Records of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization - Collection 46

Founded

1974

Initially as the Lausanne Continuation Committee following the International Congress on World Evangelization; in 1976 the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization was established.

Headquarters location

1981-1984

An international headquarters was established in London where Gottfried Osei-Mensah had relocated from Nairobi. Following his resignation in 1984, the LCWE again functioned from the location of its primary officers without a centralized headquarters.

1987-1989

International Office in Singapore under the leadership of International Director Thomas Wang. Closed in month 1989 and relocated to Pasadena.

1988

Coordination Office. Staff directing program development and participant selection in preparation for the Lausanne II Congress operated from Pasadena and Monrovia, California.

1989

International Office in Pasadena; Congress Office in Manila

1989 or 1990-

Coordination Office. Pasadena office and staff resumed this function while the International Office operated under Houston’s oversight in Oxford

1990-1992

International Office in Oxford, England, under Tom Houston’s direction

Biographical sketches of early principal executive officers

1974-1992

Leighton Ford, Chairman.

Born in Toronto in 1931; received his B.A. from Wheaton College in 1952 and his B.D. in 1955 from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; married Jean Coffey Graham, Billy Graham's sister in 1953; between 1953 and 1955 Ford served as a supply pastor, student pastor and summer assistant for churches in Texas, Missouri and Georgia; ordained in the Presbyterian Church in the US, 1955; joined the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) as an Associate Evangelist, 1955; his first BGEA duties in this capacity were to assist in Billy Graham’s 1955 London Crusade, after which he conducted crusades on his own throughout the world; appointed Vice President for the BGEA in 1958, which he continued until his retirement in 1986.

Appointed the Chairman of the ICOWE Program Committee in 1973 and also served on the Congress Planning Committee. Following the Congress he was a member of the LCC Executive Committee, and was elected the Chairman of the LCWE in 1976 at its inception. He was Chairman of the Thailand Consultation and gave the opening address of that meeting. He also worked as the Program Chairman for Amsterdam '83 and Amsterdam '86, the International Conferences for Itinerant Evangelists. Ford resigned from the BGEA in 1986 in order to launch Leighton Ford Ministries, as well as to continue his LCWE duties. Ford also authored books and articles, and was a regular speaker on the BGEA's "Hour of Decision" radio program. Ford retired as Chairman in 1992, when he was named Honorary Life Chairman.

1974-1984

Gottfried Osei-Mensah, Executive Secretary.

Born in 1934 in Ghana; received his B.Sc. degree at Birmingham University in England; worked as a sales engineer with Mobil Oil, 1960-1965; served the Pan-African Fellowship of Evangelical Students as Traveling Secretary, 1966-1971; pastor of Nairobi Baptist Church in Kenya, 1971-1975; elected Chairman of the Executive Committee for the 1976 Pan African Christian Leadership Assembly in Nairobi, 1975.

In 1975, prior to the establishment of LCWE, Osei-Mensah was elected Executive Secretary of the Lausanne Continuation Committee and continued in that post in the LCWE. Osei-Mensah presented plenary addresses at both the 1974 ICOWE and 1980 COWE. He transferred to London with the opening of the LCWE international headquarters there and continued as the Executive Secretary until his retirement in 1984.

1974-1984

A. Jack Dain, Chairman of Lausanne Continuation Committee (1974-1976), LCWE member (1976-1978), LCWE General Coordinator (1982-1984).

Dain was born in England in 1912; studied at the Wolverhampton Grammar School and served as a Lieutenant Commander in the British Royal Navy; worked as a missionary in India; served in London as the Overseas Secretary for the Evangelical Alliance; between 1959 and 1965, acted as the Federal Secretary for the Church Missionary Society of Australia in Sydney; in 1965 he assumed new responsibilities as the Assistant Bishop for the Diocese of Sydney in the Church of England in Australia; was Co-Chairman of the 1968 Asia-South Pacific Congress on Evangelism held in Singapore.

In 1972 he was appointed Chairman of the ICOWE's Planning Committee and subsequently as the Executive Chairman of ICOWE. Following the Congress he was selected to be the Chairman of the Lausanne Continuation Committee, a post which he filled until the LCWE was established in 1976, although he continued as a member of the Lausanne Committee until his retirement in 1978. At that time he was voted an Honorary Life Member of the Committee. Dain was also involved in the 1980 Thailand Consultation, both as a member of the Participant Selection Committee, and as the Coordinator of the Commission on Cooperation for World Evangelization. In 1982, Dain was given a two-year assignment as LCWE's general co-ordinator, which he carried out in London until 1984, while also fulfilling duties for his church in Sydney, Australia.

