Mark Artrip
An all-Grace Brethren line-up of speakers took the platform at FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Held July 17-21 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., the conference featured multiple speakers per session, with each one presenting a TED-style talk (no more than 20 minutes each). Here are some of our favorite quotes from some of the speakers.
Great families embrace effectiveness, innovation, and collaboration. – Mark Artrip, speaking on “Three Values Our Fellowship Needs to Leverage”
For our fellowship to thrive and shift, we must embrace change – Mark Artrip, speaking on “Three Values Our Fellowship Needs to Leverage”
Great families embrace effectiveness, innovation, and collaboration – and I want us to be a great family. – Mark Artrip, speaking on “Three Values Our Fellowship Needs to Leverage”
Is our fellowship willing to take the risk? People need Christ. – Jason and Christy Holt, speaking on “What Life in the Inner-City Is Teaching Us”
We have to be willing to be people who are willing to train, then step aside. – Sarah Knepper, speaking on “How to Unleash the Potential of Your Church’s Youth”
The problem is not skin; the problem is sin. – Stephen Joyce, speaking on “Why a FaceShift is to be Embraced, not Feared”
Real creativity happens when you think inside the box. – Joe Caruso, speaking on “Leading Your Church to Successfully Interface with your Community”
We have been good at exegeting the Bible. I’m not so sure we’ve been good at exegeting the culture. – Dan O’Deens, “Could the FGBC Become a Movement Again?”
Missions is not a program of the church; it defines the church. – Dan O’Deens, “Could the FGBC Become a Movement Again?”
Barb Wooler
Our DNA has held us together because it’s tight – the Word of God, family, and apostolic mission. – Dan O’Deens, “Could the FGBC Become a Movement Again?”
Pray releases the very power of God. Where there is no prayer, there is no power. Where there is some prayer, there is some power. Where there much prayer, there is much power. – R Greene, “Cultivating a Deep and Meaningful Prayer Life”
The habits of God’s people must always intersect the heart of God. – Keith Minier, speaking on “The Never-Changing Things Support the Ever-Changing Things”
As we shift and move, I hope there is something we never let go of is our spiritual passion, our passion for the lost. – Barb Wooler, speaking on “How to Maintain Your Spiritual Passion”
The most powerful part of being on mission, is that it reminds you what you are supposed to be doing. – Keith Minier, speaking on “The Never-Changing Things Support the Ever-Changing Things”
When your habits intersect with the heart of God, it fuels your staff, your team, with energy. – Keith Minier, speaking on “The Never-Changing Things Support the Ever-Changing Things”
Not only do I recognize my need for the gospel, but God gets the glory. … what I want for my church is for Jesus to be the star. I can’t save people, but Jesus can. – Keith Minier, speaking on “The Never-Changing Things Support the Ever-Changing Things”
