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Lausanne MENA YLG Second Annual Conference

Regional Communications Team | 31 Aug 2012

Beruit, Lebanon 1-4 May 2012 Forty four younger leaders represented 12 Arab Countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, Palatine, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain), gathered in Beirut Lebanon May 2012.   The conference main goal was: To build a network among Younger Leaders who live and participate in common ministries in the MENA…

NACOE 2012 Ends with Renewed Sense of Unity and Action on Evangelization by the Church in Ghana

Regional Communications Team | 28 Aug 2012

NACOE 2012 Participants

The National Congress on Evangelisation (NACOE 2012) has ended with the clarion call for unity and a renewed resolve to send the “Whole gospel to the whole nation by the whole church.

NACOE 2012 was a Ghana follow up to The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, which was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 16th-25th October 2010.

August Update from Doug Birdsall

Doug Birdsall | 20 Aug 2012

Greetings from Boston on a bright summer morning in August! I trust that each one of you is doing well and enjoying a season of rest and refreshment in the Lord.  As you know, I am in the final stages of writing my dissertation to complete my work at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies…

Created to Work

Naomi Frizzell | 11 Aug 2012

“Work is not evil, a product of the Fall, but part of God’s good creation and part of the purpose of our human existence.” Gordon Preece, Al Miyashita, Willy Kotiuga of the Lausanne Workplace Network Where do you spend the majority of your time – at work, home, church, with leisure activities? If you’re like…

A Communion of Giving and Receiving: The Lausanne Standards

Naomi Frizzell | 11 Jul 2012

If you are a leader of a business, a mission organization, or a church, you’ve likely faced some tough decisions recently about projects and people because of the realities of the global economic downturn.  You may have had to “tighten the belt” by delaying major projects or expenditures, cutting salaries, limiting business travel or even…

You, Me, Us, God: Partnership and The Cape Town Commitment

Naomi Frizzell | 04 Jun 2012

Many times it seems that as leaders we are completely convinced our way of doing things – reaching a people group, addressing an issue, developing materials and resources, etc. – is thebest and, frankly, the only way.  And, honestly, if people would just get on board with our plan, we could make so much more…

Bibliographic Resources for The Cape Town Commitment Released

Darrell Bock | 01 Jun 2012

We are pleased to announce the release of the Bibliographic Resources for The Cape Town Commitment. This document is designed to enhance appreciation for the Cape Town Commimtment.  It was developed to be used as an annotated bibliography to key works in a wide array of topics that concern Christians who think globally. It can…

Friendship, Respect, Love and Justice for People with Disabilities

Naomi Frizzell | 01 May 2012

When you encounter a person living with a disability, what’s your first reaction? Do you look away and try to avoid them, uncomfortable that they don’t look or act “normal”? Do you immediately feel pity or sadness for their disability? Or, do you see them as someone God can use to share His love and…

The 70%: Orality and the Mission of the Church

Naomi Frizzell | 02 Apr 2012

When did you learn to read English? If you’re reading these words right now it obviously means that at some point in your life, as a child or an adult, you learned to read English.  Perhaps English is your first language, or possibly it’s something you chose to learn for business, ministry or other reasons. …

Called to Work: Business as Mission

Naomi Frizzell | 07 Mar 2012

Teacher, lawyer, author, veterinarian, preacher, astronaut, foreign correspondent for an international news agency. These – and more – were on the list of what I wanted to “be” when I grew up.  With the exception of being a veterinarian or astronaut, I’d like to think my role with The Lausanne Movement allows me to be…

Doug Birdsall Update

Doug Birdsall | 17 Feb 2012

Dr. John R.W. Stott personified The Lausanne Movement and the spirit of Lausanne.  Just last month, I joined with hundreds of his friends and colleagues at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to honor and celebrate the life of Uncle John.  We came from around the world to pay our respects, to share stories, and to…

Diaspora Focus: Curry, Baharat and Durian

Naomi Frizzell | 06 Feb 2012

I went to a Farmers Market near Atlanta, GA recently.  While I live several hours away from the market, it’s become my new favorite place to shop for food. Why? Visiting the market is like taking a stroll through a food bazaar in all your favorite countries wrapped into one.  It can be a bit…

Making The Most of Every Opportunity

Naomi Frizzell | 24 Jan 2012

I can’t help myself.  Every year I make New Year’s resolutions.  This year mine included both small and large goals.  I want to spend more time in prayer, be more extravagant in extending grace and mercy to people around me, be a better wife, mother and friend, practice more hospitality and send more personal handwritten…

Portrait of a Christian leader

Doug Birdsall | 20 Jan 2012

This article first appeared in The Times, (London, 14 January 2012). I travelled to London this week from my home in Boston, US, for the memorial service for John Stott. The Apostle Paul was his mentor, through the pages of scripture, so St Paul’s Cathedral had a symbolic ring as a choice of venue. Stott…

Mission Africa: What’s Next?

Blair Carlson & Nana Yaw Offei Awuku | 08 Jan 2012

  Mission Africa has now progressed to the next level of implementation.  Ten of us met in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, at the African Enterprise headquarters from 17-19 November 2011.  The meeting was chaired by Michael Cassidy, Founder of African Enterprise and Mission Africa I.  It was set up by Blair Carlson, Lausanne Senior Associate for…

Lausanne Eurasian Consultation in Moscow

Marina Stetsenko | 04 Jan 2012

Evangelism in a post-Soviet era was the topic of the first ever Lausanne Eurasian Consultation held 6-7 December 2011 in Russia.  Some 150 participants from 17 countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic states, representatives of churches and denominations, gathered in Moscow to discuss and develop evangelism strategies in light of The Cape…

December Update From Doug Birdsall

Doug Birdsall | 20 Dec 2011

Greetings from Boston.  Jeanie and I returned home earlier this month after three months in Oxford.  We are so grateful to the Lausanne Board for allowing us to take this sabbatical.  It was the most restful and renewing time that we have experienced since 1989 when we were on furlough after our first ten years…

The Message of Christmas: Incarnation, Partnership, Hope

David Bennett | 11 Dec 2011

I serve on the Asian Access Board of Directors and recently had the opportunity to visit Japan and go to the area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. During the trip, it was extraordinarily moving to recall my initial three months in Japan in 1973 (pictured below).  These memories include being a…

The Global Children’s Forum: Working Together

Anne-Christine Bataillard | 05 Dec 2011

I am happy to share with you my personal impression of the Global Children’s Forum (GCF) movement.  This movement helped with the development of The Cape Town Commitment (CTC), particularly in the framing of the Call to Action for Children (scroll down to number 5).  GCF will continue to help Lausanne represent the cause of…

Post Cape Town Briefs from the Caribbean

Lausanne Caribbean Regional Communications Team | 19 Nov 2011

Wycliffe Caribbean Since Cape Town 2010 I have had a number of opportunities to discuss both the Lausanne Covenant and the Commitment in a number of forums including ministerial seminary students at the Jamaica Theological Seminary. These documents make excellent teaching and coaching material for persons desirous of becoming more deeply involved in pastoral, evangelism…