He founded Murrieta Valley Church in California, which he planted in cooperation with the SBC NAMB in 2001. He also teaches ministry students at California Baptist University.
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So, how would you define your style, or what defines your style?