Monday, November 1, 2010

Lessons from Lausanne

from Kevin DeYoung

Mike Milton is a PCA minister and the Chancellor-elect for Reformed Theological Seminary. Over at his blog he’s giving updates from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa. The stories and reflections are worth reading.

There is one particularly moving story about a young Korean woman’s testimony that left the delegates in tears. The upshot:

Then, her voice began to crack just a bit. A lump appeared in my throat. She paused and continued, “Please pray for my people. Please pray for North Korea that they will hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ…” and her words finally gave way to sobs. The audience intuitively stood and applauded. We applauded not only for this courageous girl, but for the work of God in her and through her. She had been through unimaginable horror. Yet she is giving her life to return to identify with her people.

Pray for the hard places and the hidden people in this world. And pray for Lausanne as it meets through the rest of this week.

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