Lausanne Movement

• Lausanne World Pulse
• Call for Intercession – 2006 FIFA World Cup
• Global Prayer for North Korea
• WEA Missions Commission Global Issues Summit
• Global Consultation on Music and Mission
• Praise & Prayer

Younger Leaders and Evangelism is a focus of the June Lausanne World Pulse (LWP). This month's issue features articles from younger and older Christians who are seeking to work, learn and grow together so that many more people may hear the good news of Jesus Christ.
In this month’s issue you’ll find:

• Grace Samson, public relations officer for Media Village in Cape Town, South Africa, writes on the importance of effective leadership.  
• Steve Irvin, mentor at large with Mentorlink International, addresses the keys to mentoring younger leaders. 
• Robyn Claydon, Lausanne Senior Associate for Women, provides examples of how mentorship can lead to lasting fruit. 
• Evangelism professor Dr. Jerry Root shares four basic components of all evangelism.
• Krish Kandiah, director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, gives advice on how to effectively share the Christian faith in various contexts. 

Plus:

• The Nigerian Church is taking the gospel back to Jerusalem through Vision 50:15. 
• Reaching the Emerging Generation in Europe and Eurasia. 
• Dalit Education Centers are transforming the lives of Dalits in India. 
• Contextualizing Luke 15 in the African culture. 

Articles or reports for possible use in LausanneWorldPulse.com may be sent to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können .   

LWP is a partnership of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) and Wheaton College’s (Chicago, IL., USA) Institute of Strategic Evangelism, Evangelism and Mission Information Service (EMIS) and Intercultural Studies Department.

By Bernd Oettinghaus, Prayer Coordinator kickoff2006 and leader of the Round Table Prayer in the Koalition Evangelisation

This comes with warm Christian greetings from kickoff2006, a mission network initiated by the German Lausanne Movement and German Prayer Movements operating within the national Lausanne Movement. We sincerely ask you to take up this call for prayer intercession during the FIFA World Cup, 9 June through 9 July.  We really need prayer support from the worldwide Body of Christ.
 
As host country for the FIFA World Soccer Cup, people will see our cities on TV and we invite them to pray for our nation and for a spiritual transformation of and within our society.

There are special prayer requests for each day on our website available in 7 languages (www.kickoff2006.org). At the national headquarters of the German Evangelical Alliance (where the German Lausanne office is located as well) our central international 24-7 prayer camp takes place. We also have 24-7 prayer rooms all over Germany in most of the World Cup Cities and other cities as well.
 
We as German Christians are sincerely asking the intercessors in the whole world to support us in prayer for the spiritual awakening in our country. It is our desire and goal to bring the love of God to the people and to see a deep change happen in our German society:

• that the values of the kingdom of God will shine again;
• that unity arise among the whole body of Christ;
• that the nation will be transformed by the Spirit of God and His love;
• that Germany as a nation will again understand its calling of God and serve His will.

Thousands of Christians from all over the world are coming to help us witness Jesus Christ to the millions of guests as well as to locals. We so appreciate this help and are deeply grateful for believers supporting us during this time and serving with their gifts and faith from God. Sometimes locals listen better to foreigners than to their own fellow citizens. Please pray for:

• A spiritual breakthrough;
• For security: against violence (hooligans), terrorism and racism (right radicalism in parts of Germany)

During the Soccer World Cup you will be able to download current prayer requests from our website (www.kickoff2006.org). Questions may be sent by email to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können .

Rev. Doug Birdsall, Executive Chair of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization has declared 25 June an International Day of Prayer for North Korea. In making the announcement, Birdsall said Lausanne is standing with the Asia Lausanne Committee in calling on the church worldwide to pray for North Korea.

Below is a message from Dr. Jong Yun Lee, Chair, Asia Lausanne Committee

May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
The matter of greatest interest for South Koreans is to save North Koreans who are deprived of their religious freedom. For this cause, the Korean Church founded the commission to Help North Korean Refugees (CNKR) in 1999 and has submitted to the United Nations a petition with ten million signatures for recognizing North Korean defectors as refugees.

