Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

== Younger Leaders Gathering ==
After the tragic death of his son, Leighton Ford, who was chair of the continuation committee after the [[First International Congress on World Evangelization|First Lausanne Congress]], began to focus more of his attention on equipping the next generation. As a result of his vision for younger leaders, 300 key younger leaders (aged under 45) from around the world gathered together in Singapore for the first Younger Leaders Gathering  in 1987. The second Younger Leaders Gathering was held in Malaysia in 2006, and the third one was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2016 (YLG2016).

The purpose of the Younger Leaders Gatherings is to build up the next generation of global [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] leaders, by bringing together leaders between the ages of 25 and 35, and connecting them with each other and with other senior global leaders.