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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

Lausanne 2010: Memories – Outcomes

Daily since returning from Lausanne, I have thanked God for the joy I experienced there.  In an article I wrote for our church magazine, I stated, “If Heaven is anything like Lausanne 2010, I’m even more anxious to get there!” Read more…

Wisdom – A Prerequisite to Determine God’s Will

Can you remember when you wanted to know God’s will in a particular situation of life? What you wanted was a specific answer but had you prepared yourself to receive direction from the Lord? The goal of this study isRead more…

Workplace Evangelism: Part 2

Members: The Unused Church Resourse       Has the modern church and religious denominations left their membership behind?  Should seminaries have a course on effectively church growth through the use the congregational resources (people in the pews).   Let me re-phrase thatRead more…

Why the Fatherless? (Venn Diagram)

While thinking a lot on why focus on the orphan and the widow in particular, (with special reference to the work of my organization in Egypt) I went into Adobe Illustrator and drew a Venn Diagram that I think mightRead more…

Was Basil the Great a Prosperity Preacher?

I found this quote from Basil the Great really shocked me. Prosperity gospel in the 4th century Asia Minor? Or is there a difference? 

Is there an Egyptian Diaspora? Or just a Coptic One?

Is there an Egyptian Diaspora at all? Or is there a just a Coptic One? Jennifer Brinkerhoff has listed “several features common to diasporas” based upon the work of international relations scholar Robin Cohen.

Egypt: Government Aid or Brotherly Love?

This past year, the Hudson Institute released a report on global philanthropy. It indicated that in 2011, the Middle East remains near the top of US Government funding priorities, but at the bottom in US individual giving priorities. Evangelicals, ofRead more…