Preaching
Raising up local preaching facilitators in South Asia
“I often say, ‘Langham Preaching changed my life and saved my ministry’.” Kedo Peseyie grew up in a Christian home in the north of his South Asian country. He attended church and always considered himself a Christian, until he was confronted with explaining the gospel to someone else. Kedo shares, “When I was 18, I…
Read MoreThe growing preaching movement in Cambodia
“Churches live, grow and flourish by the Word of God, and they languish and die without it…whenever the Word of God is faithfully expounded and applied, congregations grow in both size and depth.” John Stott Each month Langham Preaching seminars are run around the world, equipping God’s people to better read, interpret and teach the…
Read MoreThe Word of God transforms through war and tragedy
“The crisis doesn’t cancel God’s calling and the war doesn’t cancel God’s calling. We are called to teach people God’s Word and to be present with them…We can leave the country at any moment, but we want to be here because God is present here, and we want the church to be present.” Anna Gnatyshyna…
Read MoreFemi Adeleye: Filling the pulpits of Africa with trained preachers
“My prayer and hope is that it’ll lead to the transformation of African nations” Femi Adeleye’s personal journey to his Christian faith began around high school as a teenager in Nigeria, reading biographies of young people committed and passionate about God and global mission. One of those books was Your Mind Matters written by John…
Read MoreTackling illiteracy to bring the Gospel to Kenya
“You’re 12, you’re old enough to share your testimony of salvation” – my father said to me out of the blue one Saturday evening, to my astonishment, as I had little personal faith at the time. After that conversation, I realised that if I was going to take faith seriously and talk to people about…
Read MoreWorking to shepherd, serve and steward preaching around the world
The work of Preaching Director Paul Windsor International Program Director of Langham Preaching, Paul Windsor, first encountered Langham Partnership through the person of John Stott. At the age of 21, he attended an International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) conference in the USA where John preached on Romans Chapters 1 – 5 to Paul and…
Read MoreWord from the World: Why we need to read the Bible for ourselves
Some of us are content to rely on pastors or other “experts” to give us an understanding of the word of God rather than studying it ourselves. Others prefer to live only on “new revelations” of other people rather than studying the Bible daily. It is so easy to be misled if we are unwilling…
Read More‘Through Langham Preaching, I see God’s Word working in peoples’ lives’
Alongla Aier has been involved with Langham Preaching for 13 years in her South Asian country*, and in February’s Langham Live it was a privilege to welcome her onto the call and hear her passion for the programme. Introduction to Alongla Aier Alongla’s nation is vast, divided into various states and has numerous languages and…
Read MoreTransforming pastors and congregations through preaching training with Rev Dr Frank Shayi
“Biblical preaching that is taught in the seminars by Langham, by preaching facilitators who take it seriously, and [for pastors] who get to practice, it changes both the life of the preacher and the congregation.” While he was pastoring in the local church, Frank did the Langham Preaching seminar training in 2010, 2011 and 2012.…
Read MoreA great team of Christ’s servants across the African region
In 1994, Barbara Tumwine was attending a conference at her high school that was run by Scripture Union. During the conference, Barbara says she felt convicted by the truth of the Gospel, and chose to make a public profession of faith. Almost 30 years later, Barbara works for Langham in the African region as a…
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