By Andrew Sundar June 2007 The key bridge to overcome the Nepalese worldview was to teach the Bible chronologically, setting the foundation of God as the creator and using that to explain the origin of sin, the condition of humans as sinners and the consequences of sin. From there, the series progressed to teaching salvation […]
By Nik Ripken What kind of person sees persecution as biblical, expected, and hardly worth mentioning? A person steeped in the story of scripture and well-acquainted with God. Read Article >> The Verbal Proclamation of the Gospel By Rev. Dr. Nii Amoo Darku God could have chosen to save lost humanity by any means; however, […]
By Doug Birdsall Instructing younger leaders on leadership is vital to world evangelization in the twenty-first century. Read Article >> Charity and Justice By Lon Allison How Bono and a lawyer/pastor from Malawi led a call recently for justice and charity. Read Article >> Introducing Lausanne World Pulse! By Lon Allison It is with great […]
Thank you for visiting the Lausanne World Pulse website! Our last official issue was December 2011; However, we invite you to continue accessing the LWP and former World Pulse archives by clicking here. Discussions are happening regarding a similar online publication, so stay tuned for more information. Tools & Resources Past Issues
By Glenn Smith An introduction to those living in poverty in China and the impact of the Olympic Games on their lives. Read Article >> Introduction to Short-term Student Ministries with Slum Communities By Glenn Smith This month, thousands of university students from the Global North will move into urban slum communities in the Global […]
By John Morehead July 2008 Globalization has made the world a smaller place and introduced people to a wide variety of religious practices and ideas. Migration from one country to another, international travel for business and recreation, and a variety of communication technologies have contributed to an increasingly pluralistic context, bringing diverse peoples together, and […]
By John Morehead July 2008 Options for Engagement The Church has responded in a variety of ways to this situation, from ignoring cultural developments in Western spirituality, to the expression of various forms of church that attempt to woo spiritual seekers to the church community and building in order to interact with the gospel, to […]
By Lon Allison July 2008 Two of the guiding Great Commission passages, “Go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19-20) and “You shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth” (Acts 1:8), can, if we are not careful, limit mission. Both suggest that we evangelize by “going” […]
By Reuben E. Ezemadu and Dean Carlson Three hundred African leaders of national, regional, and global influence gathered to discuss the next steps involved in completing the Great Commission. Read Article >> Are Rites of Passage Out of Step? A Kenyan Christian Perspective By Muhia Karianjahi Rites of passage, designed to suit the times and […]
By Jehu J. Hanciles In the same way that European migrations from Christianity’s old heartland provided the impetus for the European missionary movement, phenomenal migrations from Christianity’s new heartlands have galvanized a massive non-Western missionary movement. Read Article >> Leading and Connecting with the Next Generation by Understanding Generational Differences By Graeme Codrington Generational theory […]
By Adrian de Visser The countries in South Asia have the fastest growing churches in the world; they also face some of the strongest, most systematic forms of persecution. Read Article >> The People Clusters of Southern Asia By Justin Long South Asia is home to seventy-three people group clusters. However, the “major” thirty-nine groups […]
AROUND THE WORLD: World Vision International President to Retire in 2010 World Vision International (WVI) president, Dean Hirsch, announced he will retire in September 2010. Hirsch has served as chief executive since 1996. WVI board chair Denis St. Amour noted that the organization has seen its revenue grow from 550 million USD to 2.4 billion […]
By John Morehead July 2008 Moving Forward It is our hope that the efforts of those of Issue Group 16, and others who are developing new models of cross-cultural missions and contextualized theologies to new religions and alternative spiritualities, can provide fresh starting places for Christians grappling with new ways to live and communicate the […]
