A Word from the Global Executive Director
This year, we asked a simple but profound question:
How do we faithfully steward what God has entrusted to us?
The Fourth Lausanne Congress in South Korea marked a historic moment for the Lausanne Movement and for the global church. Yet we understood that the Congress itself was only the beginning. A launching pad for the global church to collaborate toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
We are stewarding the early fruit of the Congress: new partnerships, coordinated action, and a deeper shared commitment to the Great Commission. We are stewarding the divine connections across regions, generations, and sectors, as leaders continue to pray, listen, and work together. We are stewarding the insights and inspirations captured in The Seoul Statement and The State of the Great Commission Report, helping the global church discern and rise up to tackle the challenges and opportunities of this moment.
As we do so, we remain rooted in our fourfold vision. We also seek to remain rooted in the complex challenges facing the church today, listening carefully to the questions and opportunities emerging across cultures and contexts.
And we are committed to sharing the voices of the global church, ensuring that Lausanne continues to reflect and platform the richness and diversity of Christ’s body around the world.
Above all, we recognize that the momentum we are stewarding does not belong to us, but to the Lord.
For Lausanne, 2025 has not been about initiating something new. It has been about nurturing what God has already begun: strengthening leaders, deepening partnerships, amplifying global voices, and serving the global church as together we seek to take the whole gospel to the whole world.
This includes preparing for the Fourth Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG 4) in Brazil, an important next step in investing in emerging leaders and stewarding the future of the global church and global mission.
As you read this report, we invite you to see how God is moving through his people around the world and how your partnership helps make this possible.
Michael Oh
Global Executive Director / CEO
Lausanne Movement Vision and Mission
For over 50 years, Lausanne has served the global church by connecting leaders and ideas to accelerate global mission. Our fourfold vision remains unchanged:
The gospel for every person, disciple-making churches for every people and place, Christlike leaders for every church and sector, and kingdom influence in every sphere of society.
Through global gatherings, networks, partnerships, and collaborative initiatives, Lausanne helps the global church listen, learn, and act together toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
Over the past five decades, four historic global congresses – first in Lausanne, Switzerland and most recently in Incheon, South Korea – have helped shape evangelical mission and continue to inspire obedient action today.
Today, Lausanne continues to provide theological clarity, relational unity, and catalytic leadership for global mission through ongoing initiatives, gatherings, content, and so much more! In the pages that follow, discover how Lausanne has been serving the global church throughout 2025.
Stewarding Gatherings into Action
Across every region of the world, Lausanne continues to connect leaders, catalyse collaboration, and strengthen the global church’s commitment to the Great Commission. Regional leaders are convening pastors, theologians, marketplace leaders, and emerging voices to address and respond to the unique opportunities and challenges facing the church in their contexts.
God at Work in Our 12 Regional Networks
Lausanne’s regional networks remain committed to putting our fourfold vision into action, while stewarding the momentum and early fruit of the Fourth Lausanne Congress.
Discipleship development
remain central, with a focus on strengthening theological training.
Leadership development
equipping servant leaders for effective mission.
Next-generation engagement
is another strategic focus, as our leaders recognise the urgency of investing in Gen Z and younger leaders who will shape the future of global mission
Many of our regions are navigating complex realities, including secularization, persecution, political instability, and economic pressures. Others are responding to the rapid growth of Christianity and the need for stronger structures for collaboration, church planting, and theological formation. In some areas, our leaders are exploring digital mission, diaspora engagement, and workplace ministry as critical frontiers for gospel witness.
Across these diverse contexts, Lausanne continues to serve as a catalytic platform for convening leaders and ideas. Regional gatherings, prayer movements, leadership networks, and collaborative initiatives are helping the church share wisdom across borders, learn from one another, and respond together to global mission challenges.
Regional Spotlight: North America
In North America, Lausanne leaders are convening pastors and ministry leaders to address some of the region’s most pressing challenges. Led by Ed Stetzer and Andy Cook, conversations have focused on four key themes: growing secularization, increasing political polarization, rapid innovation in digital mission, and the urgent need to reach younger generations. Following the Fourth Lausanne Congress, 79 leaders committed to new working groups exploring these issues, while engagement from emerging leaders continues to grow, with 583 nominations and 256 applications for the upcoming Younger Leaders Gathering in Brazil. These efforts reflect Lausanne’s continued role in gathering leaders to learn from one another and discern faithful witness in a changing cultural landscape.
