After a discussion around the use of the idea of Hell in preaching, theology and mission, a pastor friend of mine remarked, “If you take hell away, there goes my ministry.” How many of us find ourselves in this situation?Read 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
Announcement: Global Diaspora Network Formed
On October 20th, 2010 The (Lausanne) Global Diaspora Network Advisory Board was formed in place of the Lausanne Diasporas Leadership Team (LDLT). Advisory Board: Mr. Henri Aoun, President, Life Agape Dr. Dashzeveg Dashdendew, Executive Director, Mongolian United Bible Society Mr.Read more…
Diaspora Missiology: The Bottom Line
Diaspora – the word once strictly referred to the Jewish people dispersed throughout the globe and to the Jewish community residing outside Palestine/ Israel. Today, we hear and read about the African Diaspora, Armenian Diaspora, Chinese Diaspora, South Asian Diaspora,Read more…
From Rotary Dials to the IPhones: Technology, Lausanne, and the Great Commission
I was sitting in my study at home in Louisville, Kentucky, USA this afternoon when I read Tim Stafford’s article in Christianity Today titled, “The Connected Evangelical” (http://bit.ly/dcglQN). I could not help but laugh when he compared the wired/high-tech 2010Read more…
Diasporic Issue: More than 1 in 5 U.S. Residents are 1st or 2nd Generation Residents
Today, October 19, 2010, the U. S. Census Bureau released an article (http://bit.ly/9TIJor) stating that 36.7 million people (12%) of the U. S. population are foreign-born, and another 33 million (11%) are native-born, with at least one foreign-born parent inRead more…
1 in 10 Australians Now Live in Poverty
Today, October 19, 2010, an article (http://bit.ly/deOGHo) was published in Christian Today citing a report released on Monday from the Salvation Army (http://bit.ly/cgrnPQ), noting that 1 in 10 (2 million) Australians now live in poverty. Other findings include: 70% ofRead more…
Restoring the Bible’s Missional Role in the Family
Scripture in MissionRestoring the Bible’s Missional Role in the Family by Paul C J Burgess, Bible FamiliesIntroduction:Recently retired from 24 years Seminary teaching in Pakistan, my wife and I have launched a fledgling fellowship called Bible Families to combat theRead more…
Top four Foreign Populations in Europe are Turks, Moroccans, Romanians and Italians
I know it sounds strange to say that the top four Foreign Populations in Europe are Turks, Moroccans, Romanians and Italians. Aren’t Italy and Romania part of the European Union? Yes, it is true but these are the Italians andRead more…
Evangelism Reclaimed
I spent the morning updating the CapeTown2010 Twitter feed and Facebook page which required poring through Tweets, blog posts, links and musings from attendees and observers from all over the world. Questions about compassion, stewardship and social justice were raisedRead more…
Revolutionary Fishing****
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