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The Second International Congress on World Evangelization, often called Lausanne II or Lausanne '89, was a Christian conference held in Manila, Philippines in 1989.
The conference is noted for producing the Manila Manifesto, a renewed and expanded commitment to the Lausanne Covenant, an influential document in modern Evangelical Christianity.
The First International Congress on World Evangelization was held in 1974. It was inspired by the work of preacher Billy Graham. It was most notable for producing the Lausanne Covenant.
The second congress was held on 11 to 20 July 1989. It was an influential world conference of over 4,000 evangelical leaders that was held in Manila, the Philippines, in 1989 to discuss the progress, resources, and methods of evangelizing the world. The theme of the congress was "Proclaim Christ until He comes". [1]
It was here that the Christian mission strategist Luis Bush first highlighted the need for a major focus of evangelism in the "Resistant Belt", covering the middle of the eastern hemisphere. Further research in mid-1990s led to the 10/40 Window concept, which contrasts the major needs and few resources devoted to this part of the world. Over 300 mission works came out of this congress. [2]
The congress was attended by 3,586 people [3] and included delegates from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as well as women and laity. The chairman of the congress was Leighton Ford (brother-in-law to Billy Graham). [4]
Some delegates were prevented from attending the congress for political reasons. [5] This ban was extended to the third congress, held 20 years later.
The third Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization was held in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2010. [6]
A fourth congress is due to be held in Seoul, South Korea, in September 2024. [7]
In Christianity, evangelism or witnessing is the act of preaching the gospel with the intention of sharing the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate whose broadcast and live sermons became well known internationally in the mid-to-late 20th century. During a career spanning six decades, Graham was a prominent evangelical Christian figure in the United States.
The Lausanne Covenant is a July 1974 religious manifesto promoting active worldwide Christian evangelism. One of the most influential documents in modern evangelicalism, it was written at the First International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland, where it was adopted by 2,300 evangelicals in attendance.
The First International Congress on World Evangelization (ICOWE), also sometimes called the Lausanne Congress or Lausanne '74, was a Christian conference held from 16 to 25 July 1974 in Switzerland.
International Congress on World Evangelization may refer to:
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Lausanne is a city in Switzerland.
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Bryan Chapell is an American pastor and theologian who currently serves as the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America. He was previously the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois. Prior to that he was president and chancellor of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for twenty years. Chapell is also an author, lecturer, and conference speaker specializing in homiletics. He served as Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in America in 2014.
Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism or CCCOWE is an international organization of Overseas Chinese Christian churches that was founded on 1976. CCCOWE has branches throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is a member of the Lausanne Committee, a Christian organization that aims to bring the Gospel into the whole world. Its headquarter is in Hong Kong and the current general secretary is Rev. Dr. David Doong.
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The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, more commonly known as the Lausanne Movement, is a global movement that mobilizes Christian leaders to collaborate for world evangelization. The movement's fourfold vision is to see 'the gospel for every person, disciple-making churches for every people and place, Christ-like leaders for every church and sector, and kingdom impact in every sphere of society'.
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In Christianity, an unreached people group refers to an ethnic group without an indigenous, self-propagating Christian church movement. Any ethnic or ethnolinguistic nation without enough Christians to evangelize the rest of the nation is an "unreached people group". It is a missiological term used by Evangelical Protestants. The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization defines a people group as "the largest group within which the gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance." "Nation" is sometimes used interchangeably for "people group". The term is sometimes applied to ethnic groups in which less than 2% of the population is Evangelical Protestant Christian, Including nations where other forms of Christianity are prevalent such as Western Catholicism, Eastern Christianity or Lutheranism.
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