‘We believe the strength of Lausanne’s brand is convening leaders. It is also synonymous with the voice of the global evangelical church through its namesake covenants. Our rationale for gatherings is to encourage collaboration and idea sharing.’
‘The strength of Lausanne is convening leaders’
Ed Stetzer and Andy Cook
Convening Influencers
Your partnership helps create spaces where leaders from across the global church can gather, discern, and engage in God’s mission together. In 2025, these gatherings sparked new collaboration, strengthened relationships, and ignited fresh momentum for mission around the world.
Mexico: Catalyzing National Collaboration
Nearly 80 leaders gathered in Monterrey for Mexico’s first national Lausanne Movement meeting, marking a Spirit-led milestone of collaboration and hope.
The gathering united churches, ministries, students, and leaders to reflect on God’s mission in Mexico. Fostering ‘strategic connections for collaboration’, deep theological reflection, and ‘fruitful learning for the missional transformation of our churches’, it showcased grassroots ministries serving the vulnerable and empowering churches for urban renewal. Through dialogue tables on workplace mission, Biblical justice, new generations, and more, the gathering embodied Lausanne’s global spirit of missional unity. It made clear: God is overcoming division and igniting humble cooperation – signs of hope – in Mexico.
‘Fostering fruitful learning for the missional transformation of our churches’
Students and Leaders
Through your support, churches across Europe are being encouraged to rediscover their role in God’s global mission.
Cullera, Spain
One year after the Fourth Congress, national Lausanne leaders from across Europe gathered in Cullera, Spain, to explore the final call of the Fourth Congress’s vision: together. Drawing from Paul’s letters, the gathering examined biblical collaboration as shared discipleship, rooted in reconciliation, mutual accountability, and service – not power.As reported in Evangelical Focus, leaders wrestled with how to model Christlike unity in the face of secularism, fragility, and fragmentation across Europe. With a focus on minority inclusion and equipping every believer, the event reawakened conviction that global mission must be carried out not in silos but in step with others, under one Lord, as one body.
Sintra, Portugal
At the 2025 Portuguese Evangelical Forum, more than 700 believers gathered in Sintra under the theme ‘Welcome to the Mission Field‘. The gathering helped churches reimagine compassionate, creative, and cross-cultural engagement – beginning in their own communities.Lausanne Europe Co-Director Jim Memory challenged leaders to see Europe not as post-Christian, but as fertile ground for renewal and revival. Through keynote teaching and leadership conversations, pastors and emerging leaders were inspired to engage the unreached both locally and globally.
Africa: Mobilising a Continental Mission Movement
A simple conversation at the Nairobi Café during the Fourth Lausanne Congress became the seed of a much larger vision – one that, just a year later, gathered 450 leaders from more than 30 nations at the Africa Missions Conference in Nairobi.
Co-Regional Director Esther Chengo helped spark this momentum, describing the vision clearly: ‘It’s all about harnessing Africa’s mission movement, not just for Africa, but for the globe.’ What began as an informal exchange grew into a significant moment of mobilisation, collaboration, and shared discernment for mission across the continent.
Leaders reflected on Africa’s growing role in global mission. Stephen Mbogo, EPSA Regional Director, shared,‘What a joy as we look at the state of evangelism and missions in Africa and as we seek to see Africa mobilised to be a missionary force.’ Joshua Bogunjoko added, ‘This is a great start to a great thing.’
This gathering reflects Lausanne’s catalytic role: creating space for relationships, ideas, and vision to take root and grow – strengthening Africa’s contribution to God’s mission worldwide.
‘It’s all about harnessing Africa’s mission movement, not just for Africa, but for the globe.’
Esther Chengo
Stewarding Momentum into Collaboration
Catalytic Collaboration
The Fourth Lausanne Congress ignited new relationships, ideas, and initiatives across the global church. Through stewarding that momentum in 2025, we have begun to see early fruit as leaders turn connection into collaboration and vision into action.
God Is Not Done with Europe
After 27 years of serving unreached peoples in the Himalayas, a powerful encounter at the Fourth Lausanne Congress shifted Pieter Vermeulen’s focus to Europe.
‘The call for the church to remember God is not done with Europe changed my life,’ he shared, ‘God reassigned me.‘
Within a month of connecting with mission leaders in South Korea, he was in Switzerland, joining a vision to see a church in each of the nation’s 4,100 villages. A year after the Congress, Pieter works with a team of mission leaders to re-evangelise Europe, with a focus on Gen Z.
