I now declare open the discussions of the Third Lausanne Congress

The Cape Town Congress began with wonderful South African Fan Fare. We were treated to a full symphony orchestra, with wonderful thematic music, a large choir, children singing and dancing, a historical video covering the sweep of Christian history to 1910, dramatic narratives of what God is doing in Latin America, Asian, and Africa, a warm welcome by the Chairman of the Congress, Henry Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda, and the words of Doug Birdsall, Executive Director of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, declaring “with these words I now declare open the discussions of the Third Lausanne Congress"

Now the work will begin. In a unique paradigm shift the meeting hall has been set up not as an auditorium but with hundreds of tables to accommodate six people each so that after each speaker we will be responding in discussion groups.