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Liderii mișcării Lausanne au stabilit pașii pentru implementarea noii viziuni

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

I am writing today to provide you with a report on the recent Lausanne Biennial Leadership Meeting.  In my opinion, this was the most productive and gratifying meeting that we have had since I began serving as the Chairman of Lausanne in 2004.  We praise God and give him thanks for the progress that was made and for his presence and direction at the meeting.

Dr. Leighton Ford, Honorary Lifetime Chairman of The Lausanne Movement, shared with me at the end of the meeting that he believes Lausanne is now the strongest that it has ever been.  I believe the most significant accomplishment of the week is that we successfully transitioned from Event Mode to Movement Mentality and came away with a clear sense of unity, vision and direction, strong leadership and growing momentum.  Three factors made this possible:

• Gaining clarity on our vision and message for the future;
• Restructuring Lausanne’s leadership to serve the needs of a global Movement and;
• Aligning the entire Lausanne Movement with The Cape Town Commitment (www.lausanne.org/ctcommitment) which serves as our road map for the next ten years.

Additionally, we officially launched the Global Executive Leadership Forum.  Approval was given for the development of the monthly Lausanne Global Analysis.  Support was also given to proceed with plans for the first “Davos-like” Lausanne Global Briefing in 2013 for 350 of the world’s leading pastors, scholars, mission leaders and business executives.  At those biennial global consultations we will assess progress in world evangelization with respect to The Cape Town Commitment.  We also began the initial planning for the Younger Leaders Gathering in 2015.

I am pleased to report the following steps forward:

1. Cape Town 2010 Celebration:  We had a grand celebration of the achievement and impact of Cape Town 2010.  “God is on the move” as we heard in story after story from around the world.  Most encouraging were the reports of new partnerships and initiatives that have begun as a result of the Congress.  More will be shared in the coming year.  (Please send your stories and reports to communications@lausanne.org.)

Together we also watched Congress video clips that helped us relive a shared journey that will never be forgotten.  I hope you’ll be encouraged as I was when you watch the following short video on the Congress:
http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/short-documentary.html.

2. Lausanne Board Leadership: I believe that the restructuring of the Lausanne Board, including the addition of new members from every region, allows the Board to now be positioned to serve as a “global board of elders” for evangelicalism with respect to world evangelization.

I am particularly pleased to announce that Ram Gidoomal has agreed to serve as the Board Chairman.  Ram is a man of great distinction with experience in business, government, higher education and mission.  He is the prototypical 21st century global Christian leader, a convert to Christ from Hinduism, a Diaspora man of South Asian heritage who was raised in Africa, who then helped build a global enterprise while based in Geneva and London.  He leads mission movements in the United Kingdom and South Asia and serves on a number of prominent boards in England, India and the U.S.  We praise God that Ram has brought his rich life experience to the service of Christ and to The Lausanne Movement.  Please keep him and his wife, Sunita, in your prayers.

3. International Deputy Directors:  Our team of 12 International Deputy Directors (IDDs), working under the leadership of International Director Lindsay Brown, has been further strengthened and reconfigured with seven new members.  Lausanne IDDs provide global presence and regional advocacy for the Movement.  They will be convening regional consultations in the next 18 months with the next two major consultations in Moscow (Eurasia) and in Cairo (Middle East/North Africa region).

4. Global Executive Leadership Forum (GELF):  The emergence of GELF may prove to be one of the most significant developments of Cape Town 2010.  Under the leadership of Bob and Leslie Doll, along with GELF Chairman, Atul Tandon, GELF will connect and resource business leaders of global influence who have a profound commitment to Christ and the mission of the church in the world.

5. Cape Town Commitment (CTC):  To ensure that we are making solid progress in the priorities articulated in this document, 30-35 Lausanne Senior Associates will be appointed who will each take responsibility for one of the Commitments.  They will be supported by mission organizations and networks who will serve as resource partners. These Senior Associates will work to convene consultations and catalyze new initiatives in their area of specialized responsibility over the next three years.

6. Younger Leaders:  As an expression of Lausanne’s historic commitment to the development of younger leaders, plans were initiated for the next Younger Leaders Gathering in 2015.  In the years leading up to that global gathering, younger leaders will be identified, developed and connected to mentors and to one another in each of the 12 Lausanne regions.  Interestingly, many of the leaders for Cape Town 2010 first came into Lausanne through the 1987 Lausanne Younger Leaders Conference in Singapore.

