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Dreams of Teaching and Writing Made Possible: Cindy Sakusowsa’s Story
Cindy Sakusowsa is currently a second-year student studying primary education at the Evangelical University in Zambia. But for a long time, she didn’t think she would ever get to fulfil her dream of studying to be a teacher. From Ndola, Zambia, Cindy was working at a restaurant as a cook and saving money to go…
Read MoreMatthew Gonkerwon: Training Preachers in Hard-To-Reach Places in Liberia
Pastor Matthew Gonkerwon lives in Monrovia, Liberia, where he has been involved with Langham since 2008, and is now the Preaching Movement Coordinator. When Matthew first heard of Langham, he was working at a church as the missions pastor. Even though Matthew went to seminary, he was still struggling with the idea of how to…
Read MoreA dream for growing quality theological education in Latin America
Pablo (Paul) Johnson is a Langham Scholar from Argentina, who received support to do his PhD at Cambridge. As a young man, Paul read many books by the theologian John Stott. So when his friend Seth got support from Langham Scholars to do some study, Paul was curious and googled the organisation. He was delighted…
Read MoreJune Prayer Points
Please join us in prayer for… ADMINISTRATION SCHOLARS LITERATURE PREACHING Please pray for these Preaching training events. The number next to the country’s name is how many are running in the country at the time. Where countries are sensitive, the region is given: 16 – 21 June South Asia-6, West Africa,Peru, East Timor 22 – 28 June Cote d’lvoire-2, Liberia, Burkina Faso,…
Read MoreEquipping Preachers and Bible Colleges with Books
For thousands of Christians throughout the Majority World, accessing Christian books and theological resources is out of reach. There is no Christian bookstore down the road, nor is there an online shop that easily ships what they need to their home, church or university. In addition to this, most places under-resourced by books are also…
Read MoreOne pastor’s lifelong mission to equip the Peruvian church
“Books change thoughts, and books can mobilise people.” Benjamin Bravo is a pastor of a Peruvian Evangelical Church, as well as being part of the Executive Editorial Board of Ediciones Puma, a Langham-supported Christian publisher. Early conviction for a generational problem Benjamin was at university when he first realised Peru lacked contextual and local Christian…
Read MorePastor, preacher, and now PhD student – the power of God’s Word
Zayan* is a pastor and teacher in South Asia whose ministry has been transformed by Langham Preaching training. He shares, “Before Langham, I used to prepare sermons by just taking verses and taking words according to my thoughts and what I wanted to convey. After Langham, I started taking the text and wanting to go…
Read MoreBooks bringing Gospel Knowledge to Zambia
Jeremiah Chenge knows that the students he teaches face new and growing challenges as they begin a life of ministry. A lecturer at the United Church of Zambia University in New Testament Studies, he specialises in teaching pastors through African contextual theology. Jeremiah mainly teaches in the Bachelor of Theology program, but in the last…
Read MoreWomen training women for the Gospel: Anastasia Zaimi’s Story
Anastasia Zaimi is a pastor in Greece who has been greatly impacted by Langham Scholar Myrto Theocharous. Four years into working at First Greek Evangelical Church of Athens, Anastasia is one of just two women working full-time in the Greek evangelical church. Anastasia wasn’t the first woman in her family to study at bible college.…
Read MoreA Faithful Legacy in Eastern Europe
Andrei* was born in Eastern Europe, and raised in a Christian family. Churches were not freely accessible, and parents were not allowed to take children to worship. Despite the risks, Andrei and his siblings grew up involved in church life. They travelled to remote villages to worship, participated in services, and even began preaching as…
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