Congress momentum also led him to launch the Lausanne Action Prayer Hub, uniting the global church for corporate monthly prayer for GAPs and Issue Networks – to ‘not become silos, but bless each other through prayer.’
Spacious Vision, Shared Burden: Khora’s Lausanne Roots
At the Fourth Congress, a providential encounter – literally trying not to photobomb a picture – brought together three Asian Americans who shared a deep burden for developing healthy, spiritually formed Asian American Christian leaders.
That spontaneous three-hour conversation sparked a God-ordained friendship and the formation of Khora Collective, a new ministry focused on whole-life leadership, spiritual formation, and healing cultural wounds. Their vision: a ‘goodness culture’ that resists toxicity and celebrates the unique contributions of Asian American Christians. As Allen Yeh reflects, ‘One of the purposes of Lausanne is to create collaborations in missional spaces.’ Khora Collective is one such a God-led collaboration, born in the spirit of Lausanne.
Multiplying Missional Leaders
For Kenyan pastor and evangelist Stanley Amukoa, the Fourth Lausanne Congress was ‘a defining moment’, rekindling his abiding in Christ, sharpening his vision, and expanding his conviction that ‘words and deeds must go hand in hand’. It deepened his resolve to not just declare, but also display the gospel ‘through integrity, compassion, and service…engaging people where they are, especially the hurting, unreached, persecuted, and unchurched’.
Stanley has stepped into new collaborative ministries through the Haggai Alumni network, which includes training of strategically placed leaders to ‘end gospel poverty’ in their communities and marketplaces. He also helped lead the Haggai Global Day of Prayer, uniting believers across borders and strengthening their sense of global mission.
‘The Fourth Lausanne Congress was ‘a defining moment’
Stanley Amukoa
Congress Fruit for the Kingdom
Xerxes Duane from the Philippines shared how the unique experience of the Fourth Lausanne Congress deepened his worship, strengthened his calling, and renewed his hope for what God is doing across nations.
Now, a year later, he shares how that calling is unfolding,
‘I’m deeply grateful to God for what He’s done through the Lausanne Congress. That moment became a turning point, God opened a door for me to minister in Dubai, where I’m now serving full-time at Fellowship Dubai alongside believers from nearly 120+ nations. I’m currently being trained as a church planter, with a growing passion to make disciples who make disciples. God has been incredibly faithful.’
‘Gathering with believers from every corner of the world reminded me: God’s mission is truly global, and I have a part to play.’
Xerxes Duane, Congress Participant
Building the Infrastructure for Collaboration
Supporting the Younger Leaders Gathering Nomination Process
In 2025, we strengthened the digital systems that support our global Movement. Through new automation and improved integrations, our Operations Team reduced manual work, increased data accuracy, and built the infrastructure needed to support global initiatives.
More than 50 automated systems and workflows were implemented, reducing manual data processing by 40% and significantly improving reporting speed for leadership and finance teams. System improvements also stabilized integrations between key platforms, reducing connection errors by 70% and ensuring more reliable data synchronization and communications.
A major focus was building the digital foundation for the Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG 4) initiative following the Fourth Lausanne Congress. The team developed an integrated nomination, application, and registration system connecting internal programmes and platforms.
This system supported 6,400+ nominations from 160 countries, enabling global participation while giving leadership real-time visibility into the process.
By investing in scalable systems today, Lausanne is strengthening its ability to steward relationships, mobilize leaders, and support global collaboration for the future.
Renewed Hope Through The Seoul Statement
In Rome, where the evangelical community remains small and often faces significant challenges, The Seoul Statement is helping strengthen leaders with renewed hope.
After attending the Congress, Daniele (Danny) Pasquale, Principal of the Evangelical Bible Institute (IBEI), returned to Italy with fresh vision. He is now using The Seoul Statement with his staff and students as a tool to encourage Italian evangelicals.
The Statement reminds believers that God is at work across the world, that the global church continues to grow, and that there is much to learn from brothers and sisters in different cultures and contexts.
Through your support, this global exchange of encouragement and insight is helping leaders like Danny persevere in their calling and remind others that they are part of a much larger story of God’s mission.
Stewarding Leaders for Long-Term Impact
Because of your partnership, Lausanne is stewarding a strategic investment in leaders whose influence will shape the global church for decades to come. Through mentoring, training, and global connections, emerging leaders are discovering renewed calling, strengthening their ministries, and multiplying gospel impact in communities around the world.
