During Bush's segment, the former president said loyalty is extremely important to him and what he looks for in a leader. Both Bush and media mogul Murdoch replied that family was most important to them.
"So it is interesting because even though this is a conference where we are rethinking many things - in technology, media, and entertainment - there are a few common themes including that we can't lose the connection with each other and that we can't lose the trust and loyalty to each other that stood out," the conference executive director commented.
Prior to the conference taking place, it had come under criticism for inviting secular speakers to advise Christians on how to improve their ministry. Rethink organisers had adamantly defended the conference as seeking to help people "rethink" the methods in communicating the Word of God, not the Gospel message.
"I think we delivered exactly what we wanted to," said Dallas after the conclusion of the conference. "The exit polls we did and the feedback was outstanding. So to the people who think we compromised the message in any way - we absolutely did not.
"I would say to the critics that at the end of the day what we hoped to deliver, the Gospel message, never changed in the conference during the three days," he said. "The concern that we are going to try to wash down, or change, or new-age it [Gospel] never came up."
Dallas said if speakers were not directly delivering a faith message, then they were sharing about technology and how that could help or harm the message.
Before the conference, organisers were uncertain if more Rethink conferences would be held, but after the success of the first one, more will be held "for sure".
The next Rethink Conference will be held again at the Crystal Cathedral, February 5-7. 2009.
"People want to start the new year and break out of the mould and get outside the box," Dallas concluded. "Maybe a better word is they want to annihilate the box and get to a place where they can start fresh and rethink. By covering so many areas and a variety of speakers, no one came knowing what would be expected.
"Based on the pre-registration that we took today, this conference will go on."
