Lausanne Theologians Explain Seoul Statement that Surprised Congress Delegates

The Lausanne Movement’s decision to release a 97-point, 13,000-word theological statement on the inaugural day of its fourth world congress has sparked a week of debate and conversation. The seven-part treatise, which stated theological positions on the gospel, the Bible, the church, the “human person,” discipleship, the “family of nations,” and technology, went live online shortly before the event kicked off on Sunday night. The Seoul Statement “was designed to fill in some gaps, to be a