Nothing New Under the Sun? Missiological (Miss-)Encounters at Lausanne 4

Under the theme “Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together,” Lausanne 4 in Incheon, South Korea, gathered over 5,000 evangelical Christians from around the world. Regrettably, in spite of the ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity present, the concentration on “managerial missiology” to the detriment of other missiological strands meant that opportunities were lost for the polyphonic potential to be realized in nourishing integral Gospel witness.