
With so many sessions, breakouts and workshops making up Orange Conference 2018, it’s difficult to take in all of the nuggets of wisdom our featured speakers share.
Following is a list of 25+ of the top quotes from OC18 speakers. Be sure to share them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!
- “Unity is mission critical. Disunity disrupts the mission.” – @AndyStanley #OC18
- “If we as leaders don’t do something about what’s broken in our communities, we forfeit our credibility.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “How can a next generation believe that there is a God who is FOR them, if we can’t be FOR one another.” @GeraldFadayomi #OC18
- “When we get to heaven, each of us is going to realize we were wrong about something.” – @AndyStanley #OC18
- “If your theology separates you from sinners like you, you may have some work to do.” – @AndyStanley #OC18
- “Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.” – @JoshShipp #OC18
- “When you see moms and dads standing in the gap fighting for their sons and daughters, it’s a different kind of battle.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “When you ask someone what they need, they become visible and valuable.” – @JonAcuff #OC18
- “Everybody Nehemiah needed to rebuild was already in the town.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “We’re convinced that no one has more potential to influence a kid than a parent.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “Proximity changes perspective.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “How we work together, will change how a generation sees God.” – @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “Busyness is not a sign of success. Busyness is a sign of brokenness.” – @DougFields #OC18
- “When kids are hurting they don’t turn to an organization they turn to someone.” – @JoshShipp #OC18
- “If traffickers can target vulnerable girls for trafficking, why can’t the church target vulnerable girls for redemption?” – @djstrickland #OC18
- “Of all the things that Jesus could pray for, He prayed for our oneness.” –@AndyStanley #OC18
- “This generation questions literally everything. They require safe spiritual environments where struggles are welcomed and discussed. They have to be allowed to wrestle with truth without being shamed, or we will loose them.” – @JenHatmaker #OC18
- “My goal as a kid who was homeschooled is that when I tell someone that I was homeschooled, they’re surprised. The last thing I want to hear when I tell a girl that is, ‘Oh, that makes sense.’” – Andrew Stanley #OC18
- “Unity is not uniformity. Unity is setting aside our differences to make a difference.” – @GeraldFadayomi #OC18
- “The found person has an anchor for their soul. Following Jesus doesn’t mean you won’t have any storms, following Jesus means you have an anchor for your soul.” – @ryanleak #OC18
- “Does your church help parents win? Or does your church help parents help your church win?” – @KPowellFYI #OC18
- “Mentors transform. Sponsors Platform.” – @samcoller #OC18
- “You measure how safe your ministry is by what your children and students have been brave enough to share.” – @Coachshef #OC18
- Regarding race issues: “When you accept us as a friend or as a person, you have to accept our pain too.” – @LeeJenkinsGroup with @reggiejoiner #OC18
- “What if we created weekend experiences for people who were in pain? Wouldn’t we find ourselves reaching outsiders and insiders?” – @ryanleak #OC18
- “Our unity affects Jesus’s credibility. A fractured church can’t unite a torn country. A fractured church can’t unite a broken family.” – @GeraldFadayomi #OC18
- “We as a church, get in the habit of thinking that we are going to change the community . . . and our hope is that we do. We cannot change the community unless we are a part of the community.” – @itshaleymsmith #OC18