The Future of Missions Has Already Changed

We often hear that the “future of missions is changing.” After being in Cape Town I would propose a correction to say “the future of missions has already changed.” The challenge for us in America is to quickly learn our new role in a global mission movement that has already changed. Can we follow the [...]

Truth Became A Person – Day 1 at Cape Town

Day 1 of the Third Lausanne Congress focused on reminding ourselves of the absolute truth of Christ. In a world where most cultures promote a plurality of “personal truths” it is all the more important for Christians to understand how Christ is the visible image of the supreme, divine, cosmic truth. A phrase that helps [...]

Destroying Humanity

Racism has destroyed societies and ruined the lives of so many generations. In South Africa, where I am today, apartheid was repealed in the 90′s, but the human cost continues today with extraordinary toll on this society. While racist laws can be repealed with the stroke of a pen, the negative affects continue for generations. [...]

First day in Cape Town

There were about 75-100 Lausanne delegates on the 11-hour flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town, which arrived here Thursday evening. Many of us had traveled for more than 24 hours, coming from the US, Canada, Brazil, and even from New Zealand. Friday is a rest day for most of us, and first impressions of Cape [...]

Praying for Cape Town

Please pray for me & my family as I travel to South Africa. By Carl Nelson I have been invited to attend a global congress in Cape Town, South Africa, October 13-25, where 4,000 Christian leaders from every country of the world will gather and work together for 10 days. The  congress is being convened [...]

None reach the height of vice all at once

My neighborhood has been plagued this summer with the death of several teen-aged boys, killed as the result of gang violence and teen-age tempers gone awry. It’s terrible. What bothers me more is that newspapers, within the same paragraph, cite the young man’s unfortunate criminal history and then quote family or friends lamenting how nice [...]

Listen to Evangelical Leaders Forum

Erwin McManus, April 9, 2010 GMAE Evangelical Leaders Forum

Pro-Life & Anti-Torture

“Unfathomable news!” were the exact words a secular acquaintance of mine used when he read the survey results that church-goers were more willing to support the use of torture than did non-church goers

Cape Town 2010 – Truth & the uniqueness of Jesus

In October 4,000 Christian leaders from around the world will gather to deal with with six critical issues that threaten the health and vitality of the Church and impair our witness to the gospel of Jesus. One of these important issues is Truth – how do we make the case for Truth and the uniqueness [...]

Interreligious Prayer Focused on Jesus: Good or Bad?

Can focus on Jesus be a starting point for dialogue with followers of other religions?

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