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Missiology and Strategic Alliances for Global Outreach through the Media
Phill Butler gives statistics that show the tremendous interest in Christianity through the Internet and mobile devices, with a focus on the Middle East. This opportunity comes with a need for partnership between ministries; without it, there are...
Mission Africa
Mission Africa is a network that serves the church in Africa through training and evangelistic programs. Emmanuel Kwizera, mission director of African Evangelistic Enterprise, Rwanda, invites the global church to celebrate the transformative power...
Mission Movements from Latin America
Bertil Ekstrom covers the significant turn of the Latin American church to cross-cultural missions, which rallied around the phrase ‘from mission field to mission force’ in 1987. He also discusses distinct characteristics of missions from Latin...
Missionary and Polemical Islam
John Azumah This presentation was given at the Lausanne Global Consultation on Islam in Accra, Ghana, from 6-12 April 2014. For more information go to Missionary and Polemical Islam on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Mobilization of Francophone Evangelists and Church Planters
Raphael Anzenberger describes the ministry of the Francophone Evangelist Forum. More than 300 gathered at the most recent forum, one-third under the age of 25. This ministry is continuing to grow out from Europe to Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean....
Moving Forward After YLG2016
A story with the cross at the center is a story that transforms. Nana Yaw Offei Awuku (Ghana), Director of YLGen (Younger Leaders Generation), shares three core convictions from the 2016 Younger Leaders Gathering, with an emphasis on continuing the...
Mystical and Popular Islam
Caleb Kim and David Singh This presentation was given at the Lausanne Global Consultation on Islam in Accra, Ghana, from 6-12 April 2014. For more information go to Mystical and Popular Islam on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens in...
Natural Disasters Robert White
This presentation was given at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care held in Jamaica from 29 October – 02 November 2012. For more information go to Natural Disasters on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Opening Address at the Younger Leaders Gathering 2016
Chair of the Younger Leaders planning team Sarah Breuel delivers a warm opening address in Jakarta, Indonesia, introducing participants from each country and presenting the vision of the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering. For more information...
Pentecost - Performing Arts Sketch
We revisit the playful characters we saw first at Babel, but the application of languages is entirely different. For more information go to Pentecost on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Planetary Boundaries and the Green Economy Paul Cook
This presentation was given at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care held in Jamaica from 29 October – 02 November 2012. For more information go to Planetary Boundaries and the Green Economy Paul Cook on the Lausanne Movement website. The above...
Pray with Us
Let’s pray together through videos from global voices, highlighting relevant topics, sharing information on current circumstances, and preparing for upcoming events. For more information go to Pray with Us on the Lausanne Movement youtube channel....
Preaching Christ to the Unreached
The need to tell the unreached about Christ is unimaginably great; and yet many of us remain unaware and unmoved. David Platt, author of Radical and president of the International Mission Board, reflects the heart of God for the lost as he tells why...
Progressive and Liberative Islam
Sasan Tavassoli and Joseph Wandera This presentation was given at the Lausanne Global Consultation on Islam in Accra, Ghana, from 6-12 April 2014. For more information go to Progressive and Liberative Islam on the Lausanne Movement website. The...
Protestant Work Ethics and Prosperity Theology
Paul Miller This presentation was given at the Lausanne Global Consultation on Prosperity Theology, Poverty, and the Gospel in Atibaia, Brazil, from 30 March – 2 April 2014. For more information go to Protestant Work Ethics and Prosperity Theology...
Recapitulation - Performing Arts Sketch
Recapping the BigGiantStory, we made our way back through God’s Word through the whole week of the 2016 Younger Leaders Gathering, ending with the gratefulness we sensed at the very beginning. For more information go to Recapitulation on the...
Reentering God’s Story
How can we of the next generation continue to evangelize the world–a world that seems so different from that of our fathers? David Benson, Programme Chair of the 2016 Younger Leaders Gathering, introduces the foundational theme of the gathering: ‘Uni...
Renew Your Vision for the Workplace
In this panel discussion, Timothy Liu speaks with Jerry White, Promod Haque, and Michelle Tolentino about renewed vision as Christians for the workplace. For more information go to Renew Your Vision for the Workplace on the Lausanne Movement...
Renewing Our Gospel Passion
Gospel work can often take a heavy toll on those dearest to us, and can even dampen our relationship with God. How do we renew our passion for the gospel without losing sight of what–and who–matters most? In this intimate panel session, Las Newman (J...
Resource Mobilization
Cape Town 2010 has led to increased networking regarding biblical stewardship and generous giving. This presentation describes these results, especially an exciting development called the Mission Africa trust fund. Barbara Shantz, Sas Conradie and...
Responding to Houghton and White in the Context of the Caribbean Denise Thomas
This presentation was given at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care held in Jamaica from 29 October – 02 November 2012. For more information go to Responding to Houghton and White in the Context of the Caribbean on the Lausanne Movement...
Responding to Houghton and White in the Global Context Las Newman
This presentation was given at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care held in Jamaica from 29 October – 02 November 2012. For more information go to Responding to Houghton and White in the Global Context on the Lausanne Movement website. The...
Responding to Redemption
Richard Chin In the third Bible exposition from the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering, we went to the Mountain, the place of revelation, transfiguration, and crucifixion to look at the theme of ‘Love’. This session was about our call to love...
Restoring Peace
Anne Zaki In this Bible exposition from the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering, we looked at the House at Pentecost. This day was about our call to reconcile the world to God, restoring peace as we unite in Christ. For more information go to...
Revelation - Performing Arts Sketch
This piece helps us listen to the vision of a new heaven and new earth from John’s revelation by spreading and weaving the word across multiple voices from the stage. For more information go to Revelation on the Lausanne Movement website. The above...
Richard Chin - Cultivating God's World
In our morning sessions at YLG2016, we enjoyed Scripture expositions that unpacked God's Great Story for us, from the Garden in Genesis to the City in Revelation. For our first Script session, we zoomed into the Garden to focus on the theme of 'Creat...
Science and Bioethics
New biotechnology grapples with making, shaping, and faking human life. John Wyatt asks the questions, what does it mean to be human and to live and die well? Doctrines such as creation and new creation must inform Christian views of bioethics. For...
Scripture Engagement: Disciples of Truth
Lindsay Olesberg This presentation was given at the Lausanne European Leaders Meeting in Vevey, Switzerland, from 6-9 May 2014 For more information go to Scripture Engagement: Disciples of Truth on the Lausanne Movement website. The above link opens...
Some Days - Performing Arts Sketch
This sketched prayer connects us to the world as we have considered it—where and how do brothers and sisters suffer for the gospel, and how do we pray in solidarity with them? For more information go to Some Days on the Lausanne Movement website....
Special Ethics for the Last Days – Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care Thomas Schirrmacher
This presentation was given at the Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care held in Jamaica from 29 October – 02 November 2012. For more information go to Special Ethics for the Last Days – Lausanne Consultation on Creation Care on the Lausanne...