Timothy Goropevsek

Executive Editor

Timothy Goropevsek has been part of the steering committee for CDI and became its Executive Editor on July 7, 2023. He previously served as the Chief Communications Officer of the World Evangelical Alliance for more than eleven years. Originally from Switzerland, he studied theology and journalism at Olivet University in the United States and is currently completing his PhD in Global Theology with a focus on effective media engagement. He has written articles that have been published in Christian newspapers and magazines in Europe and the United States and has authored a book chapter titled “The Cultural Mountain of Media: A Global Strategy to Turn the Tide” for Half-way Up the Mountain: Restoring God’s Purpose in this Chaotic World. He also serves as Chief Communications Officer for the World Evangelical Center.

Articles by Timothy Goropevsek

2 months ago

Asia 2 months ago

In welcome address, Co-Chair of Lausanne 4 Congress Rev. Jae-Hoon Lee expresses hope for peace, healing & transformation

By Timothy Goropevsek

Welcoming some 5,000 participants of the Fourth Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization to Incheon, Korea, Rev. Jae-Hoon Lee, Senior Pastor of Onnuri Church and Co-Chair of the Congress expressed his hope that the event would lead to healing and change in a broken world. He also highlighted the historical meaning of hosting the event in a nation that had witnessed a remarkable transformation since the revival it experienced in the beginning of the 1900s.
2 months ago

Asia 2 months ago

Lausanne releases Seoul Statement at beginning of Congress to inform & inspire participants' interactive deliberations

By Timothy Goropevsek

The Lausanne Movement has released the Seoul Statement as the Fourth Global Congress on World Evangelism (Lausanne 4) kicked off in Incheon, Korea on September 22. Unlike its predecessors that were published following the event, the statement is meant to inform and inspire participants’ deliberations throughout the gathering rather than summarize what was discussed, according to Program Director David Bennett.
2 months ago

Asia 2 months ago

‘Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together’: Lausanne 4 kicks off in Incheon, Korea

By Timothy Goropevsek

On September 22, the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne 4) opened in Incheon, Korea bringing together some 5,000 participants from nearly every nation in the world, with as many expected to join the virtual experience online.
2 months ago

Latin America 2 months ago

‘Keep the gate open’: A Latin American leader’s hopes and expectations towards Lausanne IV

By Timothy Goropevsek

“Will there be room for new voices, will there be space for surprise?” asked Valdir Steuernagel in a speech he gave at a meeting of Latin American leaders in the lead up to Lausanne’s Fourth Global Congress (Lausanne IV) in Seoul, Korea that begins this Sunday, September 22. Calling for a renewed affirmation of the evangelical identity and encouraging new conversations involving evangelical leaders from every part of the world, Steuernagel traced the history of the movement back to its beginning
2 months ago

Middle East 2 months ago

Amid ongoing war in Gaza, evangelicals from Israel, Palestine, Jordan & Lebanon meet in Amman, seeking unity with prayers & tears

By Timothy Goropevsek

In the first week of September, more than one hundred evangelical Christians from Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan came together for three days in Amman under the theme “That They May Be One”. Hosted by the Alliance of Evangelical Councils in Jordan and the Holy Land, the extraordinary meeting was overshadowed by the ongoing war in Gaza, the mourning for fellow Christians killed in the conflict and the struggle with the reality that many in the global Church
3 months ago

Asia 3 months ago

Time to repent, focus on younger leaders & family discipleship to avert church decline, Asian leaders say

By Timothy Goropevsek

“Everything that is not growing will slowly decay,” says Dr Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA), as he highlights the challenges facing the Church in Asia today. Following AEA’s 11th General Assembly in Mongolia, Budijanto and other Asian leaders have now published their reflections on what they see as the only way forward: repentance, focusing on discipleship within families and truly empowering younger leaders to participate in God’s mission.
3 months ago

US & Canada 3 months ago

Enough of the church scandals: let’s talk about our hidden secrets & find true freedom, it’s easy, REAL TALK founder says

