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  Behind the scenes interview: How Lausanne 4 prepared collaboration sessions to address gaps in Great Commission

  A key theme of the recent Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea was collaboration. Participants were encouraged to commit to working together more intentionally with those who share the same concerns. Christian Daily International sat down with Ann Chow who together with David Benson co-designed the process that would steer 5,400 participants towards greater collaboration.

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  87% of Young Lausanne Leaders looking for theological education - Nana Yaw of YLGen says

  An overwhelming majority of Young Lausanne leaders from the Majority World are looking for theological education opportunities. Nana Yaw Offei Awuku, the Global Associate Director for Generations - a gathering of young leaders hosted by Lausanne - said 87% of the members requested a theological education directory.

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  Muslim employers in Pakistan force Christian, 17, to convert, mother says

  Muslim employers of a 17-year-old Christian who works at their gas company in Pakistan have forcibly converted him to Islam and are holding him in illegal custody, his mother said.

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  Lausanne & WEA launch Business Bible, announce Global Day of Faith at Work on May 1

  A major theme of the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea was focused on equipping believers in the workplace to share the gospel and participate in the Great Commission. At a press conference, representatives of the Lausanne Movement and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) shared about new initiatives, including a special Business Bible and a day dedicated to pray for people in the workplace.

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  Lausanne 4: five waves to reach the unreached in Acts: 'talk more about Jesus, less about ourselves'

  Rolando Lidorio is a Presbyterian pastor who has served as a church planter in Ghana, Africa, for nine years and currently leads a missionary team among several indigenous ethnic groups in the Brazilian Amazon. He introduced what he called “the five waves to reach the unreached in the first century” based on Acts chapter 1 to chapter 28, which was the chapter that he focused his speech on.

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  Lausanne 4 hears about God's transformation in Latin America: from mission field to mission force

  During the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea last week, Costa Rican missionary Allan Matamoros presented the changes that have been emerging among evangelicals in Latin America. He spoke about how God is transforming Latin America from a mission field to a missionary sending region that reaches out into the world.

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  Speaking at Lausanne 4 about Asia, Academic says 'Church not called to create unity, but rather preserve & nurture it'

  The Asian church, as exemplified in Korea, is akin to bodily ligaments unified in Christ with prayerful resilience but stretching in diverse directions in the face of hardships in its development. Cho spoke during a plenary session entitled “God’s Mission to the Ends of the Earth Through the Dynamic Missions Movement from the Majority World” on Saturday (Sept. 28) at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea.

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