The Lausanne Covenant
INTRODUCTION
We, members of the Church of Jesus Christ, from more than 150 nations, participants in the International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, praise God for his great salvation and rejoice in the fellowship he has given us with himself and with each other. We are deeply stirred by what God is doing in our day, moved to penitence by our failures and challenged by the unfinished task of evangelization. We believe the Gospel is God's good news for the whole world, and we are determined by his grace to obey Christ's commission to proclaim it to all mankind and to make disciples of every nation.
We desire, therefore, to affirm our faith and our resolve, and to make public our covenant.
- 1. The Purpose of God
- 2. The Authority and Power of the Bible
- 3. The Uniqueness andUniversality of Christ
- 4. The Nature of Evangelism
- 5. Christian Social Responsibility
- 6. The Church and Evangelism
- 7. Cooperation in Evangelism
- 8. Churches in Evangelistic Partnership
- 9. The Urgency of the Evangelistic Task
- 10. Evangelism & Culture
- 11. Education & Leadership
- 12. Spiritual Conflict
- 13. Freedom & Persecution
- 14. The Power of the Holy Spirit
- 15. The Return of Christ
- Conclusion