GDI convenes in person, at Wheaton College, and via online gatherings of Diaspora pastors and ministry leaders across North America on a regular basis.
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The Lausanne Movement has adopted ‘Diasporas’ as a major strategic focus area for the global church at its Cape Town Congress in South Africa in 2010, akin to other strategic focus areas such as Unreached People Group (UPG), 10/40 Window, Cities, and Orality at the prior global gatherings
The Global Diaspora Institute was established in March 2019 at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Centre in partnership with the Global Diaspora Network of the Lausanne Movement.
America is an immigrant nation, and every wave of immigration has brought distinctive groups of Christians from different shores of the world.We are all either migrants or descendants of migrants.
Dr. Sam George
Established in 1980, the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center stands as a global hub for evangelism and mission training. With a commitment to develop and mobilize Christ-followers for individual and corporate witness, the center boasts nine specialized institutes dedicated to research, teaching, and fostering a world where every believer actively makes Jesus Christ known.