John Kuhrt, Community Missions Director Livability

There are a lot of organizations that are represented as here tonight that are seeking to do this kind of work, and to equip, and there’s even more, countless, churches up and down the country of all different shapes and sizes seeing a heart for their communities. I think the real need is for us to form ourselves into more of a movement, so beyond organizations, beyond strategic plans, into that realm where we picture someone like Wilberforce, changing a nation and raising a consciousness that wasn’t there before. Or someone like Shaftsbury in my case, of the organisation that I work for., And I think that’s the really exciting thing about Yemisi’s vision, her passion, that it’s bought people together. And I’d just really like to say I hope the input we’ve given over the years has been good for Yemisi.

But I really want to say that working with Yemisi and Faith Action has been really good for us. This has been a real two-way street. It’s opened doors that we woul;dn’t otherwise have had, conversations, people coming to our events, opportunities that we would never have had unless we worked in partnership,. And that’s really what I want to end with, that for the organizations you’re a part of, how can you invest in the magazine? And as Tim said, not in a charitable way but as an investment.

To connect with a broader range of people than you’re already doing, and to be part of a movement. There weren’t huge numbers here tonight, but God doesn’t need huge numbers. If we can use that mustard seed principle, if God’s power can be made perfect in our weakness I think we can see something really transformative. So it’s great to be here, I really want to see what’s here tonight as being a move up to the next level for the magazine and for the network

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