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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

Jamaica Creation Care Consultation Call to Action

The Lausanne Global Consultation on Creation Care and the Gospel  Call to Action   The text of the Call to Action and a form to add your own name is now available here. Thank you!

Media and the Gospel: A Call to the Global Lausanne Community

Media and the Gospel:A Call to the Global Lausanne Community We affirm the vision of The Cape Town Commitment, that the global church should bear witness to Jesus Christ and all his teaching in every nation, in every sphere ofRead more…

Forgiving Your Parents

Have you noticed how difficult it is to forgive your enemies? And it’s even harder when they happen to be your parents. You know, when we’re kids, our needs and feelings are so intense that the wounds and the injuriesRead more…

Wounded Spirits

A growing number of kids today are suffering from an emotional characteristic known as a “Wounded spirit.” Wounded Spirit is the title of a book written by best-selling author, Frank Peretti, about his own painful childhood experiences.

Finding Strength Through Adversity

Someone once said if you remove the rocks from a brook, it would lose its song. Well, that holds true for you and me, as well. Author Scott Walker tells of the time he was asked to help some friendsRead more…

Divorce Equals Disease

You may remember that during the 1960’s, the Surgeon General declared cigarettes harmful to the smoker’s health. More recently, of course, researchers have warned us about the dangers of foods that are high in fat and cholesterol. But something weRead more…

Parental Burnout

I talk to a number of mothers these days, especially those with younger kids who feel like they’re suffering from burnout. If they have to do one more load of laundry, or tie one more shoe, they’ll just explode.