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  Oct 10, 2024

  China, North Korea collaborate to persecute Christians, subject them to torture, enslavement

  China has subjected hundreds of North Koreans to atrocities since last year by forcibly returning them to a country whose leaders hold that religion, especially Christianity, is the greatest threat to its power, experts said at a recent U.S. hearing.

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  Oct 4, 2024

  Lausanne, WEA launch Business Bible, announce Global Day of Faith at Work

  A major theme of the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization was on equipping believers in the workplace to share the Gospel and participate in the Great Commission.

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  Sep 30, 2024

  Senior Lausanne figure calls on leadership to publicly acknowledge anguish of Palestinians

  After some participants at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization took offense to a plenary speaker’s comments on the Gaza war, Valdir Steuernagel, a senior figure in the movement, spoke up on behalf of Palestinian participants, articulating their anguish of feeling abandoned by the global Church.

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  Sep 30, 2024

  Workplaces offer a 'holy ground' to witness for Jesus, Bible expositor tells Lausanne 4

  The first disciples were mainly workers in various trades and the workplace still offers a holy ground to be a “priestly presence” to witness for Jesus, delegates heard at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. 

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  Sep 28, 2024

  Lausanne invites feedback to Seoul Statement, too early to say if substantive changes might be made

  As the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization came to a close, the Lausanne leadership sent a note to the more than 5,000 participants inviting them to provide feedback to the Seoul Statement that had been published at the beginning of the event.

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  Sep 26, 2024

  Chris Wright talks Lausanne 4: Top issues facing the global Church today

  Talking about his journey to becoming the chief architect of the 2010 Cape Town Commitment, Chris Wright sat down with CDI to talk about the theological dynamics that have influenced Lausanne over the past 50 years and highlight what he considers to be key issues for the Church today, and what he hopes to see come out of Lausanne 4.

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  Sep 26, 2024

  Persecution of Christians spotlighted at Lausanne 4: 'The gates of Hell shall not overcome the Church'

  The concern that church leaders have shown for Christians suffering for their faith since the first Lausanne Congress in 1974 has grown so much that most of a day and night was devoted to persecution at the fourth Congress in South Korea on Wednesday.

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  Sep 24, 2024

  Lausanne edits Seoul Statement paragraphs on homosexuality

  After releasing the Seoul Statement just before the start of the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism this week, the document’s editorial team adjusted two paragraphs that speak to the issue of the Church’s response to homosexuality.

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  Sep 23, 2024

  Lausanne releases Seoul Statement: Here's what it says

  The Seoul Statement released by the Lausanne Movement at the Fourth Global Congress on World Evangelism is not a new, stand-alone response to the missional challenges that the global Church is facing today. Instead, it builds on the legacy of the Lausanne Covenant, the Manila Manifesto and the Cape Town Commitment.

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  Sep 23, 2024

  Lausanne 4: ORU Pres. Billy Wilson challenges Christians to be 'accelerated' by the Holy Spirit

  Billy Wilson called on Evangelicals to open their hearts to being “accelerated” by the Holy Spirit to witness for Christ to keep pace with a fast-changing world grappling with speedy developments in areas of general knowledge, technology, inventions and science.