The Lausanne Movement has released its Global Voices Report, compiled by Lausanne’s new LIGHT department (Lausanne Insights for Global Horizons and Trends), a wide-ranging snapshot of how Christian leaders see the state of the Church and the future of mission.
The Global Voices survey was born from a desire to listen. In an era marked by rapid change, cultural complexity, and growing global interconnectedness, mission leaders around the world face new challenges and new opportunities. The church must navigate questions of faithfulness, relevance, and effectiveness in a shifting landscape—and to do so, it must begin by listening to those closest to the work. Launched as part of the Lausanne Movement’s broader efforts to accelerate the fulfillment of the Great Commission, Global Voices gathered insights from 1,030 mission leaders across 119 countries between June and July 2025. Respondents represented a wide array of regions, generations, and ministry contexts—including pastors, marketplace professionals, theologians, educators, and creative leaders. Rather than speaking from the top down, this initiative sought to hear from the grassroots: what leaders are seeing, sensing, and hoping for in the global church today.
https://lausanne.org/research/global-voices/october-2025
Leaders around the world pointed to a common set of driving forces that they believe will most strongly influence the future of global mission. Together, these five catalysts – collaboration, discipleship, digital innovation, marketplace ministry, & youth engagement – reflect a shared vision for a church that is younger, more connected, & more holistic in its witness to Christ.
Young people are discipled by YouTube more than by pastors. The Church must step into that gap … If we fail to disciple Gen Z, we lose the future of the Church … Digital space is the new village square – where people gather, argue, laugh, and learn … If the church is absent there, then it is absent from where life is actually happening.