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Your Holiness Pope Francis
Dear Mosaisk Troessamfund
Dear Muslimsk Trossamfund
Dear Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmusssen
Dear Church Minister Bertel Haarder
Dear pastors, deans and bishops in Denmark
Dear Lausanne Movement
Dear Lisa Rom Boye og KFS
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Dear Evangelisk Alliance
Dear President of USA Barack Obama
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Dear President Candidate Donald Trump
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" But, how come the Church out there in the Nations of the world is growing explosively although it will be persecuted many places , while the European Churches merely are declining? " College Secretary Lisa Rom Boye asks.
Foto: Pressebillede - Lausanne Movement.
"As a Christian in the secular Europe it is difficult to relate to the challenges, these percecuted believers are faced with.
I believe, we must look out into the world and let ourselves inspire by them!" (gymnasiesekretær)College Secretary Lisa Rom Boye writes after a conference for young Christian Leaders.
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Recently I was attending a conference in Indonesia for young leaders from churches and Christian organizations. We were about 1,000 young people between 25 and 35 years from over 160 countries gathered to network, build partnerships, be inspired by the global church and look inward at our own roles as Christians and as leaders in the church of God.
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The theme of the conference was United in His Great Story (forenet i Hans fantastiske fortælling),and we were united in the same faith, but in a very diverse church.
The Lausanne Movement, which was behind the conference aims to bring together the evangelical part of the church, so it was, after all, not the entire spectrum of the approximately 38,000 different directions, as the 2.3 billion Christians found worldwide, spread across.
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Read also: What is the Lausanne movement?
In itselves it makes an impression to meet people from so many parts of the world, but one of the things that particularly moved me, was meeting with the persecuted church. There were speakers from the parts of the world where it is life threatening dangerous to be a Christian.
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An Iranian woman told how she walked in around the parks in Iran and spoke about God and how it had captured her into solitary confinement. A North Korean told how he had defied all security measures and sent a Bible to his family home in North Korea, since, according to him it was more important that they read it, than that they were safe.
Common to these two, and for them I otherwise met from Syria, China and Boko Haram-controlled areas in Nigeria, was that they did not feel sorry for themselves. They had an enviable joy at being Christians that left me speechless.
As a Christian in secular Europe it is difficult to relate to the challenges these persecuted Christians face for what are my challenges? I think sometimes, it can be difficult to talk about my faith, because I feel that people think I'm weird or old-fashioned, but I must not fear for my freedom or my life when I do it.
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Read also: Persecution of Christians through the ages
But why is it that the church out in the Nations of the world is growing explosively, although many places they are persecuted, while European churches more are declining?
Several speakers at the conference gave their take on this. According to the American Becky Pippert all is part of the "lack of faith of the Christians in the West."
The Christians in the West, have given up after years of effort and no longer believe that God is big enough to create a change in Europe.
The Indian-American theologian Ravi Zacharias pointed out that a challenge for our churches in the West today is that we have a generation that listens with our eyes and think with our emotions. The church can not just tell what it says in the Bible, the church must also live out the faith in the eyes of the outside world.
During the conference, I came to think of the book "As if God did not exist" by the Swedish theologian Magnus Malm. Here he argues that Christians in the West not only have stopped believing that God can make a difference, but also has begun to live as if God did not exist.
Read also: Persecution of Christians strengthens my faith
It creates a huge challenge for the church, if it is true that we have stopped believing that God can bring about a change, and if we have ceased to live as if God exists. For that is precisely what the church should be in a society that listens with eyes: we must live as if God exists.
I think we should look into the world and be inspired by those who live a life of joy that God exists and defies any percieved from outside , neglected, sound barriers, because there is something that is important.
I am back in Denmark again, and everyday life is about to land. Other delegates from the Conference have returned to completely different lives than mine. But they are praying for us in Europe. For they think it is us who have the big challenge.
Lisa Rome Boye's College secretary in the Christian Student Union. KFS
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The American preacher Billy Graham, who later became an adviser to several presidents, was urging in the 1960s, that all evangelicals undertook the task of bringing the Christian message to the world. This led to the Lausanne Pact in 1974 in Lausanne, as many churches in the world, including Denmark, have signed. Since there have been only held two world meetings in Manila in 1989 and Cape Town 2010.
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"Mødet med den forfulgte kirke gjorde stort indtryk på mig"
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LISA ROM BOYE, GYMNASIESEKRETÆR
2. september 2016 07:16
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Men hvorfor er det, at kirken ude i verden vokser eksplosivt, selvom den mange steder bliver forfulgt, mens de europæiske kirker nærmere går tilbage, spørger gymnasiesekretær Lisa Rom Boye.
Foto: Pressebillede - Lausanne Movement.
