TEN YEARS AFTER CAPE TOWN 2010 LAUSANNE III

TEN YEARS AFTER CAPE TOWN 2010 (LAUSANNE III) Dr. Allen Yeh Associate Professor of Missiology Biola University

OUTLINE I. What has changed in the 110 years since Edinburgh 1910 A. Lausanne Congresses B. Lausanne documents C. Lausanne emphases II. What has changed in the 10 years since Cape Town 2010 A. Lausanne leadership B. Lausanne conferences C. Global issues just before 2010

I. A. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 110 YEARS SINCE EDINBURGH 1910: LAUSANNE CONGRESSES Lausanne I (Switzerland), 1974 Lausanne II (The Philippines), 1989 Lausanne III (South Africa), 2010 Should Lausanne IV (planned for 2024) be in Latin America?

THE EXCLUSION OF LATIN AMERICA Edinburgh 1910 Panama 1916 2010: Tokyo, Edinburgh, Cape Town, Boston—but Costa Rica was not until 2012

I. B. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 110 YEARS SINCE EDINBURGH 1910: LAUSANNE DOCUMENTS Lausanne Covenant: holistic mission Manila Manifesto: expansion of the Lausanne Covenant (incl. more on the Holy Spirit) Cape Town Commitment: love Lausanne Occasional Papers (LOPs) Lausanne Global Analysis (LGA)

I. C. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 110 YEARS SINCE EDINBURGH 1910: LAUSANNE EMPHASES Whole Church: Unity Inclusion of women Whole Gospel: Discipleship The Word (a hallmark of Evangelicals) Whole World: Integral Mission Reconciliation

II. A. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE CAPE TOWN 2010: LAUSANNE LEADERSHIP Transition from Doug Birdsall to Michael Oh (2013)—from Chairman to CEO The passing of John Stott (2011) and Billy Graham (2018) Leadership (board) multiethnic but still largely Western

MICHAEL OH: THEN TO NOW 2004 Forum in Pattaya, Thailand Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG) in Port Dickson, Malaysia, in 2006 Tokyo 2010 Global Diaspora Network (GDN) in Manila, The Philippines, in 2015

GYEONGJU SON: A NORTH KOREAN GIRL’S TESTIMONY She is now Sarah Chang—graduated from Biola, and now she’s married and expecting!

II. B. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE CAPE TOWN 2010: LAUSANNE CONFERENCES Global Diaspora Network (GDN) in Wealth creation Manila, The Philippines, in 2015 3 rd Lausanne YLG (Younger Leaders Gathering) in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2016 500 th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017 Asian YLG in Jejudo, Korea, in 2019 Global Workplace Forum in Manila, The Philippines, in 2019 Theological Education Creation Care Arts Upcoming: Asia 2020 Congress (Bangkok, Thailand) Majority World Leaders Congress in 2023 Lausanne IV Congress in 2024

II. C. GLOBAL ISSUES JUST BEFORE CAPE TOWN 2010 The rise of Gen Z (born around the year 2000) Social media (the i. Phone had only been around for 3 years at the time) Urbanization (the world’s population “tipped” toward cities in 2008) Disabilities / Mental health Youth Orality Business-as-Mission (BAM) Honor/Shame Persecution of Christians

II. D. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE CAPE TOWN 2010: GLOBAL ISSUES The start of leadership of: Kim Jong-un (2011) and Xi Jinping (2012) Pope Francis (2013) President Trump (2016) Arab Spring (started early 2010) ISIS / refugee crisis (2011) Hashtag movements: #blacklivesmatter (2013) #metoo (2017) LGBTQ legalization in many countries causing denominational splits, e. g. Anglicans in 2009; UMC in 2020 COVID-19 (2020) The need for the Lausanne IV Congress to consider these issues

THE “SPIRIT OF LAUSANNE” A spirit of: Humility Friendship Prayer Study Partnership Hope

(IVP ACADEMIC, 2016) Mission in 1910 was “from the West to the Rest” Mission in 2010 and beyond is “from everyone to everywhere” Which conference was the best successor to Edinburgh 1910? All of them.

2010 CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS From L to R: Ralph & Barbara Winter (Tokyo 2010); Dana Robert (2010 Boston); Daryl Balia (Edinburgh 2010); Rodney Petersen (2010 Boston); Ruth Padilla De. Borst (CLADE V aka Costa Rica 2012); Doug Birdsall (Cape Town 2010); Todd Johnson (2010 Boston)