In 1984 he returned to Sydney to resume his duties there on a full-time basis. Dain also contributed to the BGEA’s work in Australia by being the Chairman of the BGEA of Australia, which included being involved in the BGEA's 1968 Sydney Crusade as one of two Vice-Chairman on the Executive Committee; eleven years later he served as the Chairman of the 1979 Crusade, also in Sydney. Dain also served as the International Chairman of Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship, and authored books and articles.

Dain died in 2003.

1976-1989

Donald Hoke, Treasurer

2004-

Douglas Birdsall, Executive Chairman

Personnel by Position

Position

Name

Dates

Lausanne Continuation Committee

Chairman

A. J. Dain

1974-1975

Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

Honorary Chairman

Billy Graham

1974-?

Chairman

Leighton Ford (designated Honorary Life Chairman in 1992)

1976-1992

Secretary to Chairman (Leighton Ford)

Leola Linkous

Kathy Roth

1985-?

John R. Reid

1992-1994?

Executive Chair

Fergus Macdonald

1994-1997?

Paul Cedar

1997-?

S. Douglas Birdsall

2004-

Deputy Chair

Chongnahm Cho

John R. Reid

1988-?

Vice Chair

Chongnahm Cho

2002-?

General Coordinator

A.J. Dain

1982-1984

Secretary to General Coordinator

Leanne Ellem

1982-1984

Executive Secretary

Gottfried Osei-Mensah

1975-1984

Secretary and Administrative Assistant to Executive Secretary

Patrica Newth

1976-1981

Jane Rainey Fraser

1980-1981

Executive Director

Carl Johansson

1984-1985

Acting Director for Program Coordination

Brad Smith

1985

Acting Executive Director

Irv Chambers

1985

Deputy Chairman

Thomas Wang

1986

International Director

Thomas Wang

1987-1989

Tom Houston

1989-1992

David Claydon

2002-2004

Tetsunao “Ted” Yamamori

2004-

Secretary to International Director (Thomas Wang)

Sharon Chan

1987-1989

Associate International Director

Paul McKaughan

1987-1989

Deputy Director

Bill Ditewig

1989?-?

Secretary to Deputy Director

Sharon Chan

1989-?

Minister-at-Large

Tom Houston

1992-?

Director of Ministries

Paul McKaughan

1987-?

Director of Communications

Jim Newton

1987-?

Joseph Sindorf

Senior Associates Program Coordinator

Brad Smith

1987-?

Secretary

Fergus Macdonald

ca. 1993

Treasurer

Donald Hoke

1976-1989

Roger Parrott

Assistant Treasurer

James Coleman

1986-?

Deputy Executive Officer

John Howell

1977-1980

Executive Assistant

John Howell

Communications Working Group Chair (later Global Communications Working Group)

Thomas Zimmerman

1986-1981

Horst Marquardt

1981-?

Wing-tai Leung

Intercession Working Group chair

John R. Reid

1976-1981

Vonette Bright

1981-?

Glenda Weldon

Leadership Development Working Group chair

Doug Birdsall

Strategy Working Group chair

C. Peter Wagner

1976-1981

Ed Dayton

1981-?

Bryant Myers

1993

Paul Eshleman

Theology & Education Working Group chair (later Theology Working Group

John Stott

1976-1981

John R. Reid

1981-?

Peter Kuzmic

Luder Whitlock

Special Assistant on Communications, Communications Officer

Bill Jefferson

1982

Steve Downey

1986-?

Lausanne Communications Council for World Evangelization executive director

Elmer Wilson

1993-?

Editor of World Evangelization

Steve Downey

1985-1986?

