January 21, 2009
Langham Preaching "escuelita" participants prepare an outline in class in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
What educational support would you want if you had to preach your first sermon?
For most of us, formal preaching training prior to a first sermon is expected. But for some
young leaders in Majority World countries, that training is unavailable or too expensive.
So when young [...]
January 13, 2009
Langham Scholar Yuzo Adhinarta Preaches on the Holy Spirit in Indonesia
What does a Langham scholar do over summer break? But many scholars take advantage of field research grants from John Stott Ministries so they can return home, help the local church, and find that they are also able to stay connected with their home regions [...]
December 29, 2008
By Dave Hoffman, vice president
John Stott Ministries
Langham Scholar Juan-Jose Barreda is just about to complete his Ph.D. in Theology from ISEDET University Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His dissertation is on the “Messianic Expectation in the Qumran Writings and a Comparison with the New Testament.” While Juan-Jose’s dissertation is certainly an impressive reflection of [...]
December 4, 2008
Part of the editorial team for the Commentaire Biblique Contemporain (left to right): Tewoldemedhin Habtu, Samuel Ngewa, Issiaka Coulibaly, Solomon Andria, Yusufu Turaki
It was a historic moment when the launch of the French edition of the Africa Bible Commentary — the Commentaire Biblique Contemporain — took place on November 19, 2008, at the prestigious Palace [...]
November 30, 2008
John Stott Ministries recently asked some of the current scholars how obtaining their Ph.D.s affect their ministry in evangelism and how they expect to be involved with evangelism when they return home. Ignacio Benitez from from ISEDET University Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina, responds with a reflection on how his thoughts on evangelism changed [...]
November 30, 2008
By David Hoffman, vice president, John Stott Ministries
Stanley Clark holds up a copy of a commentary on Galatians.
Students at seminaries and Bible colleges in Argentina and across Latin America face a common problem: the cost of textbooks and study materials, an expense that could mean the difference between finishing a study program and abandoning their [...]
November 30, 2008
The editors and coordinators of the Latin American Bible Commentary (LABC) project met November 3-6 in Oxford, England for a bi-annual meeting. After a time of prayer and thanksgiving, René Padilla (general editor), Milton Acosta (editor – OT), Rosalee Velloso Ewell (editor – NT), Ian Darke (project coordinator), and Pieter Kwant (LPI representative) spent three [...]
November 23, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching
This is a brief account of the Langham Preaching training programme in Goma, the centre of unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as told by Muhindo Isesomo (Langham Preaching country coordinator), and two Langham facilitators, Gordon Woolard and Mike McGowan.
Once a year, the Langham Preaching programme [...]
October 30, 2008
Langham Literature continues to be thankful for the success of the Africa Bible Commentary and its incredible impact on the support for pastors in Africa. Several translations are expected; currently underway is the Kiswahili translation, a language spoken in more than 10 countries with as many as 10 million speakers. Langham Literature’s partner on the [...]
October 17, 2008
by Helen Goody
communications manager, John Stott Ministries
About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is this indigenous [...]