<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/fall-2024/they-had-experience-missed-meaning.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>They Had the Experience, but Missed the Meaning</title><excerpt>I had the privilege of attending the Lausanne 2024 Congress in Seoul, South Korea, as an invited delegate. During the last week of September, 5,000 delegates representing 220 countries and territories converged on Incheon City for a week of worship, teaching and efforts to understand this branch of the global church. Each day began with 30 minutes of worship, 30 minutes of teaching and 30 minutes of convening in groups of six to converse with delegates from a variety of countries and continents. My table included a South Korean oncologist turned Old Testament scholar, a Hong Kong business-woman, a Nigerian who operates a non-governmental organization (NGO), a delegate from Cypress who works with people migrating from North Africa to the European Union, and a woman who runs a non-profit in Lima, Peru, and Miami. What an amazing array of people gathered around the common cause of joining this part of God’s work in the world.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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        </image><caption/><description>LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTBY GAYLE D. BEEBE, PRESIDENT I had the privilege of attending the Lausanne 2024 Congress in Seoul, South...</description></item>