Managing editor of World Evangelization

Leslie Tarr

Sharon Chan

1988

Chairman of Search Committee

Thomas Zimmerman

1983

Lausanne Committee US

President

Thomas Zimmerman

1986-1990

Director of US Operations

Roger Parrott

1986-1989

Rob Martin

1989-1990

David Hartz

1990-1991

Lausanne Full and Executive Committee (EC) meetings (chronological)

Mexico City

January 20-23, 1975

London (EC only)

September 1-4, 1975

Atlanta, Georgia

January 12-16, 1976

West Berlin

September 6-10, 1976

Montreal (EC only)

September 5-9, 1977

Bermuda

January 14-20, 1978

Springfield, Missouri (Exec Comm only)

September 4-8, 1978

Atlantic City, New Jersey (EC only)

November 12-16, 1979

Ventnor, New Jersey

November 12-16, 1979

Pattaya, Thailand

June 14-28, 1980

Old Jordans, Bucks, England (EC only)

May 26-29, 1981

Wheaton, Illinois

May 21-26, 1982

Arrowhead Springs, California

January 17-21, 1983

Stuttgart, West Germany

September 8-15, 1984

Oslo, Norway

June 3-6, 1985

Amsterdam (during Amsterdam ‘86)

July 7-10, 1986

Atlanta and Callaway Gardens, Georgia

January 18-24, 1987

Mt. Hermon, California

January 11-15, 1988

Malibu, California (Exec Comm only)

December 12-16, 1988

Manila

July 10-21, 1989

Arrowhead Springs, California

January 22-25, 1990

Budapest, Hungary

June 1-7, 1991

Azusa, California

August 30-September 4, 1992

Lausanne Committee members (some alternates later became regular members and their names therefore appear in both lists)

Rev. Lucien Accad
Rev. Pierre Allard
Rev. Francisco Anabalon
Bishop Haikon E. Anderson
Mr. Pedro Arana-Quiroz
Dr. Saphir Athyal
Mr. Ramez Atallah
Mr. Menahem Benhayim
Dr. Peter Beyerhaus
Rev. Henri Blocher
Dr. Dirinda Marini Bodho
Mr. Wim Bouw
Mrs. Vonette Bright
Rev. Clive Calver
Rev. Brian Carrell
Mr. Michael Cassidy
Mr. Ruben Nestor Proietti Cavallero
Dr. Paul Cedar
Dr. Chun Chae Ok
Dr. Kenneth Chafin
Rev. David Chan
Dr. Lawrence Chia

Mr. Jonathan Chiu
Dr. Chongnahm Cho
Dr. Philemon Choi
Mr. Alain Choiquier
Bishop Sundar Clarke
Dr. Wade T. Coggins
Dr. Robert Coleman
Mr. Charles Colson
Dr. R. Robert Cunville
Pastor ma Djongwe Daidanso (other entry has last two names flipped)
Rev. Rene Daidanso
Rev. Joshua Daimoi
Bishop A. Jack Dain (honorary lifetime member)
Mr. Ed Dayton (ex officio)
Rev. Antoine Deeb
Miss Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Mr. Paul Eshleman
Dr. Nilson do Amaral Fanini
Mr. Ajith Fernando
Rev. Tulio Barros Ferreira

Dr. Leighton Ford
Rev. Bruno Frigoli
Rev. Shin Funaki
Rev. Andrew Furuyama
Rev. Gerry Gallimore
Rev. Mariano di Gangi
Mrs Emmy Gichinga
Mr. Juan Gili
Rt. Rev. David Gitari
Mr. Hartmut Richard Glaser (ex-officio)
Rev. Geziel Nunes Gomes
Dr. Billy Graham
Rev. Dr. Michael Griffiths
Rev. Dr. Akira Hatori
Rev. Jack Hayford
Dr. Michael Haynes
Dr. Edward Hill
Diakon Fritz Hoffmann
Dr. C. Bill Hogue (ex officio)
Dr. Donald E. Hoke
Mr. Armin Hoppler
Dr. Josip Horak
Rev. Tom Houston
Dr. George Hunter III
Mr. Kweku Hutchful
Dr. Chow Lien Hwa
Rev. Juan M. Isais
Dr. Abdul Istafanous
Rev. Akira Izuta
Rt. Rev. Bashir Jiwan
Rev. James Katarikawe
Dr. Byang Kato
Dr. James Kennedy
Mr. B. U. Khokhar
Bishop Festo Kivengere
Mr. A. T. Victor Koh
Rev. Peter Kuzmic
Mrs. Oknah Kim Lah
Mr. Gordon T. Landreth
Miss Ellie Lau
Mrs. Oknah Kim Lay
Dr. Jong Yun Lee
Rev. Samuel O. Libert
Dr. Harold Lindsell
Dr. Branko Lovrec
Rev. Fergus Macdonald

