Lausanne World Pulse – LAUSANNE REPORTS – Cape Town 2010 Update

December 2008

Leaders from around the world were in Cape Town, South Africa, in October 2008 for a Cape Town 2010 (CT2010) planning meeting. The October 2010 Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization will draw four thousand participants from two hundred nations to Cape Town, with many more thousands participating virtually.

Leaders from around the world were in Cape Town recently for a Cape Town 2010 planning meeting.

At a news conference on 14 October with Cape Town media, Doug Birdsall, executive chair of the Lausanne said, “We have seen seismic change since our last congress, and we need to engage new realities, such as the digital world, a post-9/11 world, and growing religious fundamentalism. Today’s realities call for a renewed, deep confidence in God and in scripture so that we can boldly share Christ in word and deed.”

Lindsay Brown, international director of Lausanne, added that “the congress will be global in scope and African in feel. The Church across Africa will be our host, and we are honoured that Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi (Uganda) is chair of the host committee.”

CT2010 is being held in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance. The congress programme will focus on six major themes, including the supremacy of Christ, reconciliation, and the challenges facing the Church in society.

Onsite participants will be selected through a national and regional recommendation process. The number of participants from each country will be in proportion to the size of the evangelical Church in that country.

CT2010 will be the third congress hosted by Lausanne. Previous congresses were held in Lausanne, Switzerland (1974) and Manila, Philippines (1989).

Comments on this article

I am very glad with this great effort and challenge of BGEA to gather together so big a number of evangelistic leaders. Having attended to conferences in Manila, Amsterdam, The Covey, etc, all my life alongside with Billy in ministry, I look forward to the possibility of going to Africa. In the meantime, we in the Dominican Republic are preparing ourselves to win a million soul in one day, February 21, 2009. May God bless you all.

Portes Braulio :: 1 Dec 2008