January 26, 2006
Onéias Pereira is a student in the Theology Bachelor course with emphasis in Pastoral Ministry at the Biblical Seminary Palavra da Vida (Word of Life) in Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil. He comes from a simple family. His father is a baptist pastor who works as a missionary at the Junta Batista (Baptist Council) in the church-planting in the south region of Brazil. The family has always struggled with financial difficulties.
October 31, 2005
The long-term fruit of the combined ministry of JSM-Langham Scholars and JSM-Langham Literature can be seen in more and more good quality evangelical books being produced around the world - rather than just exporting them from the west.
September 16, 2005
As I was looking for the right time to start the work, the Langham Writers Project invited Langham scholars to write books to be read particularly by intelligent lay people in the Two-Third world. I chose to write a commentary on John making it relevant to the socio-political and religious context in India with the hope that it will be read by a wider group of people in India. There had been no commentary on John earlier written solely by an Indian Christian scholar for the people of India, and this situation instigated me all the more to fill up this vacuum.
September 16, 2005
JSM-Langham Scholar Jey Kanagaraj has completed his book, “The Gospel of John, A Commentary”. In the forward of this book, Dr. Plamthodathil S. Jacob, Head of Contextual Theology Department, Union Biblical Seminary, Pune says: “The importance of this book is that it brings out points of thematic comparison with Indian religious thoughts and cultural practices in a comprehensive commentary form.
May 27, 2005
Spanish is the language spoken by the largest number of evangelical Christians in the world, after English. The JSM-Langham Literature programme in Latin America, in Spanish and Portuguese, has been an integral part of the ministry for many years, but not on the same scale as our English and French programmes. Over the course of several visits to most of the countries in the continent, Pieter Kwant, International Programme Director of Langham Literature, and Brad Palmer, his Programme Manager with John Stott Ministries, have revised and revived the programme.
March 14, 2005
Aware that the dedicated staff workers of the Union of Evangelical Students of India (UESI) are engaged constantly in Bible teaching among Christian and non-Christian students all over India, Langham Literature made a grant which enabled each participant at their national conference to receive a set of key books – resources for studying and teaching the Bible.
March 14, 2005
Christians in Sri Lanka continue to face challenges from the predominant Buddhist culture and increasing political and popular hostility against churches. In such circumstances, it is critical that those who lead the churches be equipped with a high quality of theological education from institutions with academic credibility in the wider community.
March 14, 2005
It is easy to forget, in the wake of contemporary wars and tensions throughout the Middle East, that there are many Arab Christians in the region. In Egypt, there are about 8 million Coptic orthodox Christians – the largest Christian minority in the region – and almost half a million Protestants.