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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 Church and the Marketplace

                             “The Christian Church and the Marketplace”       In an age of rapidly growing insecurity, uncertainty and fragmentation, the non Christian world searches intently for somethingRead more…

The Church As Apologetic

                             “The Christian Church and the Marketplace”       In an age of rapidly growing insecurity, uncertainty and fragmentation, the non Christian world searches intently for somethingRead more…

“The 21st Century, a Post Christian Culture”

                                 “The 21st Century, a Post Christian Culture”         Western culture is rapidly becoming Post-Christian. As a result the church faces her greatest missional opportunity in centuries. ‘Spirituality’ is now being pushed to the center.Read more…

Ethnic identity and attachment to land

I was listening to From Our Own Correspondent on BBC radio the other day when an item on the constitutional referendum in Kenya was featured. As I expected much of the item focused on the potential for ethnic conflict resultingRead more…

Things we know that aren’t necessarily so: Part 1

I begin by stating the obvious: What we don’t yet know far exceeds what we already know. Put more bluntly, our ignorance far exceeds our knowledge. And not everything we “know” is actually true; i.e. the things we know aren’tRead more…

The Role of Angels and Humans in Evangelism

We posted the following quote from David Wilkerson on facebook. Take a minute to read it and the comments and then add your input: “God uses people. God uses people to perform His work. He does not send angels. AngelsRead more…

Storying isn’t just for those who can’t read

People often ask us what we do.  We’ve learned to be simple in our response, so we most often say, “We tell stories.”  Then people ask us more questions, and as they do, the conversation almost always turns to illiteracyRead more…