Posts by vhawkins
Christians under renewed pressure in the Big Country
As Christian missionaries were expelled from the Big Country in the middle of last century, many feared that the Church would wither and die. How we rejoiced when an easing of pressure and opening of the country from the 1980s revealed an unprecedented explosion of growth, with a flourishing underground church movement. Now there are…
Read MoreLatin American Bible Commentary finally in print
After eleven years of work by more than 100 scholars and Bible teachers from across Latin America, the one-volume Bible commentary entitled the Contemporary Bible Commentary (CBC) was received with great enthusiasm at the EXPOLIT book Fair, from 9-12 August. Ian Darke, a missionary with Latin Link, has served as coordinator of the CBC project since…
Read MoreOne step closer to PhD after Tyndale House stay
Langham Scholar Emad Botros very much appreciates Langham’s support, which allowed him to stay at Tyndale House in Cambridge for three weeks. Read his encouraging report: This was my first time in Cambridge, and to Tyndale House. The first impression you get while there is that it is a historical and an inspiring place, where…
Read MoreTry the Langham Preaching App!
Did you know that the Langham Preaching App is available in the UK for anyone to use? Download it today and pray that it will be useful to many preachers in the Majority World. Here is a guide to using the App: The Langham Preaching App has already been downloaded by more than 750 people around…
Read MoreWatch: ‘We need to hear the voices from this region’
Peter Penner, one of the theological editors for the Central Eastern European Bible Commentary explains the significance of this project, and why he’s thrilled to be involved. It will cost around £400,000 to produce the entire commentary, but we are inviting Seedbed supporters to raise £6,100 for the cost of producing the book of Romans.…
Read MoreScholar’s dream to revive Old Testament for the Middle East
Langham Scholar Emad Botros is currently completing his doctoral work at McMaster Divinity College, Canada. Emad and his wife Almess are also global field staff to Lebanon with Canadian Baptist Ministries. An important part of that work is Emad’s teaching position at Beirut’s Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), where Emad is helping to shape a new generation of…
Read MoreInspired by Jesus to serve the marginalised
Bekele Deboch Anshiso is an experienced evangelist among some of the most deprived members of Ethiopian society. His thesis on Jesus’ identification with marginalised people has recently been published by the Langham Monographs imprint. He shares his life story, and his hopes for this important research: “It was more than 30 yeas ago that I…
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Mercy Ireri
Meet Langham Preaching‘s East Africa coordinator Mercy Ireri, from Kenya. How did Jesus find you? “Mercy, you are old enough now to tell us your testimony,” Dad said to me one Saturday evening. I was 12 years of age. I stared at him, blankly. Deep within my heart, I knew I had never had a…
Read MoreOver 750 people worldwide use Preaching App
New stats have revealed that 768 people are using Langham Preaching’s new App for phone and tablet. This number has increased by nearly 100 in just three months, while the number of sermons created is close to 500. Preaching Clubs using the App have also increased, from 35 in November last year to 56 at…
Read More‘Tyndale House is a fantastic place’
Langham Scholar Gift Mtukwa from Zimbabwe is studying at Nazarene Theological College, an affiliated college of the University of Manchester. For two months earlier this year, Gift stayed at Tyndale House in Cambridge to work on his PhD. His time coincided with the UK and Europe Langham Scholars consultation in Cambridge. Gift gave this report: “The first…
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