Literature
Stats show huge impact of Langham Writer’s Grants
Langham Literature offers Writer’s Grants to evangelical Scholars in the Majority World who want to write books to benefit believers in their region. These are often a lifeline for Scholars who have huge potential but lack the funding needed to complete such projects. Grants are awarded for the writing of theological academic textbooks and popular theological books…
Read MoreColleges around the world thank Langham for vital library grants
This year, Langham Literature supplied close to 9,000 books to 740 Majority World colleges free of charge through its ‘Library Grants’ programme. Langham Literature also invest in developing libraries in key institutions by giving larger grants. In 2019’s financial year, they supplied over 1,500 books to five colleges in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. The…
Read MoreCentral Eastern European Bible Commentary – please pray
Langham Literature is supporting the completion of another one-volume Bible commentary, this time for Central and Eastern Europe. The resource, written by indigenous Scholars for Central and Eastern European believers, is expected to take several years to complete. And the total cost will be hundreds of thousands of pounds. The project’s coordinator Katharina Penner recently…
Read MoreLiberian pastors grateful to God for Langham resources and training
Just last week, eleven people attended a special Langham Preaching training event in Liberia. Attendees includes local trainers, who were being refreshed in how to lead seminars, and Preaching Club coordinators. The participants were extremely grateful not only for the training, but also for a book pack that Langham Literature gave to each of them.…
Read More‘Leviticus is very relevant for Central and Eastern Europe’s societal problems’
The Central Eastern European Bible Commentary is another landmark Langham Literature project that is expected to take several years to complete and cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. Recently Katharina Penner, the project coordinator, interviewed one of the theological editors and authors, Lidija Gunjevic from Croatia. She has already completed the commentaries on Jonah and…
Read MoreEquipping editors ‘critical’ for publishing Majority World resources
Langham Literature’s Isobel Stevenson shares her experience in equipping writers and editors… “In late October 2017, I reluctantly set off to Sri Lanka. It was not that I had any objections to going there, but the workshop at the Colombo Theological Seminary (CTS) dovetailed with my commitments in other parts of the world. “I would…
Read MoreHausa edition of Africa Bible Commentary published
The Hausa translation of the hugely influential Africa Bible Commentary has finally been published, over seven years after work began on the project. This Hausa version is called ‘Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki Don Afirka’, and is over 200 pages longer than the original English. The commentary has been published by Africa Christian Textbooks (ACTS) in Nigeria.…
Read MoreProfound thanks expressed for Langham Library Grants
Every year, Langham Literature provides thousands of books free of charge to Bible Colleges around the world. We recently heard from students who were extremely grateful for Langham’s Library Grant programme. In December, we heard that several leaders in Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi had expressed their “delight and appreciation” at having received their Langham books.…
Read MoreFinding God’s grace when you lose everything…
Taras N. Dyatlik, project manager of Langham Literature’s Slavic Bible Commentary (SBC), shares how the recent war in Ukraine impacted this resource. Writers on both sides of the conflict had to work together. They showed how the Bible speaks to people who have lost family, property, businesses. Taras says the commentary is a “monument to…
Read MorePublisher Development – Supporting the Majority World Church
In early February 2019 three of Langham Literature’s staff made a short visit to Egypt to work alongside Dar El Thaqafa, the publishing arm of CEOSS (Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services). Dar El Thaqafa are the distributors of the recently published Arabic Contemporary Commentary and have also published several other Langham Publishing titles in…
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