Mr. Costas Macris
Mr. Fred Magbanua
Mrs. M. Mapalieij-Mantik
Dr. Chris Marantika
Dr. Dirinda Marini-Bodho
Mr. Horst Marquardt
Mr. Albert Marulanda
Dr. James Massey
Rev. John J. Matulessy
Mr. John McInnes
Dr. Billy Melvin
Dr. Jesse Miranda
Mr. Jose Missena
Dr. W. Stanley Mooneyham
Rev. David H. Moore
Miss Kirsti Mosvold
Rev. Inoke Nabulivou
Rev. Makram Naguib
Dr. Claude Noel
Mr. Agne Nordlander
Dr. Emilio Antonio Nunez
Rev. Petrus Octavianus
Rev. Sam Odunaike
Rev. Samuel Olson
Mr. Warwick Olson
Dr. Nathaniel Olutimayin
Rev. Marcelino Ortiz
The Rev. Gottfried Osei-Mensah
Rev. Reiji Oyama
Rev. Luis Palau
Dr. Cho-Choon Park
Rev. Seiku Paunonen
Dr. Pablo E. Perez
Miss Susan Perlman
Mr. Michael P. Perrott
Rev. Ted Raedeke
Bishop John R. Reid
Mr. D. John Richard
Ing Eduardo Ruan
Mr. Hans-Guenter Sachse
Rev. Subhas Sangma
Bishop N. D. A. Samuel
Rev. Jonathan F. Santos
Rev. Willi Sartorius
Dekan Rolf Scheffbuch
Mr. Peter Schneider

Rev. Manuel L. Scott
Rev. Antonio da Silva
Mr. Gilberto da Silva
Rev. Eliseu Simeao
Mr. Simon H. Sircar
Mr. Victor Smadja
Rev. Alfredo Smith
Rev. Brian Stiller
Rev. John R.W. Stott
Rev. Dr. Philip Teng
Mrs. Juliet Thomas
Mr. John Tooke
Bishop Erling Utnem
Dr. C. Peter Wagner

Rev. Thomas Wang
Miss Esther Waruiru
Dr. I. Ben Wati
Dr. Warren Webster
Dr. David Wells
Miss Ursula Wiesemann
Dr. Ralph Winter
Rev. Theodore Williams
Rev. Canon James Wong
Miss Florence Yeboah
Pastor Lee Joon Yun
Dr. Thomas Zimmerman
Rev. Isaac Zokoue

Lausanne Committee alternates (some alternates later became regular members and their names therefore appear in both lists)

Mr. Isaac Ababio
Mr. Fouad Accad
Dr. Tokunboh Adeyemo
Dr. Bukovsky Akos
Miss Claire-lise de Benoit
Dr. Akos Bukovsky
Mr. Luis Bush
Mr. Robinson Cavalcanti
Rev. Paul Cedar
Rev. Jonathan Chao
Right Rev. Luke Chhoa
Mrs. Nancy Clark
Rev. David Claydon
Rev. David Cohen
Rev. Ian Christopher Coffey
Rev. Loren Cunningham
Rev. Philippe Decorvet
Mr. Petru Dugulescu
Rev. Fawz Emish
Mr. Eric Gay
Mr. Juan Gili
Rev. Jose Grau
Dr. Robert Hamblin
Dr. Stephen Hayner
Dr. Michael Haynes
Dr. Cyril Horak
Rev. Tom Houston

Rev. Simone Ibrahim
Rev. R. D. Karthak
Mr. Jay Kessler
Dr. F. S. Khair-Ullah
Dr. MEngi K. Kilandamoko
Dr. Dennis Kinlaw
Dr. Erwin J Kolb
Dr. Theodore Lehmann
Dr. Ford Madison
Dr. Isabelo F. Magalit
Mr. Fred Magbanua
Mr. Horst Marquardt
Mrs. Igbal Kundan Massey
Dr. James Massey
Dr. Kuntukula Kilandamoko Mengi
Mr. Caesar B. Molebatsi
Rev. Mardoqueo Munoz
Pastor Victor Musa
Mr. Michael Nazir-Ali
Mr. Emilio Antonio Nunez
Rev. Sam Odunaike
Dr. John Olley
Mr. Samuel A. Olson
Rev. Marcelino Ortiz
Bishop S.K. Parmar
Rev. Archie B. Parrish
Mr. John Ray

