by Helen Turnbull Goody 26 June 2008 The National Evangelical Church of Beirut has deep roots in Lebanon, first established in 1848 and later creating the first evangelical Arabic-speaking congregation in the Middle East. It has a long history of serving as a center for publishing and other communication among Arab Christians. In June, the tradition of [...] Read more...
Towards a Better Understanding of the Old Testament (Beirut: Clarion Publishing House, 2008). Recommendations “I have known the author since his childhood playing with our children and we loved him like them. He is now a colleague in the ministry; dedicating his life to serve Christ, the church, and people. I read the manuscript of this [...] Read more...
For the next few years, many scholars and editors will be dedicated to producing the South Asia Bible Commentary, an indispensable, culturally relevant, single-volume reference for pastors in South Asia. The commentary, sponsored in part by the Langham Literature programme, is due to launch in 2012 with translations due in Hindi in 2013, and later [...] Read more...
The success of the Africa Bible Commentary has stimulated plans to create similar single-volume commentaries by local scholars for other Majority World regions. Similar projects are already in process for Asia and the Middle East. This year, discussion was underway in Buenos Aires for development of the Contemporary Biblical Commentary (In Spanish: Comentário Bíblico [...] Read more...
The success of the Africa Bible Commentary has stimulated plans to create similar single-volume commentaries by local scholars for other Majority World regions. Similar projects are already in process for Asia and the Middle East. This year, discussion was underway in Buenos Aires for development of the Contemporary Biblical Commentary (In Spanish: Comentário Bíblico [...] Read more...
Thanks for your prayers and for passing the word to others to pray. The Lord Jesus greatly blessed our writer’s workshop, supported in part by Langham Literature. The sessions were well received, but most importantly, the participants’ faith and courage for work on the “Vanuatu Bible Commentary” (VBC) grew, even alongside our warnings that this [...] Read more...
by Andrew & Rosemary Williamson, missionaries with Australian Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu. Posted 25 Feb 2008 Thanks for your prayers and for passing the word to others to pray. The Lord Jesus greatly blessed our workshop. The sessions were well received, but most importantly, the participants’ faith and courage for work on the Vanuatu Bible [...] Read more...
by Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright There have been Arab believers since before the followers of Jesus were even called Christians (a nickname that was invented in Syria). They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11). And the Christian church has continued in the Middle East throughout the past two thousand years. Some [...] Read more...
by Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright There have been Arab believers since before the followers of Jesus were even called Christians (a nickname that was invented in Syria). They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11). And the Christian church has continued in the Middle East throughout the past two thousand years. Some [...] Read more...
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 [...] Read more...
By Rosemary Williamson, missionary with Australian Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu. Posted 22 Dec 2007 A team including Ps Sophia Silas from Malekula in Vanuatu and Dr Andrew and Rosemary Williamson, Missionaries with the Australian Presbyterian [...] Read more...
“God seems nearer to a people when he speaks their language.” –Augustine of Hippo On November 18, 2007, in Dar Es Salaam, WordAlive Publishers officially announced the launch of the Africa Bible Commentary Kiswahili, in the Tanzanian market. This celebration marks the first of many translations for the first-ever single volume Bible commentary written by [...] Read more...
“God seems nearer to a people when he speaks their language.” –Augustine of Hippo On November 18, 2007, in Dar Es Salaam, WordAlive Publishers officially announced the launch of the Africa Bible Commentary Kiswahili, in the Tanzanian market. This celebration marks the first of many translations for the first-ever single volume Bible commentary written by [...] Read more...
Reflecting on the Kenyan Langham Preaching programme, Yusufu Turaki, a Nigerian pastor, theologian and contributor to the Africa Bible Commentary said, ‘I have been a pastor and professor for a great number of years but this is one of the most exciting things I have seen.’ Over the past 3 years the Kenyan preaching movement has [...] Read more...
Reflecting on the Kenyan Langham Preaching programme, Yusufu Turaki, a Nigerian pastor, theologian and contributor to the Africa Bible Commentary said, ‘I have been a pastor and professor for a great number of years but this is one of the most exciting things I have seen.’ Over the past 3 years the Kenyan preaching movement has [...] Read more...
Since its launch in 2006, the Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) the first-ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans, has sold 65,000 copies (12,000 in the West and 53,000 in Africa). This project has been seven years in the making, with more than $1 million raised to make this project a reality. Tens [...] Read more...
Since its launch in 2006, the Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) the first-ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans, has sold 65,000 copies (12,000 in the West and 53,000 in Africa). This project has been seven years in the making, with more than $1 million raised to make this project a reality. Tens [...] Read more...
by Cindy Crossley (London, UK) This summer saw the publishing of 5 significant theological books which will help Arabic church leaders. The Arabic Global Christian Library consists of 5 titles including: Evangelical Truth, Hope for the World, The Human Condition, A Time for Mission and The Bible and Other Faiths.This has been an ambitious project [...] Read more...
by Cindy Crossley (London, UK) This summer saw the publishing of 5 significant theological books which will help Arabic church leaders. The Arabic Global Christian Library consists of 5 titles including: Evangelical Truth, Hope for the World, The Human Condition, A Time for Mission and The Bible and Other Faiths.This has been an ambitious project [...] Read more...
