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The conference inspired further regional conferences in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the United States, and Australia. Against a background of deep concerns among evangelicals regarding the doctrinal and missiological developments in the World Council of Churches , Billy Graham reiterated many of the major concerns of the 1966 Wheaton Congress.
The event is designed to inform Christian students about global issues and issues around the world and missional living. The conference also encourages students to explore the biblical mandate for cross-cultural missions and encourages them to participate in missions. [1] Each Urbana lasts for 4-5 days at the end of December and on New Year's Eve.
The International Conference on Missions (ICOM) is a non-denominational, non-profit, Christian organization that organizes an annual conference on missions for the Unaffiliated Christian Church/Church of Christ congregations around the world. It was originally known as the National Missionary Convention (1954-2011).
Tokyo 2010 was organized into 18 task forces, covering such areas as research, training, crisis response, technology and mission, global discipleship assessment and global mission coordination. Each task force made assessments in three areas, relative to their particular focus: What is the current need and what is being done about it?
A continuation committee was established following the 1910 World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh, which culminated in the creation of the International Missionary Council in 1921 in London. Like the Edinburgh conference, it was created to continue ecumenical efforts towards Christian mission through a series of meetings: [3] 1928 in ...
The whole process was co-ordinated through the Edinburgh 2010 website, where documents, videos, photos, etc. are available. [16] Also in 2010, three other major conferences were held to commemorate Edinburgh 1910. The first was held in Tokyo as a gathering of global mission leaders, from May 11–14th, called the Global Mission Consultation. [17]
Lausanne was selected for the congress in October 1972. The congress office opened in April 1973. The theme of the congress was "Let the earth hear His voice." Almost 2,700 evangelical Christian leaders attended the conference at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland to discuss the progress, resources and methods of evangelizing the ...
The World Mission Workshop is an annual gathering of students of missions, missionaries and professors of missions associated with Churches of Christ. The workshop meets each year at a college campus. The 2010 workshop, the 50th meeting, was held at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, where the first workshop was held in 1961.