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

Middle East Asia Church & Missions

29 Sep, 2024 08:09 EDT

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

US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

29 Sep, 2024 08:09 EDT

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

US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

29 Sep, 2024 08:09 EDT

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

Asia Africa Religious Freedom Church & Missions

28 Sep, 2024 17:09 EDT

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

Asia Church & Missions

27 Sep, 2024 21:09 EDT

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.
Sep 27, 2024 11:09 EDT

Middle East Asia Church & Missions

Senior Lausanne figure calls on leadership to publicly acknowledge anguish of Palestinians intensified by apology

By Timothy Goropevsek

After some participants at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization took offense with a plenary speaker’s comments on the Gaza war on Monday, Lausanne issued an official apology two days later distancing itself from the statements. Now, Valdir Steuernagel, a senior figure in the movement spoke up on behalf of Palestinian participants, articulating their anguish of feeling abandoned by the global Church and calling on the Lausanne leadership to take notice – and action.
Sep 27, 2024 11:09 EDT

Africa Religious Freedom

Kenyan MP drafts law that restricts student evangelism, criminalizes unregistered fellowship

By Ken Kagicha

Religious leaders and legal experts have faulted a bill before Kenya’s Senate that proposes to regulate religious organisations. The Religious Organisations Bill, 2024, drafted by Tana River Senator, Danson Mungatana aims to regulate and oversee the management of religious organisations.
Sep 26, 2024 20:09 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

The significance of the 4th Lausanne Congress for the global Church and the Korean Church

By Christian Daily Korea

The key leadership that has been preparing for the 4th Lausanne Congress shared the meaning, importance, and expectations that this event holds for the global church and the Korean church. On the second day of the 4th Lausanne Congress, which runs from September 22 to 28 at the Songdo Convensia in Incheon, an official press conference was held in Room 102 of the Songdo Convensia on the 23rd. Around 60 people attended, including Korean and foreign reporters and Lausanne officials.
Sep 26, 2024 20:09 EDT

Europe Asia Society & Culture Church & Missions

Workplaces offer a 'holy ground' for 'work priests' to witness for Jesus, Bible expositor tells Lausanne 4

By Chris Eyte

The first disciples were mainly workers in various trades and the workplace still offers a holy ground to be a “priestly presence” to witness for Jesus, delegates heard at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea.These were the views of Julia Garschagen, a Bible expositor at Lausanne 4 and director of Pontes Institute for Science, Culture and Faith, also a guest lecturer at the Evangelistenschule Johanneum in Wuppertal and co-leader of “truestory,” a digital youth o
Sep 26, 2024 18:09 EDT

Europe Asia Society & Culture Church & Missions

[Interview] ‘We wouldn’t have to connect proclamation & social action, if we hadn't separated them in the first place,’ says Chris Wright

By Timothy Goropevsek

As more than 5,000 Christian leaders from more than 200 countries and territories gathered in Incheon, Korea for the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, Christian Daily International sat down with Chris Wright to talk about the theological dynamics that have influenced Lausanne over the past 50 years. Talking about his journey to becoming the chief architect of the 2010 Cape Town Commitment, Wright also highlights what he considers to be key issues for the Church today, and what he
Sep 26, 2024 18:09 EDT

Oceania Asia Church & Missions

Discipleship not conversion is the aim of the Great Commission, Australian pastor reminds Lausanne Congress

By Chris Eyte

Jesus began his ministry by discipling ordinary people, Rev. Dale Stephenson emphasizes during a morning plenary at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea. The senior pastor at Crossway Baptist Church outside Melbourne, Australia then offered an evangelism approach focused on 'mobilizing' people.

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