Posts by The General
Pray for Langham friends in Indonesia
Over the weekend a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia, killing at least 844 people. Langham Partnership has close links with Indonesia: we have twelve Langham Scholars from there; Langham Literature works with Christians in Indonesia to publish books in Indonesian; and there is a thriving Langham Preaching movement. We recently received this report from Hamdani…
Read MoreDisplaced South Sudanese students build own classroom to finish Bible College course
Students at a Langham Literature member college who were forced to flee South Sudan were so determined to complete their course last year, that they ended up building their own classroom. The seventeen students were in their third and final year at the Anglican ‘Bishop Allison Theological College’ (BATC) in southwest South Sudan, when civil…
Read MoreNewsletter September 2018
Langham Australia September 2018 Newsletter now available This newsletter contains articles on the following: Langham Preaching in Mongolia Inspired by Jesus to Serve the Marginalized Preaching Happenings… Celebrating 10 years of Langham Preaching in Vanuatu Thank You Dinner for Australian Facilitators All Asia Langham Preaching Forum Langham books speaking into Middle East realities Gillean Smiley…
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Mercy Ireri
Meet Langham Preaching‘s East Africa coordinator Mercy Ireri, from Kenya. How did Jesus find you? “Mercy, you are old enough now to tell us your testimony,” Dad said to me one Saturday evening. I was 12 years of age. I stared at him, blankly. Deep within my heart, I knew I had never had a…
Read MoreExplore God’s Mission in Today’s World with Rev. Dr Chris Wright
Perth: Thursday 20 September, 7-9 pm – $10 (Supper included) Trinity Theological College, Level 2, 632 Newcastle Street Leederville Please RSVP (pay on the night) via email: australia@langham.org OR phone: 02 4751 9036 Sydney: Saturday 22 September, 10 – 4pm – $20 (Lunch included) Morling College: 120 Herring Rd, Macquarie Park Please RSVP (pay…
Read MorePreaching Clubs for teens in Romania
Teenagers often have a bad reputation as rebellious, disrespectful, lazy members of society – but that’s not the case for a group in Romania! Last year, seven Langham Preaching Clubs for 15 to 25-year-olds began across the country, and these young adults each deliver talks once a month at youth meetings, prayer meetings and in…
Read More‘Historic moment’ for Eritrean believers
Last week, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea officially ended an 18-year long ‘state of war’ between the two countries. Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a declaration during a landmark meeting in Eritrea’s capital Asmara. A peace deal in 2000 had ended a war in which tens of thousands…
Read More‘God is in control of His work’ – Langham Preaching in Sierra Leone
Chris Jonah, Langham Preaching’s country coordinator in Sierra Leone, reported on a successful ‘refresher’ event there in May. This country has only recently recovered from the devastating Ebola epidemic, which stopped some of the Preaching Clubs that had been running in various places. But now, many of the groups have revived, and the work is…
Read MoreScholar’s dream to revive Old Testament for the Middle East
Langham Scholar Emad Botros is currently completing his doctoral work at McMaster Divinity College, Canada. Emad and his wife Almess are also global field staff to Lebanon with Canadian Baptist Ministries. An important part of that work is Emad’s teaching position at Beirut’s Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), where Emad is helping to shape a new generation of…
Read MoreeNews and prayer update August 2018
When a pastime becomes a job… As a child growing up in Jamaica, reading was Dahlia Fraser’s favourite pastime. [READ MORE] Join us in prayer Thank you for your prayers! PREACHING A Level 1 and 2 Preaching seminar is taking place in the Middle East this month with 125 participants expected. Please pray…
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