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A Landmark Encounter The Asian Church Leaders Forum (ACLF) held in Seoul in June 2013 seemed at first like any other international conference, writes Ezra Jin. “However, for the representatives of the house churches in China, it was a conference...

Christianity in Sri Lanka ‘Christianity in Sri Lanka today is simultaneously vigorous, fragile, and persecuted’, writes Kamal Weerakoon. The social effects of a long civil war make Christian living difficult. Buddhist nationalism dubs evangelism...

Lausanne ’74 Billy Graham once said that perhaps the most significant contribution in his ministry was the 1974 Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization and the resulting Lausanne Movement. ‘This year we commemorate the 40th anniversary of that...

Responding to the Challenge of Boko Haram ‘Boko Haram’s ideology has four main features’, writes John Azumah (Lausanne Senior Associate for Islam and Associate Professor of World Christianity and Islam at Columbia Theological Seminary,...

The Challenge of Radical Islam ‘For many evangelicals, jihadi groups are obscurantist, primitive, and ferocious, embodying all the prejudices associated with the supposed ‘essence’ of Islam’, writes John Azumah (Associate Professor of World...

Sexual Violence in War ‘The use of sexual violence (SV) has become a specific tactic in modern conflict’, writes Olivia Jackson (freelance writer and speaker, focusing on social justice and human rights law). Access to civilians provides a...

In this issue we focus in three of our articles on the impact and legacy—five years on—of the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation held in Cape Town in 2010. Lausanne’s Renewed Engagement in Global Mission ‘During our 40th...

The State and Religious Persecution Recent Pew reports document an increase in official intolerance and restriction of minority religious faiths to unprecedented levels, noting that they are far more likely in countries where one religion or...

Engaging with the Women’s Mosque Movement ‘Women in mosques are not new in Islam’, writes Moyra Dale (Lausanne Catalyst for Islam). There have been women leaders and teachers throughout its history. However, the women’s piety movement is a...

This issue of LGA has as its theme Leadership, inspired by the fact that the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG2016) took place in Jakarta in August. Six Leadership Lessons from YLG2016 ‘It usually takes decades to see the fruit from this...

Surfing the Third Wave of Missions in India ‘While Christianity in India is as old as Christianity itself, the Protestant Christian missions in India—spanning three centuries—can be broadly classified into three waves’, writes Prabhu Singh...

Christian Witness Amidst Disaster in Japan ‘The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 prompted Japanese churches to rethink how they engage in evangelism and church development’, writes Shoichi Konda (member of the Japan Lausanne Committee). In...

In this issue we mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. A Call to Christian Unity for the Sake of the Great Commission ‘What exactly . . . might it mean for Protestants, and especially evangelical Protestants, to recognize the...

India’s Water Crisis ‘Access to fresh water is becoming critical in parts of Asia and Africa’, write Atul Aghamkar (Director, National Centre for Urban Transformation) and Ken Gnanakan (Founder, ACTS Group of Institutions). Reasons for...

How Spiritual Foundations Make or Break a Nation ‘Sierra Leone illustrates the often-forgotten role foundations play in determining the fortunes of a nation’, writes Bowenson Phillips (former Chief Administrator for Freetown) with Jenny Taylor...