7. Pew Forum Research:  During the meeting, Luis Lugo, Director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, released the results of their research done among the 4000 participants at Cape Town 2010.  This report, which has been distributed and reported globally, reveals the dynamism, complexity and maturity of global evangelicalism.  The report also raises the visibility of Lausanne in the eyes of the church and with scholars and journalists as a Movement that is intellectually vibrant and strategically engaged in holistic mission.  Read the executive summary report here:
http://pewforum.org/Christian/Evangelical-Protestant-Churches/Global-Survey-exec.aspx

8. Lausanne/Cape Town 2010 Curriculum:  You will soon have access to curricula for use in colleges and seminaries, as well as course material carefully developed for adult study groups, Sunday School classes and mission committees.  This will include course outlines, video clips of presentations at the Congress, and carefully edited papers prepared for the Lausanne Global Conversation and the Congress.

9. Sabbatical:  Jeanie and I are grateful to the Lausanne Board for granting me an extended sabbatical over the next five months.  This will enable me to regain energy and strength following the demands and strains related to the Congress preparations.  Please pray that this will be a time of physical rest as well as a time of deepening and strengthening as we seek to discern all that God has for us during this season.

I have full confidence in our Board Chairman, Ram Gidoomal, and our International Director, Lindsay Brown, who will be providing leadership for the Movement during this time of sabbatical.

At a moment in history when we are dealing with unanticipated global challenges and with unprecedented opportunity for bearing witness to the power of the gospel, it is a sign of hope to see fresh vision, new expressions of unity and a rising generation of leaders come together with renewed passion for “the whole church to take the whole gospel to the whole world.”

Thank you for your friendship and partnership in the gospel.  May God continue to wonderfully bless you.

In Christ,

S. Douglas Birdsall
Executive Chairman, The Lausanne Movement

LAUSANNE MOVEMENT SETS OUT ITS ROAD MAP

At its leadership meeting in Boston in June, The Lausanne Movement adopted The Cape Town Commitment, issuing from The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, as its ‘roadmap for the next ten years’.

Ram Gidoomal, noul lider al Lausanne Movement

Doug Birdsall, Lausanne Movement Chief Executive, said, ‘We trust The Cape Town Commitment will prove to be of global significance and of eternal consequence. We sense a burden of spiritual responsibility as we now work to implement it.’

The Lausanne Movement aspires to be Christ-centred, biblically-orientated and missiologically-focused. ‘Its purpose,’ said Lindsay Brown, International Director, ‘is to strengthen the evangelical Church to bear witness to Christ in every area of the world. To do this, we must engage with every region geographically, with every sphere of society, and, too, with the realm of ideas.’ He said The Cape Town Commitment captured this spirit and intent, describing it as ‘profoundly elegant, and panoramic in its biblicism’.

George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization (OM), spoke of his desire to distribute a hundred thousand copies of  The Cape Town Commitment in the West and in the majority world. ‘It’s a vital document,’ he said. ‘I love its Confession of Faith as a basis for its Call to Action. We will see some results from it soon. But others will be invisible, and will surface only in years to come around the world.’

Ram Gidoomal, a London-based businessman and entrepreneur and a former Vice Chair of the Movement, has been appointed Chairman of the Board, to succeed Doug Birdsall, who will continue to lead the Movement; Grace Mathews, from Delhi, Director of the Programme for The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, has been appointed Vice Chair. Ram Gidoomal said ‘I am honoured to take on this role. It will be a joy to serve with the board, and with Doug Birdsall and Lindsay Brown as we implement The Cape Town Commitment.‘

Beginning in 2012, The Lausanne Movement will host a series of consultations on major issues identified in The Cape Town Commitment. ‘These will be global in scope, and draw on the sharpest evangelical thinking in each field,’ said Doug Birdsall.

The Third Lausanne Congress engaged hundreds of thousands of evangelicals through its webcasts, GlobaLink sites and multi-lingual Global Conversation. Future plans for The Lausanne Movement include a Global Briefing for leaders in the church, in mission engagement, and in the public arenas of government, business and academia; and the development of a multi-lingual publishing imprint ‘The Lausanne Library’.

The Cape Town Commitment is available from all booksellers and internet retailers.

END

John Stott, un lider al mișcării Lausanne, la 90 de ani

Am primit acest mesaj de la Douglas Birdsall, director executiv Lausanne.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Greetings in the name of our resurrected Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!  I trust you enjoyed a glorious Easter celebration. 

