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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

God Gives (Animated)

In October, we released the first of 12 world-class short films about generosity as a part of our #GiveLikeGodGives campaign, an effort dedicated to putting free, professionally-produced videos about generosity into the hands of churches everywhere. We hope you enjoyed the beautiful,Read more…

What Does the Bible Say about Borrowing?

You’re working hard at your calling but you don’t have enough money to pay for something—a car, a coat, a computer. Should you borrow money for that purchase? Should your ministry borrow money? As with so many matters of practicalRead more…

Praying for a Good Time

I don’t know that any of this will make sense.  But, if it’s going to have chance, you’ll have to read this quote slowly and carefully. “We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to beRead more…

Philanthropy’s New Frontier—Impact Investing

Impact investing, which promises both financial returns and intentional, measurable social returns, is attracting more and more money—most of it from private investors. Foundations are hard-wired for social purpose and would seem to be natural candidates for impact investing, butRead more…

Giving Back to India

On a September evening in 2014, more than 600 Americans of Indian origin gathered with friends at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for a gala to raise money for Pratham, one of the largest NGOs in India.Read more…

Impact India

The rise of India’s reputation as a center of technology innovation has in recent years been matched by the country’s growing reputation as a hub of social innovation, and now Indians living abroad are rising as a force for philanthropyRead more…