Confronting our Idols | Cape Town 2010

What if the greatest obstacle to Global Mission isn’t persecution, secularism, or other religions—but the people of God themselves?

In this prophetic message from the Third Lausanne Congress in Cape Town (2010), Dr. Chris Wright delivers a prophetic call to the global Church. Drawing from the sweeping narrative of Scripture, he argues that the greatest hindrance to God’s redemptive mission is not external resistance but internal idolatry among God’s own people. He names three seductive idols—power and pride, popularity and success, and wealth and greed—and calls the Church to radical repentance marked by humility, integrity, and simplicity.

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Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright

Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright is a missiologist, Anglican clergyman, theologian, and one of the leading evangelical voices on the theology of mission and Scripture. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament economic ethics from Cambridge University and has served in global theological education and leadership, including teaching at Union Biblical Seminary in India and serving as principal of All Nations Christian College in the UK. Dr. Wright currently serves as the Global Ambassador and Ministry Director of the Langham Partnership International, an organization dedicated to strengthening the global church through leadership development, biblical preaching training, literature, and scholarships. He has written extensively on biblical theology and mission, with notable works such as The Mission of God and Old Testament Ethics for the People of God. Within the Lausanne Movement, he was the chair of the Theology Working Group and played a pivotal role in the development of the Cape Town Commitment at the Third Lausanne Congress in 2010.