Themes and Topics
(click on any topic for links to more extensive Cape Town 2010 and other Lausanne resources)
The Whole Gospel
Truth (Day 1)
Reconciliation (Day 2)
The Whole World
World Faiths (Day 3)
New Mission Priorities (Day 4)
The Whole Church
Authenticity & Integrity (Day 5)
Partnerships (Day 6)
Global Conversations
(articles with responses and other resources published in preparation for Cape Town 2010 by Christianity Today in partnership with Lausanne)
Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World (Christopher J. H. Wright)
Did Jesus Wear Designer Robes? (J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu)
Muslim Followers of Jesus? (Joseph Cummings)
More Partners at the Table (Valdir Steuernagel)
Sowing Subversion in the Field of Relativism (Mark L. Y. Chan)
A Lifelong Journey with Islam (Chawkat Moucarry)
Asking the Beautiful Question (Joel Van Dyke and Kris Rocke)
Mission Fields on the Move (J. Samuel Escobar)
The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance (Al Erisman)
Whole Earth Evangelism (Scott Sabin)
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
A 21st Century Reformation: Recover the Supernatural (Hwa Yung)
Resources for Cape Town 2010 Topics
(links to more extensive resourses from Lausanne sources)
The Whole Gospel: Truth
Topic: Marketplace Ministry (back to top)
Advance paper:
People at Work: Preparing to Be the Whole Church by Willy Kotiuga
Lausanne Connnect Issues
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Christians in the Public Arena (September 2010)
Celebrating the Creative Gifts of the Spirit (December 2009)
Christ in Culture (February 2009)
The Whole Gospel: Truth
Topic: Media and Technology (back to top)
Advance paper:
Media Messages Matter: Christ, Truth and the Media by Lars Dahle
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance (Al Erisman)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Technology: Is It Changing Missions? (June/July 2010)
Celebrating the Creative Gifts of the Spirit (December 2009)
International Communication and the Church (June 2007)
Arts and Evangelism (July 2006)
Internet Evangelism (April 2006)
Media Evangelism (February 2006)
The Whole Gospel: Truth
Topic: Personal Witness (back to top)
Advance paper:
A Fresh Approach To Witness For The 21st century by Rebecca Manley Pippert & Bishop Benjamin A. Kwashi
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Asking the Beautiful Question (Joel Van Dyke and Kris Rocke)
The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance (Al Erisman)
LOP #10: Christian Witness to Nominal Christians Among Roman Catholics
LOP #19: Christian Witness to Nominal Christians Among the Orthodox
LOP #23: Christian Witness to Nominal Christians Among Protestants
LOP #35: Ministry Among People with Disabilities
Lausanne World Pulse themes
World Faiths: A Primer for Evangelism (March 2010)
Overcoming Barriers to the Gospel (June 2009)
Understanding the Influence of Church History in Today's Evangelism (December 2008)
The Verbal Proclamation of the Gospel (October 2008)
Church Planting and Evangelism (August 2008)
Evangelism and Worship (December 2007)
Evangelism and Discipleship (May 2007)
Revival and Evangelism (August 2006)
The Whole Gospel:
Truth Topic: Truth & Pluralism (back to top)
Advance papers:
Truth Matters, Stand Up for Truth by Carver T. Yu
Witnessing to Christ in a Secular Culture by Michael Herbst
Secularity: Dogma Meets Diversity In Europe by Robert Calvert
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Sowing Subversion in the Field of Relativism (Mark L. Y. Chan)
Muslim Followers of Jesus? (Joseph Cummings)
LOP #27: Modern, Postmodern and Christian
LOP #31: The Uniqueness of Christ in a Postmodern World and the Challenge of World Religions
LOP #45: Religious and Non-Religious Spirituality in the Western World (“New Age”)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Christ in Culture (February 2009)
Addressing the Westernization of the Gospel (March 2008)
International Communication and the Church (June 2007)
Evangelism and Postmodernism (February 2007)
Contextualizing the Gospel (April 2007)
The Uniqueness of Christ (December 2006)
The Whole Gospel: Reconciliation
Topic: Environment (back to top)
Advance papers:
