The History And History Of The Lausanne Movement

Introduction

This article concerns an international movement known as the Lausanne Movement; their task is to fulfill the mandated Great Commission. Their roots stems from the historical conferences, however, the movement itself came out of the First International Congress which was held July of 1974 by Evangelist Billy Graham in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was Billy Graham’s desire to bring together all evangelicals for the purpose of reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He felt there was a “need for a bigger and more varied congress to reset missions of world Christians in the areas of religious, social, political and economic disorder.”

Brief Summary

Evangelist Graham believed that it is the Church’s responsibility to spread the gospel to the world, and to work more diligently to comprehend the concepts and standards behind the rapid changes taking place in society and to rely on the Holy Spirit to reveal effective methods and strategies needed to elevate the body of Christ to its intended purpose . The need was affirmed after he shared his feelings with Christian leaders from every continent and The Lausanne’s International Committee was convinced that they were being led by the Holy Spirit to challenge and bring together more Christian leaders, therefore another conference was held; referred to as a “Forum”. This Forum would be set up in a manner that would allow others to join in to address issues which were up for discussion.

This Lausanne Occasional Paper is a real report based on and Issue Group. These particular Issue Groups have themes, for example; the 2004 Forum for World Evangelism theme was “A new vision, a new heart, a renewed call.” The Lausanne Occasional Papers (LOPs) are historically docume...

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Conclusion

The Church is to pray for the World and its leaders and believe God to draw those who are willing to accept Him. Being a light to the world is to inspire, motivate, encourage, and to live holy according to the Holy Word proclaimed.

In order to address the social, economic and political issues, the church is to witness and the message has not changed REPENT, (Acts 2:38-39) call upon the name of the Lord (Rom. 10:9-10) be baptised (Mark 16:16). The complete body of Christ is to be on one accord and to fulfil the Great Commission, while living a life of holiness and pleasing to God. This is their only mission and what brings God Glory. When the Church stick with the mission, souls are saved, people are healed, delivered, and set free; the widows and orphans are cared for and the hungry are fed.