May 18, 2009
By Wendy Toulmin, Executive Officer, Langham Partnership Australia
It was a tremendous privilege to be with the 85 men and women — pastors, bible college teachers, lay preachers, Sunday school teachers and church leaders representing 10 denominational groups and 2 parachurch organisations. They came from the 6 Provinces of Vanuatu — the Pacific archipelago [...]
April 23, 2009
Paul Windsor, for over 10 years the Principal of Carey Baptist College in New Zealand, has joined the global team of Langham Partnership International.
At a service in Auckland on Sunday April 19, Paul Windsor was commissioned for his new work as Associate Director of Langham Preaching. Sharing responsibility for the development of the global programme, [...]
March 30, 2009
Frank Luvanda, country coordinator, reports on the growth of the preaching network in Tanzania.
They came from 20 different denominations, and travelled from 13 different regions. In February, over 150 pastors took part in the ongoing training work of Langham Preaching – called LP-MVIMUTA (a network of expository preachers clubs in [...]
March 30, 2009
Frank Luvanda, country coordinator, reports on the growth of the preaching network in Tanzania.
They came from 20 different denominations, and travelled from 13 different regions. In February, over 150 pastors took part in the ongoing training work of Langham Preaching – called LP-MVIMUTA (a network of expository preachers clubs in [...]
January 21, 2009
What educational support would you want if you had to preach your first sermon?
For most of us, formal preaching training prior to a first sermon is expected. But for some
young leaders in Majority World countries, that training is unavailable or too expensive.
So when young church leader Miroslava Riffarrachi of Cochabamba, Bolivia, prepared to
preach to a [...]
November 24, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching
This is a brief account of the Langham Preaching training programme in Goma, the centre of unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as told by Muhindo Isesomo (Langham Preaching country coordinator), and two Langham facilitators, Gordon Woolard and Mike McGowan.
Once a year, the Langham Preaching programme [...]
September 28, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching
Amidst growing news of the persecution of thousands of Christians across northern India, a small group of Christian leaders met in Delhi last week to explore ways of coordinating their efforts in the training of pastors and lay preachers. Across northern India there are remarkable signs of church [...]
September 22, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb
International Programme Director of Langham Preaching
Kenyan Preachers’ Club with Mercy Ireri
We all agree that a church is more than its services, a family more than its meal times. And since it began six years ago, Langham Preaching has sought to encourage ‘fellowships’ rather than just run events. In several countries there is gradually [...]
September 11, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb
International Programme Director of Langham Preaching
Kenyan Preachers’ Club with Mercy Ireri
We all agree that a church is more than its services, a family more than its meal times. And since it began six years ago, Langham Preaching has sought to encourage ‘fellowships’ rather than just run events. In several countries there is gradually [...]
September 11, 2008
Preaching training and pastoral ministry in the DRC
By Jonathan Lamb
International Programme Director of Langham Preaching
Blood River is a best-selling title by Tim Butcher that tells the story of his remarkable journey across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – on the back of a motorbike. He followed the footsteps of Stanley, who first charted its [...]