Leadership Formation at a Glance
1,000+ younger leaders connected through the Younger Leaders Generation (YLGen)
Global mentoring relationships formed across regions
Leaders trained across churches, workplaces, and mission contexts
Training & Equipping Leaders
Jared: From Displacement to New Mission
When Jared (name changed for security reasons), a young ministry leader in Eurasia, courageously spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine, he was forced to flee his homeland with his wife and children. Uprooted and heartbroken, the family found refuge in Mexico, where Jared wrestled with deep questions about his calling and future.
Fueled by your generosity, Lausanne came alongside Jared through the Lausanne Leadership Journey, connecting him with a global community of younger leaders and a mentor, Ole-Magnus Olafsrud. In the midst of uncertainty, Jared found encouragement, spiritual strengthening, and renewed clarity.
Today, Jared is not only rebuilding, he is multiplying gospel impact. Asking for prayer support, Jared shared, ‘Much of our church’s work is missions to the Mayans, and this work is very successful on a local level, but this year God has challenged us to call the Mayans to a global mission.’ What began as displacement is becoming a pathway for gospel advance.
Your partnership is helping shape leaders like Jared: leaders formed through hardship, strengthened by community, and equipped to impact nations even in the wake of crisis.
Maria: Transforming Work into Mission
Maria and her husband co-lead Act4Him, an initiative connected to their information technology firm that equips underprivileged young adults in Pakistan with both technical skills and spiritual formation. Reflecting on her journey, Maria shared, ‘I never imagined my career would transform into a calling, and that my workplace would become a space for evangelism.’
She traces this shift to the Lausanne Movement, particularly the 2019 Global Workplace Forum and her ongoing formation through YLGen. ‘God used Lausanne to completely change my perspective,’ she said.
‘God used Lausanne to completely change my perspective,’
Maria: Transforming Work into Mission
Through the Lausanne Leadership Journey, Maria experienced formation that was both deeply spiritual and profoundly practical. She describes how God expanded her network to include young professionals and how she began to see healing, restoration, and renewed purpose emerge in their lives — mirroring the mentoring, care, and spiritual investment she herself received.
Maria summarised the impact simply: ‘The Lausanne Movement taught me that you don’t need a big title to make a big impact.’ Today, she is passing that blessing forward by investing in others and advancing God’s mission in Pakistan and beyond.
Your generosity is helping unlock callings like Maria’s: empowering ordinary leaders to bring extraordinary hope into workplaces and communities around the world.
Cairo: Strengthening Church Leadership
Because of your partnership, a new leadership initiative called Insights was launched in Cairo, Egypt, bringing together church leaders for shared learning, spiritual renewal, and collaboration.
Led by Lausanne Middle East in partnership with Heliopolis Evangelical Church, the second-largest church in Egypt, the inaugural gathering focused on discipleship and spiritual vitality. Held on 20 December, the event convened 92 pastors and church leaders, equipping them with biblical and missional insight to strengthen the life and witness of the local church.
Ed Stetzer, Lausanne Regional Director for North America, served as the main speaker, encouraging leaders to pursue deep discipleship and spiritual resilience in a challenging context.
Your generosity helped create space for leaders to gather, learn, and be renewed – laying foundations for lasting impact within churches and communities across Egypt.
Clara: Forming the Next Generation of Global Theologians
Through your support, leaders in sensitive contexts are being equipped to engage deeply with theology both locally and globally. One such leader is Clara (name changed for security reasons), an academic team lead in China.
Clara credits the Lausanne Emerging Theologians Initiative with stretching her theological reflection through participation in an international cohort. ‘The initiative intentionally builds a global community that does theology together,’ she shared. ‘This stretches me.’
Through her involvement, Clara has gained a deeper appreciation for China’s unique spiritual heritage and the importance of communicating it beyond national borders. At the same time, Lausanne’s approach has helped her maintain a broader perspective: ‘It helps me look beyond our national context, counterbalancing the tendency to focus only on local issues rather than globally shared concerns and opportunities.’
Karen: A Leader Formed Through Lausanne
Our commitment to stewarding leaders for lasting impact is clearly reflected in the journey of Karen Bomilcar.
Since 2016, Karen’s path from a mentored younger leader to a catalyst for the Health for All Nations network has embodied Lausanne’s commitment to shaping servant-hearted, mission-minded leadership.
Through years of accompaniment, encouragement, and collaboration, she helped foster a season of global engagement focused on mental and ‘wholistic’ health.
Reflecting on this journey, Karen shared, ‘I want to thank the Lausanne Movement specifically for the last nine years… all your investment and care in my life, work, and ministry.’ As she has transitioned out of her catalyst role, she celebrates what God has done through the network and prays for fresh vision to carry the work forward.
