Lausanne Youth Hear Evangelicalism Fastest Growing Religious Movement

Young Christian leaders from around the world listened to a mission expert present about the rapid growth of evangelicalism, especially in the global South, at a Lausanne gathering in Malaysia this week.

Jason Mandryck - co-author of the mission prayer guide Operation World - presented on the status of the Christian faith around the world Tuesday during the plenary session "State of the Gospel" at the Younger Leaders Gathering.

Nearly 500 young leaders from over 110 countries have gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for six days, Sept. 24-30, for Christ-centred leadership development. The Younger Leaders Gathering is a ministry of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation where emerging leaders in churches, ministries and the marketplace ages 25-35 convene to learn new leadership skills, strengthen their spiritual life, and form networks with other young Christian leaders around the world.

Mandryck, as part of the session's feature presentation, pointed out that although Christianity has barely kept pace with world population growth over the last century, evangelicalism is "far and away the fastest growing major religious movement in the world today," as reported by Lausanne.

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