June 2007 By Doug Birdsall The whole Church taking the whole gospel to the whole world. This is the stated vision of the Lausanne Movement. And in every generation, the question is, how can we more effectively communicate the truth of the gospel to all peoples? As Christ himself came to communicate the truth of […]
The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) recently announced plans for the Third International Congress on World Evangelization, to be held 16-25 October 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. “Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010” will gather mission and church leaders from around the world to address challenges and opportunities that are before the Church with […]
July 2007 More than four thousand protesters took part in a rally in New Delhi, India, recently to demand that the Indian government acts to quell the recent increase in violence against Christians. The rally was called in response to two attacks against Christians which were televized on several news channels. Christian leaders are concerned […]
May 2007 Since its conception five years ago, the Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) has reached over 400 million Christians worldwide from 198 countries. This year’s GDOP, to be celebrated 27 May 2007, will have its UK hub in West Ham football stadium in London, England. “London is a world-class city; it contains people from […]
By Rebecca Barnes Abstinence is working in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Findings which have appeared controversial, contradictory or politicized to both mainstream media and secular aid agencies continue to show that the “Abstinence, Be faithful or use a Condom” (ABC) promotion in places such as Uganda, Rwanda and other African nations is slowing […]
The plenary addresses from the 2006 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG) have been published by the William Carey Library in a book entitled Living and Leading like Jesus. Grounded in scripture and richly illustrated with the real-life experiences of prominent Christian leaders from around the world, Living and Leading like Jesus presents an inspiring biblical […]
By Justin Long Our question is: How many pioneer missionary teams do we need to serve the unreached of the world, to help find and raise up the local evangelists who can complete the task? If we assume any given missionary team can mentor a local church planting movement that will impact at least 100,000 […]
By Bryan Galloway and Jessie Rushing It is estimated that migrant workers and their families total around 120 million worldwide. As we sat eating various lentil curries with rice, we discussed our background and family. Several men were fisherman in their homeland. We also talked about how long they had been in the country. Then, […]
By Hannah Olonade We had just finished our regular meeting. Five of us were leisurely standing outside the meeting hall when Talatu walked up to me. She looked pale and exhausted. Her lips were a bit cracked. I had not noticed her at our meeting. That was because she was not there. She only walked […]
By Glenn Smith Eighty percent of the population in Cap-Haitien lives in absolute poverty, surviving on less than $150USD per year. It seems we tend to treat neighbourhoods of poverty like disposable places. Places like Cap-Haitien (Haiti), my adopted city. Established in the early 1700s, its present infrastructure was built near the turn of the twentieth century […]
By Alan Andrews Rarely do the “systems” of the world treat those living in poverty with dignity and respect. The Kingdom of God offers a very different perspective I was standing in the courtroom being tried for something I did not do. As I looked around, I desperately wanted to tell everyone who would listen that I was […]
By Paul Eshleman As we look toward the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010, we need to wrestle with both the theological and the strategic issues facing the Church at this time in its history. During a recent meeting of the Lausanne Strategy Working Group, […]
By Roy Crowne Hope 08 is about the UK Church uniting in mission to reach thousands more in the name of Jesus. How often do you get to sit down with friends for coffee? How frequently do you get to really talk about what is going on in your area? Rarely, I imagine. And yet […]
By Christopher L. Heuertz Even the basis of our intimacy with the Lord is cradled in how our intimacy with the poor is expressed in our social lives. Photo credit: Esdrianne Cohen A Call to Justice: Reducing Poverty through Obedience “There must, then, be no poor among you.” At least that’s what God told the […]
