Lausanne Movement

Christian leaders representing churches, denominations, intra-church ministries, the media and the business world are involved in the Lausanne Movement.

Executive Leadership

Lausanne Administrative Committee
Equivalent of Board of Directors – overall authority for the Lausanne Movement, provides leadership, sets policy and basic direction

Rev. S. Douglas Birdsall, USA, Executive Chairman
Mr. Lindsay Brown, Wales, International Director
Mrs. Robyn Claydon, Australia, Deputy Chair
Dr. CV Mathew, India, Deputy Chair
Dr. Roger Parrott, USA, Treasurer
Dr. Esmé Bowers, South Africa, Secretary
Rev. Judy Mbugua, Kenya, Member-At-Large
Dr. Michael Oh, Japan, Member-At-Large 
Mr. Valdir Steuernagel, Brazil, Member-At-Large 
Dr. Rick Sessoms, USA, Leadership Development Working Group Chair
Rev. Paul Eshleman, USA, Strategy Working Group Chair
Mr. Paul Schultheis, USA and Mr. Ram Gidoomal, UK, Resource Mobilization Working Group Chairs
Dr. Jerry White, USA, Global CEOs Working Group
Rev. Sarah Plummer, Australia, Intercession Working Group Chair
Dr. Chris Wright, United Kingdom, Theology Working Group Chair
Mr. Steve Woodworth, USA, Communications Working Group Chair

 

Other:
Rev. Blair T. Carlson, USA, Cape Town 2010 Congress Director
Mr. Larry Russell, USA, Cape Town 2010 Congress Associate Director
Mr. Ramez Atallah, Egypt, Cape Town 2010 Programme Committee Chair
Bishop Hwa Yung, Malaysia, Cape Town 2010 Participant Selection Committee Chair
Dr. Terry Douglass, USA, Special Advisor to the Chair
Mrs. Grace Matthews, USA, Special Advisor to the Chair

 

Support Personnel:
Mrs. Naomi Frizzell, USA, Communications Director
Mrs. Tammy Holmstrom, Doug Birdsall’s Executive Assistant
Mrs. Sandi Lee, Doug Birdsall’s Assistant

Geographical Leadership

Provides geographical leadership by representing Lausanne and the cause of global evangelization on a regional and country basis

Mr. Lindsay Brown, Wales, International Director

International Deputy Directors  (IDDs)
Represents the region to Lausanne by communicating the direction of the Church and the issues of the area; helps in the creation of national and regional committees; promotes Lausanne to the region.

Dr. Las Newman, Jamaica: Caribbean
Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, Nigeria: English, Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Africa
Dr. Anatoliy Glukhovskyy, Ukraine: Eurasia
Rev. Gordon Showell-Rogers, UK: Europe
Dr. Kadebe Daniel Bourdanné, UK/Côte d'Ivoire: Francophone Africa
Dr. Norberto Saracco, Argentina: Latin America
Dr. Andrea Zaki, Egypt: Middle East and North Africa
Dr. Jim Tebbe, USA: North America
Rev. Morley Lee, Hong Kong: East Asia
Dr. Hyung Keun (Paul) Choi, South Korea: East Asia (Associate IDD)
Dr. Adrian de Visser, Sri Lanka: South Asia
Dr. George Capaque, Philippines: Southeast Asia
Rev. Daniel Willis, Australia: South Pacific

Regional and Country Committees
Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Sweden, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Advisory Leadership

Honorary Advisors
Dr. Billy Graham – Founder
Dr. John Stott – Honorary Chair

 

Senior Advisors
Providing trusted leadership, wisdom and counsel for the Lausanne Movement

 

Dr. Paul Cedar, USA (Former Lausanne Executive Chair)
Dr. David Claydon, Australia (Former Lausanne International Director)
Dr. Leighton Ford, USA (Honorary Lausanne Lifetime Executive Chairman)
Rev. Tom Houston, UK (Former Lausanne International Director)
Dr. Fergus Macdonald, UK (Former Lausanne Executive Chair)
Dr. Gottfried Osei-Mensah, UK (First Lausanne International Director - General Secretary at that time)
Dr. Thomas Wang, USA (Former Lausanne International Director)
Dr. Tetsunao “Ted “Yamamori, USA (Former Lausanne International Director)

Council of Reference
Provides a theological foundation and strategic vision and networking for the Movement as a whole.  Some 200 leaders world-wide are part of the Council of Reference. 

Issue-Based Leadership

Cape Town 2010 Leadership

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