This session opens with a video from Bishop Hunnington (Uganda) sharing how generosity brings transformation. Zekai Tanyar (Turkey) speaks on collaboration between givers and receivers, and Rob Martin (Lausanne) on unity in giving and receiving. Ram Gidoomal shares Fang Bing’sRead more…
Full Session: Mobilizing Resources for World Evangelization Multiplex
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session by using the next arrow or by clicking the playlistRead more…
Where Should We Give?
Where should Christians give their money and resources? Does God have a giving agenda? While the Bible does not spell everything out in as much detail as we might like, it does provide us with some important emphases and examplesRead more…
The World Giving Index
My wife often complains that I read too much newspaper. I suppose that might be the case, but yesterday as I scanned the BBC News website, I was quite pleased that I have such an interest. As I tried toRead more…
danger of a hidden prosperity gospel
While reading through articles and commentaries regarding the so called “gospel of prosperity” I recognize 2 different reactions in my heart: – yes, a “prosperity gospel” is dangerous and wrong. It´s misleading trustful children of God and our congress shouldRead more…
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Foreign Finances and the Local Church
There are a number of discussions related to finances and missions taking place on the Lausanne sites. Many of these focus on the nature of the financial interactions between outsiders and the local church. Throughout these conversations, I have beenRead more…
Reflections on the Hermeneutics and Practice of the Prosperity Gospel
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Femi Adeleye as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Poverty, Prosperity and the Gospel.” Responses to this paper through the LausanneRead more…
A shift in mission giving?
I had been quite busy the past few months with arrangements for the sessions of the Resource Mobilisation Working Group (RMWG) at the Lausanne Congress. It was not easy to put a program together for the sessions. However, the moreRead more…
When does fundraising become unethical?
When does fundraising become unethical? When fundraisers act as takers, not lead givers Jim Harries had me from hello. Even the title of his post on the Lausanne Global Conversation site–Biblical Giving, Holding Donors Accountable–is about the best five word summaryRead more…
Being Rich Toward God: Biblical Overview of Giving
The impetus for giving is Christ’s love to us. With God’s glory in mind, there is no room for the “prosperity gospel” that focuses on “giving to get” for ourselves instead of giving to glorify God in order to advanceRead more…