It is exceptionally difficult to estimate the numbers of Christians in the world’s two most populous countries, China and India. Both China and India are among the countries with the most total Christians, as these minority populations number in theRead more…
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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
Migration and Europe: A regional and analytical brief
Darrell Jackson is Director of the Nova Research Centre & Lecturer in European Studies at Redcliffe College in Gloucester, England. He is Director of the Lausanne Researchers’ Network and Researcher in European Mission and Evangelism at the Conference of EuropeanRead more…
Southern Sudan
Sudan has suffered through two catastrophic civil wars since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1956. The first Sudanese Civil War lasted from 1955–1972 and the second from 1983–2005. Ethnic and religious clashes continued between the two wars, resultingRead more…
Church of the South and East
I would like to know how we in the “Western church” can assist the growing church in the South and East, to to fulfill the “Great Commission” as soon as possible.
Does the Bible Condone Rape?
A Muslim on Facebook asks, “hussein is this good treatmen [sic] of wojman [sic]” after quoting Deuteronomy 22:28-29. He quotes a rendering of these verses which is off literal translation. His quote, “If a man is caught in the actRead more…
Persecuted out of the education system
Greetings from Australia! As many western societies that live far too comfortably, we too are dealing with a rising tide of secularism where Jesus is deemed to be no longer relevant and this malaise is having particular impact on ourRead more…
Persecuted out of the education system
Greetings from Australia! As many western societies that live far too comfortably, we too are dealing with a rising tide of secularism where Jesus is deemed to be no longer relevant and this malaise is having particular impact on ourRead more…
Ministry Platforms Blog
About Ministry Platforms Every one of us who is involved in ministry today work from the platforms available to us. Some utilize business, others medicine, and still others education. Platforms are powerful connection points but they must be used wiselyRead more…
Business Plans and Salt Shakers
Every ministry platform provides a context that enables us to go out of the comfort zone of the church into a world that knows little of what we as Christians represent. The Bible tells us in Matthew 5:13 to beRead more…
Confession – The Ultimate Test of Truthfulness
There are not many reliable avenues to gain insight into the “real you” . . . but your words, like a mirror, reflect what is in your heart. A confession is actually an acknowledgment of something, either good or bad. AnRead more…