January 25, 2012
by Elaine Vaden, JSM-Langham Scholars
A woman we’ll call Faith returned to Moldova from years of servitude in Turkey, Israel and Serbia, where she had been abused and mistreated as the victim of traffickers and pimps. Her suffering had really started when the authorities in Moldova removed her and her six siblings from her parents, due [...]
December 21, 2011
by Ian Shaw, Langham Partnership, UK
Isaac Mbabazilecturer at the University ShalomBunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
Meeting Isaac Mbabazi is a stark reminder of ‘Africa’s World War’, little reported in the West, but which in the years after 1998 has claimed over 5 million lives, either casualties or those dying of the disease and starvation which have [...]
December 9, 2011
Dr Stephen Sesi
We sadly record the passing of a member of the Langham FLS family, Dr. Stephen Sesi who died on Thursday, November 3rd in Houston, Texas, USA, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Stephen was born in a non-Christian home, but through the witness of his mother, who became a Christian in 1966, [...]
February 2, 2011
These are, indeed, hard trying moments in the history of the churches of the Middle East in general, especially to the churches in Egypt these days, as they face the “unknown” – a word used by all who I could contact (after strenuous attempts) expressing their fears and worries about the situation; yet affirming their [...]
June 14, 2010
Langham Partnership International is pleased to offer, in partnership with Ridley Hall, Cambridge, a visiting fellowship to be taken up during the coming academic year. The fellowship will be for one term – up to 14 weeks, ideally in the spring or summer of 2011. Applications for the fellowship are invited from former Langham Scholars [...]
June 3, 2010
Researchers have recently declared sub-Saharan Africa the “most religious place on Earth” with an estimated 470 million Christians in 2010. Today, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life*, one in five of the world’s Christians lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
Even so, many traditional African beliefs such as witchcraft and evil spirits are still [...]
May 29, 2010
The Christian community in the Northern Territory is rejoicing over the work of God amongst them after the recent Katherine Christian Convention (KCC) – where Langham Scholar Alfred Olwa was keynote speaker.
Alfred Olwa, left, at the KCC
Alfred preached five times from 1 Peter on the theme ‘Chosen and Called’, [...]
October 31, 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 JSM-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 [...]
September 16, 2009
Among African Christians, too many of us are.
by Langham Scholar Sunday Agang
for Christianity Today magazine
A seminary student told me a story that had been circulating in his church: A member of his congregation sold his wife’s life, so she died in an automobile accident. The church member remarried, but kept a room in his house [...]
July 30, 2009
Confronting Violence in Nigeria with Christ’s Love
by Langham Scholar Philip Tachin
Can you comfortably sit in the same car with someone that you think is an enemy? Would it be God’s plan for you to sometimes sit together or help such a person in some way? On July 26, we woke up in Nigeria with the [...]