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  Middle East Asia Church & Missions

  Generation Z values deep friendship and long-term, reliable church leaders, according to Lausanne 4 panel

  By Chris Eyte

  Generation Z doesn’t need more leaders appearing for a few years - this generation is “crying out” for those who will lead for decades and that will only happen in the context of deep friendship and valuing each other’s vulnerability. That was a key takeaway from a panel discussion of “God’s mission through Intergenerational Discipleship” during a plenary session at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea.

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  US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

  The Great Commission will be fulfilled, Lausanne delegates hear, but ambassadors for Christ are needed in cities as the world’s population grows

  By Chris Eyte

  Projections by the United Nations show that 68 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. Missional leaders with ministry expertise in cities and the market workplace discussed befitting general evangelistic strategies for the future at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea.

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  US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

  Christlike servanthood essential to complete the Great Commission, Wheaton President tells Lausanne 4

  By Chris Eyte

  The fulfillment of the Great Commission requires a complete surrender to serving God and others in the current era, delegates heard at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea. Dr. Philip Graham Ryken, a member of the Lausanne Board of Directors, and the eighth president of Wheaton College, also a board member for the National Association of Evangelicals and The Gospel Coalition, issued the challenge during a morning plenary session entitled, “Christlike Servanthood

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  Asia Africa Religious Freedom Church & Missions

  'Persecution never kills the Church, but a compromised gospel will,' Patrick Fung tells Lausanne 4

  By Ken Kagicha

  Patrick Fung, the global ambassador of OMF International reminded delegates at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne 4) in Incheon, Korea, that God used and still uses suffering and persecution to reach the unreached. 

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  Asia Church & Missions

  Lausanne invites feedback to Seoul Statement, Theology Working Group & leadership to 'discern the process forward'

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  As the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization is coming to a close, the Lausanne leadership sent a note to the more than 5,000 participants inviting them to provide feedback to the Seoul Statement that had been published at the beginning of the event. The comments will be evaluated by the Theology Working Group and senior leadership who will decide next steps in the coming weeks, according to a Lausanne spokesperson.

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  Asia Religious Freedom

  Attempt in Indonesia to ban church’s worship ends in apology

  By Morning Star News

  A state civil servant’s angry halt to her Christian neighbor’s home worship on Sunday (Sept. 22) near Jakarta, Indonesia led to an uproar that resulted in her apologizing, according to local media.