Rt. Rev. J.R. Reid
Dr. Ian Rennie
Dr. Bong Rin Ro
Mr. Hans-Gunther Sachse
Mr. George Samuel
Rev. Rolf Scheffbuch
Rev. Eliseu Simeao
Rev. Alfred Smith
Rev. Viggo Sogaard
Rev. David Stewart
Mr. Valdir Stuernagel

Rev. Elon Svanell
Dr. Chong Kwong Tek
Rev. Carmelo Terranova
Rev. Tite Tienou
Dr. Jan Urban
Mr. Augustin B. Vencer
Dr. Warren Webster
Dr. Henryk Wieja
Dr. Robert H. Wilson
Dr. Norvald Yri
Dr. Ravi Zacharias

Working Groups: These groups, each headed by a LCWE Executive Committee member, oversaw and coordinated specific areas of strategy, planning, operation

Intercession Working Group, chaired by Bishop John Reid of Australia, who was succeeded in 1981 by Vonette Bright.

Theology and Education Working Group, chaired by John Stott of England, who was succeeded by John Reid in 1981 (the working group was later renamed the Theology Working Group)

Strategy Working Group, chaired by Peter Wagner of the United States, who was succeeded by Ed Dayton in 1981

Communications Working Group, chaired by Thomas Zimmerman of the United States, who was succeeded by Horst Marquardt in 1981 (later renamed the Global Communications Working Group)

Leadership Development Working Group

Global CEOs Working Group

Selected significant events in organizational history for which there are documents in the collection (see a more extensive list the LCWE Web page at http://www.lausanne.org)

1974

International Congress on World Evangelization (ICOWE), Lausanne, Switzerland
Dates: July 16-25
Attendance: 2,300 leaders from 150 countries
Purpose: See narrative below
Honorary Chairman: Billy Graham
Director: Donald Hoke
Associate Director: Paul Little
Executive Chairman: A.J. Dain
Chairman of Planning Committee: A.J. Dain
Chairman of Program Committee: Leighton Ford

In November 1971, Billy Graham convened a meeting at which he inquired about the advisability of holding another international congress on world evangelization as a follow-up to the 1966 World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin. The purpose of the meeting was to gather the leaders of evangelical Protestant Christians together for strategic planning, inspiration, and fellowship. A Board of Conveners, made up of 164 Christian leaders who had gathered at Graham's invitation, served as the formal governing authority of the Congress. The Planning Committee consisted of thirty-one members, led Dain. Funding for the Congress came from donations and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). The BGEA also provided support by allowing several of its employees to work full- or part-time as staff members or consultants. The Congress office was opened in April 1973, with the staff’s major tasks including selecting the four thousand participants to invite. The Congress (also called Lausanne Congress) met with the theme, "Let The Earth Hear His Voice." In addition to the major plenary addresses (including the open and closing addresses by Graham), the program consisted of Bible studies, demonstrations of evangelistic methods, small group discussions and reports on various aspects of the theology and strategy of evangelism, reports on the situation of the church in various geographic locations, debates by citizens and workers on the strategies necessary for particular nations, Laustade '74 (the evangelistic meeting for the general public held in the city's stadium), and the signing by a large number of the participants of the Lausanne Covenant, a statement intended to define the necessity, responsibilities, and goals of spreading the Gospel. The Congress office was officially closed in October 1974. For more detailed background information on the Congress, see BGC Archives collection 53, Records of the International Congress on World Evangelization.

1977

Homogeneous Unit Principle Consultation, Pasadena
Dates: May 31-June 2
Attendance: 10 participants, 27 consultants
Purpose: Addressed the controversial church growth philosophy’s implications on world evangelization; sponsored by the Theology and Education Working Group
Moderator: John Stott

1978

Willowbank or Gospel and Culture Consultation, Bermuda
Dates: January 6-13
Attendance: 33 theologians, anthropologists, linguists, missionaries and pastors
Purpose: Examine the interrelation between the gospel and culture and the implications for missions and evangelism, and identify tools for more effective communication. Sponsored by the Theology and Education Working Group, co-sponsored by the Strategy Working Group
Chairman: John Stott
Coordinator: Peter Savage

1978

North American Conference on Muslim Evangelization, Glen Eyrie, CO
Dates: October 15-21
Attendance: 150
Purpose: Focus on reaching these unreached Muslim peoples and to explore the wide range of implications of the Gospel in their Islamic cultures.
Director: Don McCurry

