The Second International Congress on World Evangelization, often called Lausanne II or Lausanne '89, was held in

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

. The conference is noted for producing the Manila Manifesto, a renewed and expanded commitment to 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 in ...

, an influential document in modern Evangelical Christianity. It was also here that the Christian mission strategist

Luis Bush Luis Bush is an Argentina-born Christian missionary and the president of the Transform World Connections. Early life Bush was born in Argentina, but was raised in Brazil. In 1970 he graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N ...

first highlighted the need for a major focus of evangelism in the "Resistant Belt", covering the middle of the eastern hemisphere. Further research in mid-1990 led to the 10/40 Window concept, which contrasts the major needs and few resources devoted to this part of the world. The congress was a very influential world conference of over 4,000

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

leaders that was held in Manila, the Philippines, in 1989 to discuss the progress, resources, and methods of evangelizing the world. The

First International Congress on World Evangelization 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, one of the major docum ...

was held in 1974. Notably, it produced the

External links

The Lausanne Committee on Lausanne II
Evangelical Christian missions International Congress on World Evangelization 1989 in the Philippines 1989 in Christianity Evangelicalism in the Philippines Evangelism 1989 conferences {{Christianity-stub zh:洛桑世界宣教大會#第二屆世界福音宣教大會