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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »

Russian transcripts of Bishop Hannington and the Handful of Rice videos

The Bishop Hannington (http://generositymovement.org/2011/09/grace-of-giving-bishop-hannington/) and Handful of Rice (http://generositymovement.org/2011/09/a-handful-of-rice/) videos are being distributed and used across the world. The attached documents are the Russian translated scripts of the videos. 

Seven Attributes of a Generous Church

Visit the website to download a seven-page white paper that outlines the seven common attributes of generous churches. These attributes include: The role of leadership in the generous church How vision and generosity are connected in a deeper way thanRead more…

Provision & Wealth Overview

In this overview article of the Theology of Work Project (WWW.THEOLOGYOFWORK.ORG), the emphasis is on God’s intent for how we handle wealth. The article explores: God’s original intentions regarding provision and wealth The impact living in a fallen world hasRead more…

Philanthropy in Europe – A rich past, a promising future

Philanthropy in Europe is rooted in a rich past and is moving towards a promising future. The diversity of philanthropic initiatives in Europe are explained through a few examples of European foundations. This dynamic philanthropy continues to have a majorRead more…

The Lausanne Standards – A Narrative Foundation

The role of money in international missions had been an issue in the global church for many years. The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization published the Lausanne Standards (http://www.lausannestandards.org/) as a set of values and principles to guide donors andRead more…

How To Create A Culture of Generosity

In this excellent blog Mike Zserdin argues that we make generosity too complicated. If we want to live in a generous culture, we must simply give. It starts with us giving a little more money consistently and inviting our friendsRead more…

Blessed to be a blessing

This is the Executive Summary of an exciting new initiative in South Africa that mobilises generosity and giving through voluntary service or the giving of time. Working closely with local churches, this model could be used in other contexts asRead more…

Generous Church Magazine May 2013 Issue

The May issue of a new magazine focusing on generosity and giving especially for churches. There are very interesting stories about Christian givers, events, ministries and much more. 

TWR and Faith Reliance

This booklet describes how TWR promotes global, generous living. Through this initiative Christians are motivated to become involved in the Great Commission, the joy and discipline of generous giving is taught as part of discipleship and leaders are trained inRead more…

Better Way Giving Series

An excellent series by Jay Link of Stewardship Ministries about New Testament teaching about giving. As Jay says ’a truly comprehensive theology of giving that, like everything else in the New Testament, is both liberating, grace filled and life-transforming –Read more…