This article is based on the author’s presentation at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization held in Seoul, Korea last September. (Go here for other posts about Lausanne 4 on this site.) God’s love for the needy and vulnerable has…
Open Doors has released World Watch List 2025 (WWL), which ranks countries by the severity of persecution and discrimination endured by Christians living there. The 2025 list highlights the plight of Christians in central Asia, with Kyrgyzstan adding seven points to its…
I’ve had a few interactions recently that strongly suggest to me that church tradition trumps Scripture when it comes to a definition of mission. Many Christians from a Protestant background would define mission as crossing from one culture to another…
This article is part of a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ As I said in the introduction to the series: Mostly, I’ll look at recently published books. It is encouraging to see that, while most churches and Christian bookstores…
Michelangelo once described his artistic process by saying, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” World-renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz made a similar observation in his keynote speech at this year’s Corpus Christi–St.…
I posted seven articles earlier this year in a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ At the time, I said the seventh one was the last – but I’ve changed my mind, having discovered that many good books on missions…
This joint statement was released November 11, the first day of COP 29 (the United Nations Climate Change Conference) which is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan until November 22. ***************** The World Evangelical Alliance [WEA], in collaboration with the World…
Qatar is not noted as a centre of Christian activity. But the Bishop of the Evangelical Churches Alliance Qatar (ECAQ) says God is very much at work there. When I met him in the halls of the Fourth Lausanne Congress in…
Missionaries have a tarnished reputation in the West – sometimes deserved, often not. They are probably more fondly remembered in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This truth came home to me several times as I participated in the Fourth Lausanne…
Godfrey Yogarajah, Ambassador for Religious Freedom with World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) sent this letter out to encourage Christians around the world to participate in IDOP 2024. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we gather for the International Day of…