Posts Tagged ‘Langham Scholars’
Pursuing unity: Langham publishes important book for African context
Last month, Langham published the PhD thesis of a Malawian Langham Scholar on the topic of unity within his church denomination in Africa. God has led Rhodian Munyenyembe along a unique academic career path. He was offered a lecturing position before graduating from the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi. Later, while an elder of a church…
Read MoreLangham Scholar and Keswick speaker says top degrees ‘open doors’ for South Asian leaders
Langham Scholar Havilah Dharamraj completed a PhD at Durham University in 2006 and is now the Academic Dean of India’s leading evangelical theological institution for post-graduate study. Havilah was also one of the speakers at this year’s Keswick Convention. This article comes from an interview conducted by our partners in New Zealand last year. Havilah…
Read MoreScholar brings biblical truth to Papua New Guinea
“Instead of allowing our beliefs to influence scripture, we need to allow scripture to influence our beliefs,” emphasises Langham Scholar George Mombi, from Papua New Guinea (PNG). George has been working on his PhD since 2015 at Otago University, New Zealand. He’s recently returned to PNG to continue teaching at the Christian Leaders’ Training College.…
Read MoreA passion for transformation across Africa
Langham Scholar Dr Sunday Agang has a passion to see Christians in his native Nigeria equipped to live with bold faith that brings the Gospel outside of the church and seminary walls and into society. Nigeria is ranked #12 on Open Doors’ list of the top 50 countries where persecution is very high. He says Christianity…
Read MoreFrom the margins, for the margins
Fifteen years ago, Langham Scholar Athena Gorospe gave a devotional in which she called her audience – wealthy American Christians – to be downwardly mobile. That morning in Pasadena, she argued that they should recover “Jesus’s concern for the marginalised, the invisible people.” Athena has dedicated herself to this plea – and to practicing what…
Read MoreShaping future leaders… 7000 miles apart!
Despite living over 7,000 miles apart, Langham Scholars Oleksandr Geychenko and Yuzo Adhinarta have much in common. They are both now presidents of Bible colleges in their home countries. Two Scottish churches ‘adopted’ Oleksandr while he studied at St Andrews as his wife and two daughters stayed in Ukraine. Oleksandr was installed as President of…
Read MorePray for Langham Scholar Sofanit Abebe
Langham Scholar Sofanit Abebe asked for prayer at Langham Partnership UKI’s Vision Day last month. Sofanit, who is from Ethiopia, is currently studying for a PhD in New Testament at Edinburgh University. She said: “I would appreciate your prayers in four areas. First, my studies, that I would be able to focus on writing with clarity…
Read MoreScholar shapes future leaders in Ukraine
A Langham Scholar, who studied for a PhD at the University of St Andrews, was recently inducted as head of a Bible college in his home country Ukraine. This is an answer to many prayers. Oleksandr Geychenko now has the opportunity to shape future church leaders through his role at Odessa Theological Seminary. The inauguration service…
Read MoreListening to God’s Word and the World
If you’re looking to find Langham Scholar Dr. Rolex Cailing, a biblical leader trained with support from Langham in the Philippines, you’re going to have to look in some unusual places. Many Filipinos would expect to find him tucked away in his office all day. But Rolex is more likely to be found engaged in…
Read MoreRepresenting Majority World Theology in Academia
Each November, we at Langham Publishing exhibit our latest and most relevant titles at theological conferences in North America. It is an excellent opportunity to present our books to thousands of attendees browsing the exhibit halls and showcase the very best evangelical Majority World theology. Beginning with the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research…
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