The Challenge Of Environmental Stewardship by Las Newman and Ken Gnanakan
The Science of Global Climate Change. Facing the Issues. What are the Issues? by John Houghton
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Whole Earth Evangelism (Scott Sabin)
The Whole Gospel: Reconciliation
Topic: Ethnicity (back to top)
Advance papers:
Rediscovering The Gospel Of Reconciliation by Antoine Rutayisire
Peace To The Nations (Zechariah 9:10) by Dewi Hughes
Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Conflict by R. Lloyd, J. Nyamutera, A. Sabamun
Lausanne Connnect Issues
Least Reached Peoples (Ethnê)
CT Global Conversation:
Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World (Christopher J. H. Wright)
LOP #1: Pasadena Consultation: Homogeneous Unit Principle
LOP #35: Ministry Among Least Reached People Groups
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Note: Almost every issue has information or articles on unreached peoples
The Whole Gospel: Reconciliation
Topic: Poverty & Wealth (back to top)
Advance papers:
The Wealth of the Poor: Women and the Savings Movement in Africa by Stephan Bauman, Wendy Wellman, and Megan Laughlin
Addressing Poverty with Participatory Learning by Ravi Jayakaran
Poverty and Wealth by Corina Villacorta and Harold Segura
Shaping the ‘Hidden’ Curriculum for Engaging Power, Poverty and Wealth in Africa: A Case Study from Scott Theological College, Kenya by Jacob Kibor, Gregg A. Okesson and Kimberly Okesson
Promise and the Gospel of Well-being by Joel Edwards
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Did Jesus Wear Designer Robes? (J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu)
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
LOP #21: Evangelism and Social Responsibility: An Evangelical Commitment
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Being Christ to a Broken World (January/February 2010)
Proclaiming Christ in an Era of War, Trauma and Genocide(January 2008)
Unto the Least of These (September 2007)
The Whole Gospel: Reconciliation
Topic: Resource Stewardship (back to top)
Advance paper:
Kingdom Stewardship by the Resource Mobilisation Working Group
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Did Jesus Wear Designer Robes? (J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu)
LOP #20: Evangelical Commitment to Simple Life-Style: Exposition and Commentary
The Whole World: World Faiths
Topic: Diaspora (back to top)
Advance paper:
Ministering to the Scattered Peoples by T.V. Thomas, Sadiri Joy Tira, Enoch Wan
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Mission Fields on the Move (J. Samuel Escobar)
LOP # 5: Christian Witness to Refugees
LOP #55: Diasporas and International Students
Lausanne World Pulse themes
The Church in Exile (August 2009)
Migration, Diaspora, and Displaced People (March 2009)
The Effect of Migration and the Growing Diaspora on Evangelism Efforts (July 2008)
Proclaiming Christ in an Era of War, Trauma and Genocide(January 2008)
Unto the Least of These (September 2007)
The Whole World: World Faiths
Topic: Globalization (back to top)
Advance paper:
Global Gospel, Global Era: Christian Discipleship and Mission in the Age of Globalization by Os Guinness and David Wells
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
More Partners at the Table (Valdir Steuernagel)
Mission Fields on the Move (J. Samuel Escobar)
LOP #27: Modern, Postmodern and Christian
LOP #30: Globalization and the Gospel
LOP #43: The Realities of the Changing Expressions of the Church
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Glocalized Evangelism: Ministry Where Cultures Meet (May 2010)
Church Leaders in the Global South Speak on Mission and Evangelism (April 2008)
Addressing the Westernization of the Gospel (March 2008)
Being the Church in Different Cultures (February 2008)
Proclaiming Christ in an Era of War, Trauma and Genocide(January 2008)
International Communication and the Church (June 2007)
Contextualizing the Gospel (April 2007)
Globalization and the Gospel (November 2006)
The Future of Short-term Missions (March 2006)
The Whole World: World Faiths
Topic: Unreached People Groups (back to top)
Advance papers:
World Evangelisation In The 21st Century by Lausanne Strategy Working Group
Missing Peoples: The Unserved "One-Fourth" World by S. Kent Parks and John Scott
