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A Journey of Encouragement through the Balkans

Micaela Braithwaite | 26 Sep 2022

A team led by Evi Rodemann visits 205 young leaders in 15 Balkan nations over the course of 21 days. Six years ago, Evi Rodemann was visiting friends in South Africa. Her friends had recently travelled around the continent in a van, strengthening church leaders along their journey. Inspired by their example, Evi returned to…

What Is Polycentric Mission Leadership?

Micaela Braithwaite & Joseph W. Handley | 20 Sep 2022

Video Difficult Terms: ‘Polycentric’ Joseph Handley What does the word ‘polycentric’ mean? As Jesus continues to build his Body, the global church, so the challenges as well as opportunities of diversity, ethnicity, cultures, communication, and collaboration become more apparent. As a result, mission leaders and influencers around the world are regularly required to address these…

Tutors of the Past for the Missions of Today

Justin Schell | 14 Sep 2022

We have inherited theological riches from our ancestors in the faith. It’s time we claim them. ‘Every kid in my youth ministry is a Pelagian.’ I was surprised to hear this statement from a friend, a faithful minister in the Lord. So I asked, ‘What do you mean?’ Without hesitation, he answered, ‘Somehow almost every kid…

On Haste and Urgency in Missions

Daniel Bianchi | 07 Sep 2022

As Christians, we all want to move forward quickly. But sometimes a sense of urgency can be unholy. In the 1960s, The Marvelettes released a hit called ‘Please Mister Postman’ which The Beatles, and later The Carpenters, made widely popular. The final line of the song goes like this: ‘Please, Mr. Postman / Deliver the…

Worship Is Weaponry

Darcy Luetzow Staddon | 26 Aug 2022

Praise is not merely decoration for the Christian life. It is a weapon. SOng Nehemiah Song Darcy Luetzow Staddon As a member of the Programme Planning Team for the L4NY meeting in June 2022, which gathered together all the leaders of the Lausanne Movement in-person in New York City, I was in various Zoom calls…

Seoul 2024 Congress Leaders Appointed

Lausanne Movement | 25 Aug 2022

The organizing committee of the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, also known as Seoul 2024, has recently appointed a number of key roles for the congress including congress director, associate congress directors, programme chair, and participant selection chairs. The Fourth Congress will take place from 22 to 28 September 2024 at the Songdo Convensia…

Africa to the Rest

Yaw Perbi & Sam Ngugi | 23 Aug 2022

Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. – Psalm 68:31 African Breakthrough Africa is the most Christian continent in the world today. Hallelujah! In the year 2018, for the first time in history, there were more Christians in Africa than on any other continent in the entire…

Lausanne’s New Regional Directors

Lausanne Movement | 18 Aug 2022

The Lausanne Movement has doubled its leadership in almost all 12 regions of the world in preparation for the Seoul 2024 gathering. In the past year, the Lausanne Movement has nearly doubled its leadership in almost all 12 regions of the world. Before 2021, each of the regions had one regional director, but over the…

Taiwan and Impending Crisis: Pray with Us

David Ro | 09 Aug 2022

The next major global conflict may happen in Taiwan. The next major global conflict may happen in Taiwan and East Asia. As the threat of crisis looms, David Ro, Lausanne regional director for East Asia, leads us in prayer. Edited Transcript My name is David Ro and I’m the regional director for the Lausanne East…

A Seedling Church Plant Grows from the Ukraine War

Sara Kyoungah White | 01 Aug 2022

A Lausanne staff member and her husband share their story of fleeing Belarus and Ukraine, and starting a church plant for refugees in Poland. Early one December morning in 2021, Zmicier and Anna Chviedaruk woke to loud knocking and shouting at the door. The Belarusian police⁠ had come. ‘It was like in the movies, with…

Pray with Us: Nigeria’s Captive Girls

Gideon Para-Mallam | 26 Jul 2022

Nigeria is one of the most difficult places in the world to be a Christian. Boko Haram and other terrorist groups, armed robbers, and the Fulani herdsmen have all targeted Christians in recent years through acts of brutality, kidnapping, and murder. One demographic that has been repeatedly targeted is young Christian women. Gideon Para-Mallam, Lausanne…

Befriending Pain in Leadership

Evi Rodemann | 22 Jul 2022

Pain and crisis are inescapable and often detrimental to leadership. How can we begin to see pain not as the enemy, but as a friend? At a European Leadership Conference a few years ago, Dr Michael Oh, global executive director / CEO of the Lausanne Movement, mentioned the following quote: ‘More than 60% of all…

Evangelism Starts at Home

Seblewongel Asrat Denneque & Anne-Christine Bataillard | 11 Jul 2022

The Lausanne Children and Evangelism Network, now called the Lausanne Children and Family Network, spent several months listening to parents and children’s ministry leaders across the globe. Almost everyone agreed the holistic development of a child happens when families are involved in discipling their children. The work of evangelism starts at home. The family is…

We Need a Better Kind of Polarization

Larry Lin | 04 Jul 2022

In 2019, the research firm Ipsos Group published a survey that involved 19,782 participants from 27 countries. One question asked participants if they believed their country’s society was more or less at danger because of political divisions than it was 20 years ago. 41% of participants said their society was more at danger, while only…

A Listening Posture

David Bennett | 11 Jun 2022

Recently I had the opportunity to attend an open rehearsal with the Oregon Symphony. Now I love to listen to classical music, and because I am from a family of musicians, my ear has been trained to hear the different instruments and melodies and rhythms. But what amazed me during the rehearsal was the things…

Nurturing a Missional Heart in Our Children

Faith Chang | 03 Jun 2022

Many of us are busy missional leaders. Many of us also have young children in our lives, either as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or family friends. While we’re busy mobilizing and leading others, how can we help our own children grow a heart for the world? My mom taught me what it meant to be…

Four Reminders for the Global Church at Pentecost

Nana Yaw Offei Awuku | 03 Jun 2022

This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost as the global church. On the day of Pentecost, in Acts chapter 2, those who heard Peter’s message asked him, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’ (v. 12). As I think about Pentecost this year, I think that that is an important question for the church to reflect on. This time,…

How Do You Protect Your Rest and Sabbath Time?

Various Lausanne Staff | 26 May 2022

Lausanne Movement staff members from around the world share how they protect their rest and sabbath time on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis. From Pakistan to Hungary, Kenya to the US, Sabbath and rest don’t come easily for most of us. We are busy leaders and ordinary people, living through times of crisis and…

Overwhelmed and Desensitized by the News Lately?

Michael du Toit & Usha Reifsnider | 11 May 2022

Every day our phones and televisions are exploding with crises in our communities, countries, and world. As believers, how can we process all this information? As our window on the world grows, how do we make sure our hearts can keep up? Usha Reifsnider, co-regional director of Lausanne Europe, speaks with Michael du Toit, director…

Seoul 2024: an Opportunity to Listen, Gather and Act – Together

Lausanne Movement | 04 May 2022

As an expression of our commitment to accelerating global mission, the Lausanne Movement’s global executive director / CEO, Michael Oh, announced today that the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization will be held in Seoul, South Korea in September 2024. The announcement came at a gathering of leaders from across Asia who met together at…