Langham Preaching network established in Latin America
At the end of September, 15 participants from around Latin America gathered for a Langham Preaching consultation in Medellin, Colombia. All of the participants were involved in some way in a preaching programme within their own context, but were keen to share the vision, exchange news, and look at ways of collaborating in the development of a preaching movement across the continent.
Participants came from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru and Paraguay. They were all involved in Langham Preaching programmes, or in other preaching initiatives associated with non-formal training of pastors and lay preachers, or in seminary extension training programmes.
The outcomes of the consultation include:
- The establishment of a Latin American Langham Preaching network, which will enable the exchange of news and training ideas
- A forum for assessing how to develop new preaching networks and training programmes in other Latin American contexts
- The opportunity for participants to visit one another’s training programmes across the continent, to provide mutual support and the exchange of training models and resources
- A further consultation of trainers to be held in 2008.
A Medellin pastor, Alvaro Fernandez, who is involved in the development of preaching schools in Colombia, commented about the consultation:
“It is encouraging to see other brothers and sisters, faithful to the Word, busy serving the Lord with expositions faithful to the Bible. We would like to express our gratitude for what you are doing in order that the Word of God should spread. You can sense that this is our passion, but we always need people like you who can get the idea moving, so that God’s power can get to work. I can see that God is raising up people in many parts of the world who do not forget the Word, the only way to salvation and to know our beloved Lord Jesus.”