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• 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Bislama Writers’ Workshop Report

  Thanks for your prayers and for passing the word to others to pray. The Lord Jesus greatly blessed our writer’s workshop, supported in part by Langham Literature. The sessions were well received, but most importantly, the participants’ faith and courage for work on the “Vanuatu Bible Commentary” (VBC) grew, even alongside our warnings that this [...]

• “Now I Know Your Secret!”

  Nigerian Pastors Receive Strong Biblical Training… Safia Nana Zakana could not understand what had happened to Pastor James. She attended his church in Abuja, Nigeria, where he preached regularly. But during 2007 something changed. “I found he was different,” she told Chris Wright, who was leading the second Nigerian Langham Preaching seminar. “He used to [...]

• A Teacher with a Missionary Heart

  By Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright That’s the vision that Matthew Michael has for himself. Matthew has just reached the end of his first year on the Ph.D. programme in Jos, Nigeria, as the first Langham scholar studying there. Matthew is a Langham scholar supported by John Stott Ministries (the U.S. [...]

• Andrea Zaki Stephanous

  “I am in debt to God first and Langham second.” Most Langham scholars’ eyes light up when they talk about their doctoral studies supported by a Langham Partnership International (LPI) grant. But Andrea Zaki Stephanous positively sparkles as he describes the difference it has made in his life. Andrea did his Ph.D. in Manchester, England, in [...]

• A New Beginning for Arab Christian Theology

  by Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright There have been Arab believers since before the followers of Jesus were even called Christians (a nickname that was invented in Syria). They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11). And the Christian church has continued in the Middle East throughout the past two thousand years. Some [...]

• Africa Preaching Consultation

  The launch of a continental movement by Jonathan Lamb, Langham Preaching International Director ‘For the first time, it looks as though the vision of a Preaching movement is being realised’, said Jonathan Lamb, following the Africa Preaching Consultation hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, in mid-December last year.   Country coordinators of the Langham Preaching programmes from 13 countries met [...]

• Preachers Clubs Undergo Training in Francophone Africa

  Langham Preaching Facilitator Gordon Woolard It’s the third-largest country in Africa with an area the size of Western Europe and a population of 62 million people. Since 1964, it has changed its name three times, has experienced six or more wars and coups, and struggles with safety and stability. And with 80 percent of its citizens living in [...]

• God at work in Kenya

  Jonathan Lamb, International Preaching Director writes: Recently a Kenyan friend of ours made a journey up the Rift Valley.  His normal work is in serving churches in the Nairobi area, specially nurturing the Christian community in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa. During these opening days of 2008, the slums have been badly hit by violence [...]

• More Milestones for the ABC

  “God seems nearer to a people when he speaks their language.” –Augustine of Hippo On November 18, 2007, in Dar Es Salaam, WordAlive Publishers officially announced the launch of the Africa Bible Commentary Kiswahili, in the Tanzanian market. This celebration marks the first of many translations for the first-ever single volume Bible commentary written by [...]

• Langham Preaching in the Pacific

  Langham Preaching is soon to enter its sixth year of operations, and is thankful for invitations to develop preaching programmes in over 70 countries around the world. It is presently actively involved in 30 countries, with plans to begin work in an additional 20 countries. In 2008, the first steps will be taken for the [...]

• A Time for Re-Connection: The Langham Partnership Regional Council for Southern Africa

  by Chris Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership International The Langham Partnership Regional Council for Southern Africa met for the first time in September in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Representatives came from Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Among them were Langham scholars, including Fidelis Nkomazana and Lazarus Phiri. For them, it was a [...]

• Theology Working Group Focuses on Lausanne Core Slogan

  By Chris Wright In preparation for Lausanne 2010 in South Africa, the Lausanne Theology Working Group is focusing on the core ‘slogan’ of Lausanne. The Lausanne Covenant (1974) defined ‘evangelization’ as  ‘the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world’.  This has ensured that the explicit theology of mission within the Lausanne movement has [...]

• Lausanne Update

  by Chris Wright, Langham Partnership International Director Many of you know the problem of wearing several hats, bearing different responsibilities. I can sympathize. As well as my role in LPI, I am also the Chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group. This takes up only a small fraction of my time, but I believe it contributes [...]

• Multiplying Excellence

  Theologians Gather in Frankfurt Chris Wright with a group of Langham-related participants at the OCI Institute of Excellence For many years the Langham Partnership has enjoyed collaborating with the Overseas Council International and its linked movements around the world in helping to resource theological education in the majority world. As part of its efforts in this direction, [...]

• Jonathan Lamb on Habakkuk

  Trans-World Radio recently interviewed Langham Preaching Director Jonathan Lamb regarding his new publication From Why to Worship: Habakkuk, a series of studies on Habakkuk based on Jonathan’s presentation at the Keswick Convention in England. Jonathan mentions the relevance of the prophet Habakkuk to Christians today: how we can begin by asking the toughest of life’s [...]

• LPI Supports Growing Kenyan Preaching Movement

  Reflecting on the Kenyan Langham Preaching programme, Yusufu Turaki, a Nigerian pastor, theologian and contributor to the Africa Bible Commentary said, ‘I have been a pastor and professor for a great number of years but this is one of the most exciting things I have seen.’ Over the past 3 years the Kenyan preaching movement has [...]

• Chris Wright Conducts Sermon Series

  The All Souls Church (London, England) congregation recently enjoyed a three-sermon series by Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright, entitled, “The God I Don’t Understand,” addressing three topics that often cause confusion or conflict for many Christians. This series–a preview of a new book Chris is working on–is available for listening online (free registration required). 2nd [...]

• Translation Project for Africa Bible Commentary Begins

  Since its launch in 2006, the Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) the first-ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans, has sold 65,000 copies (12,000 in the West and 53,000 in Africa). This project has been seven years in the making, with more than $1 million raised to make this project a reality. Tens [...]