World Evangelical Alliance - Invitation to get together at Lausanne 4

The WEA invites members or those interested in the WEA who are in Seoul to attend a WEA dinner on Thursday, September 26, in the Premier Ballroom B of the Songdo Convensia from 5:15 - 6:15pm. Please go through the buffet dinner line and bring your plate to this room. There will be brief greetings from Bishop Efraim Tendero and Rev. Esme Bowers and an opportunity for participants to identify each other by region, then informal discussion groups with short report-outs. Reimagining Missions: Anticipating L4 by Jay Matenga WEA Missions Commission Executive Director The content below is a transcript of Mission Commission Executive Director Jay Mātenga’s contribution to the “Gaps in Lausanne’s 25 Great Commission Gaps” discussion hosted and moderated by the Lausanne Freedom and Justice catalysts on 9 September 2024. The online event was the result of a collaboration between the Lausanne Freedom and Justice network, INFEMIT, World Vision, Micah, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Memoria Indigena, Tearfund, and the WEA Mission Commission. Tēnā koutou katoa — that is a formal greeting in te reo Māori, which literally means I see you; I acknowledge you all. I am Jay Mātenga, Executive Director of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission. I’m a contextual theologian of indigenous Māori heritage. In Te Moananui a Kiwa, the great wet continent that Europeans have called the Pacific Ocean, we embrace our moananui, our big waters, as the means by which our islands and island nations connect to one another. Rather than seeing the ocean as a barrier that keeps us apart, it is the water that brings us together. I bring this innate sense of connectivity to our discussion today about the Lausanne 4 strategy. Read More Over two billion Christians in the world today are represented by three world church bodies. The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is one of those, serving more than 600 million evangelicals belonging to churches that are part of 143 national Evangelical Alliances in 9 regions. Launched in London in 1846, the WEA unites evangelicals across denominations for prayer, evangelism, mission, theological education, religious freedom, human rights advocacy, relief, and engagement in a wide range of social issues. It speaks with one voice to United Nations, governments, and media in public or through behind-the-scenes diplomacy on issues of common concern to the Church. For more information, visit worldea.org WEA has been a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability since 1980. WEA is audited annually by an independent public accounting firm. WEA is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. In the United States, your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. © Copyright 2024 World Evangelical Alliance