The Lausanne Covenant

and Young Nak Church

by

Rev. Minho Song

My Involvement with LC

My involvement with the LC came in three

stages:

1. understanding the content and ethos of the

LC seriously

2. teaching the LC in the seminary

3. applying the principles of the LC in the

church

The Essence of the LC

the whole church

Taking the whole gospel

To the whole world.

The whole church

1. We believe in the missional church.

2. The whole church, not just a few

mission-minded members, is sent

to the world. (John 20:21; 1 Peter

2:9)

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Taking the whole gospel

We believe in ministering to the

whole person. It means not only

saving souls and planting churches

but also doing mercy works and

engaging in social justice.

Young Nak will focus on work with

orphans in Cambodia.

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To the whole world

We believe in frontier missions, taking the gospel to unreached people groups.

Young Nak adopted the Kyrgyz people of Central Asia.

We are committed to helping Kyrgyz people reach their own.

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The Benefits of LC

� It gives us vision and direction for church’s

mission work as a whole.

� It reminds us of the importance of

ministering to the whole person

� It keeps us accountable to the task at hand,

an urgent need to evangelize the whole

world.

For Further Information

� www.lausanne.org

� The Lausanne Covenant (1974)

� The Manila Manifesto (1989)

� John Stott, Making Christ Known(A commentary on the LC and other key evangelical mission

documents)