1979

U.S. Simple Lifestyle Consultation, in Ventnor, NJ
Dates: Apr. 25-29, 1979
Attendance: 100-125
Purpose: Prepare findings for the 1980 international consultation, define criteria for choosing a simple lifestyle and developing the personal Christian life and character needed to adopt the lifestyle
Director: Ron Sider

1980

International Simple Lifestyle Consultation, London, 1980
Dates: March 17-21
Attendance: 85 evangelical leaders from 27 countries
Purpose: “Study simple living in relation to evangelism, relief and justice, since all three are mentioned in the Lausanne Covenant's sentences on simple life-style”
Coordinator: Ron Sider

1980

Consultation on World Evangelization (COWE), Pattaya, Thailand
Dates: June 16-27
Attendance: 650 invited participants, 300 observers
Honorary Chairman: Billy Graham
Chairman: Leighton Ford
Director: David Howard
Program Director: Saphir Athyal
Director of Communications: Stan Izon
Director of Operations: John Howell

Following the Lausanne Congress, the LCWE decided to convene a working consultation to evaluate what had happened in world evangelization since the 1974 Lausanne meeting and to develop realistic strategies for the future. LCWE issued a call in 1977 for the Consultation on World Evangelization (COWE) under the theme, "How Shall They Hear?" Gottfried Osei-Mensah and John Howell, LCWE's Executive Assistant & COWE Director of Operations, were also involved in the planning and preparations for the meeting from their office in Nairobi. The Consultation site selected in a deliberate effort to identify with the church in the Third World. The size of the meeting was kept intentionally small to facilitate its task as a working and studying consultation. Participants were selected on the basis of their contribution to world evangelization and their influence in their own national and/or church circles, both at the time and in the projected future. Since COWE was intended to be a study consultation, a broad foundation of study groups was built throughout the world before COWE. Their focus of study was directed on specific groups of people to be reached with the Gospel, with an International Coordinator oversee each of these areas of study. The fruit of the work of the study groups was set down in papers summarizing their findings. The International Coordinator then consolidated the information from these studies and produced a paper summarizing the findings on a worldwide basis. These papers formed the basis for the seventeen Mini-Consultations at the Thailand Consultation. Meetings for interest groups were coordinated to allow individuals with specialized ministries to gather; regional groups also met to facilitate united effort within a geographical region. Simultaneous with the Consultation, the Commission on Cooperation in World Evangelization met to The results of the Consultation included the final papers developed by each of the Mini-Consultations and the resulting compendium of them; the recommendation of the Commission on Cooperation in World Evangelization; audio tapes of the plenary messages; and the ongoing work of the study groups organized prior to the Consultation.

1980

Commission on Cooperation in World Evangelization, Pattaya, Thailand
Dates: Simultaneous with Consultation
Purpose: Consider the biblical basis for working together in world evangelization, the theological implications of cooperation, and the strategic and methodological application of this.
Chairman: Billy Graham
Coordinator: A.J. Dain
Secretary: Chua Wee Hian

1981

American Festival of Evangelism
Dates: July 27-30
Attendance: 14,500
Purpose: Reflect on and train for the evangelization of the United States
Chairman: Thomas Zimmerman
Executive Director: Paul Benjamin

1982

Consultation on the Relationship between Evangelism and Social Responsibility (CRESR), Grand Rapids
Dates: June 19-25
Attendance: 51 ex officio individuals, participants invited on a regional basis, and consultants from various fields of expertise. Co-sponsored by the LCWE and World Evangelical Fellowship
Purpose: Determine the interrelationship and appropriate balance between proclaiming the gospel and addressing social needs
Co-Chairman: Gottfried Osei-Mensah
Co-Chairman: Bong Rin Ro
Co-Chairman: John Stott
Coordinator: Dick Van Halsema

1984

International Prayer Assembly for World Evangelization, Seoul
Dates: June 6-11
Attendance: 2,987
Purpose: Pray, mobilize prayer movements, build international networks, promote the role of prayer in world evangelization
Chairman: Vonette Bright
Chair of Finance Committee: William R. Randall
International Coordinator: Jen A. Jennings
Program Chair: Thomas Wang

