January 17, 2008
The launch of a continental movement
by Jonathan Lamb, Langham Preaching International Director
‘For the first time, it looks as though the vision of a Preaching movement is being realised’, said Jonathan Lamb, following the Africa Preaching Consultation hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, in mid-December last year. Country coordinators of the Langham Preaching programmes from 13 countries met [...]
January 17, 2008
Langham Preaching
Facilitator
Gordon Woolard
It’s the third-largest country in Africa with an area the size of Western Europe and a population of 62 million people. Since 1964, it has changed its name three times, has experienced six or more wars and coups, and struggles with safety and stability. And with 80 percent of its citizens living in [...]
January 16, 2008
Jonathan Lamb, International Preaching Director writes:
Recently a Kenyan friend of ours made a journey up the Rift Valley. His normal work is in serving churches in the Nairobi area, specially nurturing the Christian community in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa. During these opening days of 2008, the slums have been badly hit by violence [...]
December 13, 2007
Langham Preaching is soon to enter its sixth year of operations, and is thankful for invitations to develop preaching programmes in over 70 countries around the world. It is presently actively involved in 30 countries, with plans to begin work in an additional 20 countries. In 2008, the first steps will be taken for the [...]
November 28, 2007
by Chris Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership International
The Langham Partnership Regional Council for Southern Africa met for the first time in September in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Representatives came from Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Among them were Langham scholars, including Fidelis Nkomazana and Lazarus Phiri. For them, it was a [...]
November 9, 2007
By Chris Wright
In preparation for Lausanne 2010 in South Africa, the Lausanne Theology Working Group is focusing on the core ‘slogan’ of Lausanne. The Lausanne Covenant (1974) defined ‘evangelization’ as ‘the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world’. This has ensured that the explicit theology of mission within the Lausanne movement has [...]
November 9, 2007
by Chris Wright, Langham Partnership International Director
Many of you know the problem of wearing several hats, bearing different responsibilities. I can sympathize. As well as my role in LPI, I am also the Chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group. This takes up only a small fraction of my time, but I believe it contributes [...]
November 9, 2007
Theologians Gather in Frankfurt
Chris Wright with a group of Langham-related participants at the OCI Institute of Excellence
For many years the Langham Partnership has enjoyed collaborating with the Overseas Council International and its linked movements around the world in helping to resource theological education in the majority world. As part of its efforts in this direction, [...]
November 8, 2007
Trans-World Radio recently interviewed Langham Preaching Director Jonathan Lamb regarding his new publication From Why to Worship: Habakkuk, a series of studies on Habakkuk based on Jonathan’s presentation at the Keswick Convention in England. Jonathan mentions the relevance of the prophet Habakkuk to Christians today: how we can begin by asking the toughest of life’s [...]