Posts Tagged ‘Langham Publishing’
Langham Preaching Regional Coordinator and award-winning author
Wilfredo Weigandt has worked in Langham Preaching for many years, previously in a volunteer capacity as the National Coordinator in Argentina for 18 years. Currently, Wilfredo is working as the Regional Coordinator for the Southern Cone in Latin America which includes Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Wilfredo’s main responsibility is to accompany and encourage the…
Read MoreGroundbreaking commentaries bring helpful resources for God’s Word to new places
The creation of the Central and Eastern European Bible Commentary
Langham Literature has been involved in supporting, facilitating and funding landmark literature projects that due to their size and nature require collaboration from multiple partners, be they theological institutions, publishing houses or other Christian ministry organisations. These large, individual projects meet the specific needs of indigenous Christians in different regions of the world. One of…
Read More‘Radiantly different’ series equips believers in Muslim contexts
Langham has published the first in a pioneering new commentary series written by and for believers in Muslim contexts. The virtual launch for ‘Windows on the Text: Genesis 1-11’ was held in September, hosted by Emad Botros. Emad is a Langham Scholar and he facilitated the project while serving as an Old Testament professor in…
Read MoreThe power of a well-stocked theological library
eNews June 2022
“Ancestral Tree” of 35 ground-breaking, indigenous, regional Bible Commentary Projects funded by Langham Partnership “Good preaching is impossible without study,” said Langham founder John Stott, “and study is impossible without good books.” Langham Literature provides Majority World pastors, scholars and seminary libraries with good books and electronic resources through grants, discounts and distribution. We also…
Read MoreWord 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,…
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 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…
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