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The Megachurch in Korea
God has called megachurches in South Korea to take upon many responsibilities for the benefit of the nation. Sou-Young Lee gives several examples, particularly in the area of Christian social ministries and the sharing of financial and educational...
Church Planting Movements among Least Reached Peoples
In light of the state of Christianity and the world, Kent Parks describes the urgent need for groups of people to disciple other groups and create large movements to faith. He gives examples from urban China and the Horn of Africa. For more...
Diasporas
Joy Tira notes the large extent and influence of global migration, particularly in cities. This highlights the quickly growing need to reach diasporas. Studies in diaspora missiology will continue to increase in the next several years. For more...
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...
The Gospel’s Impact on Four Cities: Antioch
Paul Joshua gives a Bible exposition on the church in Antioch from Acts 11:19-20, 13:1-3. He describes the significant geographical, demographic, and theological developments in Christianity during that time. For more information go to The...
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...
Business As Mission
Business is not a cover-up for missions, but a God-glorifying instrument for the holistic transformation of societies. Business as mission is also a key strategy in serving the unreached, the poor, the unemployed, and victims of trafficking. Mats...
Creation Care
The presenters (Ed Brown, Dave Bookless and Las Newman) expound on many reasons why creation care is an important application of the gospel and call all Christians to respond radically. They end with a prayer of confidence in God who can heal this...
The Gospel’s Impact on Four Cities: Philippi
Richard Harvey gives a Bible exposition on Acts 16, focusing on the impact of the gospel in the workplace in Philippi through Paul’s interactions with Lydia and the slave girl. The gospel confronts not just spiritual powers, but economic and...
Children and Youth at Risk
The videos shown by Menchit Wong and Anne-Christine Bataillard depict the need for ministry to children and the progress they have taken since Cape Town 2010. For more information go to Children and Youth at Risk on the Lausanne Movement website....
Care and Counsel as Mission
Presentation speakers Brad Smith, Saul Cruz Jr, and Gladys Mwiti discuss the importance of and great need for Christian counselling, which is often the hole in holistic mission. Mwiti exhorts participants with conviction: ‘Let healing begin with...
Following Christ in the Workplace
Bob Doll’s personal testimony gives insightful wisdom about representing Christ through word, deed, and attitude in the workplace. He quotes Billy Graham on the importance of the marketplace: ‘Marketplace will be to the gospel in this century...
Case Study from Bangalore
Vinay Samuel tells the story of their family’s move to the slums of Bangalore in 1983 and the transformative, holistic ministry his wife Colleen and he have been doing for several decades. He shares about the impact of sitting, seeing, sharing,...
Disability Concerns
The speakers urge believers to reach the one billion in our world with disabilities. Joni Eareckson Tada also encourages the church to help facilitate the missional calling of believers with disabilities. For more information go to Disability...
Issues and Challenges of Influence in the Workplace – Presentation 1
In this insightful presentation, Dela Adadevoh asks thought-provoking questions and identifies specific challenges regarding the workplace. To influence the workplace, Christians must revive their understanding and practice of the priesthood of all...
Workplace Panel Discussion
Panelists Bob Doll, Keith Chua, Jerry White, and Steve Osei-Mensah, who together have over a century of experience in the workplace, speak on the need for laypeople to be equipped and live out a missional calling in the workplace. The majority of...
Issues and Challenges of Influence in the Workplace – Presentation 2
Rajan Mathews focuses on the current youth generation that will soon be entering the workplace. He describes the mobile revolution that has swept across India, mainly driven by the youth. The church must know how to minister to this generation,...
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...
Media and Communications in Our Globalized World
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. For...
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....
Integrity and Anti-Corruption Case Study
Through Operation Nehemiah, Christian leaders from many denominations and ministries in India have decided to take a strong, united stance against financial corruption. Arpit Waghmare For more information go to Integrity and Anti-Corruption Case...
The Gospel’s Impact on Four Cities: Athens
Rosalee Velloso Ewell gives an exposition on Acts 17 about Paul’s experience in Athens, a city of influence and power with which the power of the gospel collides. For more information go to The Gospel’s Impact on Four Cities: Athens on the...
Islam Steering Committee
John Azumah gives an impassioned appeal for Muslim evangelism. Some of the biggest needs are to de-escalate fear about Islam and mobilize Christian laypeople for outreach. Muslim evangelism is not a specialized task for the few, but for the whole...
An Urban Perspective
Cities are growing everywhere, from New York City to the slums, and are filled with tremendous opportunity for ministry. The church needs to be trained to reach urban people. Speakers Mac Pier, Corrie DeBoer, and Atul Aghamkar urge the church not to...
Arts: Focus on Eurasia
This energetic presentation calls for artistic kingdom servants to be strategic leaders in mission. The arts are a powerful way to worship God and declare his goodness. There is a need and readiness for a new paradigm of mission through the arts....
A Perspective from the Secular Academy
Dick Yue explains the OpenCourseWare (OCW) program from MIT, which has made high quality education accessible for free all over the world. He uses the OCW model to spark ideas for Christian education and training. There is a new global generation...
A Perspective from the Christian Academy
Phil Ryken shares his vision to see all college students at all Christian campuses trained in evangelism. He describes the need and exciting opportunities to equip students and gives ideas from Wheaton College. For more information go to A...
A Perspective from the Media on Cultural Influence
Media has an important role in making the gospel message more available, attractive, and plausible. Andy Crouch focuses particularly on the use of mass media, elite media, and social media. For more information go to A Perspective from the Media on...
Communion Meditation from Acts 20
Glenn Davies’ pastoral heart is evident in his meditation on Acts 20:17-36. He reflects on Paul’s manner of life and calling and reminds the Lausanne family of its similar calling, to declare the whole truth of God with sincere love. He ends by...
The Way Forward
Michael Oh expresses his thanks to the leaders of the Lausanne Movement and addresses the gathering as the movement’s new Executive Director and CEO. He poses the questions, ‘What will Lausanne look like in ten years? What will the world look...