The social and missiological legacy of the Evangelical Lausanne Covenant, 1974

Abstract

In the paper, the results of the documentary research are presented to analyze social and missiological heritage enclosed in the Lausanne Covenant, developed as a result in the World Meeting of Evangelization held in Lausanne in Year 1974; likewise, they are intended to place the most appropriate aspects that allow us understand the origin of the pact and assess their significance to the Salvadoran context. The research included an analysis of basic texts caused in the World Meeting Evangelization, primarily the main statement and comments made together by John Stott, the English theologian and also the chairman of the Editorial Committee. It was also taken into secondary documentary account information that there are attempts to understand the motivations and context of the Lausanne Covenant. Among the main findings is the fact that there are many negative literary commenting events generated around the meeting; but on the other hand, one can also say that there is a clear connection between what became known as the new evangelicalism (derived from Lausanne movement in Latin America) known as Integral Mission. It is concluded that the social heritage ‘Pact Lausanne’ is relevant to the Salvadoran evangelical context, which should endorse its reading and study to avoid human needs an itinerant mission.

Revista ciencia, cultura y sociedad Vol. 3 No. 1 enero-junio 2016, pp.59-70