Preaching
Langham trains 14-yr-old ‘future church leader’ in Lesotho
14-year-old Lipallo was one of a few young people who attended a Level 1 Langham Preaching training event in Maseru, Lesotho, for the first time in May. He attended with his mum and a few others from his church. Joseph Morenammele, Langham Preaching’s coordinator for Lesotho, commented that Lipallo “surprised all the participants”. He “amazed”…
Read MorePray for West Africa coordinator Roland Tamini
I grew up in a non-practicing Catholic family. I had a relatively happy childhood until a crisis occurred between my parents. They eventually separated, and I was deeply affected. I was so angry and bitter against my parents that I became a rebellious teenager. When I got to high school, one of my…
Read More‘Thrilling time’ training preachers in Georgia
Last month Mark Meynell, Preaching Director for Europe and Caribbean, trained 30 preachers in Georgia during his first ever visit to the country. Mark writes: “Georgia is the second ex-Soviet country that I am now working in, and it is interesting to discern how much overlap there is with Ukraine. “One thing that struck me…
Read MoreLiberated from occult influences in Central Asia
Tina* is a Langham Preaching facilitator from a country in Central Asia. She has shared her fascinating life story for a ‘Preaching Postcard’: How did Jesus find you? I grew up in an atheist society where we were taught that there was no God. Even though I was an atheist, my mother would always say…
Read MoreChris Wright preaching resource blesses Ethiopian Church
Eritrean refugees were among 50 preachers blessed with a translated copy of Chris Wright’s award-winning Langham book ‘Sweeter than Honey’ earlier this month. The resource is an essential guide for correctly handling the Old Testament. It was given to attendees of a Level 3 Langham Preaching seminar in Shire, Northern Ethiopia. ‘So happy’ The movement…
Read MoreLangham impacts church plants in Typhoon-hit Philippines
In 2013 Typhoon Yolanda devastated the islands of Samar and Leyte in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing 6,000 people, leaving many homeless and destroying the local economy. In response, the Christian community invested heavily in providing relief and development work. Six years later, many churches have been planted amongst the people in these…
Read MoreTransformed: communist atheist to preacher and evangelist
Slavko Hadžić became a Christian during war in former Yugoslavia in the early 90s, having grown up as a communist atheist. He is now Langham Preaching’s coordinator for West Balkans & North Adriatic and lives in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Slavko shared how God changed his life at LPUKI’s Vision Day in February: He said: “In 1992,…
Read MoreFrom poverty to preaching in Indonesia
Dr Dwi Maria Handayani is the Associate Director for Langham Preaching in Asia. It was through being a World Vision sponsored child in a poor Indonesian village that she grew in her faith. Her parents were the first generation in the whole family to be Christians. Dwi is a graduated Langham Scholar, gaining her PhD…
Read More‘We’ve got ideas for the App: watch this space!’
Ruth Slater, Associate International Programme Director for Langham Preaching, spoke recently about the Langham Preaching App at Langham Partnership UKI’s Vision Day. Click here to download the MP3 (Right click and select ‘Download Linked File’) Ruth recently attended a training workshop for Langham Preaching trainers in Ethiopia. During her time there, coordinator Frew Tamrat…
Read MoreA ‘milestone’ for Langham Preaching in Ethiopia
Last month, a diverse group of Langham Preaching trainers from across Ethiopia gathered at a retreat centre on Lake Babogaya to receive training themselves. Jennifer Cuthbertson, Langham Preaching’s Coordinator for Trainer Development, co-led the workshop. She used learner-centred techniques to teach the attendees how to lead Langham Preaching seminars. Jennifer described the 14 participants, which included…
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