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50 Quotes from 50 Years
Since 1974 the Lausanne Movement has served as a platform for voices from across the global church to champion the cause of God’s global mission. Get a glimpse of what Lausanne has published over the last half century. For more information go to...
A Biblical Ethical Assessment of Prosperity Teaching and the Blessing Movement
Vinay SamuelBiblical Theological ethical frameworksBlessing and JusticeBlessing, Faith and PowerBlessing and Human PersonhoodFor more information go to A Biblical Ethical Assessment of Prosperity Teaching and the Blessing Movement on the Lausanne...
A Call to Action from the Lausanne Global Consultation on Media and the Gospel
Media and Mission in a Globalized World Major Needs AddressedMedia awarenessMedia presenceMedia ministriesOur Call to Action Agreed together by the participants of the Lausanne Global Consultation on Media and the Gospel, Brea, California, USA, 21...
A Communion of Giving and Receiving: The Lausanne Standards
If you are a leader of a business, a mission organization, or a church, you’ve likely faced some tough decisions recently about projects and people because of the realities of the global economic downturn. You may have had to “tighten the...
A Message from Nigeria and Afghanistan to the Global Church
Go and Tell them What is Happening Persecution of Christians is on the rise globally, where an estimated 365 million suffer for their faith. In Nigeria and Afghanistan, persecution is severe, including torture and martyrdom. Despite unrelenting...
A Next Generation Harvest: Testimonies of Hope in the Caribbean
In the midst of widespread violence and crime throughout the Caribbean, Christian leaders are intentionally investing in prayer and in the next generation. Praying for Peace and Discipleship | Clovis St. Romain | Antigua and Barbuda Clovis’s...
A Providential Encounter at the Lausanne Congress
The Story Behind Lausanne’s Persecuted Church Initiative The Global Reality of PersecutionRecognizing the Need for a Lausanne Initiative "To serve the persecuted is to share in their suffering, to uphold the global witness of Christ, and to...
Abusive Leadership
Preventing abuse and misuse of power in Christian ministry When leaders feel threatened that their power and authority may be taken away from them due to changes in circumstances, they could become controlling towards those they work with. This...
Accelerating Global Mission Through Ministry Collaboration
What is Ministry Collaboration?Biblical background Collaboration is easy to find from the beginning to the end of Scripture. How do I Collaborate for Global Mission?Find someone with a similar vision and join forces.Set aside personal and...
Addressing Poverty with Participatory Learning
When we talk about poverty, we need to do so with reference to wealth and examine it in its relationship to wealth. Poverty and wealth are directly correlated for those that interact socio-economically within the same context. People would love to...
Advent Family Devotional 2024
Journey with Jesus Together this Christmas This Christmas, Let Us Walk Together in Faith and Mission As we approach Christmas, imagine what it would look like if individuals, families and churches across the globe embarked on the Advent journey...
AI and The Future of Mission
Genuine faith, artificial intelligence First of all, we are reminded that AI ‘is simply a mathematical structure, a model of probabilities’, there is no ‘thought’ and ‘intelligence’ being applied. ‘Even so, the results of these machine...
Artificial Intelligence: Servant, Not Substitut
A New Power, a Timeless Caution "The risk isn’t in the technology itself—it’s in our posture toward it." “. . . this dependence[on AI] may erode something essential: the muscles of discernment, the disciplines of reflection, and the humility...
Atibaia Statement on Prosperity Theology
Recommendations from The Lausanne Global Consultation on Prosperity Theology, Poverty and the Gospel A Call to ConfessionA Call to Action Justice, mercy and serviceEthics of power and wealthGenerosity and blessingsStructural justice and...
Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ with People of Other Faiths – Ramsden
Jesus, in preparing his disciples for the trials of this world, told them that difficulty would come. They might have thought that, with God on their side, no suffering would ever befall them. So let us set aside any thoughts we may have about being...
Being Missional within Religious Communities
A plea and proposal for interfaith apologetics The first letter of Peter calls us to ‘always be ready to make your defence [apologia] to anyone who demands from you an account of the hope that is in you’ (1 Peter 3:15, NRSV). Christian...
Bridge Leaders Initiative: Equipping Generations for Lasting Global Mission
For generations, leadership transitions have been challenging. Many young leaders experience seasons of uncertainty, searching for guidance and wisdom, while senior leaders seek to pass on their knowledge and legacy in ways that last. Those in the...
Calling the Church Back to Humility, Integrity and Simplicity
The Lausanne Covenant is wonderfully balanced in the way it binds together two dimensions of Christian confession. On the one hand there is the confession of faith – that is, affirming the great truths of our biblical faith. On the other hand...
Can We Offer a Better Theology? Banking on the Kingdom
C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell Deuteronomy 8:10-19 Matthew 6:19-33 For more information go to Can We Offer a Better Theology? Banking on the Kingdom on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Celebrating Families: A Journey Together
Equipping Leaders and Influencers in Actively Supporting Children's Holistic Development Lausanne's Children and Family Network, in partnership with World Vision, work together to address injustices and sustain child well-being through the...
Church Planting Movements—Why Is the World’s Most Proven Church Planting Method Still Controversial?
Gospel movements are multiplying rapidly among least-reached people groups, yet still face criticism and scepticism. In one of the hardest places on earth to plant churches—a region once called the ‘graveyard of missions’—something...
Church Reimagined: Mission That Forms Thriving Communities
Around the world, countless people find themselves disconnected or disengaged from traditional church life. For some, simply stepping through church doors feels unfamiliar or intimidating; for others, established religious gatherings simply don’t...
Come to the Banquet
Including People with Disabilities in Christian Ministry According to the World Health Organization report,2 people with disabilities represent 15 percent of the world’s population, the majority of whom live in developing countries. Despite their...
Cooperation in the Body of Christ: Towards a New Equilibrium
“Equilibrium” is a difficult term to use and declare in these times. The inequalities of our world have graphically depicted the profound differences in all levels of society. These have transformed us, organizing us as rich or poor nations,...
Creation Care and the Gospel: Jamaica Call to Action
Two Major Convictions Creation care is indeed a ‘gospel issue within the lordship of Christ’We are faced with a crisis that is pressing, urgent, and that must be resolved in our generation. Our Call to ActionA new commitment to a simple...
Diaspora on the Doorstep: God on the Move in Australia
When people move to a new country, they face unknown new streets, languages, and loneliness. Yet in these vulnerable moments, God works powerfully. In Australia, everyday believers are reaching out to diaspora communities—like Elena supporting...
Emerging Technologies and the Human Future - Cape Town 2010
What does it mean to be human? In traditional thought there has always been a clear distinction between “natural” beings, derived from the natural order, and those that were “artifacts,” a product of human ingenuity and craft. For many...
Equipping the Church to Respond with Truth and Grace
It is the rare church, in this day and age, that is not in some way impacted by homosexuality. For some, it is clear and obvious. Perhaps an openly gay person or couple begins attending, or someone struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction comes...
Ethical Dimensions – Part 2: Holiness and False Idols
Joel Edwards Heritage and heroesEvangelical compliance and contradictionsHoliness and Prosperity Idolatry and the Superman SyndromeLessons from Jethro? For more information go to Ethical Dimensions – Part 2: Holiness and False Idols on the...
Evangelism Among Thinking People
“Man is obviously made for thinking.” “Thought constitutes man’s greatness.” “Man’s greatness comes from knowing he is wretched. A tree does not know it is wretched.” These sayings of Blaise Pascal, the French genius and apologist,...