Cape Town 2010
The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization was held in Cape Town, South Africa, October 16-25, 2010. The Congress, held in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance, brought together 4,000 leaders from more than 198 countries to confront the critical issues of our time – other world faiths, poverty, HIV/AIDS, persecution, among others – as they relate to the future of the Church and world evangelization. The Congress extended its reach into over 650 GlobaLink sites in 91 countries. The Cape Town Commitment, a declaration of belief and a call to action, was released at the end of the Congress.
Leith Anderson, NAE President, Paul Cedar, President of the Mission America Coalition, and a number of other NAE leaders particiated in the historic Congress.
»The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life surveyed the Cape Town 2010 participants on variety of items, including evangelical influence in society, evangelical beliefs, and threats to evangelicalism, among many other things. View the report's findings.
Orlando 2011
In April 2011, over 700 U.S. evangelical leaders gathered in Orlando to continue the conversation and began setting action steps of how to collaborate in the pursuit of the Great Commission. The leaders were seated around 110 tables and dialogued in 28 affinity consultations. Those dialogues are continuing! Keep up with them here and read transcripts from the Orlando plenary sessions.
The Cape Town Commitment, a declaration of belief and a call to action, will stand in the historic tradition of The Lausanne Covenant, which issued from the 1974 Congress, held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Being at the Lausanne Conference placed our work at the NAE in a larger global perspective. Seeing what it takes to be faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world helps us know where we are not alone in our particular challenges, and where our challenges here in the United States are unique. We have much to be thankful for in that our work in this country can be fully in the light, and also a great responsibility to steward this gift with appropriate urgency and attentiveness.
Shirley Mullen
President, Houghton College
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