February 22, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (February 22, 2010) – Today, WordAlive Publishers (a partner of Langham Partnership International) announces that the Kiswahili edition of the Africa Bible Bible Commentary (ABC), Ufafanuzi wa Biblia Katika Mazingira na Utamaduni wa Kiafrika (UBK), has been sent off to print in China. Printed copies of the 1,824-page one-volume commentary will be available [...]
February 4, 2010
By Jonathan Lamb, international programme director, Langham Preaching
Rwandan leaders are right at the heart of the preaching training which is now underway in their country. Langham Preaching held its first event in October 2009, fully supported by a team of pastors and national leaders who are committed to the cause of strengthening biblical teaching in [...]
February 3, 2010
The Promise:
Fifty million Africans with few or no evangelical resources in their native language – a fact, until now! The Africa Bible Commentary (ABC), translated into Kiswahili, will be an instrument for evangelism and discipleship training in East Africa. The impact of this book on one Bible college professor shows great promise:
“I felt a [...]
February 3, 2010
By Jonathan Lamb, international programme director, Langham Preaching
Despite many years of civil unrest, poverty and corruption, Burundi is an African nation with a determination to change society for the better. A small but significant contribution to the cause of social and spiritual transformation is the commitment of national Christian leaders to strengthen the cause of [...]
January 6, 2010
by Wendy Toulmin, Langham Partnership Australia
The first Level 1 Langham Preaching seminar in Papua New Guinea took place early in December at the Christian Leaders Training College (CLTC) Banz, an hour’s drive east of Mt Hagen. We were warmly welcomed by Principal Ezekiel Ivihi and his staff.
This is Langham Preaching’s third [...]
November 5, 2009
Colin Macpherson (Langham Literature – Creative)
How can the gospel sink deep roots into a country where a generation of Christian writers, thinkers and leaders and their books were wiped out in five short years? Langham Australia’s partnership with Fount of Wisdom Publishing House (FoW) in Phnom Penh is already providing the rapidly growing [...]
October 31, 2009
September 2009 marked a big milestone for the Literature program. A new warehouse opened in the United Kingdom that has made distribution of evangelical literature worldwide more efficient, more flexible, and more easily available for partner publishers.
The Literature program works with some 29 publishers to distribute English and French publications to the Majority World at [...]
October 13, 2009
Langham Preaching and Langham Scholars work together in North India
by Paul Windsor, Associate Director, Langham Preaching
The Second North India Consultation was held by Langham Preaching in Noida (New Delhi) from 14-16 September 2009. Alongside the encouragement of being together and making each other aware of the training which is happening, the purpose of the consultation [...]
October 8, 2009
by a Langham Preaching facilitator
Earlier this year in Hong Kong, Langham Preaching partnered with two organizations at work in the China region to offer the Level 1 seminar to 45 pastors, both men and women.
It was a mature group. Ten years of preaching experience was a requirement for participation. They tended to be senior pastors [...]
October 8, 2009
Reflections on the start of Langham Preaching in the Solomon Islands.
In its commitment to nurture biblical preaching movements, Langham Preaching often finds itself ‘convening a table’ around which a broad spectrum of the church gathers…