Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

From the description of Records of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1987-1988, (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702132625

International evangelical organization; founded in 1974 as the Lausanne Continuation Committee and 1976 as the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE); developed following a series of events: meeting to plan follow-up to 1966 World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, the International Congress on World Evangelization in 1974, and formation of the interim Lausanne Continuation Committee; functioned as catalyst, information clearing house, network, and motivational source for world evangelization; LCWE functioned from the location of its officers: Chairman Leighton Ford in Charlotte (1974-1992), and Executive Secretary Osei-Mensah in Nairobi and later London (1974-1984), Thomas Wang in Singapore and later Pasadena and Manila (1987-1989), Executive and International Directors, Treasurer Donald Hoke, A.J. Dain, and others; communication tools included WORLD EVANGELIZATION INFORMATION BULLETIN and Lausanne Occasional Papers; included four working groups: Intercession (prayer), Theology, Strategy, and Communications; convened a working consultation in 1980 in Thailand to evaluate progress in world evangelization since ICOWE and develop strategies, with particular emphasis on specific groups of people; particular emphasis placed on cooperation and a strong biblical foundation for worldwide witness; convened second International Congress in Manila in 1989; convened Forum on World Evangelization in 2004 in Pattaya, Thailand; convened Third International Congress in 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.

From the description of Records of Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1969-[ongoing]. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 26448843