South Korean Christians have also set up an organization called Save North Korea and are making some significant efforts in this area. Recognizing that earnest prayers must take the highest priority in this work, we have decided at a directors' meeting to stage this movement globally.

1. We have decided to set apart an International Day of Prayer for bringing salvation to North Koreans and ask all Christians around the world to join us in prayer.
2. We have designated 25 June (Sunday), the day that the Korean War broke out, as the International Day of Prayer for North Korea.
3. We hereby request assistance that all Christians around the world join us in prayer for salvation of 25 million North Korean souls by declaring the upcoming 25 June as the International Day of Prayer for North Korea.
4. We propose the following prayer needs:
   a. Freedom of religion be granted in North Korea
   b. North Korean defectors be recognized as refugees so that they will be guaranteed the freedom of residence, and
   c. The divided Korean Peninsula be reunited by the Gospel.

Sincerely,

Dr. Jong Yun Lee
Chair, Asia Lausanne Committee
President, Save North Korea

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said it welcomes the decision by Lausanne to declare 25 June an International Day of Prayer for North Korea.
 
CSW’s National Director, Stuart Windsor says: “We are delighted that the Lausanne Committee has issued this call to the Church to pray for the absolutely critical needs in North Korea. We are calling on Christians and Churches to adopt the prayer focus on North Korea as we firmly believe this issue should be high on the agenda of the worldwide Church due to the extremity of the repression and the state enforced idolatry in the country. We are trusting for a crescendo of prayer on 25th June that will carry the light and love of God to the people of North Korea.”

Global Week of Prayer for North Korea - 19-25 June
The International Day of Prayer for North Korea comes at the end of the Global Week of Prayer for North Korea, which is designed to help churches become more aware of the suffering of the North Korean people.

Organizers say the goal of the Global Week of Prayer for North Korea is for the Church as a whole to register North Korea as a key prayer priority and accord it the attention that it deserves.

A wide range of resources have been created for the week. These have been designed with the logo “Pray for North Korea” so that all agencies can freely use them. All the written resources are available through the website www.prayfornorthkorea.org.

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Organisations taking part in the Global Week of Prayer for North Korea include: World Assemblies of God Fellowship, World Methodist Council, National Association of Evangelicals (US), Baptist World Alliance – Men’s Department, World Evangelical Alliance – Religious Liberty Commission, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Open Doors (UK), Save North Korea, Korean Church Coalition, Danish European Mission, Premier Christian Radio, Promise Keepers, Korean Church Association (UK) and the Romanian Evangelical Alliance. A complete list of supporting organizations may be found at http://www.prayfornorthkorea.org.

World Evangelical Alliance (WEA, www.worldevangelicalalliance.org) will hold the 10th Mission Commission (MC) International Convocation, “Global Issues Summit” (SA06) in South Africa, 18-24 June 2006. As in each of the MC’s previous global consultations, SA06 is a by-invitation event. Three hundred participants are expected from over 50 nations.

The MC convenes a global consultation every three years for mutual encouragement and greater understanding of the mission enterprise around the globe. Delegates examine global issues and challenges, plan their joint work and strategies, and foster the in-depth relationships without which the MC could not function. These consultations are issues-centered events with a strong training and planning component. While plenary sessions will focus on various global issues, MC networks and task forces will engage in equipping and planning activities.

SA06 has three unique features:

• This is the first time the MC will meet as a global body in Africa. It expresses the MC’s commitment to serve the missional work in and from the continent of Africa.
• This is the first international convocation since the MC completed a re-envisioning process in 2004, and it continues to grapple with the implications for its global network which seeks to address the challenges of mission in and for the 21st Century.
• The South Africa consultation marks a historic moment of leadership transition. After 20 years at the helm of the MC, current Executive Director, Dr. Bill Taylor, hands over the direction of Mission Commission to Mr. Bertil Ekström of Brazil.

