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• Equipping Students in Argentina

  By David Hoffman, vice president, John Stott Ministries Students at seminaries and Bible colleges in Argentina and across Latin America face a common problem: the cost of textbooks and study materials, an expense that could mean the difference between finishing a study program and abandoning their studies. Langham Literature is doing its part with programs that [...]

• LABC Team Goes to Work in Oxford

  The editors and coordinators of the Latin American Bible Commentary (LABC) project met November 3-6 in Oxford, England for a bi-annual meeting. After a time of prayer and thanksgiving, René Padilla (general editor), Milton Acosta (editor - OT), Rosalee Velloso Ewell (editor - NT), Ian Darke (project coordinator), and Pieter Kwant (LPI representative) spent three [...]

• ‘The Gunfire Cleared the Brain’: Langham Preaching in Goma

  By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching This is a brief account of the Langham Preaching training programme in Goma, the centre of unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as told by Muhindo Isesomo (Langham Preaching country coordinator), and two Langham facilitators, Gordon Woolard and Mike McGowan. Once a year, the Langham [...]

• Kiswahili ABC Enters Editing Phase

  Langham Literature continues to be thankful for the success of the Africa Bible Commentary and its incredible impact on the support for pastors in Africa. Several translations are expected; currently underway is the Kiswahili translation, a language spoken in more than 10 countries with as many as 10 million speakers. Langham Literature’s partner on the [...]

• A Lifeline for China

  by Helen Goody communications manager, John Stott Ministries About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is this indigenous [...]

• A Lifeline for China

  by Helen Goody communications manager, John Stott Ministries About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is this indigenous [...]

• New Graduate Library Opens in Sri Lanka

  By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching Travelling in a three-wheel tuktuk across the city of Colombo (my guidebook warned me of ‘the anarchic driving conditions’ on Sri Lanka’s roads), it was a relief to arrive at the Centre for Graduate Studies, a bright and welcoming building in the centre of the city. Part of [...]

• ‘For Such a Time as This’

  By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching Amidst growing news of the persecution of thousands of Christians across northern India, a small group of Christian leaders met in Delhi last week to explore ways of coordinating their efforts in the training of pastors and lay preachers. Across northern India there are remarkable signs of church [...]

• Process not Event: Growing Fellowships of Bible Preachers

  By Jonathan Lamb International Programme Director of Langham Preaching Kenyan Preachers’ Club with Mercy Ireri We all agree that a church is more than its services, a family more than its meal times. And since it began six years ago, Langham Preaching has sought to encourage ‘fellowships’ rather than just run events. In several countries there is gradually [...]

• Process not Event: Growing Fellowships of Bible Preachers

  By Jonathan Lamb International Programme Director of Langham Preaching Kenyan Preachers’ Club with Mercy Ireri We all agree that a church is more than its services, a family more than its meal times. And since it began six years ago, Langham Preaching has sought to encourage ‘fellowships’ rather than just run events. In several countries there is gradually [...]

• The Word on Wheels

  Preaching training and pastoral ministry in the DRC By Jonathan Lamb International Programme Director of Langham Preaching Blood River is a best-selling title by Tim Butcher that tells the story of his remarkable journey across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – on the back of a motorbike. He followed the footsteps of Stanley, who first charted its [...]

• Strengthening Churches Amongst South American Tribes

  by Jonathan Lamb Igor Amestegui conducts Level 4 training with Quechuan pastors International Programme Director, Langham Preaching Many of us would have learnt about the Incas when we were at school – an ancient and highly civilized empire in South America. But maybe we are not so familiar with the Quechuas, a group of indigenous South American tribes who [...]

• An Interview with John Azumah

  by Dave Hoffman Inside-Out Evangelical Conference Long Beach, California Aug 15, 2008 John Azumah is the first Langham writer sponsored by the Langham Literature program to publish under the Hippo Books press. While in California speaking at the 2008 Inside-Out Conference held by Presbyterian Global Fellowship, John talked with Dave Hoffman, vice president of John Stott Ministries, about his [...]

• Langham Preaching Updates

  by Jonathan Lamb, director of Langham Preaching August 2008 We’ve been busy! Take a look at how the world is changing this year through some of Langham Preaching’s recent training sessions. Langham Preaching makes waves in the Pacific Following the launch of Langham Preaching in Vanuatu – the first step in the development of the work in [...]

• One World, One Dream

  Are we ready for the Olympics extravaganza? by Victor Sun, General Secretary, Langham Foundation-Hong Kong 8 August 2008 Are we ready for the Olympics extravaganza? We in Hong Kong are eagerly waiting for the opening ceremonies on 8th August at 8:08 pm, when the spectacular 17 days of competition begins. The Chinese government is doing everything possible to [...]

