Neil
Lausanne, Sunday 17th: the legacy of apartheid
This morning I had the privilege of visiting a new church in one of the townships on the outskirts of Cape Town where my friend Juan had been asked to preach. As this was probably my only chance to engage with South Africans outside the conference setting, I jumped at the chance. Khayelitsha is home [...]
Lausanne Congress: Saturday 16th
Remember the World Cup? (Won by Spain, in case you had forgotten… ¡viva España!) Well, the vuvuzelas seem to have died down (though there were dancers to welcome us at Cape Town international airport) but South Africa is now hosting the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. We [...]
Lausanne Congress
From 16th to 25th October, World Horizons international director Neil Rees will be in Cape Town for the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. As far as time allows, he will be posting daily updates here, so come back often and share in this key event.
Behold, I stand at the door…
A knock on the door can mean many different things in different cultures — here is one perspective, from Mongolia. Enjoy! It is 2:00 in the morning – lots of knocks and lots of Mongolian cursing. Exit from bed but this time we check through the spy glass. There is one very drunk man looking [...]
"Raise the Banner" ministries
“Raise the Banner” ministries is an indigenous training initiative which aims to impact lives and communities in India and beyond. Read on for some highlights of this work, or contact us for more information. We are a prayer based interdenominational Indian mission movement, committed to Mobilizing, Recruiting, Training, Sending and Supporting the body of Christ [...]
Emerging Mission Movements – "EMMs"
“Empowering people of all backgrounds to reach all nations” EMM is about the raising up and mentoring of indigenous mission movements that are emerging in many of the church-rich nations of the Global South. We have already made small beginnings in Central African Republic, Indonesia, India, the Middle East, Brazil, Ethiopia, Korea, Burkina Faso and [...]