Lausanne Movement III

Lausanne Movement III

Events and Development after 1974

Lausanne International Congresses and Conferences since 1974

International Congress for World Evangelization

(Lausanne 1974)

International Congress for World Evangelization II

(Manila 1989)

Conference on World Evangelization (Pattaya 1980)

Forum for World Evangelization (Thailand 2004)

LCWE founded

(1976)

Use of Terms

• “LCWE Working Group gatherings” refers to events that were sponsored by one of the Working Groups (Theology, Strategy, Prayer, etc) of the international LCWE.

• “Lausanne affiliated gatherings” refers to events that have arisen nationally, regionally, or internationally in response to Lausanne but were not formally initiated by one of the LCWE Working Groups.

Map of LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Lausanne 1974 to Pattaya 1980


(Lausanne 1974)


Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization founded (1976)

Colloquium on the Homogeneous Unit Principle

(Pasadena 1977)

North American Conference on Muslim Evangelization

(Glen Eyrie 1978)

Gospel and Culture

(Willowbank 1978)

International Consultation on Simple Lifestyle

(Hoddesdon 1980)

LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Lausanne 1974 to Pattaya 1980

• The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization was formally established (1976).

• Four LCWE-sponsored international consultations were held:– Colloquium on the Homogeneous Unit Principle (Pasadena 1977)– Gospel and Culture (Willowbank 1978)– North American Conference on Muslim Evangelization (Glen Eyrie 1978)– International Consultation on Simple Lifestyle (Hoddesdon 1980)

• All worked to tackle areas in which evangelicals were not unified in understanding or implications for missional strategy and focus.

• From these came the first of the Lausanne Occasional Papers, intended to stimulate the thinking of evangelical Christians around the world.

• Each LOPs produced from these consultations includes an overview of the issue (including a theological exposition) as well as case studies and strategies for the church to address the matter.

Lausanne Affiliated Gatherings between Lausanne 1974 and Pattaya 1980

• India (1977), Nigeria (1978), Norway (1978), Malaysia and Singapore (1978), Venezuela (1979) and Germany (1980) all had national consultations on world evangelization.

• In Europe alone it is estimated that within two years after ICOWE at least 25 new networks or missions started.

• In August 1976, over 1,600 Chinese-speaking representatives from six continents gathered in Hong Kong for the Chinese Congress on World Evangelization (CCOWE).

• In November of 1978, 350 Christian leaders from more than 20 Asian countries came to Singapore for the Asian Leadership Conference on Evangelism (ALCOE).



(Lausanne 1974)


(Manila 1989)



• Convened June 16-27 in Pattaya, Thailand.• 650 delegates and some 300 others from

around the world met to consider strategic issues of reaching the unreached.

• Chaired by Leighton Ford and directed by David Howard, Pattaya's primary focus was the seventeen mini-consultations included within the conference.

• The results of those mini-consultations were published as Lausanne Occasional Papers.


Pattaya 1980 Five Goals

• To seek fresh vision and power for the task Christ has given to his church until he comes;

• To assess the state of world evangelization, its progress and hindrances;

• To complete an extended study program on theological and strategic issues related to world evangelization and to share the results;

• To develop specific evangelistic strategies related to different unreached people groups; and

• To review the mandate of the LCWE.

Waldron Scott, 1981. “The Significance of Pattaya.” Missiology: An International Review 9:1 (January): 60-61

• Thailand issued a statement, but it never achieved the stature of the Lausanne Covenant – It affirmed the participants’ commitment to world

evangelization.– It called for change in four personal attitudes: love,

humility, integrity and power.– It called for greater cooperation in the task of world

evangelization.• It “reaffirmed our commitment to both evangelism and

social action, while at the same time acknowledging, as the Lausanne Covenant had done, that evangelism is ‘primary’.”1

The Thailand Statement

1. John Stott. 1995. "Twenty Years after Lausanne: Some Personal Reflections." International Bulletin of Missionary Research 19:2. p. 52.

Focus of Mini-Consultations

• Thailand’s lasting impact came through the 17 published Lausanne Occasional Papers (LOPs) developed in the 17 mini-consultations.