Lausanne Connnect Issues
Least Reached Peoples (Ethnê)
CT Global Conversation:
A Lifelong Journey with Islam (Chawkat Moucarry)
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Note: Almost every issue has information or articles on unreached peoples
Overcoming Barriers to the Gospel (June 2009)
The Whole World: World Faiths
Topic: World Faiths (back to top)
Advance papers:
Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ with People of Other Faiths by Benjamin A. Kwashi
Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ with People of Other Faiths by Michael Ramsden
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Muslim Followers of Jesus? (Joseph Cummings)
A Lifelong Journey with Islam (Chawkat Moucarry)
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
LOP #4: Glen Eyrie Report: Muslim Evangelization
LOP #7: Christian Witness to the Jewish People
LOP #13: Christian Witness to Muslims
LOP #14: Christian Witness to Hindus
LOP #15: Christian Witness to Buddhists
LOP #16: Christian Witness to Traditional Religionists of Asia and Oceania
LOP #17: Christian Witness to Traditional Religionists of Latin America & Caribbean
LOP #18: Christian Witness to People of African Traditional Religions
LOP #31: The Uniqueness of Christ in a Postmodern World and the Challenge of World Religions
LOP #32: The Persecuted Church
LOP #45: Religious and Non-Religious Spirituality in the Western World (“New Age”)
LOP #49: Understanding Muslims
LOP #50: The Impact on Global Mission of Religious Nationalism and 9/11 Realities
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Living Acts 9:16 in Today's World (August 2010)
World Faiths: A Primer for Evangelism (March 2010)
Christianity and Other Worldviews (July 2009)
Overcoming Barriers to the Gospel (June 2009)
The Persecuted Church (November 2008)
The Whole World: New Missions Priorities
Topic: Forming Leaders (back to top)
Advance paper:
We Have A Problem! - But There Is Hope! by The Lausanne Leadership Development Working Group
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
More Partners at the Table (Valdir Steuernagel)
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
LOP #57: Effective Theological Education for World Evangelization
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Celebrating the Creative Gifts of the Spirit (December 2009)
The Next Generation: Leadership and Communicating the Gospel (June 2008)
Building a Solid Foundation for Mission Policy and Praxis (May 2008)
Education and Training for Missions and Evangelism (July 2007)
Evangelism and Discipleship (May 2007)
Younger Leaders and Evangelism (June 2006)
The Whole World: New Missions Priorities
Topic: Orality (back to top)
Advance papers:
The Oral Story Bible: A Breakthrough Strategy in Rapid Engagement Among Unreached People Groups by Ron Green
That All May Hear by Grant Lovejoy
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
(None directly related)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
The Gospel in Oral Tradition (October/November 2009)
Advancing Scripture Translation (September 2009)
The Verbal Proclamation of the Gospel (October 2008)
Evangelism and Worship (December 2007)
Contextualizing the Gospel (April 2007)
Reaching Oral Cultures with the Gospel (October 2006)
The Whole World: New Missions Priorities
Topic: Urban Mission (back to top)
Advance papers:
Urban Realities: What is God’s Global Urban Mission? by Tim Keller
Urban Poor Development Strategies by Raineer Chu
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
The Face-to-Face Gospel and the Death of Distance (Al Erisman)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Being the Church in Different Cultures (February 2008)
Proclaiming Christ in an Era of War, Trauma and Genocide(January 2008)
Urban Evangelism (September 2006)
The Whole Church: Authenticity & Integrity
Topic: The Human Future (back to top)
Advance paper:
Emerging Technologies and the Human Future by Nigel Cameron and John Wyatt
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
(None directly related)
The Whole Church: Authenticity & Integrity
Topic: Integrity & Humility (back to top)
CT Global Conversation:
To Serve Is to Suffer (Ajith Fernando)
Asking the Beautiful Question (Joel Van Dyke and Kris Rocke)