I am writing to you on April 27^th.  Today is the 90^th birthday of John Stott, the Honorary Chairman of The Lausanne Movement.  I hope you’ll join me in wishing him a happy birthday and in t hanking God for the model and impact of his remarkable like.  (You may post a birthday message to him online here: www.johnstott.org/news/226.)

I remember a wonderful evening with John Stott in February 2006 as we were talking and dreaming about the future of The Lausanne Movement.  Over dinner at a Greek restaurant near his home in London, “Uncle John” discussed plans for the 2006 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Malaysia and the prospect of a Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization.  It was an inspiring and unforgettable evening.

As we walked back to his home after dinner, Uncle John was walking slowly. He was steadying himself with a cane in one hand and holding my elbow with the other.  He stopped as we neared his flat and said, “I just hope I live long enough to see all that we have talked about tonight come to pass.”

By God’s grace he has lived long enough to Lausanne III come to pass.  Though he is very weak and is nearing the end, he followed the planning of the programme, the selection of the participants and the unfolding of Cape Town 2010 with great interest.  He was particularly interested in the work lead by Chris Wright on The Cape Town Commitment.

I contacted him a few weeks ago, just after the full Cape Town Commitment had been published.  When I called, one of his old friends was there reading the document to him, slowly and carefully, so that he could take in every phrase.  The friend passed the phone to John Stott and we spoke briefly for what will likely prove to be our final conversation.  In a weak and halting voice he said, “It’s a beautiful and profound document.  With it, you seem to have achieved an astonishing degree of unity.”

This was of utmost importance to John Stott.  You may remember that in his letter of greeting to Cape Town, he closed by quoting the Apostle Paul’s words to the Ephesians:  “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.  Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.  Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

Happy Birthday “Uncle John” and thank you for the model of your life and for your life-long commitment to the unity of the whole church, the preaching of the whole gospel, and the evangelization of the whole world.  

Yours in Christ,
S. Douglas Birdsall
Executive Chair, The Lausanne Movement

Global Declaration on Care and Counsel as Mission

The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization have released the Cape Town Declaration on Care and Counsel as Mission – a three page document that outlines foundational principles for responding to the unprecedented level of global mental health needs both within the Church and beyond. Sections of the Declaration address theological foundations for care and counsel as mission as well as the need for more holistic and systemic perspectives, increasing inclusion of indigenous forms and methods of care, and collaborative methods of understanding and responding.

‘God is calling us to walk alongside the suffering people of the world as He does,’ noted Bradford Smith, who leads Lausanne’s Care and Counsel as Mission Interest Committee. ‘Our hope is that this Declaration, rooted in the 2009 Lausanne Consultation on Care and Counsel as Mission held in Mexico City, will stimulate a global dialogue on the future role of Christian counseling or, more broadly, care and counsel in serving all people.’ Noting the widespread adoption of western psychology in Christian counseling training programs worldwide, the Declaration recommends the development of ‘integral (holistic) models of psychology and psychotherapy that utilize indigenous, Christian models of human functioning, wholeness and resiliency drawn selectively and sensitively from the insights of psychologies from around the world.’

The Declaration will be of interest to pastors, counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, educators, mission organizations, and member care personnel. It is available at www.careandcounselasmission.org, along with a growing list of endorsers worldwide.

2010 in review

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Where did they come from?

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Lausanne Younger Leaders Team

Lausanne Younger Leaders Team: Cape Town Convictions

The Lausanne Younger Leaders Team (YLT) celebrates the faithfulness and grace of God that was displayed at Cape Town 2010.  It was an amazing gathering of global Christian leaders, and we are excited for the future of the global church with great hope for growing unity, humility, truth, passion for Christ and His mission, compassion for the lost and hurting, and partnership toward the whole church bringing the whole gospel to the whole world.

We particularly rejoiced over the fellowship in Cape Town of the 1000 leaders under the age of 40 from around the world.  We not only represent the future of the global church, but all of the issues, challenges, and opportunities discussed and prayed about in Cape Town will impact our generation and our world more than any other generation represented at the Third Lausanne Congress.

Cape Town 2010, however, was an event, and we have a sober and hopeful conviction that the event did not exist for itself but rather to serve the vision that the Lord has given to Lausanne and to the global church. Therefore we invested a significant portion of the week of the Congress together in discussion, prayer, and consultation with younger leaders, older leaders, and valued counselors and mentors toward the goal of leaving Cape Town with a unified understanding of and commitment to our calling, our values, and our plans for the post-Cape Town years informed by what we learned and experienced during the Congress.  Here is a summary of those convictions.

