Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010 - At the urging of evangelical leaders worldwide, the Lausanne Movement, with the participation of the World Evangelical Alliance, will host the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010. Cape Town 2010 will provide a global forum "before, during and after the Congress" in which leaders from around the world will explore issues facing the Church and God´s world.

Edinburgh 1910 highlighted a Western and Protestant view of and plans for mission in the Global South or the Majority World, to a very large extent without the participation of the Global South. One hundred years later the churches in Norway are going to 'turn the tables' and invite the South to evaluate the Norwegian churches and mission, giving Norwegian Christians stimuli and challenges for the way ahead.

This conference, organised by Churches Together in England, marks the centenary of the World Missionary Conference, often understood as the beginning of the modern ecumenical movement.

A coalition of missionaries and mission related personnel, primarily United Methodists with a passion for God’s mission, are organising an event at the Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, Tennessee on 15-17 October 2010. The planning committee consists of leaders of the missionary organizations, professors of mission and representatives of mission boards and Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the historic site for training missionaries and Christian education workers.

Professor Robert gives the keynote address at Edinburgh 2010, the centenary of the World Missionary Conference that spawned the World Council of Churches and the global ecumenical movement. Prof. Robert will share her thoughts on the many ways that things have changed and what is hoped for in the next 100 years. Registration is $40, which covers the cost of lunch and one continuing education unit (CEU). This event is held in conjunction with the Boston 2010 Student Conference.

Seminary students and faculty from all over the world, but particularly as based in the schools of theology, seminaries and university divinity schools of the Greater Boston (USA) area, will hold a conference sponsored by the Boston Theological Institute (BTI), the consortium of such schools. (A similar meeting was held in 1910 in Boston shortly after the one in Edinburgh.) The BTI envisions a conference that will come toward the end of 2010, offering a summation and analysis of the previous Edinburgh Conferences.