Your support has helped empower leaders like Karen: leaders who plant seeds of God’s shalom around the world and strengthen collaborative mission for the long term.
Marion: Growing Leaders for the Future
Your investment today is shaping leaders who will influence communities and organizations for years to come. One such leader is Marion Ndeta, a development and advocacy specialist in Nairobi.
Marion earned her master’s degree and is now pursuing a doctorate in organizational change and administration with YLGen scholarship support. She commented, ‘I am forever grateful for a lesson on time budgeting that has gone a long way in helping me integrate work, school, and marriage/family into my personal life. It sorted out the chaos in my life, and I have never looked back. I have gained global dexterity, equipped to navigate diverse cultural settings with sensitivity and purpose. I have also gained spiritual clarity and renewed purpose in God’s mission.’
‘I have gained global dexterity’
Marion
Stewarding Voice and Influence
Dynamic Content for the Global Church
In 2025, Lausanne platformed more than 80 contributors addressing 66 key topics shaping global mission. Through articles, videos, reports, podcasts, and testimonies published in 5 languages, diverse voices from across the global church helped inform, equip, and inspire leaders around the world.
We believe content is more than communication: it is stewardship. By amplifying underrepresented perspectives and trusted thought leadership, Lausanne helps the global church think biblically, learn from one another, and respond faithfully to today’s mission challenges.
2025 Content Highlights
80+ unique contributors
66 topics shaping global mission
5 publishing languages
42 articles | 47 authors
4.2 million minutes engaging
with Lausanne content
43 podcast guests from 23 countries
33,840 downloads | 26,362 listeners
171 countries reached
Top 5% of 3.7 million podcasts globally
Platforming the Voices of the Global Church
Global Voices Report — October 2025
Through the Global Voices Report (available in 7 languages), Lausanne is helping ensure that conversations about global mission are shaped by the insights and experiences of the whole body of Christ. Released in October 2025, the report gathered perspectives from more than 1,100 evangelical leaders across 119 countries, offering one of the most globally representative snapshots of leadership sentiment in the church today.
The report’s insights reached audiences far beyond Lausanne’s networks. Major Christian media outlets including Premier Christianity, Evangelical Focus, Christian Today, and Christian Daily featured its findings, with coverage spanning Croatia to South Korea.
By platforming voices from across the global church, Lausanne is helping leaders listen, learn, and respond together to the changing realities of global mission. Your support makes it possible for the wisdom of the worldwide church to shape the future of the Great Commission.
YouVersion Partnership
In November, YouVersion reached a historic milestone: one billion installs of its Bible apps, an extraordinary sign of global hunger for Scripture.
Lausanne was recognized as a key content partner, helping bring God’s Word to people around the world through devotional plans written by Lausanne leaders. These reflections combine biblical insight with a global mission perspective, connecting Scripture with the realities facing the global church today. A number of Lausanne leaders also served as volunteers on YouVersions Global Content Advisory Team.
Together, we are seeing God’s Word reach people across cultures, nations, and generations
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Global Voices Through Podcast Conversations
The Lausanne Movement Podcast continues to platform global voices in mission.
In 2025, 43 guests from 23 countries shared insights, testimonies, and practical wisdom for the global church. The podcast reached listeners in 171 countries and ranked in the top 5% of nearly 3.7 million podcasts worldwide.
Listeners shared how these conversations are encouraging and equipping them:
Stories of God at Work
Through the God on the Move series and other features, we continue to share testimonies of how God is advancing the gospel around the world.
Readers frequently respond with encouragement and renewed vision:
‘Thank you for bringing real-life stories of God at work to us.’
Shayne
Equipping the Church for Meaningful Witness
In 2025, Lausanne intentionally produced resources to help believers engage thoughtfully with neighbors of other faiths.
Articles exploring topics such as Diwali and Hindu culture helped Christians better understand and build relationships with Hindu friends and colleagues, and became Lausanne’s most read article in 2025.
Readers shared how resources such as this are being used in ministry contexts:
Article
Understanding Your Hindu Neighbour: Diwali
Through trusted voices, thoughtful reflection, and global conversations, Lausanne continues to steward its platform to serve and strengthen the global church.
Stewarding Partnerships for Greater Kingdom Impact
Partnership within Lausanne takes many forms. Some partners support the Movement through financial generosity, while others contribute through prayer, service, thought leadership, and active collaboration in the work of global mission. Our desire is to steward these relationships well by creating meaningful spaces where partners can not only support the Movement, but also experience encouragement, fellowship, and shared participation in the global mission of the church.
