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…