The First International Congress on World Evangelization (ICOWE), also sometimes called the Lausanne Congress or Lausanne '74, was held from 16 to 25 July 1974. The conference is noted for producing the

Lausanne Covenant The Lausanne Covenant is a July 1974 religious manifesto promoting active worldwide Christian evangelism. One of the most influential documents in modern evangelicalism, it was written at the First International Congress on World Evangelization i ...

, one of the major documents of modern evangelical Christianity. The drafting committee of the covenant was headed by

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History

The congress was a conference of some 2,700

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leaders that was held in the

Palais de Beaulieu Palais de Beaulieu is the historical and emblematic building of the Lausanne convention and exhibition center, located in Lausanne, in the Vaud Canton, Switzerland. The Palais is a convention centre that welcomes mainly conventions and events ...

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, in 1974 to discuss the progress, resources and methods of evangelizing the world. The conference was called by a committee headed by American

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and brought together religious leaders from 150 nations. The reports and papers at the congress helped to illustrate the shift of Christianity's center of gravity from Europe and North America to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Lausanne was selected for the congress in October 1972. The congress office opened in April 1973. The theme of the congress was "Let the earth hear His voice." The congress started as a plan announced by Billy Graham in August 1972 to hold an international congress on evangelism as a follow-up to the 1966 World Congress on Evangelism held in Berlin, West Germany. Millie Dienert chaired the prayer committee at the Lausanne conference. After the congress, the

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, more commonly known as the Lausanne Movement, is a global movement that mobilizes evangelical leaders to collaborate for world evangelization. The stated vision is "the whole church taking the whole ...

was established. The

Second International Congress on World Evangelization The Second International Congress on World Evangelization, often called Lausanne II or Lausanne '89, was held in Manila. The conference is noted for producing the Manila Manifesto, a renewed and expanded commitment to the Lausanne Covenant, an ...

was held fifteen years later in

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. The movement claims to follow in the footsteps of the 1910 World Missionary Conference. The Third International Congress on World Evangelization was held in

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, South Africa, from 16 to 25 October 2010.Basics
FAQ, Cape town 2010: Lousanne Movement

References

External links

The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

Text of the Lausanne Covenant in English
and links to translations

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