The conference is noted for producing the Manila Manifesto, a renewed and expanded commitment to the Lausanne Covenant, an influential document in modern Evangelical Christianity.
[1] It was here that the Christian mission strategist Luis Bush first highlighted the need for a major focus of evangelism in the "Resistant Belt", covering the middle of the eastern hemisphere.
Further research in mid-1990s led to the 10/40 Window concept, which contrasts the major needs and few resources devoted to this part of the world.
[2] The congress was attended by 3,586 people[3] and included delegates from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe as well as women and laity.
The third Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization was held in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2010.