Dr. Sadiri Joy Tira, Filipino-Canadian missiologist and Lausanne Movement Senior Associate for Diasporas, talks about “people on the move” and how Lausanne’s Diasporas Leadership Team is working toward Lausanne’s mission of “the whole Church bringing the whole gospel to the whole world.” Q: What is your role as Lausanne’s Senior Associate for Diasporas? A: Part […]
By David W. Anderson Born with cerebral palsy, the tightness in Sandra’s muscles made her movements uncoordinated and spastic. Her father did what he believed necessary: he left her on the bank of a river, perhaps with the idea of returning her to the gods. Emmanuel contracted polio at age six, resulting in a mild […]
By David W. Anderson The Church must advocate for and defend the welfare and human rights of even the most severely disabled, recognizing that all people are God’s children by creation and have equal value as God’s image-bearers. God does not exclude people on the basis of ability; neither can the Church. The Church must […]
By David W. Anderson Such misconceptions shape a person’s thinking, causing him or her to see the disabled as personally responsible for his or her condition. A stigma becomes attached to the individual or the entire family, while at the same time elevating temporarily able-bodied persons (at least in their own mind), allowing them to […]
By David W. Anderson Born with cerebral palsy, the tightness in Sandra’s muscles made her movements uncoordinated and spastic. Her father did what he believed necessary: he left her on the bank of a river, perhaps with the idea of returning her to the gods. Emmanuel contracted polio at age six, resulting in a mild […]
November 2006 By Mark Russell Over the past few years at conferences and Bible studies I have asked participants what they think about globalization. Sometimes people express frustration that they often hear the word but do not really know what it means. Others laud globalization as a move of God to enable the completion of […]
By Stephanie Wheatley and Jen Stallings What Can We Learn from the Stories of Hope? Discussing the significance of these three stories and drawing from a workbook compiled for the gathering, the participants affirmed three critical practices the Church must learn in order to faithfully engage the ministry of reconciliation: Lament. We must not move […]
By Stephanie Wheatley and Jen Stallings “Why is it that the blood of tribalism so often runs deeper than the waters of baptism?” “How can this densely Christian region of Africa continue to be mired in such intractable violence, unrest, and corruption?” “And what does it look like to live out new visions of hope […]
By Stephanie Wheatley and Jen Stallings Yet what has made a new hospital, nursing school, housing, and businesses possible has been a costly version of love. At a young age, Maggy began taking in orphans, irrespective of their ethnicity. When interethnic violence erupted in Burundi she refused to abandon her children, even though this meant […]
By Stephanie Wheatley and Jen Stallings “Why is it that the blood of tribalism so often runs deeper than the waters of baptism?” “How can this densely Christian region of Africa continue to be mired in such intractable violence, unrest, and corruption?” “And what does it look like to live out new visions of hope […]
By Lon Allison Worshipping with people from all corners of the world expands one’s vision of the global Church. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: The Challenges of Mexico City By Elisabeth Isais Evangelism, Christian camps, Christian literature and biblical teaching during special events are used to reach Mexico City for Christ. Read >> The Challenges of […]
May 2008 By Eric Célérier While the author gathered ideas for this article, Google Earth showed where people around the world were coming to faith in Christ. While composing these few lines, like anyone writing for Lausanne World Pulse, my fingers are dancing over the keyboard of my computer. Indeed, the personal laptop has brought a […]
By Eric Célérier While the author gathered ideas for this article, Google Earth showed where people around the world were coming to faith in Christ. While composing these few lines, like anyone writing for Lausanne World Pulse, my fingers are dancing over the keyboard of my computer. Indeed, the personal laptop has brought a dramatic change […]
