December 29, 2008
By Dave Hoffman, vice president John Stott Ministries Langham Scholar Juan-Jose Barreda is just about to complete his Ph.D. in Theology from ISEDET University Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His dissertation is on the “Messianic Expectation in the Qumran Writings and a Comparison with the New Testament.” While Juan-Jose’s dissertation is certainly an impressive reflection [...]
December 5, 2008
Part of the editorial team for the Commentaire Biblique Contemporain (left to right): Tewoldemedhin Habtu, Samuel Ngewa, Issiaka Coulibaly, Solomon Andria, Yusufu Turaki 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 [...]
December 1, 2008
John Stott Ministries recently asked some of the current scholars how obtaining their Ph.D.s affect their ministry in evangelism and how they expect to be involved with evangelism when they return home. Ignacio Benitez from from ISEDET University Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina, responds with a reflection on how his thoughts on evangelism changed during [...]
By David Hoffman, vice president, John Stott Ministries Stanley Clark holds up a copy of a commentary on Galatians. 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 [...]
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 [...]
November 24, 2008
By Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director, Langham Preaching Displaced family in Goma, DRC (Copyright (c) Congo Vision. Reprinted with permission.) 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 [...]
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 [...]
October 17, 2008
by Helen Goody communications manager, John Stott Ministries About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is [...]
September 30, 2008
by Helen Goody communications manager, John Stott Ministries About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is [...]
September 29, 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 [...]