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Lausanne World Pulse (May issue) covers the use of digital evangelism in relation to missions. See the item at…   http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/perspectives.php/1407/05-2011   (Thanks Tony!)

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I guess most or all global congresses try to release some kind of covenant, or manifesto, or, now, commitments. See the one from Cape Town at… http://www.lausanne.org/ctcommitment What’s your take on the document? Does it fall short? … or is it exactly what you would have written? If/when you comment, please mention whether or not [...]

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Only at Lausanne…. http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/schedule.html Maybe you knew about videos, but maybe you hadn’t realized they’ve now done study questions, transcriptions, and they’re in the process of doing machine translations into the major languages of Lausanne. This is the conference that keeps on conferring. And the more you make use of these resources, the happier they [...]

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Whoa. Not only video… but *high* definition video. Check it out at… http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11671a This was the North Korean girl who told about her father. See Brigada post at… http://www.brigada.org/2010/10/17_5591

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Read more about her situation at… http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2010/10/north_korean_wi.html?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4cc1a05898e07b66,0

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You’ve already heard about the fact that the government of China stepped in at the last minute, blocking many from leaving their country to attend the Lausanne III Congress in Cape Town. See the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/world/asia/16china.html At the main session on Monday evening, Doug Birdsall, the executive chairman of Lausanne, asked us to gesture [...]

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It just might be the best original video Cape Town 2010 produced. Part I is at… http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/resources/detail/11320 (It actually starts at 1:20) followed by Part II at… http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/resources/detail/11321 It’s entitled “Turning Points,” but it’s basically a history of the expansion of the church — a History of Missions — from Pentecost until 1910. Worth the [...]

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That’s what Amy said, Tech Squad Manager for the Congress. “This is an unprecedented level of Internet usage for the country of South Africa, even more than when the World Cup was here,” she told the “Cape Town Today,” the daily newsletter handed to congress delegates. What can we conclude from this fact? That the [...]

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It’s one thing to read an article about it; it’s quite another thing to *experience* it. Now you can! Maybe you can’t literally sit at a Lausanne discussion table, as all 4000 delegates did … http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5096190519_ee9a781f15_m.jpg but you can certainly soak up the content in other ways. Check out the schedule, complete with links for [...]

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The buzz in the hallways at the Cape Town Int’l Convention Center was that Lausanne had managed to raise $40 million in donations for Lausanne III. This was apparently in addition to the participant registration fees. So the question has to be asked — was it worth it. I’d like to suggest that it *is* [...]

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“Let Lausanne III Begin!” That was Doug Birdsall’s proclamation at the end of a Sunday Night opening extravaganza in Cape Town, South Africa. OK… it wasn’t the Olympics or World Cup. But at the same time, on a relative scale, it was *grand*! I talked to one lady… and African… as she walked out of [...]

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Imagine a hall filled with 4000 delegates and 800 stewards plus 100 or so guests. Now imagine them all sitting at tables, six per table. That’s the consistent look of the main plenary sessions. Why? I think one reason is because they like the idea of giving everyone an equal voice, whether African, Asian, European, [...]

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Big super-sized workshops are “Multiplexes.” I keep expecting some kind of mongo psychological problem, but it just means “big panel discussion.” :-) Oh… and workshops aren’t workshops any more. They’re “Dialogue sessions.” The Bible study time is a “Celebration of the Bible.” The big picture is, “Pray, Listen, and Reflect.” Confession: I like it.

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