The primary themes of the consultation are: HIV/AIDS and its challenges, Holistic mission, African mission models, Religious encounters and religious freedom, and Leadership transition. Daily Bible readings will be shared by Bishop Zac Niringiye of Uganda. Seminars will be presented by each of the MC’s task forces and Networks and include:

1. Building Healthy National and Regional Mission Movements: Bertil Ekstrom, Kees van der Wilden, David Ruíz and Younoussa Djao
2. South African Pastors Mission Seminar: Willie Crew and Peter Tarantal
3. International Missionary Training Network (IMTN): Jon Lewis and Rob Brynjolfson
4. Mission Mobilization Task Force: Min-Young Jung and team
5. Missionary Retention and Agency/church Best Practices (ReMAP II): Rob Hay, Jaap Ketelaar, and Valerie Lim
6. Ministry in a Context of HIV/AIDS, Case Studies from South Africa: Dr. and Mrs. Elijah Mahlangu
7. Strategic Alliances and Cooperative Ventures: Alex Araujo and team
8. Global Missiology Teams: Rose Dowsett and Bill Taylor
9. Global Member Care Network (MEMCA): Kelly O’Donnell and team
10. Business as Mission: Mats Tunehag and team
11. Joint Information Management Initiative Sharing (JIMI): Sas Conradie and Mark Orr
12. Tentmaker International Exchanges (TIE): Derek Christiansen and team
13. Refugee Highway Partnership: Stephen Mugabi and team
14. ETHNE—Towards the Least Reached Peoples: Kent Parks and Beram Kumar

World Evangelical Alliance is made up of 127 national evangelical alliances, located in 7 regions, and 104 associate member organizations.

The second Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM 2006), a worldwide gathering of hundreds of musicians, music missionaries, educators, worship pastors, and Christian leaders, will be held 11-15 July at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

This music and missions event will feature:

• Seminars representing cross-cultural ministry on six continents
• Panels exploring the global initiatives in music and missions
• Praising God in the heart music of His people around the world
• Concerts by international music recording artists
• Video and film premieres showing the growth of indigenous Christian music worldwide

For more information please go to www.gcommhome.org.  

By Glenda Weldon, Chair, Intercession Working Group, LCWE

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.   Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.  Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.  Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labour.” John 4:34 - 38

As Jesus was saying these words to his disciples, the most unlikely witness, the Samaritan woman was telling the men of her village about Jesus the Messiah and they believed. One simple woman whose heart was filled with wonder and gratitude to the Lord was used to bring many to faith in Jesus as Lord.

May we all never lose the profound sense of wonder and gratitude for all that Jesus has done for us. May we have eyes to see those around us day by day, whom God has prepared to hear and respond to the message of God’s love revealed in Jesus Christ, the Lord. May we “see what the Father is doing” in the hearts of those around us and cooperate with God is bringing many people to faith in Jesus.

Global Day of Prayer
Praise God that Christians in 198 nations gathered for the Global Day of Prayer on 4 June.

Please pray as Christians in these nations actively seek to bless their communities in the 90 days following 4 June.

Younger Leaders Gathering
Please pray for:

• The Planning Committee as they finalise all the details for this significant event.
• The speakers as they prepare, that they might be sensitive to the Lord and to the needs of the younger leaders.
• The participants as they raise finances and arrange travel.
• A mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all who gather filling each on with a renewed passion to “go into all the world and make disciples of every nation.”

Oceania and Australia
YLG06
Please pray for:

• The 27 young leaders from the region who have been invited to attend, that they will be able to raise the finances to cover the cost of travel and accommodation.
• Their preparation in the coming months.
• The 12 mentors and leaders from the region as they prepare to give leadership and guidance to the participants.
  Australian Lausanne Committee meets on 28 July - pray for the meeting and opportunities to network across Australia
• The 2004 Forum Compendium is being distributed. Please pray it will be well received and that people will engage in a meaningful and constructive way with the papers as they think through their evangelistic endeavours.

