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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

A Response to “Kingdom Stewardship”

[FULL TEXT]   Having read carefully through the advance paper submitted by Ram Gidoomal, I wanted to offer a few thoughts in response.  In particular, I want to discuss the distinction between clergy and laity as it relates to stewardshipRead more…

Evangelism, Football and National Culture

Let me admit straight away, that I’m not a great football fan; I’ll also admit that the title to this post is just a little hyperbolic! Football as a Conversation Starter Now, I may not be a great football fan,Read more…

Multifaceted Mission for a Multifaceted City

One of the great challenges of urban ministry is the versatile and dynamic nature of a global city. On the one hand global cities are becoming more and more like each other in sharing a very broadly defined global culture,Read more…

Clarifying Globalization

Clarifying Globalisation Urbanism is commonly understood as the philosophy of how a city culture affects the behavior on the greater population of the nation and the world.  It is closely linked with globalization and the forces that are at workRead more…

Coca Cola, Starbucks, and Local Churches

Does the Lausanne Movement have a bigger vision than Coca-Cola? Read Coca Cola, Starbucks, and Local Churches, a blog entry posted on the Lausanne Blog.

LOP #55: The New People Next Door

Read the LCWE’s initial paper on diasporas –  Lausanne Occassional Paper No. 55:  The New People Next Door.  This is an important background document as we approach Cape Town 2010 where and when many Lausanne III participants will discuss the issueRead more…

The Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology

The Lausanne Diaspora Educators Consultation held in November 2009 (Seoul, Korea) gathered theological educators and representatives from theological institutions to formulate the“Seoul Declaration on Diaspora Missiology” summoning the Whole Church of Jesus Christ, including its missions agencies and its academiesRead more…

Global Trafficking of Women & Children

                                                                                                                                                                                                    June 23, 2010   People in Slavery — Global Trafficking of Women and Children By Doug Nichols, Action International Ministries Founder & International Director Emeritus (Compiled, revised, and updated from an article by Dr. Diane Landberg andRead more…

What is creative evangelism?

  1.  Introduction – What is creative evangelism?   So how do we engage? What is creative evangelism? Is it arranging a display of cup cakes with icing on top that say, Jesus loves you? Is it dressing up asRead more…