The church kid and the kid who’s never been in a church need the exact same grace.

Knowing the words is not the same as needing less. The kid who grew up in the building can quote everything and still be carrying whatever they are carrying, and the kid who walked in last week is not further behind in any way that matters. Familiarity looks like progress from outside. Treating one group as the project and the other as the staff gets the whole thing backwards.

Drop the insider and outsider categories this week when you meet somebody new. Ask the same questions of both, and skip the test where you work out how much they already know.