11-2006 | Lausanne World Pulse Archives
The story of the 700 million Buddhist people needs to be told. Christians need to learn about the Buddhist culture in order to effectively pray and minister to them.Read more…
Lausanne has a rich history, a flourishing present and a promising future.Read more…
President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to turn to God if the country is to overcome intractable problems that have bedevilled Africa’s most populous nation for nearly forty-six years. “We have come out of the dark past and as weRead more…
According to one of Asia’s leading exponents of liturgical music, despite their long-standing preference for Western melodies and words, Asian Christians need to learn to use traditional cultural elements to enrich their hymns. “The great majority of Asian Christians haveRead more…
Over 5,300 Hungarians from fifteen countries attended the third Hungarian Baptist World Assembly in Debrecen 4-6 August 2006. Over eight hundred non-Baptist guests attended the meeting as well. Speakers for the event included Kalman Meszaros, president of the Baptist UnionRead more…
A report presented to French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked controversy by proposing to amend the country’s strict laws separating church and state by allowing local authorities to finance the construction of new places of worship. The proposal drawnRead more…
Three indigenous Bible translation projects, started through the support of Bible Society in Australia (BSiA), are continuing through private donations and individual church support. The projects are in Nyoongar, southwest Western Australia; Dhurga at Mogo near Bateman’s Bay NSW andRead more…
Christians in Africa need to develop their own theology instead of copying Western theology, which is influenced by rationalism, said Joe Kapolyo, a theologian from Zambia, to participants at the annual meeting of the German Association of Evangelical Missions (AEM)Read more…
The number of persecuted Christians is on the rise worldwide, according to Professor Thomas Schirrmacher, director of the Religious Liberty Commission of the German Evangelical Alliance. Three in four cases of severe persecution are targeted at Christians and at leastRead more…
The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) will be held 12 November 2006. Some countries will pray one Sunday earlier or one Sunday later but 12 November is the most common day for IDOP in the world,Read more…
The July 2006 merger of Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment (ACMC) and Caleb Project has resulted in Initiative360Ì¢‰â‰ÛTake it Global, a new organization which seeks to further the kingdom of Jesus Christ by serving the missions interests of believers andRead more…
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), a faith-based, non-profit ministry that serves missions around the world with aviation, communications and technology, recently dedicated its new training and mobilization headquarters in Nampa, Idaho, USA. The MAF previous headquarters was in Redlands, California. FoundedRead more…
In a historic moment for the Wesleyan North American General Conference, Distrito Hispano Suroeste de La Iglesia Wesleyana (Southwest Hispanic District of The Wesleyan Church) was formally launched as the denomination’s thirty-fourth district organization. It is also the first Spanish-languageRead more…
The first women priests in Sri Lanka’s Anglican Church say their ordination is a dream come true. “I have no words to describe my joy,” the Rev. Chandrika Mayurawathie, one of the first three women ordained in September into theRead more…
Bringing the gospel into this environment will require long-term commitments, significant risks and substantial resource investments.Read more…
Peoples of the WorldGlobalization involves transnational partnerships
More than sixty leaders from around the world gathered for the first ever WEA-TC meeting in Africa.Read more…
Over 550 younger leaders from 112 nations gathered for the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Malaysia 24 September to 1 October 2006.Read more…
Despite a difficult history, the Cicassian of Syria have held tight to traditions and culture.Read more…
COMIBAM Internacional leads the move to have the Ibero-American Church become a sending force in Latin America and throughout the world. (Article also available in Spanish.)Read more…
More than 200 million Christians are being persecuted worldwide for their faith in Jesus Christ.Read more…
Leadership development needs to be a core methodology to produce strong Christian leaders today and in generations to come.Read more…
The processes of globalization can help us, as missional Christians, clear the path for the advancement of the gospel; yet it can simultaneously cut us if we are not careful.Read more…
The author offers four indispensable elements for ministry and missions leaders to consider in the course of initiating and engaging in global alliances.Read more…
Equipping Christian workers in India requires strategic empowerment and education.Read more…
The Chinese Church is sending out missionaries in great numbers and is fast becoming a great world leader.Read more…
Research can be a very powerful tool, but only when it is used and when it is used responsibly.Read more…
Globeserve vision seeks to start one hundred missionary training schools in developing nations by 2012.Read more…
Half of the countries in this region still have over ninety percent of their population least-reached.Read more…