Preaching
Preaching App translation work continues
Did you know that Langham Preaching is working in eight of the top 30 countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian? (See Open Doors’ World Watchlist). The work of Preaching Movement coordinators in these countries is extremely difficult, especially as in many places their work must be kept ‘secret’ in order to…
Read MoreEquipping generations to preach faithfully in Botswana
Three members of the same family, along with a 74-year-old great grandmother, have completed all three levels of Langham Preaching training in Botswana. At the end of the week-long event in August this year, 15 people in total ‘graduated’ from the course. They are the first people in Botswana to have completed the three levels,…
Read MorePray for Langham friends in Indonesia
Over the weekend a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia, killing at least 1,200 people. Langham Partnership has close links with Indonesia: we have twelve Langham Scholars from there; Langham Literature works with Christians in Indonesia to publish books in Indonesian; and there is a thriving Langham Preaching movement. We recently received this report from Hamdani…
Read MoreThe Privilege of Preaching in Ethiopia
In his nearly 10 years as youth pastor at Mekanisa Kale Heywet Church, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Pastor Misgana has seen a thing or two about the power of God’s Word to transform. When he first started working with the youth, their knowledge of the Bible was not strong. So, he started a Bible a…
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 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‘Historic moment’ for Eritrean believers
Last week, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea officially ended an 18-year long ‘state of war’ between the two countries. Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a declaration during a landmark meeting in Eritrea’s capital Asmara. A peace deal in 2000 had ended a war in which tens of thousands…
Read MorePreaching Clubs for teens in Romania
Teenagers often have a bad reputation as rebellious, disrespectful, lazy members of society – but that’s not the case for a group in Romania! Last year, seven Langham Preaching Clubs for 15 to 25-year-olds began across the country, and these young adults each deliver talks once a month at youth meetings, prayer meetings and in…
Read More‘God is in control of His work’ – Langham Preaching in Sierra Leone
Chris Jonah, Langham Preaching’s country coordinator in Sierra Leone, reported on a successful ‘refresher’ event there in May. This country has only recently recovered from the devastating Ebola epidemic, which stopped some of the Preaching Clubs that had been running in various places. But now, many of the groups have revived, and the work is…
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