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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

The first type of response I think we need to heed is the arguments for the prosperity gospel. In a short post, we can do no more than summarize the major threads. While any complete response and assessment will needRead more…

My Sister’s Savior

What does it say about a society which permits, no, which condones the use of medicine and technology for the sole purpose of creating human life just to destroy it?  It says we are a culture that has morally andRead more…

Introspection

 Introspection “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…” (a)  I have been thinking about and meditating on John 3:16.  I have been under the conviction of the Holy Spirit to make some changes in myRead more…

Transform your work life into ministry!

I have cross posted this from my blog.  Please see some of the informative and thought provoking comments there. Yesterday I sat in another meeting where a prominent business person asked ’how can I transform my worklife into something moreRead more…

Praying for revival, planning for failure

A friend of mine made a comment the other day that has stuck in my mind.  He pointed out that so frequently we pray for revival and for persons in our communities, cities, and nation, to come to know theRead more…

No personal holiness without social holiness

One of the great disconects in contemporary Christianity is the seperation between faith and life.  One of my favorite quotes in this regard comes from Ed Silvoso who said: Preaching the Good News without love is like giving someone aRead more…

La Misión Transcultural (Unreached People)

Cuando hablamos sobre la misión transcultural primeramente estamos hablando de la misión de Dios (missio Dei). Dios es un Dios misionero. La misión existe simplemente porque Dios ama a las personas. Dios quiere rescatar a la humanidad de su deshumanizaciónRead more…

THE FLOOD: Then and Now

THE FLOOD, Then and Now Emmanuel  M. Luna, Ph. D. Professor  of Community Development University of the Philippines   Let me start this conversation with an experience: September last year, my wife and I were in an airport hotel inRead more…