Me gustó mucho la disertación. Soy licenciado en Estadística y profesor de la Universidad hace 34 años. Hace unos 24 años estoy casi a tiempo completo en el pastorado, siguiendo con un pequeño cargo docente en la Universidad. No estudiéRead 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
danger of a hidden prosperity gospel
While reading through articles and commentaries regarding the so called “gospel of prosperity” I recognize 2 different reactions in my heart: – yes, a “prosperity gospel” is dangerous and wrong. It´s misleading trustful children of God and our congress shouldRead more…
Women and Men
We all know, this is always also a discussion about how we read and understand Schripture. When it comes to hermeneutics, we are seldom only rational, but very often emotional, because this issue is so important to us. TheRead more…
Evangelism and proselytism
One of the issues that I think needs to be dealt with in the Lausanne conversations, but which doesn’t seem to have come up so far, is evangelism versus proselytism. How do we understand these, and do we know theRead more…
Himalayan Global Summit 2009
Last week (16 August 2010), I asked Dr. Atul Y. Aghamkar to post on “Partnership in Evangelizing Global Hindu Diaspora.” Related, the wind of God is blowing across the Himalayas and beyond to the Himalayan people in diaspora. Click onRead more…
A Counterpoint to the Prosperity Gospel: God in the Midst of Ruins
I was telling some friends about a prayer said at our wedding. It was not your usual prayer asking for God’s Blessing: May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may liveRead more…
Urban Mission: Empathy and Evangelism Must Go Hand in Hand
Our church hosts an interdenominational soup kitchen (because of our location in the city centre). We take it in turns to provide the volunteers and the soups. It was our turn. Picture this…. It is winter and one of the coldestRead more…
Jesus – the Way to a Redeemed and Fully Realised Humanity
I like being shielded from harsh realities. Newspapers can be read selectively and later used to start a braai (barbecue). TV bulletins can be turned off. Yet there is a steady stream of humanity from across the Zimbabwe border that is impactingRead more…
The Gospel of God as the Key to Wealth Inequity
On the verge of teenage-hood I remember pouring over a book of cartoons that dealt with the great North-South divide, politics of power, and wealth discrepancies. Brazil, in particular, featured high in my injustice-angst as there was cartoon after cartoonRead more…
To An Unknown God: The Risk and Challenge of Mission
I often wonder if Paul of New Testament fame would be welcomed if he stepped into the church today. He seems to be the kind of guy who could rock your boat. Paul and Barnabas fell out (and were laterRead more…