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May 8, 2013 · Stott discovered that the powers that be in this American-led movement had not really accepted the covenant’s dual emphasis on evangelism and social action… Stott was adamant that Lausanne should be about social action, as well as evangelism. The committee had already been stacked against him, however.
- Trevin Wax
- THE PURPOSE OF GOD. We affirm our belief in the one eternal God, Creator and Lord of the world, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who governs all things according to the purpose of his will.
- THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE BIBLE. We affirm the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
- THE UNIQUENESS AND UNIVERSALITY OF CHRIST. We affirm that there is only one Saviour and only one gospel, although there is a wide diversity of evangelistic approaches.
- THE NATURE OF EVANGELISM. To evangelize is to spread the good news that Jesus Christ died for our sins and was raised from the dead according to the Scriptures, and that, as the reigning Lord, he now offers the forgiveness of sins and the liberating gifts of the Spirit to all who repent and believe.
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Apr 17, 2023 · The Lausanne Covenant, the foundational statement of the Lausanne Movement, details the motive, basis, nature, and urgency of world evangelism. For this reason the Lausanne Covenant is often viewed as an encapsulation of the beliefs of modern evangelicalism.
The Lausanne Covenant is a July 1974 religious manifesto promoting active worldwide Christian evangelism. [1] One of the most influential documents in modern evangelicalism, it was written at the First International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland, where it was adopted by 2,300 evangelicals in attendance. [2]
The Lausanne Movement and the World Evangelical Alliance . Rose Dowsett 399 . From the Lausanne Covenant to the Cape Town Commitment: A Theological Assessment . Robert J. Schreiter 411 . A Pentecostal Perspective on the Lausanne Movement . Opuko Onyinah 419 . The Cape Town Commitment: Continuity and Change . Harold Netland 426
- Lars Dahle, Margunn Serigstad Dahle, Knud Jorgensen
- 2014
Associated with Martin Dibelius and Karl Ludwig Schmidt in the development of form criticism and with Emil Brunner and Karl Barth in the heyday of “dialectical theology” (neo-orthodoxy ...
Jul 25, 2014 · Realizing the seriousness of the Lausanne Covenant, John Stott worked on an exposition and commentary, published in 1975. It would, he sensed, be critical for the Covenant to be read and studied by individuals and groups. [140]
