It was a privilege to host and chair The Regional Consultation on Media and the Gospel at Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication in Kristiansand, Norway, 7th-11th November 2012. This brief report from the Consultation outlines key facts, features andRead more…
Media and the Gospel: A Call to the Global Lausanne Community
Media and the Gospel:A Call to the Global Lausanne Community We affirm the vision of The Cape Town Commitment, that the global church should bear witness to Jesus Christ and all his teaching in every nation, in every sphere ofRead more…
Media Awareness: Do we really understand the news, the movies and the contemporary music?
The Cape Town Commitment challenges us to be concerned about media awareness. This includes helping people to “develop a more critical awareness of the messages they receive, and of the worldview behind them”. In order to do this appropriately, weRead more…
Moving Forward Together: a response
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
Media and the Gospel: Moving Forward Together
This lead article proposes a way forward together as a global missional community in this key area of Media and the Gospel. The November 2012 thematic focus in The Lausanne Global Conversation provides the wider context for The Lausanne RegionalRead more…
Media and Technology: Moving Beyond Cape Town
What a privilege to have been part of the Cape Town Congress 2010! Together, as representatives of the global church, we have listened to the Word of God, prayed, shared, discussed and partnered. As point person for the topicRead more…
Western News and Entertainment Media: Global Agents of Secularization?
The well known British author and newspaper columnist A. N. Wilson once again made the headlines in 2009, when he made a public turn from being a high profile critic to becoming a committed Christian. Recently, I came across theRead more…
Media Awareness: A Forgotten Dimension in Mission?
“I should have known something about Matrix before going out to South America as a missionary. It was difficult for me to relate meaningfully to the young people I worked among without knowing anything about films and popular culture.” IRead more…