Strengthening Partnership Through SOMA
In 2025, the Lausanne Partnerships team focused on creating deeper pathways for Global Partners to connect with the Lausanne Movement and with one another. Through intentional listening conversations with leaders from partner churches and organizations, we sought to better understand their ministry contexts and how Lausanne might better serve them. These conversations have provided valuable insight and are shaping new opportunities for engagement across the movement.
One meaningful expression of this vision was the inaugural SOMA gathering in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. SOMA (the Greek word for “body”) reflects the vision of bringing together leaders from Christ’s global body for renewal, encouragement, and fellowship.
Built around three pillars – connection, inspiration, and rejuvenation – SOMA was a three-night retreat designed to bless senior leaders and spouses from our Global Partner community. In the beauty of Kota Kinabalu, participants were able to step away from ministry demands, rest in God’s presence, and strengthen relationships with fellow leaders from around the world.
From the beginning, leaders shared stories, encouraged one another, and formed friendships that transcended geography and ministry contexts. Several participants expressed a desire to continue meeting beyond SOMA as these relationships deepened.
A particularly meaningful element was the presence of experienced counselors available for personal conversations throughout the retreat. Many leaders noted how valuable this space was for reflection and encouragement, something ministry leaders rarely experience.
Participants reflected on the gathering’s impact:
‘Totally blessed getting to establish relationships with other senior leaders of global partners.’
‘I am reminded to continue the race with other faithful servants.’
Many left encouraged, refreshed, and renewed for the work God has called them to. Gatherings like SOMA remind us that partnership is more than shared work, it is shared life in the body of Christ.
We are grateful for the opportunity to serve alongside our Global Partners and to strengthen relationships that advance the global mission of the church.
‘I am reminded to continue the race with other faithful servants.’
Participant
Stewarding Networks for Gospel Advance
Global Networks Advancing the Great Commission
Across the Lausanne Movement, 27 Issue Networks are mobilizing leaders to address the most pressing mission challenges of our time.
7,200+ leaders engaged globally
63 Catalysts guiding strategic conversations
14 new leaders appointed in 2025
Following the Fourth Lausanne Congress, many networks have experienced renewed momentum: growing membership, launching new initiatives, and strengthening partnerships across regions and generations.
These networks are a driving force within Lausanne; in 2025 they produced 75% of the Movement’s published content and convened nearly half of all Lausanne gatherings worldwide.
Together, they are helping the global church learn, pray, and act around the issues shaping mission today.
Standing with the Persecuted Church
The Lausanne Persecuted Church Initiative, launched in 2025 as a response to the Fourth Lausanne Congress, is helping the global church walk in unity with those who suffer for Christ.
According to the Open Doors World Watch List, 1 in 7 Christians worldwide face persecution, with some regions, such as parts of Africa, seeing rates as high as 1 in 5. This new Lausanne initiative equips leaders serving in hostile contexts, raises awareness, and strengthens gospel witness amid suffering.
In 2025, the network hosted a series of regional online gatherings focused on Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America. These gatherings amplified local voices, surfaced regional realities, fostered collaboration, and deepened theological reflection on suffering and faithfulness.
Leaders from regions where persecution is a daily reality have especially welcomed the initiative. One participant from Egypt noted, ‘It’s a great initiative; we need it so much in our region.’ A church leader in China added, ‘This initiative is so timely… helping us face persecution better together.’
Through your support, leaders facing pressure and persecution were encouraged, connected, and strengthened, reminded that they are not alone.
Article
A Providential Encounter at the Lausanne Congress
We met at the Fourth Lausanne Congress in September 2024 in South Korea. There were over five thousand Christians from all over the world; it was like heaven on earth.
Catalysts Renewed for Global Leadership
The Catalyst Gathering in Panama saw Catalysts from across Lausanne’s 27 Issue Networks connect to one another, to God’s Word, to Lausanne’s vision and service. It was an opportunity to transform dispersed effort into a natural overflow of unity and collaboration. Leaders left feeling ‘healed, delivered, refreshed, and more committed’, no longer adrift but ‘saturated relationally, spiritually and “visionally”’, with ‘renewed hope’ to serve their networks, impacting real world issues with the gospel.
