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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

What doesn’t get mentioned much in Christian leadership, at least from my perspective as a North American involved in full-time missions in East Asia, is the essential quality of spiritual authority.  So much is emphasized on the power and positionRead more…

Who Teaches Whom? God Works Through His Word

I was excited.  I was testing the Joseph stories with my favorite testing group, ten of the most influential older women in the village.  They loved the stories from creation to this point, and they seemed to understand the “mainRead more…

Who Teaches Whom? God Works Through His Word

I was excited.  I was testing the Joseph stories with my favorite testing group, ten of the most influential older women in the village.  They loved the stories from creation to this point, and they seemed to understand the “mainRead more…

Resource Stewardship

It is not easy to start a new blog. Especially on a theme such as ‘Resource Stewardship’! And that for an important discussion such as the Lausanne Global Conversation! Perhaps it is good to start with a short introduction ofRead more…

Resource Stewardship

It is not easy to start a new blog. Especially on a theme such as ‘Resource Stewardship’! And that for an important discussion such as the Lausanne Global Conversation! Perhaps it is good to start with a short introduction ofRead more…

Not A Passing Fad

Orality will be a factor in missions strategy for the next half a century. That’s the conclusion I draw from reading  Reaching the Marginalised, the 2010 U. N. report on progress in the Education for All (EFA) campaign.  The EFARead more…

Not A Passing Fad

Orality will be a factor in missions strategy for the next half a century. That’s the conclusion I draw from reading  Reaching the Marginalised, the 2010 U. N. report on progress in the Education for All (EFA) campaign.  The EFARead more…

Major Priorities In Eradicating Bible Poverty

As we enter into discussion about the Scriptures and their place in mission, there are at least three major questions to ponder. Why are people’s lives not transformed as we might expect where Scriptures are available?  Why do one billionRead more…

Major Priorities In Eradicating Bible Poverty

As we enter into discussion about the Scriptures and their place in mission, there are at least three major questions to ponder. Why are people’s lives not transformed as we might expect where Scriptures are available?  Why do one billionRead more…