Lausanne Movement

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 22 June 2007 – More than 360 Christian leaders from over 60 countries participated in the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) Bi-Annual International Leadership Meeting, a week-long planning session that ended today in Budapest.  The meeting was an opportunity for leaders to pray, plan and work together toward Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010, the Third International Congress on World Evangelization to be held 16-25 October 2010.

The Budapest meeting of global Lausanne leadership discussed the potential barriers and opportunities of global evangelization, and how the Church can share the hope of the Gospel to every nation on earth.  Rev. S. Douglas (Doug) Birdsall, LCWE Executive Chair, urged the leaders to work together for the cause of Christ, “Because there is so much at stake. The task is bigger and the urgency more obvious.”

Throughout the week, plenary and breakout discussions tackled fundamental questions related to opportunities, challenges, priorities and organization – including the differing connotations of the term Evangelical.  Leaders agreed that some of the most significant challenges facing the church include maintaining the importance of evangelism; increased involvement by leaders from the Global South; reaching the next generation; marginalized people and children at risk; the importance of urban evangelists; hunger; poverty; and HIV/AIDS. (read more)