lundi 1 août 2005
International Congress on World Evangelization
Seems rather silly that I'm saying this now, but I have no clue how to pronounce "Lausanne", as in the city in Switzerland and the Lausanne Covenant. I've heard it mentioned in passing but I can never remember the correct way to say it.
I'm thinking of using a section of it in my paper. Here are some parts that really stood out to me:
The Uniqueness and Universality of ChristI've read this document several times, but I still learn something new every time I go through it. If you have a chance, I urge you to read the whole covenant as well.
...We also reject as derogatory to Christ and the gospel every kind of syncretism and dialog which implies that Christ speaks equally through all religions and ideologies. Jesus Christ, being himself the only God-man, who gave himself as the only ransom for sinners, is the only mediator between God and people.... To proclaim Jesus as "the Savior of the world" is not to affirm that all people are either automatically or ultimately saved, still less to affirm that all religions offer salvation in Christ. Rather it is to proclaim God's love for a world of sinners and to invite everyone to respond to him as Savior and Lord in the wholehearted personal commitment of repentance and faith.
Christian Social Responsibility
Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive. Although reconciliation with other people is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty.
The Urgency of the Evangelistic Task
More than 2,700 million people, which is more than two-thirds of all humanity, have yet to be evangelized. We are ashamed that so many have been neglected; it is a standing rebuke to us and to the whole Church. There is now, however, in many parts of the world an unprecedented receptivity to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are convinced that this is the time for churches and para-church agencies to pray earnestly for the salvation of the unreached and to launch new efforts to achieve world evangelization.
Libellés : missions
