Lausanne Movement

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The Lausanne movement , so named after the International Congress for World Evangelization in Lausanne in 1974 , is a non-denominational evangelical movement with the aim of encouraging churches, denominations, organizations, networks and individuals to become more involved in the evangelism of the world. The German branch of the movement is represented by the association Coalition for Evangelism in Germany. V. The documents issued by the community are seen as the basic consensus of the evangelical movement.

history

The Lausanne movement began in 1974 when, from July 16-25, under the leadership of Billy Graham, 2,300 evangelical leaders from 150 countries came together and committed themselves to the Lausanne commitment . The Lausanne Commitment is considered one of the most important documents of the evangelical movement and is still the creed of many evangelical groups today. The co-founder Peter Beyerhaus played a leading role .

Another milestone was the Lausanne II conference, which took place in Manila in 1989 . Not only had the number of participants increased to 4,300, the spectrum had also expanded: participants from Eastern Europe were also new, and there were significantly more women, lay people and younger people. The conference adopted the Manila Manila Manifesto , which built on the Lausanne commitment and included Christian social commitment in addition to evangelism.

Another important meeting was the 2004 Forum in Pattaya , Thailand, which was preceded by several months of exchanging ideas in smaller teams.

In the years that followed, numerous other documents were issued at smaller meetings on topics such as gospel and culture, evangelism and social responsibility, and simple living.

The 3rd International Congress for World Evangelization took place from October 16-25, 2010 in Cape Town , South Africa . It was carried out in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance . With the Cape Town Commitment, the participants adopted a document in the tradition of the Lausanne Commitment, which is both a creed and a call to action.

Coalition for Evangelism in Germany

The Coalition for Evangelism in Germany (until 2002 under the name Lausanne Movement in Germany ) is the German branch of the international Lausanne Movement, which has been organized as a registered association since September 2015.

The German branch is working in particular with the Association Missionary Services of the EKD and the Evangelical Alliance Germans together.

The coalition for evangelism in Germany was headed between 2011 and 2017 by the chairman Erhard Berneburg , general secretary of the working group for missionary services in the EKD and Hartmut Steeb , general secretary of the German Evangelical Alliance, whose task it was to organize the congress on evangelism that took place in March 2017 Perform “Dynamissio”. Roland Werner has been the new head since January 2018 . Honorary chairman is the founding chairman Horst Marquardt , who was chairman from 1986 to 1999.

Literature (selection)

  • Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization: Lausanne continues . Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1980. ISBN 3-7751-0511-5
  • Klaus Bockmühl (ed.): Annunciation and social responsibility. An evangelical commitment . Joint publication of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism and the World Evangelical Alliance. Fountain, pouring; Basel 1983. ISBN 3-7655-9033-9
  • Erhard Berneburg: The relationship between proclamation and social action in evangelical mission theory with special consideration of the Lausanne movement for world evangelization (1974–1989) . HSS University of Tübingen 1995
  • Horst Marquardt : 25 years of Lausanne Movement. Horst Marquardt takes stock . Lausanne Movement, German Branch, Stuttgart 1999
  • Arndt Schnepper, Roland Werner (Ed.): A new vision ... The Lausanne movement in Germany . Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2005. ISBN 3-7751-4448-X
  • Michael Herbst , Birgit Winterhoff : From Lausanne to Cape Town. Third Congress on World Evangelization . Neukirchener Aussaat, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2011. ISBN 978-3-7615-5880-5

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  1. The Lausanne commitment of 1974
  2. ^ J. Gordon Melton: Lausanne Covenant . In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 334 (English): “The covenant has proved a popular statement of Evangelical belief.”
  3. ^ The 1989 Manila Manifesto
  4. The 2004 Forum for World Evangelization, Pattaya, Thailand ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausanne.org
  5. Lausanne Occasional Paper 2: The Willowbank Report: Consultation on Gospel and Culture ( Memento of the original of June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / community.gospelcom.net
  6. Lausanne Occasional Paper 21: Evangelism and Social Responsibility ( Memento of the original of February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausanne.org
  7. Lausanne Occasional Paper 20: Evangelical Commitment to Simple Life-Style ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausanne.org
  8. Online version of the Cape Town Commitment at www.lausanne.org/de, accessed on October 9, 2011
  9. Third Lausanne Congress Closes with Ringing Call to Action ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) on http://www.lausanne.org/ (read: November 19, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lausanne.org
  10. Press release on lausannerbewendung.de (viewed: February 10, 2012) : Document  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Note in allianzmission aktuell, February / March 2012, p. 9@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lausannerbewendung.de  
  11. Change at the top of the coalition for evangelism , ead.de, article from December 5, 2017.

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