One of those responsible for leading the younger leaders movement within Lausanne, Michael Oh, wrote this afterward:<\/p>\n
During the reception for younger leaders, where we had close to 1,000 in attendance, I mentioned that many had been asking about the future of Lausanne and the future of the global Church. So I asked the young people gathered there to look around the room and into each other\u2019s eyes. And I said to them, \u201cWelcome to the future.\u201d\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jesus showed up with a message. My job at the congress, which nobody envied but everybody was keen to encourage, was to chair the Statement Working Group.<\/p>\n
We were tasked to listen for the voice of the Lord coming through the deluge of voices in all the plenaries and groups, and a deluge it was. It was like trying to catch Niagara Falls in a bucket. We hope to release the full Cape Town Commitment, Parts 1 and 2, in January 2011.<\/p>\n
But what struck me towards the end was how often we had heard two themes coming through again and again \u201d\u201d the same voice, saying the same things: \u201cMake disciples\u201d\u009d (don\u2019t just count decisions to believe in me) and \u201cLove one another\u201d\u009d (and stop chopping up my body among you with your brands and labels, your ignorance and arrogance). And I thought to myself: \u201cTwo thousand years ago an Ethiopian met Jesus and brought him to the top end of Africa, through the scroll of Isaiah interpreted by Philip. How wonderful that two thousand years later our Lord is meeting us at the bottom end of Africa and giving us the same fundamental message.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n