Western Europe
Please pray for Germany - that the nation will return to its Christian roots and calling in Christ.  (See article above Call For Intercession - 2006 FIFA World Cup)

Nepal
Praise God:

• That the LORD intervened on 18 May and the last Hindu kingdom in the world became a secular country. Praise God that peace talks are firmly on the agenda now.
• For the opportunity for a new Nepalese constitution.

Please pray:

• Pray that the new constitution being formed will include freedom of religion and other basic freedoms.
• Peace and stability during peace talks between the Maoists and the government. Pray for real peace and freedom from coercion.
• For the Christians in Nepal to be strong in faith during this historic transition.
• For the country of Nepal to become fully exposed to the Gospel and for millions to come to Christ.

Prayer for A World of Disability
The new science of nanotechnology seeks to bring about a “perfect world” and disability leaders around the globe share a growing concern over this rapidly advancing technology which ultimately jeopardizes the lives of people with disabilities. “There’s a growing premise that one is ‘better off dead than disabled,’” says Joni Eareckson Tada, senior disability associate for Lausanne Committee.  “Now as never before, the church must stand firm on the truth that all life is precious.”  
 
Pray that church leadership worldwide will proclaim the sanctity of all life, as well as follow Jesus’ example in Luke 14 to reach out to people with disabilities. 

Global Aids Prayer Partnership
Each day please pray through the following 3 prayer points. In this way you will unite your prayers with many others toward an end of AIDS:

• Pray for the millions of widows and orphans to have their daily needs met-Philippians 4:19.
• Pray for the Gospel of Jesus Christ to reach the widows, orphans, and sick, as well as all others affected by the pandemic - Matthew 18:14.
• Pray that millions of Christians worldwide would take part in creating an epidemic of compassion – 2 Chronicles 7 and Deuteronomy 3:16.
   

Praise God:
“Thank you very much for your prayer support. I am glad to tell you that I am much improved and back to work. It looks as if I may be completely restored even though it may take months. I am deeply moved by all the intercession on my behalf. Praise the Lord; He is good!”

Wolfgang Pulzer, Christian Journalist from Germany

Ethnê Movement

YOGJAKARTA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF—ETHNÊ CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK EFFORTS
On Saturday, May 27, an earthquake measuring 6.3 struck central Java in Indonesia. The death toll stands at approximately 6,200. Up to 200,000 are homeless. The volcano in the vicinity is also spewing ash and lava and could erupt at any time. Most of the victims are Muslims, but a number of Christians have also been killed. e.g. one church has lost 9 members. We are now helping the victims through 4 Indonesian Foundations/Organisations and are also in touch with a further 6 others who are involved in the relief efforts. As funds and resources are available, we will expand our assistance to more of these organisations in the frontline. Please keep the relief efforts in prayer. The funds have been very slow in coming to ETHNE–FCRN, despite the fact that more homes were destroyed in this earthquake than in the Aceh tsunami of December 2004.

Pray for:

• Believers to respond rapidly to meet these specific needs and others;
• Orderly, harmonious and coordinated response between government, relief and Christian workers;
• The life and love of God to be expressed clearly in the lives and ministries of those assisting so that there is lasting impact from these efforts

Volunteer
At this time, we need medical personnel (doctors, nurses, paramedics). Other volunteers are also welcome ...to help with the food distribution, etc.

Give
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PRAISE GOD FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE ETHNÊ HARVEST-LINKED PRAYER STRATEGY (HeLPS) INITIATIVE!
PRAY FOR COMPLETION OF ETHNÊ VOLUME 2 DVD
The last testimony stories are now going to translators and video production will begin shortly for the final set to be included on Volume 2 of the Ethnê video DVD.

