You know how you hate to be told the ending of a movie? It really ruins the whole experience. We want to enjoy the whole experience and see where the plot takes us. But in life, we are not soRead 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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 Argument against Prosperity
But critics charge that the broad scope of the biblical witness precludes a prosperity interpretation. At least three sets of biblical arguments are marshaled against the prosperity message. First, Jesus himself advocated and embodied a lifestyle of simplicity, not prosperity.Read more…
Biblical Giving, Holding Donors Accountable
Biblical Injunction to Give, Holding Donors Accountable Issues of finance tend to loom large on the mission-field, as elsewhere. Many today believe this to be appropriate, as they believe that the mission of the church in the WestRead more…
Importance of Using Indigenous Languages in Africa
This contains many references to and quotes from the paper: The local language – a neglected resource for sustainable development by Thomas Bearth, 2004, found at: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/06_4/bearth15.htm Introduction, I found this paper by Bearth to be extremely insightfulRead more…
Paradigms of ethnicity and power
In his excellent piece on the 5 paradigms of ethnicity RCW seems to imply that those who espouse the 3 paradigms focussing on globalism are able to imagine or envisage a world without ethnic identity. However, if historical precedentRead more…
It is Always to Early to Quit!
Does it bother you that there are 160 million street children and 140 million orphans worldwide? Most likely it does, and for good reason. Being disturbed by something is often the Holy’s Spirit’s way of prompting us to take actionRead more…
Diaspora Missiology Part 5-Refugees
The global problem of refugees should be a great concern to the Church. In this 5th post in my diaspora missiology series, I want to raise your attention to this serious matter. While I use my country as an illustration, over 50%Read more…
Diaspora Missiology Part 4-Students
In this 4th of 6 posts on diaspora missiology, I want to bring students to our attentions. While I use my country as an example, who are the unreached peoples of the world that are coming to your country to study? Read more…
Diaspora Missiology Part 3-Interview with Joy Tira
In this post, Dr. Tira, who serves as the Senior Associate for Diasporas with the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, speaks about the importance of having a group attached to Lausanne addressing matters related to diasporas.
Diaspora Missiology Part 2-What in the World…
This is the second part of a six-part series I am writing on diaspora missiology. In this post, I look at the numbers of migrants according to the United Nations’ data.