By Timothy Goropevsek

As scandal after scandal rocks churches and ministries across the world, a newly launched program aims to address the root of the issue: the unspoken secrets of abuse and trauma. Virtually everyone has experienced some form of it. And as they are buried in silence, the inner brokenness continues from generation to generation, even within the church. But, says the creator of REAL TALK, the solution is simple, it is biblical, and it is not scary. It is even fun!
6 months ago

Europe 6 months ago

The British Church should fix “mega mistake”, again send more young people cross culturally, former IFES, Lausanne head says

By Timothy Goropevsek

In a recent conversation with Christian Daily International, Lindsay Brown spoke about new dynamics in global missions. While primarily talking about the Global South mission leaders’ desire to partner with the Global North, the former head of IFES and the Lausanne Movement also touched on the current situation in his native Britain and called out what he believes to be a wrong missional approach. “It has been a mega mistake to challenge so many young, gifted Anglicans to stay within England and
6 months ago

Asia Europe 6 months ago

Global North should respond “yes” to Global South leaders who put their hand out for partnership, says Lindsay Brown

By Timothy Goropevsek

When a delegation of Korean mission leaders spoke at the recent European Leadership Forum in Wisla, Poland about their desire to seek collaboration between Korean missionaries and European churches, it was just the most recent development in a new movement toward unity and partnership between the Global South and the Global North that began to emerge last year. CDI invited Lindsay Brown to comment on what is taking place from a Western perspective.
6 months ago

Asia Europe Latin America 6 months ago

Newly formed Majority World mission coalition invites global Church to discuss new paradigm focused on unity and partnership

By Timothy Goropevsek

In recognition of a new era in global missions with greater participation by the Global South, a recently formed group of mission, church and market-place leaders from Asia and Latin America issued a communique with recommendations for mission practice for the Majority World. Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 1-3, 2024, the group emphasizes the importance of unity and partnership in missions and hopes the recommendations would start off conversations in the global Church.
6 months ago

Asia Europe 6 months ago

Korean mission delegation at ELF2024 seeks dialogue, collaboration between Korean missionaries and European churches

By Timothy Goropevsek

A high-level delegation of Korean mission leaders spoke at the European Leadership Forum (ELF) 2024 in Wisla, Poland held from May 25-30, about their desire to see dialogue and collaboration between Korean missionaries and the local churches in Europe. Leading a session titled How Can the European Church and the Korean Church Work Together?, three Korean leaders shared about principles and some initial recommendations “how the 2,000 Korean missionaries serving in Europe and the European Church c
6 months ago

Europe 6 months ago

European Leadership Forum kicks off in Poland, highlights need for Biblical attitude in post-Christian culture

By Timothy Goropevsek

The European Leadership Forum (ELF) 2024 has kicked off with more than 800 Christian leaders from all over the continent meeting from May 25-30 in Wisla, Poland. Keynote speaker during the opening session was Australian author, professor, and historian John Dickson who talked about the attitude that Christian leaders should espouse in the post-Christian culture that is prevalent in Europe today.

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Articles by Timothy Goropevsek

In welcome address, Co-Chair of Lausanne 4 Congress Rev. Jae-Hoon Lee expresses hope for peace, healing & transformation

Lausanne releases Seoul Statement at beginning of Congress to inform & inspire participants' interactive deliberations

‘Let the Church Declare and Display Christ Together’: Lausanne 4 kicks off in Incheon, Korea

‘Keep the gate open’: A Latin American leader’s hopes and expectations towards Lausanne IV

Amid ongoing war in Gaza, evangelicals from Israel, Palestine, Jordan & Lebanon meet in Amman, seeking unity with prayers & tears

Time to repent, focus on younger leaders & family discipleship to avert church decline, Asian leaders say

Enough of the church scandals: let’s talk about our hidden secrets & find true freedom, it’s easy, REAL TALK founder says

The British Church should fix “mega mistake”, again send more young people cross culturally, former IFES, Lausanne head says

Global North should respond “yes” to Global South leaders who put their hand out for partnership, says Lindsay Brown

Newly formed Majority World mission coalition invites global Church to discuss new paradigm focused on unity and partnership

Korean mission delegation at ELF2024 seeks dialogue, collaboration between Korean missionaries and European churches

European Leadership Forum kicks off in Poland, highlights need for Biblical attitude in post-Christian culture

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