Boards of Christian organisations can play a major role in mobilising financial resources for the organisation. In my experience there is confusion in the Christian ministry community about the involvement of boards in ministry fundraising. This blog from Nell EdgingtonRead more…
About the Lausanne Global Conversation
The Lausanne Global Conversation was an online platform for connecting participants in the Lausanne Movement's Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa (Cape Town 2010) before, during and after the Congress.
The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library. Other content contributed by Global Conversation users is archived on this website. Read more »
How to Raise Money From Companies – A Chronicle live discussion
Raising funds from companies can be very rewarding financially but it remains a challenge to especially Christian organisations. The Chronicle of Philanthropy posted the transcript of a live online discussion with executives from Microsoft which has promised to invest $500Read more…
mGive Text Donation Study 2013
Donors in the US who give via text message would like to make larger gifts using their mobile phones, according to a survey by the mGive Foundation. 85% of the donors said they would be willing to give $25 toRead more…
Church Planting Movements among Least Reached Peoples – Lausanne Global Leadership Forum
In light of the state of Christianity and the world, Kent Parks describes the urgent need for groups of people to disciple other groups and create large movements to faith. He gives examples from urban China and the Horn ofRead more…
Think Bigger . . . about the Trinity
The Bible presents the doctrine of The Trinity in numerous passages. Many would like to have this doctrine presented in one verse for simplicity’s sake. The doctine of the Trinity, however, is siimply not verse-sized, and that is an advantage.Read more…
Are you a light(house) to your neighborhood?
?? … burned out by the organized church, yet still want to reach out as a “lighthouse” to your community?
Riding Down The Rogue
About 20 years ago my family and I took a raft trip down the Rogue River in Oregon, which almost turned out to be my last hurrah! After floating scerenely for two days, I was suddenly thrown into the turbulentRead more…
Arts: Focus on Eurasia – Lausanne Global Leadership Forum
This energetic presentation calls for artistic kingdom servants to be strategic leaders in mission. The arts are a powerful way to worship God and declare his goodness. There is a need and readiness for a new paradigm of mission throughRead more…
Care & Counsel as Mission – Lausanne Global Leadership Forum
Presentation speakers Brad Smith, Saul Cruz Jr, and Gladys Mwiti discuss the importance of and great need for Christian counselling, which is often the hole in holistic mission. Mwiti exhorts participants with conviction: ‘Let healing begin with us and thenRead more…
Following Christ in the Workplace – Lausanne Global Leadership Forum
Bob Doll’s personal testimony gives insightful wisdom about representing Christ through word, deed, and attitude in the workplace. He quotes Billy Graham on the importance of the marketplace: ‘Marketplace will be to the gospel in this century what the medicalRead more…