Posts Tagged ‘Langham Literature’
Word from the World: ‘Leadership or Servanthood?’
Langham recently published Leadership or Servanthood? Walking in the Steps of Jesus by Hwa Yung, bishop emeritus of the Methodist Church in Malaysia. Here he explains the reasoning behind his new book. (Extract from langhamliterature.org) Growing up with a strict father who had been a senior military officer in China during the pre-Communist era meant that academic success and…
Read More‘A dream come true for the region’
Since 2005, Langham has spearheaded multiple groundbreaking one-volume bible commentary projects. It started with commentaries for Africa (which is being revised and has had many translations), South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East. Why? Because unlike churches in the West, believers in the Majority World have very few resources written by people in their regions,…
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Read MoreStott-inspired book wins prestigious award
A Langham Publishing book, which continues John Stott’s legacy of radical discipleship, has won a prestigious book award in the US. ‘Living Radical Discipleship’ is a collection of essays by Chris Wright (our Ministries Director & Global Ambassador) and others. Christianity Today has given it the ‘Book of the Year Award’ in the ‘Christian Living…
Read MoreNew global Preaching Clubs resource celebrates John Stott
Langham Preaching has embarked on an exciting new project to provide a resource for Preaching Clubs around the world in celebration of John Stott’s centenary this year. The aim of the project is to translate John Stott’s seminal book ‘God’s Word for Today’s World’ into many languages, alongside providing a discussion guide written by the…
Read More‘Commentary helped me understand parts of the Bible more clearly!’
Sales of the Arabic Contemporary Commentary have been greatly affected by the pandemic – yet nearly 3,000 copies have been sold since February 2019, with many encouraging reports from its readers. The commentary was launched in 2018 – assisted by Langham Literature – and is the first of its kind. It’s a commentary on the…
Read MoreFollowing Jesus in the Thai culture
Around the world, Langham identifies key Christian publishers to impact culture. In Thailand, Kanok Bannasan is one of those key partners. Watch this video about Langham’s support of Kanok Bannasan. But why is Kanok Bannasan so crucial? Thai Christians, who make up just 1% of the population of Thailand, face a daily reality of isolation…
Read MoreNew Service Centre in Carlisle doubles capacity
Langham’s new fit-for-purpose support centre and distribution hub in Carlisle (UK) is now in use, despite Covid-related delays and interruptions. The three-year project seeks to fulfil the need for double the capacity of the previous warehouse and offices, leased by Langham for ten years. John Libby, LPUKI’s National Director explained: “The crucial decision to purchase…
Read MoreLatin American commentary reaches indigenous Argentinians
Despite the devastation of Covid-19, the one-volume Bible commentary for Latin America has made it into the hands of Wichi indigenous people in Argentina. A courier service delivered two copies of the Latin American Bible Commentary (LABC) to David Stokes in north-western Argentina in July. He is responsible for formally training indigenous pastors. The LABCs…
Read More‘Without Langham Writers’ grant, this would’ve been impossible!’
A Langham grant has enabled the husband of a current Langham Scholar to release a book which challenges false views of Christ in the Ethiopian Church. Paulos Fekadu – married to Sofanit Abebe who is studying at Edinburgh University – received a Langham Writers’ Grant two years ago to complete the book in Amharic. The…
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