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To be held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010
And at GlobaLink sites around the world
The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization
(Lausanne III) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October
2010. The Congress, held in collaboration with the World Evangelical
Alliance, will bring together 4,000 leaders from more than 200
countries to confront the critical issues of our time – other world
faiths, poverty, HIV/AIDS, persecution, among others - as they relate
to the future of the Church and world evangelization.
Cape Town 2010 (CT2010) is not just a one-time
meeting, but God willing, will be a catalytic event in the life of the
church – drawing leaders together in purposeful prayer, humble
repentance, strategic dialogue and decisive action. Together we will
seek the Lord as we examine the world and our culture to discern where
the church should invest its efforts and energies to most effectively
respond to Christ’s call to take the gospel into all the world and make
disciples of all nations . . . lives changed for all eternity, broken
families mended, physical and emotional hurts healed, communities
transformed.
Global Dialogue
CT2010 will be unique because not only will 4000 leaders be onsite
in Cape Town, but several more thousands will participate virtually
through the Cape Town GlobaLink and the Lausanne Global Conversation.
The Cape Town GlobaLink
will allow Christian leaders worldwide to participate in the Congress
remotely through Internet downloads and other means, either
individually or as part of an offsite group at Bible schools,
seminaries, theological institutions, churches, organizations and
missions.
Through the Lausanne Global Conversation
Christian leaders will engage in robust online forums and through
social networking sites where Congress issues will be discussed before,
during and after the Congress. The Lausanne Global Conversation will be enhanced by the Christianity Today International Global Conversation, a series of 12 articles leading up to CT2010 on the issues of the Congress.
As a result of Lausanne II in Manila, nearly 350 partnerships were
formed between churches and agencies around the world. It’s our prayer
that Cape Town 2010 would see the formation of many hundreds of
partnerships that result in more men, women, children and young people
having the opportunity to hear and respond to the message of Christ.
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