‘The Catalyst Gathering in Panama was a significant, strategic move that injected vitality and energy to the Catalysts and will therefore keep revibrating across our Lausanne ecosystem. I am sure others would agree that we feel less adrift, more connected, better informed, and supported by the exceptional Lausanne team. I feel both refreshed and well-equipped to excel in my role, and I also feel connected to a broader community that is both servant-hearted as well as ‘cheerfully generous’ with their gifts and time.’
-Asia Williamson
‘Refreshed, and more committed…saturated relationally, spiritually and ‘visionally’…with renewed hope’
Leaders
Church Planting Network: Collaborating for Gospel Saturation
Through the Collaborate to Saturate (C2S) initiative, Lausanne is helping convene global church planting leaders around one defining question: ‘What will it take to saturate our country with the gospel of Jesus Christ through the planting of reproducing churches?’
Rather than conferences, the movement centers on national roundtables, where leaders gather as peers to share insights, align vision, and pursue genuine collaboration. This approach reduces duplication and fosters kingdom partnership in advancing church multiplication.
Now in its second year, nearly 50 nations are engaged in this process, with six global church planting networks – GACX, GCPN, the Lausanne Church Planting Network, COTW, FTT, and Vision 5:9 – working together toward a shared goal. The initiative aims to see 100 national roundtables established by 2026.
As Chris Gnanakan reflected after a recent gathering, ‘What joy to see God bringing tribes and nations together at nearly fifty roundtables. Indeed, none of us are as good as all of us, put together.’
‘What joy to see God bringing tribes and nations together’
Chris Gnanakan
Ministry Collaboration Network: Equipping Leaders to Collaborate
In 2025, the Ministry Collaboration Network equipped leaders with practical skills to build and lead collaborative networks. Through three training cohorts in June, July, and September, 138 leaders from more than 34 nations received foundational training in collaboration and network formation.
Participants learned strategies for building trust, defining a network’s focus, engaging members, and sustaining effective partnerships. As Michael Kaspar, Co-Catalyst for Ministry Collaboration, explains: ‘When the global body of Christ applies collaboration and a network approach to complex challenges, we can maximize resources, increase trust, and bring greater unity.’
These training sessions are already bearing fruit. Leaders are shaping disciple-making cultures in Nigerian churches, launching Discovery Bible Studies in Dhaka, and advancing disability inclusion in East Africa—demonstrating how collaboration can accelerate gospel impact across regions.
Participants shared their appreciation: ‘Learning about collaboration has been formative on many levels,’ said Joseph B. (South Africa). Rhena (India) added, ‘This training has given me the tools and confidence to move forward in working with others.’
‘This training has given me the tools and confidence to move forward in working with others.’
Rhena (India)
Strengthening Lausanne’s Issue Networks
In 2025, 164 Network Health Assessments were completed across Lausanne’s 27 Issue Networks, providing valuable insight into the health, focus, and future direction of each network. This process created space for catalysts and their teams to reflect on priorities, clarify strategic focus, and identify opportunities for deeper collaboration as they plan for the year ahead.
Network leaders expressed strong appreciation for the process and its outcomes. One catalyst (Emmanuel Kwizera – Proclamation Evangelism) described the report as ‘excellent, very clear and filled with helpful recommendations,’ noting that it helped their team see the full picture of their network’s health. Others highlighted how the assessment process provided ‘a very helpful document’ (Nathan Grills – Disability Concerns) for strategic planning and organizational development, with one leader (Dave Deuel) calling it ‘the best assessment process I’ve participated in since joining Lausanne 12 years ago.’
John Arun Kumar (Hinduism): ‘We appreciate the clarity and care with which this process has been facilitated…Thank you for your continued support and encouragement to us as catalysts.’
Jo Plummer (Business as Mission): ‘This is heartening and encouraging stuff! It will also be very useful for us.’
‘Thank you for your continued support and encouragement to us as catalysts.’
John Arun Kumar
‘It has been encouraging to see the faithful work being done to advance the gospel across so many issues. Our Catalysts and their teams are a gift to the global church. It was a privilege to offer network-specific insights that can help guide their discernment and planning into 2026.’
Stewarding Connection Through a Global Digital Platform
The Action Hub: A Platform for Global Connection & Collaboration
The Action Hub is Lausanne’s digital community where mission-minded leaders connect, collaborate, and take action together across cultures and regions. Since its launch in January 2025, nearly 5,000 people have joined or transitioned to the platform, generating more than 40,000 contributions as conversations, ideas, and collaborations take shape.
