October 25, 2006
The Byang Kato Award is given during the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) annual Recognition and Awards Ceremony held in June. It is awarded to an individual and to a group who best champions the vision of the founder of NEGST, Dr. Byang Kato. This year, John Stott and Chris Wright accepted the award for JSM-Langham.
September 26, 2006
The International Program Director for Scholars, Merritt Sawyer reports on the scholar consultation held in London attended by representatives from countries such as Lebanon, Kenya, Hong Kong, and Argentina. She also covers LPI’s presence at the recently concluded International Consultation for Theological Educators in Chang Mai, Thailand and the addition of a new scholars program director in the UK.
Langham Scholar Rev. Sunday Agang has seen firsthand the destruction of religious persecution as a pastor in Nigeria. He, along with other leaders, felt called by Scripture (James 1:27) to reach out to families whose husbands and fathers were executed because of their Christian faith.
Herrick Liu is a JSM Scholar that graduated from Fuller Seminary in 1998 and has returned home to Hong Kong. This interview is a repring of an interview first published in the Langham Foundation East Asia Spring 2006 newsletter.
July 31, 2006
David Zac Nirigiye was recently featured in an interview in Christianity Today. The article is titled “Experiencing Life at the Margins, an African bishop tells North American christens the most helpful gospel-thing they can do.”
We have been praying for our brothers and sisters in the Middle East, and it is good to know that during these difficult times, they are making a difference to the people in this area. Since July 16, JSM-Langham Scholars have been serving over 760 Muslim refugees.
In May of 2006, a JSM preaching seminar was held in Kenya. This was a Level 1 and Level 2 seminar following up the 2005 seminar hosted by St. Paul’s Limuru.
May 27, 2006
After receiving their Ph.D.’s, JSM-Langham Scholars are now on faculties and serving as principals of key institutions in the Majority World. As a result, several of these seminaries are now able to offer Ph.D. programs with high academic standards.
May 25, 2006
Imagine that a $15 monthly sponsorship of one Langham scholar leads to outreach that more than 20,000 lives in the course of a few months. That’s what’s happened with graduating Ph.D. scholar Daniel Santos.
April 26, 2006
When a JSM Scholar is not taking classes or working on their dissertation for their Ph.D. many are very involved with ministry in their home countries. A.K. Lama, JSM Scholar from India, just completed a ministry tour of India to conduct training programs for the pastors and lay leaders in the northeast regions.