And in sixth place, salvation…

by Chris Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership. Posted 31 Jan 2008

We all know that salvation is the central message of the Bible , but in the Global Christian Library series, it is the sixth book to be published. The series is published in the west by IVP in the UK and the USA . The first five have already been translated and published in Arabic, and in January, Chris Wright was in Cairo for the launch of the sixth in the series, his own contribution, Salvation Belongs to Our God . In fact, the Arabic translation was launched in Egypt before the original English edition had reached the market! “Blessed be Egypt !” (Isaiah 19:25).

Chris Wright in Cairo for the launch

The Egyptian Christian publisher, Dar El Thaqafa, under the energetic leadership of its manager, Dr Andrea Zaki Stephanous (a Langham Scholar), organized a public panel discussion to launch the new book. Chris Wright gave a lecture on the topic, summarizing the overall message of the book. There were two responses from a Lebanese and an Egyptian church leader, and then lively question and answer and discussion. The evening drew 190 people from a wide variety of Christian denominations and the book sold well.

The Arabic Global Christian Library will reach into seminaries as textbooks on basic Christian doctrines, but will also be distributed widely among pastors and preachers across the whole Middle East and Arabic speaking world.

The whole project represents exciting co-ooperation between all three Langham Programmes. It is of course a Literature project, but it is being driven forward by a Langham Scholar, and it will serve the cause of biblical preaching around the region.