From global managing editor Morgan Lee: This Sunday kicks off the 50th anniversary of a global evangelism gathering known as the Lausanne Congress, first organized in 1974 by Billy Graham and John Stott in Lausanne, Switzerland. The congress next week will convene 5,000 Christians from around the world in Incheon, South Korea.

I will be attending this gathering along with several other CT colleagues. I’ll be sharing some highlights of the conference on Instagram, and if you’re at the congress, reach out: mlee@christianitytoday.com. It’d be great if we could connect. 

In the meantime, our reporters have highlighted the work of Lausanne in pieces running up to the congress this past week. I’d recommend reading Angela Lu Fulton’s piece about the dream and reality of activating hundreds of thousands of overseas Filipino workers as missionaries and Isabel Ong’s report on South Korea’s surprising—and unsustainable—missions success. We also have put together a video on what a global survey told us about the biggest needs in evangelism. I’m so impressed with the depth of these reports, and each piece has some important food for thought for all of us who care about helping the world meet Jesus.