• The mini-consultation groups were strategy-based and proclamation-focused. As Saphir Athyal noted, “We are not here to focus on issues; rather we are met to study the peoples to be reached and how to reach them.”1

• Thus, knowing about the unreached peoples themselves was a means to an end: What do we need to know about this people group in order to develop a strategy to reach them for Christ?

1. Quoted in Waldron Scott, 1981. “The Significance of Pattaya.” Missiology 9:1 (January): 68.

What Are People Groups?

• At Pattaya, people group thinking was the organizational frame for the focus groups.

• The identified “unreached peoples” for whom strategies were developed were seen from a variety of perspectives, but the most obvious category was religious peoples (Jews, Muslims, Hindus, traditional religionists, and so on).

• Though people groups was the organization frame, there was still confusion over that constituted a “people.”1

1. Waldron Scott, 1981. “The Significance of Pattaya.” Missiology 9:1 (January): 61.

Selected Critiques of Pattaya

• As noted previously, the people group approach was not fully developed leading to confusion on the part of some. Others criticized that a people group approach could support tribalism or caste divisions found in their own countries.1

• The messages given in the plenary addresses were entirely predictable and offered little that was new.2

• Control of the conference as a whole was so tight that debate was not encouraged and dissenting voices had large bureaucratic hurdles to cross for constructive engagement.3

• Pattaya was less holistic than Lausanne. Though a “Statement of Concerns” was circulated challenging the leadership on this point, public discussion of the issues raised did not take place.4

1. Waldron Scott, 1981. “The Significance of Pattaya.” Missiology: An International Review 9:1 (January): 61-62.2. Ibid., p. 59.

3. James A. Scherer, 1981. “Problems and Prospects in Global Evangelization.” Word & World 1:1 (Winter): 15. 4. David J. Bosch, 1981. “Evangelism: An Holistic Approach.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 36 (September): 46.

Map of LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Pattaya 1980 to Manila 1989


International Consultation on the Relationship between Evangelism and Social Responsibility

(Grand Rapids 1982)

International Prayer Assembly for World Evangelization (Seoul 1984)

Conference of Young Leaders (Singapore 1987)

Consultation on the Work of the Holy Spirit and Evangelization (Oslo 1985)

The Consultation on Conversion and World Evangelization (Hong Kong 1988)


(Manila 1989)

North American Conference of Young Leaders (Washington, D.C. 1988)

LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Pattaya 1980 to Manila 1989

• Six LCWE working group gatherings were held during this time:– International Consultation on the Relationship between Evangelism and

Social Responsibility (Grand Rapids 1982)– International Prayer Assembly for World Evangelization (Seoul 1984)– Consultation on the Work of the Holy Spirit and Evangelization (Oslo

1985)– Conference of Young Leaders (Singapore 1987)– The Consultation on Conversion and World Evangelization (Hong Kong

1988)– North American Conference of Young Leaders (Washington, D.C. 1988)

• The Grand Rapids, Oslo and Hong Kong gatherings continued the focus on areas of disagreement among evangelicals, working to build greater agreement—if not consensus—among evangelicals.

• Seoul was focused on connecting evangelicals in prayer for world evangelization

• Singapore and Washington, D.C. were designed to enable the development of relationships and networking for dealing with common problems and goals.

Lausanne Affiliated Gatherings between Pattaya 1980 and Manila 1989

• On the national level, consultations were held in Norway (1980, 1981), United States (1981), Nigeria (1981), Canada (1983) and Brazil (1983).

• At regional levels– CCOWE met twice (1981, 1986)– ALCOE met once (1988)– Consultation of Evangelicals in Latin America met and

CONELA (CONfraternidad de Evangelica de LatinoAmericana) was formed (1982) and held a consultation on Evangelism and Social Responsibility (1983)

• On the international level– Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism (LCJE)

was formed and met twice (1983, 1986)– The First International Researchers Conference (IRC)

was held (Amsterdam 1987)

International Congress for World Evangelization II(Manila 1989)


(Lausanne 1974)


(Manila 1989)



Manila 1989 Factoids

• Convened in Manila, Philippines in July of 1989.

• 4,000 from 191 countries attended.• Program Chairman was Saphir Athyal; the

Program Director was Ed Dayton. • Conscious inclusion of Pentecostals and

Charismatics was a distinctive (e.g., Jack Hayford and J. I. Packer were plenary speakers).

