November 8, 2007
Reflecting on the Kenyan Langham Preaching programme, Yusufu Turaki, a Nigerian pastor, theologian and contributor to the Africa Bible Commentary said, ‘I have been a pastor and professor for a great number of years but this is one of the most exciting things I have seen.’
Over the past 3 years the Kenyan preaching movement has [...]
October 1, 2007
Since its launch in 2006, the Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) the first-ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans, has sold 65,000 copies (12,000 in the West and 53,000 in Africa). This project has been seven years in the making, with more than $1 million raised to make this project a reality. Tens [...]
September 17, 2007
by Cindy Crossley
(London, UK) This summer saw the publishing of 5 significant theological books which will help Arabic church leaders. The Arabic Global Christian Library consists of 5 titles including: Evangelical Truth, Hope for the World, The Human Condition, A Time for Mission and The Bible and Other Faiths.This has been an ambitious project [...]
August 16, 2007
The first of, what will hopefully be, many titles from Hippo publishers is set to be released in the summer of 2008. My Neighbour’s Faith by Ghanian John Azumah is ready to print and three additional titles are in production.Hippo Books, the brain-child of Langham Partnership’s Pieter Kwant, will be written by African authors and [...]
December 21, 2006
“Exequiel Gaunzon is waiting – so is Stepehn Nzomo, Martina Bastien, Emad Asmy and Henry Sian Kung. Each year, Langham Literature offers to seminaries a precious library grant to purchase new theological books and this month marks the launch of a new offer — and these leaders at Majority World colleges are eager to end [...]
October 25, 2006
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Rev. Dr. Chris Wright, in his new book, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative, boldly maintains that that the reverse is actually true—there is, in fact, a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and is all about God’s mission.
September 26, 2006
The church in Turkey is experiencing much pressure. But this ’secular’ society has an increasing curiosity about Christianity, say local pastors. John Stott’s ROMANS title was requested by church leaders in Turkey and now has been published by Haberci Press, Istanbul, with assistance from a JSM-Langham Publishing grant.
August 30, 2006
Each year JSM-Langham offer library grants to leaders such as these of more than 800 Majority World seminaries for the purchase of new theological books. The grants are precious to these libraries, and this month marks the launch of a new offer that leaders worldwide who receive the new catalog will eagerly take advantage of.
July 31, 2006
One of the most exciting aspects of JSM-Langham Literature are its creative programs (Langham Writers and Langham Publishing grants) which support indigenous authors to write quality evangelical books in their own language, for their own context, and assist the publication of needed texts in the local languages.
July 31, 2006
Africa today is facing hardships at a level not experienced anywhere else in the world. Four out of ten African girls—almost half—will suffer some kind of abuse. The average life span has dropped from age 62 to age 47.