The Lausanne Movement has released a free five-part video series designed to help Christians connect personal faith with global mission, according to the organization.
Becoming a Global Disciple, which launched June 22, offers short video episodes, discussion guides and devotional plans for use by churches, small groups, student ministries and individual believers. The resource is available in English and Portuguese at lausanne.org/globaldisciple, with French and Spanish translations expected within weeks.
The series grew out of a global listening process conducted in the lead-up to the Fourth Lausanne Congress, which identified deeper discipleship as one of the most significant gaps facing the church in fulfilling the Great Commission, the movement said.
"Following Jesus has always been deeply personal, but never merely private," said Michael Oh, global executive director and CEO of the Lausanne Movement. "The God who meets us in our daily lives is also the God who loves the world, gathers a global church, sends his people in mission, and calls us to live as one body in Christ."
The five episodes cover themes including the global church and its unfinished mission, prayer and cross-cultural learning, friendship and partnership across cultures, and the relationship between global and local discipleship. Each episode is paired with discussion questions, Scripture passages and practical next steps.
Contributors include voices from across the global church: Pearl Ganta, Desmond Henry, Janet Sewell, Joe Handley, Nana-Yaw Offei Awuku, Jurie Kriel and Jason Watson, alongside Oh.
Watson, Lausanne's director of content, said the series was built for ordinary church contexts. "Many church and ministry leaders care deeply about global mission, but they are asking how to help ordinary believers take meaningful next steps," he said. "Becoming a Global Disciple is a practical, accessible resource they can use without having to build a series from scratch."
Rather than framing global mission as the domain of missionaries or frequent travelers, the series is intended to help every believer see their daily life within the wider mission of God, according to the Lausanne Movement.
The resource can be accessed at lausanne.org/globaldisciple.