Please pray for:

• The translators and the video production team to work quickly and with excellence to complete this tool in time for distribution by September 1.
• The network of distributors and others to quickly duplicate and distribute these to believers who will lift up effectual, fervent prayers to God on behalf of the remaining 6,900+ least-reached groups month by month.
• Those who are reaching out to be living witnesses of the presence, power and love of Jesus to the lost.

PRAISE GOD FOR VANUATU SOUTHLAND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CELEBRATIONS
The logistics were a challenge but nothing could stop this historic gathering of Christians which took place in Vanuatu May 14, 2006, to celebrate the naming of the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit 400 years ago. The Vanuatu government supported this momentous occasion and President Kalkot Mataskelekele spoke a personal message of forgiveness and reconciliation. The Matantas Chief was present and presented gifts to commemorate the occasion. Spanish and European representatives were delighted to receive these gifts as a sign of reconciliation and cleansing of the land. A communion service was also conducted, celebrating the very first communion service on Vanuatu soil 200 years ago by the Spanish explorers. Pray for God to bring a true fulfillment of this 400-year-old prophetic proclamation so that the Church of the South Pacific rises up in the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit to boldly proclaim God’s good news in Jesus Christ not only to the least-reached peoples of their own region but to the ends of the earth!

PRAISE GOD FOR THE LAUNCH OUT MISSIONS CONFERENCE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
"There is a fresh wind blowing in the Islands, and their great desire is that they will be able to respond adequately to what the Lord is saying to them," writes Marilyn Rowsome a missionary working in Melanesia. She adds, "The present thrust of missions from Melanesia is definitely to the unreached world." Last year at this time the first Launch Out Missions Conference was held in the Solomon Islands, and attendance was overwhelming. This conference was just held for the second time in May 2006. Pray that all who responded to God’s call will do exactly what God wants them to do to reach out for Christ, especially among the least-reached peoples globally. Pray for this wave of new missionaries from the South Seas Evangelical Church of the Solomon Islands to be adequately equipped and filled with the Holy Spirit as they take the gospel to the unreached world.

POSSIBLE VIRTUAL 24/7 PRAYER ROOM
A proposal was sent to the Ethnê prayer workgroup regarding establishing some kind of web-based virtual 24/7 prayer room especially with a focus to pray for the least-reached peoples. There are some issues of liability and other logistical difficulties but please pray for God to clearly direct and empower us to use technology at our disposal for His kingdom’s work and His glory. Pray for the Ethnê movement to be thoroughly connected with the power 24/7 prayer movement which has swept the globe among young people. For ideas or to assist in bringing this about email Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können .

PRAY FOR THESE UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS:

GO FEST ASIA 2006
GO FEST ASIA 2006 is a partnership between Youth With A Mission Singapore and ARISE!, along with local churches and other Christian organizations to reach out to the marginalized and perishing in Asia Place, City & Country: Singapore Expo Hall 2, Republic of Singapore Dates: 6-9 June. Speakers: Rev Loren Cunningham (Founder of Youth With A Mission), John Dawson and more.  Website: http://www.gofestasia.com Contact Person: June, Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können

Indonesian Students Harvesters '07 Convention
The Indonesian Students Harvesters' Convention '07 is a gathering of Indonesian Students and Alumni from all around Indonesia. Working together with Indonesian students' ministry networks, mission agencies, and various local churches, this convention's focus is to raise up a new generation of Indonesian students to get involved in world mission. Dates: 23-26 July 2007 Speakers: Paul Borthwick and others. This is open to international participants. For further information contact: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können  

Transform World Silk Road: Youth Festival
This conference will involve around five thousand younger emerging Christian leaders mainly from the Turkic World who will be challenged to respond to the God's call and seize the moment to emerge as servant-catalysts through transformational prayer, revival, multiplicational church planting, development of the poor, city reaching, the Back to Jerusalem Apostolic Movement, Market Place Ministry and transformational worship. Place: Kazakhstan. Dates: 3-5 August Contact: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spam-Bots geschützt, Sie müssen Javascript aktivieren, damit Sie es sehen können