The first of, what will hopefully be, many titles from Hippo publishers is set to be released in the summer of 2008. My Neighbour’s Faith by Ghanian John Azumah is ready to print and three additional titles are in production.Hippo Books, the brain-child of Langham Partnership’s Pieter Kwant, will be written by African authors and [...] Read more...
“Exequiel Gaunzon is waiting – so is Stepehn Nzomo, Martina Bastien, Emad Asmy and Henry Sian Kung. Each year, Langham Literature offers to seminaries a precious library grant to purchase new theological books and this month marks the launch of a new offer — and these leaders at Majority World colleges are eager to end [...] Read more...
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Rev. Dr. Chris Wright, in his new book, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, boldly maintains that that the reverse is actually true—there is, in fact, a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God's mission. Read more...
The church in Turkey is experiencing much pressure. But this 'secular' society has an increasing curiosity about Christianity, say local pastors. John Stott's ROMANS title was requested by church leaders in Turkey and now has been published by Haberci Press, Istanbul, with assistance from a JSM-Langham Publishing grant. Read more...
Each year JSM-Langham offer library grants to leaders such as these of more than 800 Majority World seminaries for the purchase of new theological books. The grants are precious to these libraries, and this month marks the launch of a new offer that leaders worldwide who receive the new catalog will eagerly take advantage of. Read more...
One of the most exciting aspects of JSM-Langham Literature are its creative programs (Langham Writers and Langham Publishing grants) which support indigenous authors to write quality evangelical books in their own language, for their own context, and assist the publication of needed texts in the local languages. Read more...
Africa today is facing hardships at a level not experienced anywhere else in the world. Four out of ten African girls—almost half—will suffer some kind of abuse. The average life span has dropped from age 62 to age 47. Read more...
Onéias Pereira is a student in the Theology Bachelor course with emphasis in Pastoral Ministry at the Biblical Seminary Palavra da Vida (Word of Life) in Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil. He comes from a simple family. His father is a baptist pastor who works as a missionary at the Junta Batista (Baptist Council) in the church-planting in the south region of Brazil. The family has always struggled with financial difficulties. Read more...
The long-term fruit of the combined ministry of JSM-Langham Scholars and JSM-Langham Literature can be seen in more and more good quality evangelical books being produced around the world - rather than just exporting them from the west. Read more...
As I was looking for the right time to start the work, the Langham Writers Project invited Langham scholars to write books to be read particularly by intelligent lay people in the Two-Third world. I chose to write a commentary on John making it relevant to the socio-political and religious context in India with the hope that it will be read by a wider group of people in India. There had been no commentary on John earlier written solely by an Indian Christian scholar for the people of India, and this situation instigated me all the more to fill up this vacuum. Read more...
JSM-Langham Scholar Jey Kanagaraj has completed his book, “The Gospel of John, A Commentary”. In the forward of this book, Dr. Plamthodathil S. Jacob, Head of Contextual Theology Department, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune says: “The importance of this book is that it brings out points of thematic comparison with Indian religious thoughts and cultural practices in a comprehensive commentary form. Read more...
Spanish is the language spoken by the largest number of evangelical Christians in the world, after English. The JSM-Langham Literature programme in Latin America, in Spanish and Portuguese, has been an integral part of the ministry for many years, but not on the same scale as our English and French programmes. Over the course of several visits to most of the countries in the continent, Pieter Kwant, International Programme Director of Langham Literature, and Brad Palmer, his Programme Manager with John Stott Ministries, have revised and revived the programme. Read more...
Aware that the dedicated staff workers of the Union of Evangelical Students of India (UESI) are engaged constantly in Bible teaching among Christian and non-Christian students all over India, Langham Literature made a grant which enabled each participant at their national conference to receive a set of key books – resources for studying and teaching the Bible. Read more...
In 1980, the East European Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) was formed with a vision to facilitate translation of evangelical literature for East European languages...In the first twenty years, EELAC printed and sold 3.3 million books in 15 languages in 20 countries, and developed partnerships with 12 publishing houses in 11 countries. Read more...
Christians in Sri Lanka continue to face challenges from the predominant Buddhist culture and increasing political and popular hostility against churches. In such circumstances, it is critical that those who lead the churches be equipped with a high quality of theological education from institutions with academic credibility in the wider community. Read more...
It is easy to forget, in the wake of contemporary wars and tensions throughout the Middle East, that there are many Arab Christians in the region. In Egypt, there are about 8 million Coptic orthodox Christians – the largest Christian minority in the region – and almost half a million Protestants. Read more...