We, members of the Church of Jesus Christ, from more than 150 nations, participants in the International Congress On World Evangelization at Lausanne, praise God for his great salvation anal rejoice in the fellowship he has given us with himself and with each other.
It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for one person to give a thorough coverage of the International Congress on World Evangelization which met in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland, July 16-25, 1974.
Participants at the International Congress on World Evangelization came from all 150 countries of the globe, and one of the main purposes of the gathering was to have them meet in national and regional groups for planning ways to evangelize their own countries.
Practical as well as theological considerations of missions and evangelism were considered in the small group sessions at the International Congress on World Evangelization.
Billy Graham opened and closed the International Congress on World Evangelization, and in between he preached at a Sunday afternoon public evangelistic rally at Lausanne’s Olympic Stadium.
Lausanne 74-the International Congress on World Evangelizationlast July convened 2,430 participants and 570 observers for ten days of intensive study, discussion and fellowship around the church’s evangelistic and missionary mandate.
The impact of the International Congress on World Evangelization will be measured in the future by what develops in the way of a continuing fellowship, by the number of new national and regional fellowships organized, and by the convening of similar congresses in various parts of the world.
A group of seminary students came from the U.S. to study firsthand theological education by extension (TEE) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Those of us who were working in TEE were assigned various topics; mine was stated in two words: “Programmed Instruction.”
Some tentative answers to the question of how evangelical missionaries are faring today in Israel and why.
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