• Women were more consciously included in platform presentations and group leadership.

Manila Manifesto

• The results of deliberations during the course of the Congress were summarized in The Manila Manifesto.

• At double the length of the Lausanne Covenant, was intended to affirm and supplement it.

• It consists of 21 affirmations follow by more extensive discussion of critical issues under three headings—A) The Whole Gospel, B) The Whole Church, C) The Whole World—followed by a concluding challenge to proclaim Christ until he comes.

Significance of Manila 1989• It was significant in its purpose: to focus the whole church of

Jesus Christ in a fresh way on the task of taking the whole gospel to the whole world.

• It was significant in its representation: 4,300 in attendance from 173 countries, including the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and with a larger proportion of women, lay persons and younger leaders than at previous conferences.

• It was significant in its timeliness: building on the foundation of Lausanne '74, on the work which has taken place since then, and leading into the final decade of this century.

• It was significant in its breadth: consideration was given to scores of important topics, ranging from the A.D. 2000 movement, to the work of the Holy Spirit, to liberating lay people, to the heart-cry of the poor of our world—and all related to Christ's global cause.

Leighton Ford, 1989. “Foreword.” In The Whole Gospel for the Whole World

Wholism at Lausanne II

• Wholistic missionary proclamation was acknowledged as valid and important in the Lausanne Covenant, but not until Manila did word-and-deed missions receive center stage attention.

• From the outset it was clear that the people who planned the presentations meant to convey the message that in the evangelicalism represented by Lausanne, the gospel in word and deed, proclamation and demonstration, go together.

Greenway, Roger S. 1989. “Lausanne II: 'A Flavor Very Much its Own': Faith, Zeal and Suffering.” Missionary Monthly 96:6, 3.

Selected Critiques of Manila

• The program was so full there was little space for debate or discussion over the significant issues being addresses. (“It was run as a convention and not as a congress. The medium denied the message.”)1

– The presentation of “people groups” needed more discussion and debate than was allowed.2

– Pentecostals and Charismatics participated more actively than in previous Lausanne meetings, but no space was given for discussion or debate over the differences between them and non-Pentecostals or non-Charismatics.2

• While more women were given platform time than at previous Lausanne gatherings, they were still underrepresented overall at the Congress.3

1. Eastman, Michael, et al. 1990. “Some Impressions of Lausanne II.” Urban Mission 7:3 (January): 9.2. John Stott, 1995. "Twenty Years after Lausanne: Some Personal Reflections." IBMR 19:2 (April): 52.

3. Greenway, Roger S. 1989. “Lausanne II: 'A Flavor Very Much its Own': Faith, Zeal and Suffering.” Missionary Monthly 96:6, p. 4.

Map of LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Manila 1989 to Thailand 2004

The Uppsala Consultation on Faith and Modernity (Uppsala 1993)

Contextualization Revisited (Haslev 1997)

Lausanne International Consultation on Nominalism (London 1998)


(Manila 1989)

Deliver Us from Evil: Lausanne Consultation on Spiritual Warfare (Nairobi 2000)


LCWE Working Group Gatherings from Manila 1980 to Thailand 2004

• There were fewer Working Group gatherings during this period than before, as energy (and funding) among evangelicals was shifted after Manila 1989 towards the coming millennium change and events such as the GCOWE conferences (1989, 1995, 1997) and organizations such as AD2000 and Beyond.

• In addition to ongoing CCOWE, ALCOE, LCJE and International Researchers conferences, Four working group Lausanne gatherings were held:

– The Uppsala Consultation on Faith and Modernity (Uppsala 1993)– Contextualization Revisited (Haslev 1997)– Lausanne International Consultation on Nominalism (London 1998)– Deliver Us from Evil: Lausanne Consultation on Spiritual Warfare (Nairobi 2000)

• Each provided space for leading evangelicals to focus on areas of tension:– Uppsala 1993 resulted in a compendium (Faith and Modernity; Oxford)– Several of the papers at Haslev 1997 provided a theme issue for World

Evangelization Magazine– London 1998 produced the “Statement to the Churches on Nominality” (published in

International Review of Mission)– Nairobi 2000 produced a “Statement on Spiritual Warfare,” an LOP (#29) and a

compendium (Deliver Us from Evil; MARC Publications).

