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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

Major Gift Fundraising – By the Numbers

With a hat tip to Tony Martignetti, this week’s infographic from Bloomerang, the donor management software vendor, is full of interesting stats and advice re that elusive but much-sought-after fundraising prize: the major gift. Based on data from a Bloomerang survey of more thanRead more…

The Route 7 Stewardship Journey Road Map

The Generous Life Route 7 road map is a tool to help apply Biblical principles in a simple and systematic way to your finances. The map has seven steps with clear-steps to complete on the journey. Notice in the sevenRead more…

Community Foundation Atlas Website

Since the creation of the first community foundation in America in 1914, the concept of contributing resources to a permanent community improvement fund has been adopted and adapted by citizens on every continent except Antarctica. As local people everywhere seekRead more…

Arab philanthropy: from social giving to social change?

A surge in Arab philanthropy by a new generation is challenging views on wealth and approaches to impact. Arab philanthropy is not a unified ecosystem of coordinated parts; it is a diverse and complex combination of sources of funding, intermediaries and beneficiaries,Read more…

Research Suggests Giving Boosts Happiness and May Improve Health

A psychology professor who studies human happiness told an international conference last week that charitable giving not only makes people feel better but can lower their blood pressure, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports. Elizabeth Dunn of the University of British Columbia discussedRead more…