Som kristen i det sekulære Europa er det svært at forholde sig til de udfordringer, disse forfulgte kristne står overfor. Men jeg tror, vi skal se ud i verden og lade os inspirere af dem, skriver gymnasiesekretær Lisa Rom Boye efter en konference for unge kristne ledere
Jeg var for nyligt på en konference i Indonesien for unge ledere fra kirker og kristne organisationer. Vi var omkring 1000 unge mellem 25 og 35 år fra over 160 lande, der var samlet for at netværke, udbygge partnerskaber, blive inspireret af den globale kirke og kigge indad på vores egne roller som kristne og som ledere i Guds kirke.
Temaet for konferencen var United in His Great Story (oversat: forenet i Hans fantastiske fortælling), og vi var samlet om den samme tro, men i en meget broget kirke. Lausannebevægelsen, der stod bag konferencen, søger at samle den evangelikale del af kirken, så det var trods alt ikke hele spekteret af de omkring 38.000 forskellige retninger, som de 2,3 milliarder kristne, der findes på verdensplan, fordeler sig over.
Læs også: Hvad er Lausanne-bevægelsen?
Det gør i sig selv indtryk at møde folk fra så mange dele af verden, men noget af det, der særligt bevægede mig, var mødet med den forfulgte kirke. Der var talere fra de dele af verden, hvor det er livsfarligt at være kristen.
En iransk kvinde fortalte, hvordan hun gik rundt i parker i Iran og fortalte om Gud, og hvordan det tidligere havde fået hende isolationsfængslet. En nordkoreaner fortalte, hvordan han havde trodset alle sikkerhedsforanstaltninger og sendt en bibel til hans familie hjemme i Nordkorea, da det ifølge ham var vigtigere, at de læste den, end at de var sikre.
Fælles for disse to, og for dem jeg ellers mødte fra Syrien, Kina og Boko Haram-kontrollerede områder i Nigeria, var, at de ikke havde ondt af sig selv. De havde en misundelsesværdig glæde over at være kristne, som efterlod mig målløs.
Som kristen i det sekulære Europa er det svært at forholde sig til de udfordringer, disse forfulgte kristne står overfor, for hvad er mine udfordringer? Jeg synes nogle gange, det kan være svært at fortælle om min tro, fordi jeg føler, at folk synes jeg er sær eller gammeldags, men jeg skal hverken frygte for min frihed eller mit liv, når jeg gør det.
Læs også: Forfølgelser af kristne gennem tiderne
Men hvorfor er det, at kirken ude i verden vokser eksplosivt, selvom den mange steder bliver forfulgt, mens de europæiske kirker nærmere går tilbage? Flere talere på konferencen kom med deres bud på dette. Ifølge amerikaneren Becky Pippert handler en del af det om ”manglen på tro hos de kristne i Vesten”. De kristne i vesten har efter mange års forsøg givet op og tror ikke længere, at Gud er stor nok til at skabe en forandring i Europa.
Den indisk-amerikanske teolog Ravi Zacharias pointerede, at en udfordring for vores kirker i Vesten i dag er, at vi har en generation, der lytter med øjnene og tænker med følelserne. Kirken kan ikke nøjes med at fortælle, hvad der står i Bibelen, kirken må også udleve troen for øjnene af omverdenen.
Jeg kom under konferencen til at tænke på bogen ”Som om Gud ikke findes” af den svenske teolog Magnus Malm. Her argumenterer han for, at de kristne i vesten ikke blot er holdt op med at tro på, at Gud kan gøre en forskel, men også er begyndt at leve, som om Gud ikke findes.
Læs også: Forfølgelse af kristne styrker min tro
Det skaber en kæmpe udfordring for kirken, hvis det er sandt, at vi er holdt op med at tro på, at Gud kan skabe en forandring, og hvis vi er holdt op med at leve, som om Gud findes. For det er netop det, kirken skal i et samfund, der lytter med øjnene: Vi skal leve, som om Gud findes. Jeg tror, vi skal se ud i verden og lade os inspirere af dem, der lever et liv i glæde over, at Gud findes, og som trodser alle, udefra sete, fornuftige barrierer, fordi der er noget, der er vigtigere.
Jeg er tilbage i Danmark igen, og hverdagen er ved at lande. Andre fra konferencen er vendt tilbage til en helt anden hverdag end min. Men de beder for os i Europa. For de synes, det er os, der har den store udfordring.
Lisa Rom Boye er gymnasiesekretær i Kristeligt Forbund for Studerende.
LAUSANNE-BEVÆGELSEN
Den amerikanske vækkelsesprædikant Billy Graham, som senere blev rådgiver for flere præsidenter, opfordrede i 1960?erne til, at alle evangelikale påtog sig opgaven med at bringe kristendommens budskab ud til verden. Det førte til Lausanne-pagten i 1974 i Lausanne, som mange kirker i verden, også i Danmark, har underskrevet. Siden har der kun været holdt to verdensmøder, i Manila i 1989 og i Cape Town 2010.
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