It was a hot, blustery day in August. We had just received news that a sibling group of five would be joining our family in the near future. The summer months were overflowing with activities involving our four recently-adoptedRead 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
When does fundraising become unethical?
When does fundraising become unethical? When fundraisers act as takers, not lead givers Jim Harries had me from hello. Even the title of his post on the Lausanne Global Conversation site–Biblical Giving, Holding Donors Accountable–is about the best five word summaryRead more…
Bible Understanding:Text and Cultural Context
1. Bible Availability2. Bible Awareness3. Bible Use4. Bible Understanding5. Bible Engagement “Does Christ protect Christians from witchcraft? Can a Christian become a witch or do witchcraft without even meaning to?” This discussion at a Scripture Engagement workshop in CôteRead more…
Missionary Spirituality
I am a new user so I hope I am doing this correctly. I didn’t find my topic anywhere on the website. As a missionary involved in member care, I am concerned about assumptions organizations and churches make about theRead more…
Teamwork: Body Building with Divine Purposes
Teamwork is more than reaching a goal. Biblical teamwork, like other facets of Body life, will bring glory to God, enhance Christ-like development in each team member, and exhibit loving interdependence between team members. These and many other characteristics setRead more…
An Introduction to Contextualization Among Hindus
Excerpt: ” . . . . In this short paper, I would like to present a summary of what I have found to be some of the most essential points related to the topic of contextualization of Christian discipleship forRead more…
The Four Key Questions of Collaboration
A culture of partnership is created and sustained by realizing that partnership – whether expressed in our neighborhood or in the wider world – can power our vision and scale up the objectives our ministry can accomplish. The goal isRead more…
UK Lausanne Meeting – Preparing for Cape Town 2010
Following my first post on the UK Lausanne meeting, we then went on to look at how we as delegates prepare for Cape Town 2010. Cape Town 2010 Statement Firstly we looked at what the expected outcome from the conferenceRead more…
UK Lausanne Meeting – Gospel, Church and World
I spent last Friday in London at a meeting of many of those going to Cape Town 2010: The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010. In the afternoon we were privilegedRead more…
I prefer comfort over lordship.
I just finished the book, The Heavenly Man. What struck me about it was Brother Yun’s use of dates. I found myself paralleling his life (not in what I suffered, but what I was going through at the time ofRead more…