Preaching
Tackling illiteracy to bring the Gospel to Kenya
“You’re 12, you’re old enough to share your testimony of salvation” – my father said to me out of the blue one Saturday evening, to my astonishment, as I had little personal faith at the time. After that conversation, I realised that if I was going to take faith seriously and talk to people about…
Read MoreWord from the World: Why we need to read the Bible for ourselves
Some of us are content to rely on pastors or other “experts” to give us an understanding of the word of God rather than studying it ourselves. Others prefer to live only on “new revelations” of other people rather than studying the Bible daily. It is so easy to be misled if we are unwilling…
Read More‘Through Langham Preaching, I see God’s Word working in peoples’ lives’
Alongla Aier has been involved with Langham Preaching for 13 years in her South Asian country*, and in February’s Langham Live it was a privilege to welcome her onto the call and hear her passion for the programme. Introduction to Alongla Aier Alongla’s nation is vast, divided into various states and has numerous languages and…
Read MoreGod at Work Through Langham Preaching in Africa
Langham Preaching is a programme of the Langham Partnership that exists to develop godly and biblical preachers across the world in an affordable and accessible way. In October 2022 the second All Africa Langham Preaching Consultation was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 72 attendees from 26 Preaching Movements across the continent. Each Preaching Movement…
Read More‘Thrilling time’ for Langham Preaching in Turkey
Turkey is a beautiful country, lying in both Asia and Europe, and culturally drawing elements from the East and the West. Believers there are very much in the minority and face many challenges. Statistics reveal that just 0.04 percent of the population are biblical Christians (source: ufm.org.uk) But Langham Preaching has had a postive impact…
Read MoreHelping to heal a nation: Langham Preaching in South Africa
How does the Word of God impact nations? Why does every church need a pastor who ‘correctly handles the word of truth’? What difference does it really make? Let’s travel to South Africa and listen to pastors there, who say that faithful Bible teaching is what their country needs to heal and recover. South Africa…
Read MoreA story of growth in Latin America
Last year in 15 countries across Latin America, over 3,000 people were trained through the Langham Preaching programme. Read on to see a glimpse of what this ministry looks like on the ground: In Latin America, before pastors attend training seminars, they are plugged into Langham Preaching Clubs (called “escuelitas” or “little schools”), where groups…
Read More‘A privilege to train Ukrainian students scattered by war’
The war in Ukraine is becoming less prominent in our UK news as the weeks go by. But the horror and trauma is continuing, and Christian students are desperate to grapple with God’s word despite what is happening. Mark Meynell, Langham Preaching’s coordinator for Europe and the Caribbean, has been training students scattered because of…
Read More‘I want to serve my indigenous community in Panama’
Last month on our Langham Live zoom calls, LPUKI supporters were privileged to hear from Jocabed Solano, a member of Langham Preaching in Panama. Jocabed grew up in the Gunadule (Guna) community in Panama, was born to missionary parents, and came to faith at the age of nine. She became a staff worker for IFES…
Read More‘Great joy’ as lay preachers in rural Australia gain new skills
Langham’s Preaching programme is about training pastors and lay leaders (most of whom will never get to attend Bible college) to teach the Bible, equipping them to biblically lead their churches. The program is active throughout the Majority World and in other places where there are few evangelicals and a lack of training in expository…
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