Two dots and waiting… Three points and there’s a trend. Is it Eden, Easter and Eschaton or Christmas, Crucifix and Church? Hark back to great meetings of minds (and men) of unity and division in councils true and councils falseRead 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
Foreign vs National: Who is reaching the UPGs?
Who is doing most of the pioneer missions work on the mission field today – foreign missionaries or national missionaries? By pioneer missions work, I guess I will define it as making disciples among unreached people groups, so it isRead more…
Strategic Foresight: Looking to the future to plan today
Strategic foresight is a new name for a core practice that leadership teams use to learn about the shifting forces shaping their ministry landscape 3 to 10 years out. It engages them in critical thinking and ’what if’ debates. ItRead more…
Immigrants, Muslims and others, adapt their beliefs to the host culture.
Our son recently started his studies in a small university town in Wales. On our visits there, we have encountered a number of Polish young people. In fact, Polish is the third most popular language in that town – afterRead more…
Maybe Nobody is Hindu
FULL ARTICLE The question has been raised, “Is America becoming more Hindu?” I’d like to suggest a totally different option. That is, maybe no one is really Hindu. Now, wait, I’m actually a little serious. What follows isn’t meant toRead more…
Media Messages Matters – Changes – Krish Kandiah
Krish Kandiah speaks about the opportunities for outreach through social media. The Church has always taken advantage of current technology to spread the Gospel. New media allows for immediate, global connectivity and networking, access to information and feedback, but itRead more…
Media Messages Matters – Latin America – Arnold Enns
This session focuses on mass media in Latin America and the expansion of tv and radio stations there. Download Options PC users: Right click a link and choose “Save as” to download file. Mac users: Command click and “Save linkRead more…
Minority Report
Listening to voices of dissent and discontent can be hard. Listening to them well can be painful. Listening to people express tension when you have planned and worked so hard toward unity can be almost impossible. The voices are there. TheyRead more…
Media Messages Matters – Film Outreach – Nick Pollard
Damaris.org provides resources to accompany feature films designed to guide Christians in using popular media as a tool for outreach. Download Options PC users: Right click a link and choose “Save as” to download file. Mac users: Command click andRead more…
Ethnicity In The Mission Of God – Wales
Using the example of Wales in the United Kingdom, Menna Machreth shows how Christian faith can help to preserve and promote culture, language and ethnic identity. Download Options PC users: Right click a link and choose “Save as” to downloadRead more…