Want to follow Lausanne’s 3rd global congress, Cape Town 2010?? It’s easy. You have several options. The easiest of all is just to keep your ear close to Brigada. We’ll be reporting ‘live’ from onsite, bringing you the front page *and* the BackPage from Cape Town. Find out what Lausanne might mean for your own work.

But you can also monitor in other ways as well. Read the conversations, which have been going on for 18 months or so, at…

http://conversation.lausanne.org/en

(Tip: Set the language to match your favorite.)

Check out the key topics, all of which correspond to key topics that will be examined in South Africa:

Children & Youth

Diaspora

Environment

Ethnicity

Forming Leaders

Globalization

Human Future

Marketplace Ministry

Media & Technology

Orality

Partnership

Children & Youth

Diaspora

Environment

Ethnicity

Forming Leaders

Globalization

Human Future

Marketplace Ministry

Media & Technology

Orality

Partnership

Personal Witness

Poverty & Wealth

Prosperity Gospel

Resource Stewardship

Scripture in Mission

Truth & Pluralism

Unreached People Groups

Urban Mission

Women & Men

World Faiths

Talk about breadth of coverage! How will we report on it all? There’s no way. So … you can also *attend*! Just browse to..

http://www.lausanne.org/cape-town-2010/globalink.html

There, find a remote site beaming in Lausanne near you! For example, if you’re in Louisville, check with Team Expansion. Their remote site at Emerald Hills is, I believe, the exclusive Lausanne remote site for the entire Greater Louisville Area. But, you better act fast. (For example, Greater Louisville has approximately 2 million people. You don’t want to be the 2-millionth person to call now, do you!?) Each site might have its own set-up to limit the number of participants to a manageable number.

If you’re thinking about trying to go in person, and you’re just getting started, that might be a dodgy way to attend. The invitation process started years ago, literally, and I believe every seat is spoken for. (For example, I’m told the USA delegation was manually limited to 250 people out of the total of 4400 participants, on purpose, so the world’s voice could be heard from over 200 countries — rather than just a bunch of noisy USA delegates. :-) )

So fasten your seat belts and get ready for Lausanne 2010. To learn more about Lausanne, see their website at…

http://www.lausanne.org/