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Study guides, historical commentary, and theological reflection on the Lausanne Covenant.
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The Lausanne Covenant and Church Planting: Mission to Every People Group
The Lausanne Covenant's commitment to world evangelization was grounded in a specific vision: that the gospel must reach every people group on earth. This 'unreached peoples' framework transformed evangelical mission strategy.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
July 13, 2026
The Lausanne Covenant on the Holy Spirit and Evangelism
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
July 6, 2026
Lausanne and the Global South: How the Movement Shifted the Center of Christianity
The 1974 Lausanne Congress was dominated by Western delegates, but the movement it launched became a vehicle for the shift of Christianity's center of gravity to the Global South.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
June 29, 2026
The Authority of Scripture: What the Lausanne Covenant Teaches
The Lausanne Covenant of 1974 set out a robust doctrine of Scripture that has shaped evangelical missions and theology ever since. Explore its vision of biblical authority.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
June 22, 2026
Unreached Peoples: The Mission Vision That Changed Evangelism
Ralph Winter's 1974 Lausanne presentation on 'unreached peoples' redirected evangelical mission strategy. The distinction between near-neighbor and cross-cultural evangelism has shaped global missions for fifty years.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
June 13, 2026
The Cape Town Commitment: Lausanne in the 21st Century
At Lausanne III in Cape Town in 2010, over 4,000 evangelical leaders from 198 countries produced the Cape Town Commitment. This 21st-century sequel to Lausanne 1974 builds on the original Covenant while addressing new challenges.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
June 6, 2026
The Whole Gospel for the Whole World: Lausanne's Missional Vision
Lausanne's vision of the 'whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world' captured a global, comprehensive understanding of Christian mission that continues to inspire evangelical missionary strategy.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
May 30, 2026
Evangelism and Social Responsibility: What Lausanne Got Right
Paragraph 5 of the Lausanne Covenant navigated one of evangelicalism's sharpest internal debates. It affirmed both the primacy of evangelism and the necessity of social responsibility - and explained why both flow from the same Gospel.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
May 23, 2026
Lausanne 1974: Billy Graham, John Stott, and the Birth of a Movement
In July 1974, over 2,700 evangelical leaders gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland at Billy Graham's invitation. The covenant they produced has shaped evangelical mission theology for half a century.
By Rev. C•D•F• Warrington, M.Div.
Ordained Minister, M.Div.
Date
May 16, 2026