Lausanne Affiliated Gatherings from Manila 1989 to Thailand 2004

• On the national level, numerous smaller conferences and consultations were scheduled in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, England, Finland, France, Germany, Nigeria, Norway, Scotland and the United States.

• At regional levels– CCOWE met three times (1991, 1996, 2001)– ALCOE met three times (1992, 1996, 2002)– CONELA met (19??)

• On the international level– LCJE met four times (1991, 1995, 2001, 2003)– IRC met (Amsterdam 1996, 2001)



(Lausanne 1974)


(Manila 1989)



Forum for World Evangelization (Thailand 2004)• Convened September 25 – October 5,

2004 in Pattaya, Thailand.• Chaired by Roger Parrott.• More than 1,500 participants from

around the world.• Theme: “A new vision, a new heart and

a renewed call.”• The structure and purpose paralleled

the Pattaya 1980 Conference.

Thailand 2004 Forum Focus

• The 2004 Forum examined trends and issues facing worldwide evangelization and sought to address those issues through the development of specific action plans that can be implemented across the globe.

Thailand 2004 Forum Distinctives

• Participants were selected to participate in a specific Issue Group.

• Each Issue Group conducted its own independent selection process.

• Each Issue Group has gathered representative voices from the whole breadth of the church.

• There will be limited financial assistance to attend for the Forum–primarily directed to the portions of the world where the need is the greatest.

Thailand 2004 Forum: Issue Group Focus

• Thirty one specific issues that impact evangelism have been identified through a comprehensive world-wide research effort of listening to God’s voice as reflected through the input of a diverse group of Church leaders. These issues were addressed by teams of 30 to 70 persons each, who worked in researching, collecting best practices and preparing to articulate an action plan that the Church can implement through denominations, local churches and focused ministries.

Lausanne Leadership

• According to Doug Birdsall, Lausanne Executive Chair:– The Lausanne leadership team is the strongest it has

been in fifteen years.– A new generation of leaders brings with them a high level

of energy and a fresh commitment to advance the ideals of “the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world.”

– Forty percent of the members of the committee have been added in just the last thirty months.

– This younger generation of leaders fully embraces the history and the rich legacy of the Lausanne movement.

– These men and woman are committed to providing leadership and service that will enable the movement to press forward in the 21st Century with fresh ideas and renewed devotion to the Lord and the spirit of Lausanne.

“Lausanne Leadership Team Meeting,” Lausanne Connecting Point enewsletter (July 2005).

Lausanne Administrative Structure

• Administrative Committee (12 members)• International Deputy Directors (11 regions)• Working Groups, including:

– Theology Working Group, Strategy Working Group, Intercession Working Group, Global Communications Working Group, Leadership Development Working Group, Global CEOs Working Group

• Senior associates, who focus on topical issues, including: – Children at Risk, Evangelism among Disabled People,

Holistic Mission, Information Technology, Women in Evangelism, Church Research, Study of Global Christianity, Strategic Evangelism Partnerships, Tentmaking, Hidden and Forgotten People, Urban Evangelization, Business as Mission

Lausanne Media Resources

• Web site (www.lausanne.org)

• Lausanne World Pulse (www.LausanneWorldPulse.com)

• Lausanne Occasional Papers (www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=12890)

• Lausanne Connecting Point enewsletter (sign up at www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=12902)

http://www.lausanne.org/

http://www.lausanneworldpulse.org/

http://www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=12890

http://www.lausanne.org/Brix?pageID=12902

The Future of Lausanne

• With the World Forum (Thailand 2004), and the leadership changes, Lausanne appears to have regained the momentum of the 1980s.

• National, regional and specialty conferences continue– CCCOWE (2006)– ALCOE (2006)

• LCWE Working Group consultations continue– Younger Leaders Consultation (Kuala Lumpur 2006)

• In 2010, the LCWE will sponsor International Congress for World Evangelization III to celebrate the Edinburgh centenary and keep attention and energy focused on world evangelization.

A Bird’s Eye View: Lausanne International Congresses and Conferences since 1974


(Lausanne 1974)


(Manila 1989)



International Congress for World Evangelization III

(Edinburgh 2010)

Documents

Lausanne Movement III