S. Douglas Birdsall is an American pastor who is the honorary chairman of the Lausanne Movement, a global network of Christians launched in 1974.
Drawing over 4,000 participants from 198 countries and from a wide variety of denominations, Cape Town 2010 was the most diverse gathering of Christians in history.
Birdsall re-organized the agency to focus on developing Christian leaders, and led its expansion throughout Asia and name change to Asian Access.
In 2013 Wheaton College named Birdsall alumnus of the year for distinguished service to society.
He was raised in Peoria, Illinois, where his father Roger Birdsall was a United Brethren pastor.