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  Global Church & Missions

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

  By Diario Cristiano

  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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  Latin America Asia Church & Missions

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

  By Diario Cristiano

  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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  Africa Church & Missions

  Local church ownership, Vision 2025 supercharged Bible translation, SIL Director says at Lausanne 4

  By Ken Kagicha

  God is supercharging the rate of Bible translation in Africa and many parts of the global south, expanding discipleship in more local dialects than ever before. This was the resounding and encouraging message of SIL International Executive Director Dr. Michel Kenmogne, at Lausanne 4 in Seoul, Korea.

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  US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

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

  By Chris Eyte

  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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  Asia Church & Missions

  Lausanne 4 Congress concludes with call for every believer to share the gospel wherever they are

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  The Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization came to a close on Saturday, Sept 28, with Global Executive Director Dr. Michael Oh calling on all believers to participate in the Great Commission. The week-long event that brought together nearly 5,400 participants in Incheon, Korea and almost the same number online sought to address some of the key gaps in missions today, with a major emphasis on collaboration.

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  US & Canada Asia Church & Missions

  Rick Warren lists 10 action steps through the book of Acts to help church leaders ‘finish their race’

  By The Christian Post

  In his 54th year in ministry, Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church, declared at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization that he would spend the next 10 years of his life continuing to help church leaders “finish their race” and fulfill the Great Commission in their lifetime.