TODAY the Lausanne movement turns 40 years! What a legacy started through Billy Graham and John Stott! We are also very glad for the support by Lausanne Europe for Mission-Net! Forty years ago today, Billy Graham, John Stott, and more than 2,300 other evangelical leaders from 150 countries gathered for the opening ceremony of the first International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland. Billy Graham set the context for the Congress in his opening address, Never before have so many representatives of so many evangelical Christian churches in so many nations and from so many tribal and language groups gathered to worship, pray, and plan together for world evangelization. In the ten days that followed, under the uniting missional theme of Let the Earth Hear His Voice, leaders participated in plenary sessions and Bible studies as well as discussions and debates over theology, strategy, and methods of evangelism. The gathering produced The Lausanne Covenant, of which John Stott was the primary architect, and which to this day continues to challenge evangelical Christians of varied backgrounds and places to work together to make Jesus Christ known. The concept of unreached people groups was also introduced at the Congress through Ralph Winters groundbreaking plenary presentation. But perhaps most significantly, the Congress gave birth to The Lausanne Movement, originally named the Lausanne Continuation Committee for World Evangelization, as part of the answer to The Lausanne Covenants call for the development of regional and functional cooperation for the furtherance of the Churchs mission, for strategic planning, for mutual encouragement, and for the sharing of resources and experience. Here Billy Grahams´ message on the welcome night: lausanne.org/docs/lau1docs/0022.pdf Here a recapture of the very influencing first congress: https://youtube/watch?v=POziYa2UcsA
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:14:29 +0000
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