South Africa suffers from many economic challenges. How can this change? Watch this talk of Patrick Kuwana. It is not only for South Africa but for all nations!
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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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 »
Connected to give: Community Circles
For American charitable donors who have participated in giving collectives, their involvement both reflects and reinforces the social connectedness that drives charitable giving. Giving circles attract greater numbers of women and people affiliated with minority groups, especially African American andRead more…
World Wealth Report 2014 and Asia Pacific Wealth Report 2014
The World Wealth Report is the benchmark for tracking High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), their wealth, and the global and economic conditions that drive change in the wealth management industry. The 2014 report covers 71 countries in the market-sizing model,Read more…
The World’s Millionaire Stock Is on the Rise: The world’s “millionaire club” grew faster than most economies in 2013.
1.Altogether, there were 13.73 million millionaires in the world in 2013, compared to 11.97 million in 2012. 2.The number of millionaires worldwide rose by 14.7% between 2012 and 2013, about five times the estimated 2.9% rate of global economic growth.Read more…
Philanthropy in Russia: An Insider’s View
Charitable giving and philanthropy in Russia is slightly more than twenty years old. It all started in early 1990 with a number of newly established companies that gave to all sorts of issues on an ad hoc basis. A fewRead more…
Philanthropy in Brazil: An Insider’s View
The Brazilian philanthropic landscape presents great challenges but also interesting opportunities that could result in Brazil becoming a leading force among the BRIC countries in terms of social investment. Fueled in part by French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21stRead more…
New Testament Giving – II Corinthians 9:7
No other verse better expresses how Christians should give than II Corinthians 9:7. It says, “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” First,Read more…
Should you join a giving circle?
Joining or creating a Giving Circle enables you to socialise your giving by linking you with like-minded donors in order to choose and support causes of mutual interest. In last month’s philanthropy column the Giving Circle channel was introduced as one wayRead more…
Jesus, Money and Stuff
A Life of Stewardship in Light of Eternity “A disciple learns to remain generous by decisions to engage in hospitality, settle into a level of living, choose simplicity and refrain from debt.” Masterworks’ mission is to help our clients connectRead more…
Nine Reasons Rich People Don’t Give Away More Money
Nearly every day, I come across a billionaire I’ve never heard of who’s engaged in serious philanthropy. But for every one of these donors, there are a couple other billionaires whose giving is paltry, or even non-existent. Just yesterday, we wrote aboutRead more…