Over 120 events were shared in 2025, reflecting not only Lausanne gatherings but also initiatives from across the global church. Participants connect based on shared interests, regions, and missional priorities, creating new opportunities for partnership and collaboration.
Beyond networking, the Action Hub is fostering a growing culture of prayer, encouragement, and shared mission, as leaders pray for one another, celebrate what God is doing in different contexts, and explore ways to work together to advance the gospel worldwide.
The Action Hub is a platform for not only reading content about the global church, but also to engage with others about the content:
Join the Action Hub and become part of the conversation now!
Stewardship of Resources
Revenue
Annual revenue breakdown for Lausanne Movement based on audited income sources.
Volunteer Hours
As a global movement, Lausanne engages volunteers around the world, who serve faithfully and sacrificially through a vast array of initiatives, networks, programs, mentoring, and more. In 2025, volunteers contributed more than 122,000 hours of service, reflecting a strong commitment to advancing global mission together. We are immensely grateful to the innumerable volunteers serving with the Lausanne Movement, shaping kingdom impact near and far.
Expenses
Annual expense breakdown for Lausanne Movement across operational categories
*Funds raised in 2024 were deployed in 2025 to steward the momentum of the Fourth Lausanne Congress and to accelerate global mission through collaborative action and Lausanne’s regions, networks and generations alongside preparing for the Younger Leaders Gathering in early 2027.
Sources of Donations
Breakdown of donation sources supporting Lausanne Movement initiatives and global mission
A Note of Thanks
In 2025, we celebrate God’s faithfulness and the incredible partnership of friends like you.
Through the work of the Lausanne Movement, God has brought together 281 individuals, including 102 first-time donors, along with 5 foundations, to invest in gospel collaboration around the world.
Together, financial partners from 53 nations are praying, giving, and celebrating what God is doing for the sake of the global church.
This is the beautiful picture of “partners in the gospel” described in Paul’s epistle to the Philippians in 1:3-8. Your generosity strengthens global networks, equips leaders, and advances the mission of Christ among the nations.
Thank you for standing with us. We rejoice in God’s work through you and look forward with hope to all he will continue to do together.
Taylor Williams
Chief Development Officer
What our donors are saying:
Why do you give to Lausanne? ‘Because I believe the Lausanne Movement will influence the fulfillment of the Great Commission more than any other organization I could support.’
‘I was truly touched to hear about your work and the impact that the Lausanne Movement and YLG have had across generations and nations. It’s inspiring to see younger leaders rising to serve with such humility and faith. Please know that it’s my honor to be a small part of what God is doing through your ministry. May God continue to bless you, your team, and the upcoming YLG 4 in Brazil, that it may bring even greater awakening and unity among young leaders around the world.’
Looking Ahead
How do we faithfully steward the fruit, relationships, learnings, and momentum God entrusted to us not just for a moment, but for the coming decade?
Younger Leaders Gathering
In the coming years, Lausanne will continue strengthening issue networks, amplifying global voices, and fostering collaboration across regions as we respond together to the most pressing mission challenges of our time. A central expression of this vision will be the Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG 4) in Brazil happening in 2027.
Around 1,200 younger leaders from around the world will participate onsite, joined by around 400 virtual participants, creating a truly global community of emerging leaders. Already, the response has been deeply encouraging. From 6,923 nominations, more than 4,153 applications were submitted from across the global church. In the first round of selection, approximately 75% of onsite participants and mentors have already registered, a remarkable level of commitment more than a year before the gathering.
Yet YLG 4 is far more than a single event. It marks the beginning of a 10-year leadership journey through the Younger Leaders Generation (YLGen), designed to equip leaders for long-term influence in the church and across every sphere of society. Beginning June 2026, nearly 240 mentors will walk alongside these leaders through a nine-month pre-programme and continue accompanying them throughout the gathering and beyond.
As we look toward the future, we do so with humility and hope. The Lausanne Movement is not sustained by strategy alone, but by God’s faithful work through his global church. Our task is to steward what he has already begun: nurturing the relationships, insights, and momentum entrusted to us for the sake of his mission.
We move forward rooted in the gospel, confident in the good news that continues to transform lives and communities. We remain rooted in the real challenges and opportunities facing the church today, listening carefully to leaders across cultures and contexts. And we stay rooted in the voices of the global church, ensuring that the Lausanne Movement reflects the diversity, wisdom, and faithfulness of believers around the world.
The years ahead will bring new questions, new opportunities, and new leaders stepping into God’s calling. Yet the goal remains unchanged: the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Matthew 28: 19-20