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Lausanne Bi-Annual Leadership Meeting Global Pentecostalism Book To Be Released WEA TC-07 Symposium: “Theology and Ministry – obsolete or necessary?” Lausanne World Pulse Lausanne Bi-Annual Leadership Meeting
Report from Doug Birdsall
We are eagerly looking forward to the Lausanne Bi-Annual Leadership Meeting in Budapest, 18-22 June. I am pleased to tell you that we now have over 300 leaders from 60 countries who will be attending. Please pray with us that God will guide and bless our time as we work together to advance the cause of world evangelization and the plans for Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010. The Lausanne Bi-Annual Leadership Meeting will be a wonderful time of interacting with our brothers and sisters around the world who share the vision of Lausanne for “the whole church taking the whole Gospel to the whole World.” The Budapest meeting is designed to gain input from every leader in attendance; as leaders share their thoughts, prayers and dreams for Lausanne and Lausanne III. Throughout our time together, it’s our desire to seek God’s heart for reaching our World with the Gospel. We’ll begin our focus everyday with a Bible reading from leaders such as Ajith Fernando (National Director of Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka), Lindsay Brown (Lausanne International Director and General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, UK), Ivor Poobalan (Principal of Colombo Theological Seminary, Sri Lanka) and Charlie Hadjiev (a DPhil Student at Oxford University). Bishop Hwa Yung (The Methodist Church of Malaysia), Chairman of the Lausanne III Participant Selection Committee, will lead our discussion on choosing who will be invited to participate in Lausanne III onsite in Cape Town. We’ll also hear from:
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Thank you in advance for your prayers for the Lausanne Bi-Annual Leadership Meeting in Budapest. I look forward to sharing a report from the meeting with you next month! Global Pentecostalism Book To Be Released
Here’s a brief description of the book: “How and why is Christianity's center of gravity shifting to the developing world? To understand this rapidly growing phenomenon, Donald E. Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori spent four years traveling the globe conducting extensive on-the-ground research in twenty different countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The result is this vividly detailed book and accompanying DVD, which together contain the most comprehensive information available on Pentecostalism, the fastest-growing religion in the world. Rich with scenes from everyday life, the book and DVD dispel many stereotypes about this religion as they build a wide-ranging, nuanced portrait of a major new social movement. The DVD features footage of Pentecostal religious worship, testimony, and social activism, and includes interviews with Pentecostal pastors and leaders from around the world.” The book is co-authored by Miller, Professor of Religion and Executive Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, and Yamamori, President Emeritus of Food for the Hungry International and Senior Fellow of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. For information and pre-publication order, please go to: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10061.html. WEA TC-07 Symposium: “Theology and Ministry – obsolete or necessary?” Source: World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission
The three-day meeting of the Theological Commission will also feature a networking session at Westminister Theological Seminary (WTS) on 1 August, where the TC will meet with local theologians and other leaders to share information on current trends. This will take the form of a Symposium on the topic, “Theology and Ministry – obsolete or necessary?” The keynote speakers will be Dr. Peter Lillback, President of WTS and Dr. Dennis Cheek, Vice President, Education, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Members of the TC’s global constituency will contribute insights from their own contexts in roundtable discussions. Dr. Rolf Hille, Chair of the WEA Theological Commission will give an update on TC ministry and activities, and introduce participants to ways in which they can be associated with its work. Attendance at TC-07 will include TC Commissioners, participants in its Global Membership scheme involving National Fellowships, seminaries and individual theologians and invited guests. Registration is necessary for the consultation and Symposium. There is no fee but participants will be invited to share in the costs of facilities and catering. For more information on registration or submission of ideas for TC work and networking please contact Dr .David Parker, Dit e-mail adres is beschermd door spambots, u heeft Javascript nodig om dit onderdeel te kunnen bekijken . Lausanne World Pulse Communication—whether in-person or via Internet, telephone or email—is a necessary element in the unity of the global Church and the mission to share the message of Christ with those who have not heard. In a day when millions of people use email, telephone and other technology, understanding the whole of communications and the means and methods of communicating is important. This issue of Lausanne World Pulse focuses on International Communication and the Church. Here are some of articles you will find:
• “We should never ignore the power of the Holy Spirit in overcoming communication barriers and boundaries in order to share the gospel,” according to Andrew Sundar, director of the Media Resources Group-Asia for Trans World Radio. • “The ultimate goal of communication is God’s glory, and the ultimate subject of our communication is the magnalia Dei, God’s mighty acts,” says Steve Knight, international communication coordinator for Serving In Mission (SIM). You will also find articles on: COMING IN JULY Questions or comments about Lausanne World Pulse may be Dit e-mail adres is beschermd door spambots, u heeft Javascript nodig om dit onderdeel te kunnen bekijken . For more information on how to submit an article, please click here. |
Dr. Tetsunao “Ted” Yamamori, former International Director of the Lausanne Movement and a Lausanne Senior Advisor, will release a new book in September titled GLOBAL PENTECOSTALISM. 
Dr. Ronald Sider, head of the World Evangelical Alliance’s (WEA) initiative on civic engagement, will be a keynote speaker at the WEA Theological Commission’s (TC) annual session (TC-07) to be held in Philadelphia, USA 30 July–3 August. A one-day consultation on “providence and political involvement” will be held at Palmer (Eastern Baptist) Theological Seminary on 31 July, where Dr. Sider, a faculty member of the seminary, will speak. The second key-note speaker will be TC Member, Dr. Claus Schwambach of Brazil, and discussion will be led by Dr. Brian Edgar, Director of Public Theology for the Australian Evangelical Alliance. 
