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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

Repentance, Sinfulness and Hinduism

“. . . Where has sin and Satan taken hold of the people and the culture?  This is point where we must preach the gospel vigorously . . .” (read full article)

The Contextualization Scale’s Faulty Premise

“. . . The C1-6 scale is fatally flawed in this regard as it seems to suggest that more and more contextualization leads inevitably to syncretism and secret believers. A new contextualization scale should be created that recognizes Christlikeness asRead more…

The Theological Impetus for Global Partnership

“. . . Is there more? Is there a deeper, essentially ontological, compellingly theological reason for engaging in global partnerships? Is there an inescapably Biblical demand that relegates all pragmatic motivations and hesitations concerning partnership to the dim background? . . .”  (readRead more…

Migrant Workers in the Gulf- A Story of Anita

  Anita* provides forensic and dispute consultancy service on behalf of Ernst & Young, an international business advisory firm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 21, she was hired at E&Y’s* Kuwait office and was transferred to Dubai, UAE as theRead more…

Nanotechnology: Just engaging in small talk?

It is a commonly accepted fact that the very essence of technology is to make things that allow us to do more than we could without them. In many respects Christians should not fear technological progress as technology is notRead more…

Social Justice and Evangelism (an overview)

Steve Hayes’ superb overview of social justice and evangelism follow below.  Please visit Steve’s site (see the link in this post). Thanks, Dion   For as long as I can remember there have been debates among Christians about the relationshipRead more…

Dialogue in Perspective

Years ago I was put off by the term dialogue because I perceived it to be a compromise to our call to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. I did not understand at that time that dialogueRead more…

Understanding Dialogue in Context

Years ago I was put off by the term dialogue because I perceived it to be a compromise to our call to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. I did not understand at that time that dialogueRead more…

Dialogue as an aspect of Integral Mission

Years ago I was put off by the term dialogue because I perceived it to be a compromise to our call to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. I did not understand at that time that dialogueRead more…