June 1, 2009
Interview with Rosalee Velloso Ewell, New Testament Editor of the Latin American Bible Commentary (LABC)
Please share a little about yourself.
I was born and I grew up in São Paulo, Brazil in the Southeast. My dad is Brazilian, and my mom is from Northern California. She went down to Brazil 40 years ago for a [...]
May 31, 2009
By Colin Macpherson, Creative Director, Langham Literature
The East European Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC), now part of Langham Literature, has been assisting with the nurture and development of indigenous publishing houses in 11 Eastern European countries since the fall of communism. In Serbia we have been partnering with Soteria Publishing since the mid-1990s. Soteria has come [...]
May 18, 2009
In June 2008, Langham Scholar Riad Kassis’ book, Why Don’t We Read the Book That Christ Read? Towards a Better Understanding of the Old Testament, became the first Arabic, Middle Eastern publication to be produced as a result of the Langham Writer programme. Arab Christian scholars and pastors alike have received the book with much [...]
April 8, 2009
It started with a flyer that was published in a Christian periodical in Africa. One reader, who was associated with Flying Mission, an aviation-based ministry that serves Botswana, Zambia, and southern Africa, noticed that flyer described a program that distributes the Africa Bible Commentary as a tool for grassroots pastors in need. A few months [...]
March 30, 2009
By Isobel Stevenson, chief editor of the creative programs for Langham Literature
Josephine was fascinated by the problems faced by the Boni women of Kenya, whose society had swung from matriarchal to patriarchal in one generation. Emily had been a witness of the riots in Kenya in 2008. Lubungu had witnessed the devastation wrought by conflict [...]
December 4, 2008
It was a historic moment when the launch of the French edition of the Africa Bible Commentary — the Commentaire Biblique Contemporain — took place on November 19, 2008, at the prestigious Palace of Culture in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Langham Literature helped to support the project and was present to honor the hard work and [...]
November 30, 2008
By David Hoffman, vice president, John Stott Ministries
Students at seminaries and Bible colleges in Argentina and across Latin America face a common problem: the cost of textbooks and study materials, an expense that could mean the difference between finishing a study program and abandoning their studies. Langham Literature is doing its part with programs that [...]
November 30, 2008
The editors and coordinators of the Latin American Bible Commentary (LABC) project met November 3-6 in Oxford, England for a bi-annual meeting. After a time of prayer and thanksgiving, René Padilla (general editor), Milton Acosta (editor – OT), Rosalee Velloso Ewell (editor – NT), Ian Darke (project coordinator), and Pieter Kwant (LPI representative) spent three [...]
October 31, 2008
Langham Literature continues to be thankful for the success of the Africa Bible Commentary and its incredible impact on the support for pastors in Africa. Several translations are expected; currently underway is the Kiswahili translation, a language spoken in more than 10 countries with as many as 10 million speakers. Langham Literature’s partner on the [...]
September 28, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching
Travelling in a three-wheel tuktuk across the city of Colombo (my guidebook warned me of ‘the anarchic driving conditions’ on Sri Lanka’s roads), it was a relief to arrive at the Centre for Graduate Studies, a bright and welcoming building in the centre of the city. Part of [...]