Perhaps no other word in the ecumenical vocabulary has aroused more fears, created more unnecessary controversy, and, more often than not, succeeded in sidetracking urgent issues in the life of the churches in pluralist situations than the term syncretism. – Stanley Samartha[1] VeryRead more…
Highly Contextualized Missions: Surveying the Global Conversation
A special feature of Cape Town 2010 was the opportunity for people around the world to witness the live events via the 650 GlobaLink sites and afterwards to participate in the online Lausanne Global Conversation. Through the Global Conversation, tensRead more…
Muslim Followers of Jesus?
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Joseph Cumming as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on Islam. Responses to this paper through the Lausanne Global Conversation will beRead more…
Prosperity Theology: a mere symptom of a graver illness for the global church to diagnose
I was inspired to write the attached article after reading global conversations especially on Prosperity Theology. As I explain, I believe the prosperity message is merely a symptom to a much graver problem that the global church needs to interpretRead more…
Lausanne Radio – Oral Communicators
To avoid duplication of files I’ve removed the radio series I posted as a series of conversations under my account. Instead, below are links to where it is now listed under the organization Down To Earth: Promo A, Episode ARead more…
Dialogue between Christians and Muslims
Dialogue between Christians and Muslims – English text at the bottom Diálogo entre Cristianismo e Islam Quisiera ser breve y directo, aunque es un tema que requiere muchas matizaciones. Primero decir que soy originario de España y trabajandoRead more…
Dialogue between Christians and Muslims
Dialogue between Christians and Muslims – English text at the bottom Diálogo entre Cristianismo e Islam Quisiera ser breve y directo, aunque es un tema que requiere muchas matizaciones. Primero decir que soy originario de España y trabajandoRead more…
Radio – Oral Communicators 4 – Trade Language
This is the fourth radio episode in the Down To Earth series on Oral Communicators. Literate communication styles often lead to oral learners getting an incomplete understanding of God’s Word. Using the heart language of the people, rather than aRead more…
Pre-Lausanne Radio – Oral Communicators-Episode D
This is the fourth radio episode in the Down To Earth series on Oral Communicators. Literate communication styles often lead to oral learners getting an incomplete understanding of God’s Word. Using the heart language of the people, rather than aRead more…