Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
Faithful preaching creates new life in a church and community
“Expository preaching helps people to love God for who He is, not to love Him for what He provides. And explaining the Word of God and expanding on the Word of God reveals who God is.” Thomas is the senior pastor at Calvary Hope of Nations in Lesotho in Africa. He has been in ministry…
Read MoreTransforming West Africa from the pulpit
“I believe with Langham Seminars, pastors well trained in expository preaching will definitely change the narrative from the pulpit and enable the church to help transform our society in depth.” Armand Dzadu is an Associate Coordinator and Facilitator for Langham Preaching in West Africa. He lives in French-speaking Togo, where the church has been increasingly…
Read MoreBeing a useful tool in the hands of the Lord
Cisca Ahwireng’s journey of faith began in 1984 when she attended an evangelistic event with her mother. It was there that she gave her life to Christ, confessing Him as her Lord and Saviour. Her life has been one of service to Him ever since. Cisca’s weeks are filled with various activities that reflect her…
Read MoreAn unfolding story of faithfulness in South Africa
Garfield Jacobs is a priest at St. Timothy’s Anglican Church in The Reeds, a suburb in outer Pretoria in South Africa. He’s been ministering there for over eight years. Now he is stepping into new additional responsibilities as a facilitator for Langham Preaching. Local church, but not only local challenges The members of St. Timothy’s…
Read MoreEmpowering local voices through contextual literature
In the heart of Francophone Africa in Côte d’Ivoire, a pastor and editor named Stéphane Bilé is championing the cause of contextual literature through his role at LivresHippo, a publishing initiative of Langham Literature. Stéphane’s journey into editorial work began in 2015 when he was presented with an opportunity by his former professor, Dr Solomon…
Read MoreSeeing Ugandan Christians know, trust, and apply the Bible
Joseph Byamukama is a Langham Scholar currently doing his PhD through Melbourne’s Ridley College, enabled by financial supporters who give to Langham Australia. Joseph is from Uganda and through his PhD is exploring how Isaiah shapes Jesus’ lordship in the book of Acts. Since 2021 he has been doing research and study through Ridley while…
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 MoreConnecting New Testament Scholarship, Church Practice and Local Mission
The work of Dr Pontien Batibuka in Africa Dr Pontien Batibuka is an editor and writer for Langham Literature, alongside the busy life of ministry he leads in his home in a central African country. Becoming a contributor to Langham Literature Pontien first got involved with Langham in 2019, when he was approached by the…
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.…
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