1985

Consultation on the Work of the Holy Spirit and World Evangelization, Oslo
Dates: May 28-June 1
Attendance: 67 participants, observers and staff from 71 nations
Purpose: Explore issues raised by biblical studies and contemporary experiences of the Holy Spirit in relation to evangelism and church renewal; co-sponsored by the LCWE Theology Working Group and Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship
Chairman: John R. Reid
Coordinator: Tormod Engelsviken

1986

Third Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, Easneye, England
Dates: August 19-27
Attendance: approximately 160 from 17 nations
Purpose: Affirm “the importance and necessity of evangelism directed at Jewish people”
International Coordinator: C. David Harley

1987

Singapore '87 (International Conference for Younger/Emerging Christian Leaders)
Dates: June 1-10
Attendance: Approximately 300 from 67 nations
Purpose: “Bring together key younger/emerging leaders from various countries around the world” to provide networking, stimulate evangelism and raise awareness of resources and innovative ideas
Chairman: Brian C. Stiller
Program Coordinator: Ramez Atallah

1988

Leadership '88 (the U.S. Conference for Emerging/Younger Leaders)
Dates: June 27-July 1
Attendance: 2,000
Purpose: “Encourage and equip emerging Christian leaders in the United States to take aggressive leadership to complete the Great Commission in this generation”
Chairman: Glandion Carney
Vice Chairman: Mike Aldrich
Executive Director: Bill Ditewig

1989

International Congress on World Evangelization, Second, Manila, Philippines (also called Lausanne II)
Dates: July 11-20, 1989
Attendance: 4,300 in attendance from 173 countries
Purpose: "Proclaim Christ until He Comes: Calling the Whole Church to Take the Whole Gospel to the Whole World” (congress theme)
Chairman: Leighton Ford
Deputy Chairman: Donald Hoke
Congress Coordinator: Paul McKaughan
Program Advisory Committee Chairman: Ramez Atallah
Program Chairman: Paul McKaughan, Saphir Athyal
Program Director: Ed Dayton
International Participant Selection Committee Chairman: A.J. Dain
Media Director: Jim Newton
Executive Vice President & Operations Director: Ricardo Jumawan
Plenary session topics:
Site: Initially envisioned to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the site of the first Congress; later announced to be held in Singapore but then relocated to Manila in mid-1988 due to construction conflicts in Singapore.

1990

Moscow Congress on Evangelization
Dates: October 22-26, 1990
Attendance: 850 Soviet and 150 non-Soviet participants
Purpose: The inspiration for the event came from Soviet participants at Lausanne II a year earlier who were eager to utilize the opportunities in light of greater freedoms in the USSR

2004

Forum on World Evangelization, Pattaya, Thailand
Dates: September 29-October 5
Attendance: Over 1,500 Christian leaders from around the world
Purpose: Focus on the task of global evangelism as a working consultation with leaders exchanging information and ideas before attending the September gathering.
Chairman: Roger Parrott

2006

Lausanne Young Leaders Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates: September 24-30
Attendance: 550 young leaders from 112 countries
Theme: “Live and Lead Like Jesus”
Purpose: Examine opportunities and barriers to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and challenge young leaders to make the most of God’s calling on their life

Publications (alphabetical by title)

Communique

1979-1980

COWE Newsletter

1980

Daily Communique (1980 COWE)

Information Bulletin

1982-1986

Lausanne Communique (newsletter)

Lausanne Occasional Papers (booklets)

1974

Let the Earth Hear His Voice (compendium of Lausanne Congress messages)

1974-1975

News

Prayer Bulletins

World Evangelization

World Evangelization Information Bulletin

Ministry emphasis

To serve as an international catalyst, clearing house, information center, and motivational source for evangelization throughout the world, in part as an Evangelical counterpart to the ecumenical WCC by establishing and fostering an international network of Evangelical leaders, as well as periodically sponsoring conferences and consultations.

Geographical emphasis

Global

Other significant information

Contributing to the long-term impact of the Lausanne Congress in 1974 were the consultations held in 1973 on how best to continue the Congress's goals after the meeting. From these meetings came the first plans for the Lausanne Continuation Committee (LCC), which was established as the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) in 1976. The process of selecting members to constitute the LCC began at the Congress, resulting in the selection of forty-eight people to plan for future consultations and congresses as needed; this number was later expanded to seventy-five. At its inception, Leighton Ford was chosen as LCWE's Chairman and Gottfried Osei-Mensah was designated its Executive Secretary.