Lausanne Movement

As Senior Associate I have been involved in a number of world wide projects including editing the publication World Churches Handbook, published in 1998 but now out of print, and global research required to identify the key issues for consideration in the Lausanne Forum held in 2004, for which also I contributed a paper.  In addition to that we have facilitated the Lausanne Consultation on Nominalism in 1999 and been responsible for organising the second, third and fourth Lausanne Researchers Conferences, and sharing the responsibility for leading the fifth to be held in Melbourne Australia in April 2008, details of the latter are available at www.christian-research.org.uk and www.cra.org.au.  
 
I believe that seeking to assess the "big picture" is important for strategy and decision making.  It is not that data of itself necessarily produces either the strategy or the decisions but is an important factor in determining both.  Looking at the entire world scene, both from a church point of view, an evangelical point of view, as well as a social and demographic point of view is critically important for identifying not just where Lausanne is going but other Christian organisations as well.  As a consequence part of the work that I do is not just providing the data, but seeking to help churches and agencies evaluate the implications of that data for their particular organisation and their future aims and objectives.  As a consequence I have written both books and often speak at seminars or conferences on these topics.