• New Project Launches in Southeast Asia

  by Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching Chiang Mai Seminars on Biblical Preaching In many parts of Asia, the church is growing rapidly. But there are also countries where the challenges to Christian witness and to church growth are substantial. Countries of the ‘Mekong’ – such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam – have small Christian [...]

• Habakkuk in Zimbabwe

  We’re hungry, angry, and depending on a sovereign God. July 24, 2008 (from ChristianityToday.com) One Langham scholar comments on the hope of God’s sovereignty amid political unrest: How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me [...]

• Merger brings good news for Majority World churches

  Langham Partnership and the Eastern Europe Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) have agreed to a merger that will allow the aims of both charities to be enhanced. EELAC has had a 30 year track record of developing indigenous Christian publishing houses in Central and Eastern Europe. The merger with Langham Partnership will internationalise this [...]

• Merger brings good news for majority world churches

  Langham Partnership and the Eastern Europe Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) have agreed to a merger that will allow the aims of both charities to be enhanced.  EELAC has had a 30 year track record of developing indigenous Christian publishing houses in Central and Eastern Europe.  The merger with Langham Partnership will internationalise this ministry, enhancing [...]

• Langham Preaching in Ghana Reaches Out

  by Ian Buchanan, Executive Director, Langham Partnership United Kingdom/Ireland Preaching that is good to taste, easier to create and spreads even further In June 2008 at a Langham Preaching event in Ghana known as NEPS (National Expository Preaching Seminar), Ian Buchanan was able to spend time with three leaders who had applied what they had learnt at [...]

• Langham Scholar Launches New Book for Arab Christians

  by Helen Turnbull Goody 26 June 2008 The National Evangelical Church of Beirut has deep roots in Lebanon, first established in 1848 and later creating the first evangelical Arabic-speaking congregation in the Middle East. It has a long history of serving as a center for publishing and other communication among Arab Christians. In June, the tradition of [...]

• Recommendations for Why Don’t We Read the Book That Christ Read?

  Towards a Better Understanding of the Old Testament (Beirut: Clarion Publishing House, 2008). Recommendations “I have known the author since his childhood playing with our children and we loved him like them. He is now a colleague in the ministry; dedicating his life to serve Christ, the church, and people. I read the manuscript of this [...]

• Kwame Bediako: A Legacy for Ghana and the Global Church

  by Chris Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership International Kwame Bediako passed away this week. Langham Literature Director Pieter Kwant and I had the opportunity to visit him at the Global Church Tour in Grand Rapids in April, where he and his wife were spending some sabbatical time at Calvin College. Mark Hunt, Langham Partnership International’s [...]

• Growing Up for God’s Sake

  On May 31, 2008, some 1300 people gathered in the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC) in Aberdeen, Scotland, for Souled Out, an organisation designed to engage Christians through dynamic, large-scale worship events. Chris Wright, International Director of the Langham Partnership International, spoke to attendees about the need to grow in Christian maturity. The evening [...]

• South Asia Project Underway

  For the next few years, many scholars and editors will be dedicated to producing the South Asia Bible Commentary, an indispensable, culturally relevant, single-volume reference for pastors in South Asia. The commentary, sponsored in part by the Langham Literature programme, is due to launch in 2012 with translations due in Hindi in 2013, and later [...]

• Langham Preaching Conference in Vanuatu

  Chris Wright, Langham Partnership International Director. Posted 25 April 2008 104 participants from Vanuatu, the Solomons and Papua New Guinea met at the Scripture Union campsite at Pango Point on the Vanuatu island of Efate for the first Pacific Preaching Seminar from 24-28 March 2008. The Ni-Vanuatu participants came from seven of the main islands of Vanuatu. We [...]

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• Plans Develop for a Latin American Biblical Commentary

  The success of the Africa Bible Commentary has stimulated plans to create similar single-volume commentaries by local scholars for other Majority World regions. Similar projects are already in process for Asia and the Middle East. This year, discussion was underway in Buenos Aires for development of the Contemporary Biblical Commentary (In Spanish: Comentário Bíblico [...]

• A Recent Visit With Uncle John

  by Ken Perez President, John Stott Ministries In early March, I attended a Langham Partnership International Senior Management Team (SMT) meeting, held at the Hookses, John Stott’s coastal hideaway in Wales. “Uncle John” himself had been there with Frances Whitehead, his secretary of more than 50 years, and other friends, the week before. A few days after [...]

• Langham Preaching in Tanzania

  by Jonathan Lamb, Director of Langham Preaching The Tanzanian preaching movement continues to extend its reach, with nearly 320 delegates attending the training seminars in February and March this year, as well as the launch of a new initiative in the training of local facilitators. Coordinated by Frank Luvanda and Tony Swanson, the programme not only included [...]