Conferences, Consultations and Initiatives

World Congress on Evangelism, Berlin

World Congress on Evangelism, Berlin

The Edinburgh Conference of 1910 produced a strong unified voice around the notion of World Evangelisation. This was fostered for several decades by the International Missionary Council that grew out of that gathering. In 1948 the World Council of Churches was formed...

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South African Congress on Mission and Evangelism

South African Congress on Mission and Evangelism

“... Eight hundred people of virtually every racial, theological and ecclesiastical variety found in Southern Africa, together with visitors from East Africa, Europe and North America, confronted each other and ended up discovering one another as members of the One...

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Science and Faith Summits

Science and Faith Summits

In April/May 2015 Michael Cassidy and African Enterprise were asked by physicist and African Enterprise Ministry Associate, Dr Philip Calcott, to host a series of three summits on the issues of science and faith. These involved five world-calibre Christian scientists...

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Project Ukuthula

Project Ukuthula

In 1996 Project “Ukuthula” (Zulu for “Peace”) was launched. Michael Cassidy, Bishop Matthew Makhaye and Bishop Mmutlanyane Mogoba worked with Nelson Mandela towards a peaceful Provincial Election in KwaZulu-Natal, during a time when 20 people a day in KwaZulu-Natal...

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Newick Park Initiative

Beginning in July 1988 a programme called the Newick Park Initiative was launched in Cambridge, England, by Dr Michael Schluter, Director of the Jubilee Centre, to bring together key players from different places, especially South Africa, to make a contribution of...

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Lausanne III, Cape Town 2010

Lausanne III, Cape Town 2010

Cape Town 2010, which took place from 17 - 24 October 2010, has been called the most representative gathering of Christian leaders in the 2000 year history of the Christian movement (Christianity Today). 4,000 Christian leaders from 198 countries attended the Congress...

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Lausanne II, Manila 1989

View search results from the Digital Archive Lausanne Movement Lausanne II: International Congress on World Evangelization Listen to: What We Believe (Reflections on Lausanne Covenant II), Michael Cassidy Listen to: “Sacrifice and Commitment” at Lausanne...

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Kolobe Lodge Dialogue Weekends

Kolobe Lodge Dialogue Weekends

In late 1992 and throughout 1993 African Enterprise embarked on the enormously significant Kolobe Lodge Dialogue Weekend meetings for some 96 politicians in South Africa from the far left to the far right. As the guests began to spend time together and share their...

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Jesus Peace Rally

Jesus Peace Rally

Two weeks before South Africa’s first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, the mediation process between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) crumbled. Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, who was leading the talks, said...

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From Africa With Love

From Africa With Love

In August 1992, the thirtieth anniversary of the first African Enterprise citywide mission, a celebratory week was held in Pietermaritzburg for the whole partnership called “Harambee ‘92”. A number of team members from all over Africa were invited to share in this...

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Bonginkosi

Bonginkosi

Bonginkosi (Zulu for “Praise the Lord”), a ministry started by Daphne Tshabalala (head-mistress of Nich­ols Primary School, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, and later African Enterprise board member) and Barbara Davies (African Enterprise team member), became part of...

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