Ten takeaways from ARC AllAccess12

Posted March 31, 2012

We just got home from a week in Dallas attending the ARC AllAccess12 conference at Gateway Church. What an incredible event. Nearly 3,000 people from 18 countries came to experience the power and presence of Jesus. We came away energized, encouraged, and empowered (sounds like a Baptist sermon). Here are ten observations:

  • I love the spirit of the Gateway house
  • I want to be a history maker (via Craig Groeschel)
  • There’s a life giving way to ask someone to move their car (via John Gray)
  • If church planting doesn’t work out, some of those guys could make a living in rodeo (only if they use mechanical bulls)
  • Dallas takes traffic to a HNL
  • There are 161 new ARC members & partners
  • It’s all about the one (via Dino Rizzo)
  • After hearing Priscilla Shirer preach, I’m thinking about giving up preaching & going back to giving talks (sorry Robert Morris :-)
  • I don’t even want to think about Ed Young’s spanks
  • It’s an honor to get the privilege of serving this great movement – let’s change the world together!

    • Here’s some of the Twitter love from the conference

    @craiggroeschel: Great day at ARC conference at Gateway Church! Planting 80 churches this year!

    @keithjohn: Best Conference ever!

    @Willie_George: The ARCchurches have developed the most effective church-planting program I’ve ever seen. I’m all in!

    @danielchampine: #allaccess12 was awesome, can’t wait for next year

    @rachel_frazier: Heading home after another inspiring ARC conference! Watch out cause I’m fired up!

    @lesliesiebeling: Heading home with a full heart and spirit – loved every minute of #AllAccess12

    @CindyFerrell: Few conferences are packed as full at the closing as it is at the opening. Awesome beginning to end.

    @screech1: Best I’ve ever been to! Finally found my tribe. Pumped about the future.

    @drdavemartin: This is a must conference for those who love the local church.

    @monte_young: #AllAccess12 Was amazing!!! The most ministry-impacting week of my life

    @ksvanbuskirk: Hands down one of the best conference experiences I’ve ever had! Thank you #AllAccess12 for going above & beyond in every detail! Love ARC!!

    @chrisvanb: This conference was more relational & transformational than any I’ve ever attended!

    Watch a short video recap of the conference

    Were you there? What was your takeaway?

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    4 Comments »

    1. 1. One word from God can destroy what the enemy has been working on for a long time. -rickbezet

      Comment by Matt Stallbaum — March 31, 2012 @ 11:05 pm

    2. I also loved walking into the friendship lounge during worship get a drink and I didn’t see one person from the lead team. They were all in worshiping God. What a great example of integrity!

      Your friendship with each other and respect you show for each other is addicting and inspiring.

      This is my third arc conference and it was by far the best. It keeps on getting better and better.

      Can’t wait for next year!

      Comment by Matt Stallbaum — March 31, 2012 @ 11:11 pm

    3. Gateway Church seems to excel at the events that it hosts….thanks for the review of this one!

      Comment by Minneapolis Church — June 11, 2012 @ 12:30 pm

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