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In This Issue:
  • LAUSANNE WORLD PULSE LAUNCHED!
  • CHURCHES RESPOND TO HURRICANE KATRINA
  • CHANGED LIVES IN THAILAND
  • PRAISE & PRAYER
 
LAUSANNE WORLD PULSE LAUNCHED!

Lausanne World Pulse (LWP) is a new monthly online publication committed to serving those involved in global evangelism and missions by providing relevant news, information, and analysis from around the world.

LWP (www.lausanneworldpulse.com) 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.

LWP, launched this month, is available free, online and in a downloadable print version for offline reading.  LWP builds on the foundation of World Pulse, a much-valued publication in the missions and evangelism community, published until August 2004 by EMIS.

In the September issue of LWP, learn more about the:

  • southern shift of Christianity
  • North American Consultation on HIV/AIDS
  • G8 Summit and what it means to Christians
  • new global Reconciliation Network
  • importance of Partnership in evangelism
  • increasing momentum for unreached people groups
  • Bengali of Bangladesh
  • evangelism and missions-related events and gatherings

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CHURCHES RESPOND TO HURRICANE KATRINA

As former residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast face a future full of uncertainties, Christians throughout the Southern states of the U.S. have already opened their homes and are caring for evacuees.  Read the story of one church reaching out with the love of Christ to those in need.

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CHANGED LIVES IN THAILAND

Held in the grip of Buddhism, many of the Isaan people of north-eastern Thailand have never been introduced to the Gospel message. But through Christian radio, the Far East Broadcasting Company has been making inroads into the Isaan. Lives are being changed by the power of the Gospel heard through the airwaves, and over 4-thousand people have participated in their Bible correspondence course.

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PRAISE & PRAYER

By Glenda Weldon, Chair, Intercession Working Group, LCWE

“Our firm decision is to work from the focused centre:  One man died for everyone.  That puts everyone in the same boat.  He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be included in his life, a resurrection life, a life far better than people ever lived on their own. Because of his decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look……Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start and is created new.”  2 Corinthians 5:16, 17 - The Message 

Younger Leaders Gathering
Three groups of people are making good progress on the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering which will take place in Malaysia in September 2006.  This includes the Program Team under the leadership of Paul Stanley, the Conference Director; the Participant Selection Team with members from each region of the world, being facilitated by Rick Sessoms; and the Operations Team under the leadership of Matthew Anderson.

  • Please pray for the Participant Selection Team as their work moves into high gear in this critical task of identifying and selecting the 500 younger leaders who will participate in this gathering.

Robyn Claydon, Senior Associate, Women in World Evangelisation

  • Praise God for the recent Young Women Leaders' Mentor night and the Young Christian Teachers' meeting in Sydney which Robyn organized as part of her role as Lausanne Senior Associate for Women.
  • Pray for the ministry of some of the young women in Robyn's Lausanne International Leadership Network: Eva Mrsic in Croatia, Evangeline Sita in India, Olga Zaprometova in Russia, Elke Werner in Germany and Xiaoli Yang in Australia. They are outstanding young women who are using their gifts in a variety of ministries and need the Lord's wisdom and strength to meet the challenges and opportunities that face them.

Joseph Vijayan, Senior Associate, Information Technology
Joseph reports, “We met as a Taskforce under the leadership of Larry Russell on August 15 to discuss matters relating to technology systems to assist LCWE, email lists and database.  We are making good progress and are divided into subcommittees to focus on specific items.  We will re-convene as a group on September 19 to present our findings to the entire group.”

  • Please be praying for God’s wisdom for development of “spirit-led” technology systems to assist the Lausanne movement.

Eastern Europe
Romania

  • Pray for the Eastern European Prayer Summit in Romania organized by the International Prayer Council (IPC) in December. Pray especially of the organizer lain Peia for God’s strength and wisdom. Pray for the IPC leadership and participants for safety as they travel to Romania.

Oceania

Praise God for the interest in the papers thus far and especially the Uniqueness of Christ Lausanne Occasional Paper.

Pray for:

  • God to raise up the next generation of  leaders to work His will in His global village
  • God to pour out his Spirit upon His people in each region that they may discern the key issues to address and apply strategically to their local context.
  • wisdom as regional leaders look at the presentation and visioning of the
  • a sense of urgency to wake up the church to the crucial task of evangelisation.
  • those in leadership in Lausanne, for their families and support structures that God may continue to bless this network of linked Christians.

Evangelisation of Children 

  • Please continue to pray for a presentation that five children's ministry organisations are preparing that focuses on global evangelisation of children.  This will be in USA at the end of September.  This is an opportunity to advocate for the place of children in world mission.  The 2004 World Forum is the impetus for this: the Pattaya Scale that IG18 developed is providing a tool to help think through the issues.

“The New People Next Door” - Diaspora and International Students
The first Singapore National ISM (International Student Ministry) Consultation will be held on 1 October 2005. It will provide a platform for churches and agencies interested and involved in ISM to come together and discuss some pertinent and current issues in ISM.   They hope to establish a common understanding among the ISM leaders and workers on some working principles, update the churches on the current IS situation in Singapore and discuss some possible strategies for the future. This event is jointly organized by Campus Crusade for Christ, Fellowship of Evangelical Students, International Students Inc, Pasir Panjang Hill Brethren Church and Varsity Christian Fellowship. The consultation is open to representatives from the S.E. Asia region who are engaged or interested in ministry among International students. For further information, contact Yvonne Choo (email: Denne e-postadressen er beskyttet mot programmer som samler e-postadresser, du m sl p Javascript for kunne se den. or Tel: 65-94518751) Please pray for the preparations and a spirit of cooperation and implementation among the participants of this consultation, and that there will be representatives from the region.

  • PRAISE GOD for the strategic Filipino International Network Global Consultation held in Hong Kong, July 8-10 and hosted by the local Filipino pastors and congregations. About 35 participants from several countries gathered in addition to a large number of local Christian observers. The focus was on mobilizing Diaspora Filipinos to evangelize security-sensitive populations of China and the Middle East. Ministry equipping options for them were explored in partnership with theological institutions in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Philippines. Dr. Joy Tira, Dr. Patrick Tsang, Dr. Enoch Wan and Dr. T.V. Thomas were some of the resource leaders.
  • PRAY that the release of IG26 26A and B as Occasional Paper No. 55, The New People Next Door: A Call to Seize the Opportunities will have wide readership among ministry leaders around the world

Urban Mission

  • Please pray for the wide circulation of the Lausanne Occasional Paper, "Towards the transformation of our city/regions" which has just been released in print form. Pray that readers in the large urban areas of the globe would be encouraged to pursue the reflections and the strategies that are documented in the book."

New Spirituality in the Post Modern
Please pray for:

  • the follow up conference in Hong Kong in the Autumn 2006 for IG 16 concerning the Church and the new spiritualities in the post modern world (new religions and new age).
  • wisdom in the programme planning which will take place these months and which resource persons to invite in addition to the participants in the Forum 2004.

“They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal and the prayers.”  Acts 2:42 - The Message