The CAF World Giving Index, now in its sixth year, is a leading authority on global generosity. By measuring three different kinds of giving, it provides a simple and universally understood picture of charitable behaviour across the world. The CAFRead more…
The World’s Most Influential Cities
The attached report and website article rank London as the world’s most influential city. London is followed by New York and Paris. The report graded 58 leading metropolitan areas in eight categories: the amount of foreign direct investment they haveRead more…
Future World Giving
Future World Giving is a webbased initiative that highlights the potential for opening up philanthropy to a rapidly increasing global middle class whose engagement in philanthropy could have a huge impact on society. There are interesting and valuable reports, articlesRead more…
World Giving Index 2013: A global view of giving trends
The USA is again the most generous nation according to the fourth edition of the World Giving Index which looks at charitable behaviour across the world, involving more than 130 countries. The World Giving Index score is based on anRead more…
Legatum Prosperity Index
The Legatum Prosperity Index (www.prosperity.com/#!/) is an annual ranking, developed by the Legatum Institute, of 142 countries. The rankings is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth and quality of life. The 2013 Index Report and 2Read more…
Media and Communications in Our Globalized World – Lausanne Global Leadership Forum
This creative animated video from Straight Shooter Presentations shows the need to tell the gospel story through visual means. The gospel has spread through preaching and then through printing and must now also spread through visual portrayal. This presentation wasRead more…
Sustaining Mission Work in the Light of Funding Challenges
An article on mission giving in difficult times
Full Session: Dogma and Diversity Multiplex
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Or, you may watch a specific part of the session by clicking one of the video segments shown in the playlistRead more…
The Role of Missionaries in the Muslim Countries: Problems and Challenges
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Andrea Zaki Stephanous as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on Islam. Responses to this paper through the Lausanne Global Conversation willRead more…
How Bible Translation Can Protect Indigenous Languages – William Carey in India
William Carey’s translation of the New Testament into Bengali Indian intellectual, Vishal Mangalwadi argues that the process of Indian Modernisation had its genesis in the work and influence of missionary William Carey. Carey believed that reform was possible becauseRead more…