Confession

A Confession from the Seoul Statement

Despite our claim to be followers of our crucified Lord . . .

Harry K. Zeiders

14 Feb 2025 — 1 min read

lausanne.org/statement/the-seoul-statement

Here's a 126-word adapted excerpt from Section V of The Seoul Statement from the Fourth Lausanne Congress convened in Korea in 2024 (lausanne.org/statement/the-seoul-statement) which can serve as a confession of sin for worship:

Despite our claim to be followers of our crucified Lord:

We have often failed to live in keeping with the holy pattern of life he gave to us, and to teach others to do the same.

The result has been a steady stream of reports: of financial mismanagement, of sexual misconduct and abuse, of abuse of power among leaders, of efforts to cover-up these failures, while ignoring the pain of those who have suffered because of them, and of spiritual anaemia and immaturity in evangelical churches around the world.

We grieve these failings.

We lament our sin.

We humbly repent, and confess our profound need for the ongoing grace of the gospel: to produce in us the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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