Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

=== From single congress to movement ===
The [[First International Congress on World Evangelization|1974 Lausanne Congress]] ended with a call by delegates for a continuation committee. Under the leadership of Leighton Ford, the continuation committee's first meeting was organized in 1975 in [[Mexico City]].<ref name=":0" />

The committee articulated the aim of the movement as furthering ‘the total biblical mission of the church, recognizing that in this mission of sacrificial service, evangelism is primary, and that our particular concern must be the [then 2,700 million] [[Unreached people group|unreached people]] of the world.’<ref name=":1" />

Four initial working groups were established, each one focused on one of the following topics: intercession, theology, strategy, and communication. Later, four more working groups were added, focusing on leadership development, resource mobilization and technology, and combined business, government, education, media, and medicine. The formation of these issue groups, along with the appointment of regional leaders and committees, sought to put into action the deliberations of the congress in Lausanne.

Furthermore, by the 1980s a large number of major [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] mission agencies in North America and in many other countries had reframed their statements of faith in light of the [[Lausanne Covenant]]. This meant that the emphasis on world evangelization through the [[Lausanne Covenant|Covenant]]’s 15 sections spread quickly and the essence of Lausanne gained momentum, sparking what became known as the Lausanne Movement.