LOP #31: The Uniqueness of Christ in a Postmodern World and the Challenge of World Religions
Lausanne World Pulse themes
A Self-Examination of the Church (April 2009)
Addressing the Westernization of the Gospel (March 2008)
Prayer Evangelism (May 2006)
The Whole Church: Authenticity & Integrity
Topic: Prosperity Gospel (back to top)
Advance papers:
The Prosperity Gospel: All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Daniel Bourdanné
From ‘Calvary Road’ to ‘Harvesters International’: An African Perspective on the Cross and Gospel of Prosperity by J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Reflections on the Hermeneutics and Practice of the Prosperity Gospel by Femi B. Adeleye
Lausanne Connnect Issues
A Statement on the Prosperity Gospel by Lausanne Theology Working Group
CT Global Conversation:
Did Jesus Wear Designer Robes? (J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu)
LOP #20: Evangelical Commitment to Simple Life-Style: Exposition and Commentary
The Whole Church: Authenticity & Integrity
Topic: Women and Men (back to top)
Advance paper:
The Partnership of Males and Females by Leslie Anne Neal Segraves and Chad Alan Neal Segraves
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
(None directly related)
LOP #53: Empowering Women and Men to Use Their Gifts Together in Advancing the Gospel
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Women in World Evangelization: More Study Needed by Sandra S. K. Lee
Missionary Pioneers: A Legacy of Women and Men Advancing the Gospel Together by Mimi Haddad, Chelsea Dearmond and Mary Ann Nguyen
Reconciliation of God: Men and Women Working Together by Elke Werner
Theme: Partnerships
Topic: Children and Youth (back to top)
Lausanne World Pulse themes
The Strategic Importance of Student Ministry (September 2008)
The Next Generation: Leadership and Communicating the Gospel (June 2008)
Reaching Families for Christ (August 2007)
The Future of Short-term Missions (March 2006)
The Whole Church: Partnerships
Topic: Indigenous Leadership (back to top)
CT Global Conversation:
More Partners at the Table (Valdir Steuernagel)
Mission Fields on the Move (J. Samuel Escobar)
LOP #44: The Two-Thirds World Church
LOP #57: Effective Theological Education for World Evangelization
Lausanne World Pulse themes
God's Mission in Our World Today (January 2009)
Church Leaders in the Global South Speak on Mission and Evangelism (April 2008)
Being the Church in Different Cultures (February 2008)
Education and Training for Missions and Evangelism (July 2007)
Younger Leaders and Evangelism (June 2006)
The Whole Church: Partnerships
Topic: Partnership (back to top)
Advance papers:
Partnering in the Body of Christ toward a New Global Equilibrium by Patrick Fung
Cooperation in the Body of Christ: Towards a New Equilibriumby David D. Ruiz M. M. A.
Hope for the Christian Church through Global Incarnational Partnerships by Martine Audéoud and Rubin Pohor
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
More Partners at the Table (Valdir Steuernagel)
LOP #24: Co-operating in World Evangelization
LOP #38: Partnership and Collaboration
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Biblical Partnerships that Advance the Gospel (October 2010)
Advancing Scripture Translation (September 2009)
Building a Solid Foundation for Mission Policy and Praxis (May 2008)
Church Leaders in the Global South Speak on Mission and Evangelism (April 2008)
Addressing the Westernization of the Gospel (March 2008)
The Whole Church: Partnerships
Topic: Scripture in Mission (back to top)
Advance paper:
Major Priorities In Eradicating Bible Poverty by Scripture in Mission Multiplex Resource Team
Lausanne Connnect Issues
CT Global Conversation:
Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World (Christopher J. H. Wright)
Asking the Beautiful Question (Joel Van Dyke and Kris Rocke)
LOP #3: The Lausanne Covenant: An Exposition & Commentary
Lausanne World Pulse themes
Advancing Scripture Translation (September 2009)
Building a Solid Foundation for Mission Policy and Praxis (May 2008)
Church Leaders in the Global South Speak on Mission and Evangelism (April 2008)
Evangelism and Discipleship (May 2007)
The State of the Bible and Bible Translations (January 2007)
