Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

== Lausanne III, Cape Town 2010 ==
The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization took place in [[Cape Town|Cape Town, South Africa]], 16–25 October 2010, at the [[Cape Town International Convention Centre]].<ref>Matthew Cresswell, 
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/oct/21/lausanne-movement What future for the Lausanne movement?], theguardian.com, UK, October 21, 2010</ref><ref>Maria Mackay, 
[https://www.christianpost.com/news/historic-lausanne-declaration-calls-worlds-evangelicals-to-action.html Historic Lausanne Declaration Calls World's Evangelicals to Action], christianpost.com, USA, January 28, 2011</ref> It was attended by 4,000 participants and 1000 guests from 197 countries.<ref name="capefaq">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Cape Town 2010 FAQS |url=http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/faq-basics.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807053623/http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/faq-basics.html |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |access-date=2015-02-23 |work=Lausanne Cape Town Conference 2010}}</ref> Thousands more participated in seminaries, universities, churches, and through mission agencies and radio networks globally through an online platform called Cape Town GlobaLink.<ref name=":2" />

The Cape Town congress (Lausanne III) was substantially different from its predecessors because of the voice given to large numbers of leaders and participants from the [[Third World#Majority World|Majority World]]. [[Christianity Today]] described the third congress as ‘a younger, more ethnically diverse, and more geographically varied consortium of [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] leaders than ever before’.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=John W. |title=Most Diverse Gathering Ever |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/september/34.66.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=ChristianityToday.com |date=29 September 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

Cape Town 2010 was carefully assembled to depict an accurate demographic of the global church, especially giving a voice to the church in the [[Third World#Majority World|Majority World]], where the center of [[Christianity]] had rapidly been shifting. Program Committee Chair, Ramez Atallah, encouraged an informal seating layout suitable for discussion by seating six delegates per table and having shorter speeches with more opportunity for sharing thoughts and ideas than previous congresses.<ref name=":4" /> The goal of Cape Town 2010 was to re-stimulate the spirit of Lausanne represented in the Lausanne Covenant: to promote unity, humbleness in service, and a call to action for global evangelization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gatherings - Lausanne Movement |url=http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509090857/http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |access-date=June 18, 2012 |publisher=Lausanne.org}}</ref>

=== The Cape Town Commitment ===
The outcomes of Lausanne III were captured and published in ''The Cape Town Commitment''. Issues that were addressed include evangelism in [[Orality|oral cultures]], mission populations in [[diaspora]], and the emergent [[Megacity|megacities]] of the world. The title of ''The Cape Town Commitment'' was carefully chosen to communicate that it is not a declaration or a manifesto, but a commitment for the Lausanne Movement to fulfill, and has since become the road map for Lausanne.<ref name=":3" />

Crafted over the course of three years by engaged evangelical theologians from all continents, ''The Cape Town Commitment'' is the third major [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] statement on missionary belief and practice produced by the Lausanne Movement.