African Enterprise Border Pattern

African Enterprise Border Pattern

29 October 2010

Lausanne World Congress 2010:
Facts & Figures


  • Cape Town 2010 - The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism
    • 4,200 delegates from 198 countries
    • Daily main plenary meetings, workshops, Bible studies (Ephesians) , worships...all designed to inspire and challenge everyone to our role in evangelism
    • Congress verse: II Cor 5:19 "God in Christ, reconciling the world to himself"
    • Congress Theme: The Whole Church, Taking the Whole Gospel to the Whole World.
    • Take 20 mins. when you can and watch an amazing video on the history of Christianity by clicking here
    • Daily issues discussed around tables - Truth/Reconciliation/World Faiths/Priorities/Integrity and Partnership
    • You can see full reports on the Congress including a the Cape Town Commitment at: http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010
  • Mission Africa Before The Congress
    • 21 events in 13 countries
    • 890 services in these events
    • Over 480,000 attending
    • Over 58,000 making commitments to Christ
    • A 3 min video report by the Scott Dawson ministry can be viewed by clicking here
  • Mission Africa During/After The Congress
    • Info booth open for duration of Congress, assisting with many enquiries
    • Distributed 3,000 reports/flyers
    • Written up in the Lausanne daily newsletter
    • National report written in Christianity Today, which you can read at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/octoberweb-only/51-11.0.html
    • 180 people attended two special lunches to learn about future ministry partnerships modeled after Mission Africa
    • Brief report about Mission Africa given to the entire Congress on the Friday Night Plenary Session
    • A full page about MA included in the final commemorative Lausanne Cape Town newspaper
    • 43 Countries officially submitting requests for Mission Africa type ministry partnerships including 21 African Countries and India / Russia / USA / France / Brazil / Venezuela / Philippines / Singapore / Latvia / Sri Lanka / Mexico / Grenada
[Note: Mission Africa was created for a one-time set of missions leading up to Cape Town 2010, but since then, many have asked if it will continue so that they can participate as a host or international team. Please pray that the Lord will guide the Mission Africa Leadership Team (Michael Cassidy, Blair Carlson, Songe, Eliot and Scott Lenning) on how to take the steps forward if the Lord wants to continue to breathe life into this ministry.]

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