12.05.2016

State of the World - Jason Mandryk & Molly Wall - Lausanne Movement

State of the World - Jason Mandryk & Molly Wall - Lausanne Movement: Jason Mandryk and Molly Wall, editors of Operation World, give insight to key issues in the church, Great Commission, and the world based on their extensive research and encounters around the world. ‘These are tumultuous times. Change in every sphere…

11.17.2016

Engaging an Emerging Generation of Global Mission Leaders - Lausanne Movement

A new generation of African younger leaders is rising to the challenge of missions. Many young professionals and university students are responding to the call to serve in strategic areas of missional engagement. Missions from Africa It is common practice…

November 2016 Issue Overview - Lausanne Movement

Welcome to the November issue of Lausanne Global Analysis. We look forward to your feedback on it. This issue of LGA has as its theme Leadership, inspired by the fact that the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG2016) took place in…

10.02.2016

The Irresistible Grace of God - Lausanne Movement

The Irresistible Grace of God - Lausanne Movement: Although North Korea seems impenetrable and impregnable, with no apparent religious freedom, there are signs of hope, both through its history and its present situation. Throughout the country’s history, God has used Christians, both foreign and indigenous, to woo the…

10.01.2016

Evangelism and Apologetics Confusion - Lausanne Movement

Evangelism and Apologetics Confusion - Lausanne Movement: Our recent technological interconnectedness reveals to anyone with a web browser that the global grassroots church is standing upon an exciting and serious gospel unity. Challenges of course exist, and we should not ignore the confusions that threaten our bond…

9.30.2016

The Refugee and the Body of Christ - Lausanne Movement

The Refugee and the Body of Christ - Lausanne Movement: The Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) is a department of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) located in Beirut, Lebanon. The mandate of IMES is ‘to bring about positive transformation in thinking and practice between Christians and Muslims in…

8.06.2016

Lausanne: Whence? What? Whither? - Lausanne Movement

Lausanne: Whence? What? Whither? - Lausanne Movement: Someone has said that if you do not know who you are, you will not know where you come from and certainly will not know where you are going! So I would like to suggest seven words or phrases which…

7.18.2016

The Turkish Hadith Project - Lausanne Movement

The Turkish Hadith Project - Lausanne Movement: Stereotyping the world of Islam is a fruitless task; such is its internal diversity. Nowadays sectarian conflict is tearing apart Muslim populations in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. While some Muslims pursue a vision of a forward-thinking, rationalist faith,…

7.15.2016

OMF at 150 - Lausanne Movement

OMF at 150 - Lausanne Movement: There is something about the China Inland Mission and OMF story which I find compelling. Its beginnings can be traced back to Susannah Wesley and her prayers for her sons; and to a young stonemason, who decades later threw eggs…

6.10.2016

3.20.2016

The Restorative Economy - Lausanne Movement

The Restorative Economy - Lausanne Movement: ‘The creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed’ (Rom 8:19) At the end of September, world leaders met in New York to adopt ‘The Global Goals’ affirming their commitment to a better world: free from poverty, with a restored environment, peace, and equality. However, few leaders appear prepared to…

Mission in Europe 25 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Lausanne Movement

Mission in Europe 25 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Lausanne Movement: My teens spanned the 1970s, memorable for being a decade of economic recession, the emergence of neoliberal politics and economics, and the accelerating polarization of the world between the United States (and its NATO allies) and the Soviet Union. The decade ended with the election of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Soviet invasion…

The State and Religious Persecution - Lausanne Movement

The State and Religious Persecution - Lausanne Movement: According to the Pew Report on The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050,1 North America and Western Europe are becoming increasingly secular with major declines in church attendance, even as Christianity and Islam rise in the Global South and East. With this intensification and polarisation of religions and irreligion globally has come political…

1.19.2016

The Crisis in Syria - Lausanne Movement

The Crisis in Syria - Lausanne Movement: The churches in Syria, as they are in Iraq, are facing four main challenges amid the current regional crisis: 1. Psychological shock For many years these churches were at peace, enjoying relative privileges. Christians were flourishing as a community in Syria and Iraq—they were well-educated, and held good positions in business, education, and government. Suddenly…