Our Calling -

1)    We reaffirm our calling to advance the purposes of God through Lausanne towards the goal of world evangelization and the whole church bringing the whole gospel to the whole world

2)    We have deep conviction about the stewardship we and the Lausanne Movement have been given for global younger leaders who represent both the present and future; Cape Town will impact the younger generation more than any other; it will impact OUR world

3)    We commit to participating as a vital part of the Lausanne Movement as movement – not to exist for our own perpetuation or to set up inflexible organizational structure but to facilitate relational links, facilitate dialogue & partnership, and seek to connect the greatest needs of global younger leaders with the best resources (people, ministries, information)

Our Values -

1)    We reaffirm our commitment to displaying Christ-like humility and joy in words, attitudes, and actions

2)    We reaffirm our commitment to Christ-honoring relationship building within the Lausanne Movement both inner-generationally and inter-generationally; in particular we commit to and ask for your continued commitment towards developing deeper trusting and entrusting relationships with the Lausanne Board and the IDD’s (International Deputy Directors).

3)    We reaffirm our conviction that God has called our team to trust Him first and foremost, to also trust the leadership that He has placed over us, and to ask also for the trust of the Lausanne leadership to pursue by faith the purposes and passions that He has given to us

Our Plans -

1)    CONNECT

We rejoice that the Lord has provided an amazing network of global younger leaders.  This YLN (Younger Leaders Network) consists of YLG ’06 (Younger Leaders Gathering 2006) alumni, regional YLG alumni, Cape Town 2010 alumni, and even the possible inclusion of GlobaLink alumni.  We feel a call to connect this YLN through:

a)    Utilization of a younger leaders section of the Global Conversation that we hope can be a source of on-going connection and cooperation post-Cape Town; this will include the establishment of subgroups for regions, ministry area foci, and other affinity groups in multiple languages

b)    Continued organizing of national and regional YLG’s with IDD support focused on gathering starting in 2011 through 2014

c)    Prayer and planning towards the Third Lausanne YLG in 2015

We affirm that we are not event focused, but events contribute towards the depth, breadth, and richness of the movement and its purposes.

2)    INFORM

There is an evident eagerness and desire among the younger leaders to get more involved in inner-generational and inter-generational activities of Lausanne.  There is also a general lack of awareness of what people can get involved in and how.  Towards that end we will focus over the next year in systematic introductions of Lausanne working groups to the YLN.  These will likely start with the LDWG (Leadership Development Working Group) and other groups particularly focused on and relevant to younger leaders.  This will take the form of consultations with various working group leaders and clear descriptions of the vision, activities, and opportunities of these working groups for younger leaders.  One working group will be highlighted every 3-4 months.

3)    EQUIP

We cannot do everything, but we can focus on the most important things.  We choose to focus our efforts for younger leaders in the areas of mentoring and partnerships.  Mentoring is a priority as it is crucial towards the healthy spiritual development of younger leaders.  Partnerships and collaboration training and facilitating is crucial towards the connecting, mobilizing, and collaboration of younger generation leaders for the purpose of the fulfillment of our vision to see the whole church bring the whole gospel to the whole world.  We will focus in the years to come on three areas:

a)    Mentoring through the development of the Lausanne Younger Leaders Mentoring Partnership.  This will be a program sponsored by the YLT and facilitated by MentorLink and other similar ministries with potential for 1000 younger leaders partnered with 200 mentors.  A dedicated website will be developed with the possibility of new research and technologies being developed to aid in this endeavor.

b)    Collaboration Implementation Training (CIT) will be offered as a part of the regional YLG’s.  This will focus on training younger leaders in how to move from vision/passion to the building of strategic ministry partnerships, all towards the goal of the whole church bringing the whole gospel to the whole world.  In addition a core network of global younger leaders will be trained to mentor younger leaders who are currently in their teens and early 20′s.

c)    Resource mobilization towards the goal of world evangelization efforts in our generation.  We will pray and work toward the development of a culture of generosity and stewardship through Biblically-based teaching and the strategic deployment of resources.  This will be supported in partnership with the Resource Mobilization Resource Group of Lausanne and other similar groups/organizations.

We, the YLT, ask for your prayers, counsel, and support towards these endeavors.  The future is at stake, and we rest assured that the future is in God’s hands.

“Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.  They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn – for he has done it.” (Ps 22:30-31)

Michael Oh (coordinator)

Grace Samson

Adel Azmi

Gabriela Gencheva

Jacob Isaac
Marcell Steuernagel
Mark Kolo
Rike Huettmann

Remo Paul

Larry Russell (advisor)

Video Lausanne 2010

Cei interesați pot urmări acum aproape toate sesiunile de la Congresul Lasaunne III. Există pe site chiar și ceremonia de inaugurare și de încheiere a conferinței, formațiile care au cântat, mărturii etc.

Accesați acest link pentru a urmări aceste materiale video.

http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/11664

Articol despre Lausanne III, de Cătălin Croitor

Articolul va apărea în revista Uniunii Baptiste, „Creștinul azi”

CAPE TOWN 2010 – AL TREILEA CONGRES LAUSANNE DE EVANGHELIZARE A LUMII

Dupa exact 200 de ani de la data in care misionarul William Carey a aratat necesitatea organizarii unui congres global de misiune in Cape Town, visul lui a devenit realitate.

Peste 4000 de lideri crestini evanghelici din 197 de tari s-au intalnit in Cape Town, Africa de Sud, in perioada 16-25 Octombrie, 2010, pentru a analiza felul in care problemele stringente ale vremurilor noastre influenteaza viitorul bisericii crestine si al evanghelizarii intregii lumi.

Primul congres de acest gen a avut loc in 1974 la Lausanne, iar al doilea s-a ținut la Manila, în 1989. Congresul din Cape Town, unic in istoria bisericii crestine prin numarul si diversitatea participantilor, a debutat sub tema “Dumnezeu  în Hristos, împăcând lumea cu Sine” (2 Corinteni 5:19), si a avut drept motto “Intreaga Evanghelie, vestita de catre intreaga biserica la intreaga lume”.

Sesiunile de dimineata ale congresului au avut la baza studiul Epistolei catre Efeseni si s-au concentrat pe sase teme majore extrase ca si aplicatii din textul biblic: adevarul lui Hristos intr-o lume pluralista si globalizata, pacea lui Hristos intr-o lume divizata si distrusa, dragostea lui Hristos pentru cei din alte religii, planul lui Dumnezeu cu privire la evanghelizare in secolul 21, chemarea bisericii lui Hristos la smerenie, integritate si simplitate, si un nou echilibru global prin formarea de parteneriate in cadrul Trupului lui Hristos.

Sesiunile de seara au avut scopul de a inspira si incuraja biserica globala. In fiecare seara au fost prezentate cate o regiune a globului impreuna cu provocarile cu care se confrunta biserica crestina din acea zona. Deasemenea, fiecare regiune geografica a scos in evidenta felul extraordinar in care Dumnezeu lucreaza in contextul respectiv.

Intalnirea de la Cape Town a inceput si s-a incheiat cu cate o sesiune de dialog regional. In cadrul acestor sesiuni, lideri din regiuni geografice invecinate au avut ocazia sa puna bazele unei viitoare colaborari in ce priveste lucrarea de evanghelizare in zona lor de activitate.

Romania a fost reprezentata de o delegatie formata din 11 persoane: Vlad Criznic – Ravi Zacharias Trust, David Chronic – Fundatia Cuvantul Intrupat, Corneliu Constantineanu – Institutul Teologic Penticostal Bucuresti, Danut Manastireanu si Mihai Pavel – World Vision, Catalin Croitor – Lausanne Younger Leaders, Daniel Fodorean – Leader Formation Institute Eastern Europe, Ghita Ritisan si Vasilica Croitor – Agentia Penticostala de Misiune Externa, Ina Hrisca si Daniel Bujenita – Centrul Roman pentru Studii Transculturale.

De mentionat este si faptul ca doua sute de persoane din delegatia chineza au fost impiedicate de catre autoritatile comuniste chineze sa participle la lucrarilie congresului. Multumim lui Dumnezeu pentru libertatea de a calatori pe care o avem ca romani, dar ne rugam in acelasi timp ca El sa aduca vremuri de libertate si pentru fratii si surorile noastre din China. De asemenea, sa ne rugam ca intreaga biserica a lui Hristos din Romania sa fructifice la maxim timpul de har si libertate pe care il are pentru a duce intreaga Evanghelie la intreaga lume.

Pastor Catalin Croitor

Biserica Baptista Maranata, Suceava

Video, momente semnificative în misiunea creștină

Dănuț Mănăstireanu a postat două filme documentare despre misiunea creștină.

http://danutm.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/turning-points-in-church-history-part-1/

http://danutm.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/11782/