As crucial as broadcast and publishing are to the fulfillment of the Alliance's mission, they can never substitute for the kind of person-to-person contact that events provide. They encourage Alliance members by assuring them that they are not alone and by allowing them to make contact with other conference goers and speakers. These contacts often bear unexpected fruit.

Consequently, the Alliance is committed to the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology. PCRT brings a slate of noted pastors and teachers to three or four churches across the country each year. Since its inauguration in 1974, this conference has attracted overflow audiences to its biblical-expository approach to Christian doctrine. PCRT is the Alliance's key lay conference.