Those attending the Congress will be made up of delegates, administration and volunteers who will help to make the Congress flow smoothly. Each morning the main hall will be filled with groups of 6 sitting around 700 tables as they listen to the book of Ephesians being opened up by global expositors such as Ajith Fernando, Ruth Padilla DeBorst and John Piper.
Following the Bible Exposition topics concerning the Whole Gospel, The Whole Church and the Whole world will be explored, again being led by such luminaries as Os Guinness, Carver Yu, Fermi Adeleye, Chris Wright, Tim Keller, Nicky Gumbel to name just a few. Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda will welcome delegates to the Congress on behalf of all Christians in Africa.
Each country of the world was allocated a set number of delegates from a formula based on the number of evangelicals living and working in that country. The South Pacific region consisting of 29 nations will be represented by 150 delegates. Whilst scholarships have been made available to assist people from the majority world to attend it has been difficult to find the right evangelical leaders from every country. A number of delegates have had to drop out at the last minute due to issues arising in ministries where they are the leader.
Daniel Willis, who serves as the International Deputy Director for the Lausanne Movement says, "I am excited about the calibre of person who has been selected to attend the Congress. Over 60% of our delegates are under 50 and 33% are female. It has been hard work to achieve this and what it has done is given me confidence in the future of the church in. I've met most of the Australian delegates, some serving the Gospel cause well over their lifetime others stepping up to be the leaders of the future. These delegates will make a significant contribution to the overall Congress.
For those who have not been selected to attend the Congress there are a number of ways to participate. The Global Conversation has been going on for at least the past year with papers being released each month and being carried by major Christian publications.. Anyone can access these through www.capetown2010.com. Over 600 GlobaLink sites have been registered with anticipated attendance of over 100,000.
These sites will take feeds from the Congress and allow participants to engage with the discussion, feeding the results of their discussion back to the Congress.
In 2011 and beyond there will be conferences and seminars held in all regions to discuss the outcomes of the Congress and contextualising these global discussions for local outcomes.