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The Global Conversation platform is no longer active, but core Lausanne content has been moved to the main Lausanne website and may be found in the Lausanne content library.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

Churchill’s Legacy

Winston Churchill has an amazing legacy that speaks to: Never Give Up!

GENEROSITY CHECKUP

John Stanley of the Generosity Gameplan (http://generositygameplan.com/) created the Generosity Checkup as a quick and easy tool to assess somebody’s generosity. Take it and encourage people in your network and church to take it as well. Just be careful – theRead more…

The Generosity Gameplan Step 4: React to the headlines

In the last three steps you’ve explored yourself: your heart and history, your Generosity Gaps, and your strengths. Step 4 is about turning outward and looking at the world. How do you want your generous impulses to manifest? On whatRead more…

Nigerians top African billionaires list

Lagos -There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said Monday in a report on the continent’s mega-rich, but the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has also shot up. Previous Africa-rich-lists named as few asRead more…

East Africa’s Asian Business Elite

Of the nine East Africans who made it onto the Ventures Africa inaugural ranking of the richest people in Africa, seven are of Asian descent. We look into the history that has made this so. VENTURES AFRICA – Kenyan-Indians, or WahindiRead more…

Giving Back – Africa’s New Donors

Rising from the depths of the global financial crisis, Africa’s richest are faring well. Among them is a breed of “billionaire philanthropist” – men and women who want to give back to their communities like never before. Philanthropy is aliveRead more…

Faith, Fortune, Philanthropy – Tsitsi Masiyiwa

The story of Tsitsi Masiyiwa from Zimbabwe who promised to help the poor if God helped her out of poverty. Thus far, she and her husband have funded scholarships for over 40,000 children.