Scholars
Scholar says Tyndale House stay ‘very helpful’ for research
Langham Partnership has joined Tyndale House in Cambridge to secure a permanent ensuite study room exclusively for Langham Scholars. One student who has recently benefitted from staying at this world-renowned library is Joey Tan. “It’s a very good place to do research” Joey Tan, from Malaysia, is studying the topic of contextualised preaching at Spurgeon’s…
Read More“Blessed are the peace-makers”
Rula Mansour is a Palestinian Christian woman who lives in Israel, and a Langham Scholar. She shares her story, her research, and her future vision for peace. In 1948 at the age of 12 my father became a refugee in his own country. After losing their land and property in Tiberias during the nakba, they started…
Read More‘I was truly privileged to stay at Tyndale House’
Langham Scholar Oboletswe Matlhaope is studying for a PhD at North West University, South Africa, and is from Botswana. From September to December last year, Oboletswe stayed at Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Langham’s dedicated bed-sitting study room. He is so grateful for his time there, and has expressed his “deepest gratitude” for being able to study…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Yohanna Katanacho
Langham Scholar, author and editor Yohanna Katanacho gives some background to his journey of faith and the story behind Praying Through the Psalms: I was born in Jerusalem, in June 1967, during the Arab–Israeli war known as the “Six-Day War”. My father risked his life to bring us home and despite the bomb that exploded next…
Read MoreConsecrated on a football pitch
Not every football pitch gets a crowd of 10,000 spectators. Nor does every bishop have 10,000 people singing at their consecration. But that was the scene on a Sunday in August last year, in the bustling town of Lira in central Uganda, when Langham Scholar Reverend Canon Doctor Alfred Olwa was consecrated as the new…
Read MoreA Scholar’s response to terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
Langham Scholar Yacouba Sanon, who is from Burkina Faso in West Africa, reacts to recent events in his home country. 1) What has happened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso recently? Three weeks ago, on March 2 2018, the headquarters of the Burkina Faso army staff and the French Embassy were attacked. Seven people were killed and more…
Read MoreGod’s Word in Heart Languages
Filipino Bible scholar Edgar Ebojo believes that when God’s Word is available in heart languages, it gives people an identity and can inspire transformation. “If God can speak their language, God can understand them. God can understand their sufferings. . . Passing translations of God’s Word to future generations gives hope.” In the Philippines, under…
Read MoreA Passion for Justice
It was while he was waiting for the results of his bar exam that Moises first asked God to use his life to impact others. “I was visiting a friend who was a youth pastor, and he invited me to attend a movie night to see Amazing Grace—the life of William Wilberforce. After, I uttered…
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