My main point was and is why church is so weak in third world countries? And now I can add are these 3rd world so poor and undeveloped because church is weak here? When I was working with a ChristianRead 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
The Amazing Tree: A parable of the Church
THE AMAZING TREE – AN EVANGELICAL PARABLE Alex Araujo ”On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healingRead more…
Inside-Out Living
This message by pastor Tim Keller has helped me cultivate a gracious tone in my service with Jesus.
The Death of Evangelical Pragmatism
How our historical commitment to a broken vision of evangelism just may lead to an inability to reach the lost. We as spiritual guides to culture must never diminish our faith to a matter of mere rhetoric or a mereRead more…
The Role of Wonder in Witness
Twenty years ago when I began my journey from Atheism to faith in Christ, nearly all conversations about God included debate or at least a discussion of evidences for the rational foundation for faith. American cultural postmodernism has altered theRead more…
Why Should Christians Care about Anything at All?
“I understand that these things are important but when the students I send to your conferences come back caring more for the environment or slavery or clean drinking water than the gospel and evangelism, I have a real problem!” TheseRead more…
The Coming Acceptance of Modern-Day Slavery
I believe that within one or two generations, we could see an acceptance of the modern day slave trade. While I believe it may take longer to conceptually legitimize and commercialize formally, the process for acceptance is already underway. WhenRead more…
Leadership works better when…..
Watching a recent UK TV series called ‘The Apprentice’, I saw a group of young and hopeful business leaders competing with each other for a top job. The leadership style was thrusting, egotistical, self-focused, combatant and therefore weak and ineffective.Read more…
A perspective on forming leaders
A perspective on forming leaders There are different perspectives of approaching the subject: “The qualities of a leader”. For a start of many series on the topic in this paper, I will assume a leader from the not common perspective. Read more…
Jesus’ Nazareth Manifesto as a basis for healthcare mission
This paper outlines a biblical basis for the agenda and priorities of prihealthcare mission based on Jesus’ Nazareth manifesto of Luke 4:18,19: preaching, healing, deliverance and justice. Jesus Christ’s dynamic entry into first century Palestine was marked by miraculous healingRead more…