May 18, 2009
By Wendy Toulmin, Executive Officer, Langham Partnership Australia
It was a tremendous privilege to be with the 85 men and women — pastors, bible college teachers, lay preachers, Sunday school teachers and church leaders representing 10 denominational groups and 2 parachurch organisations. They came from the 6 Provinces of Vanuatu — the Pacific archipelago of 83 [...]
April 23, 2009
Paul and Barby Windsor
Paul Windsor, for over 10 years the Principal of Carey Baptist College in New Zealand, has joined the global team of Langham Partnership International.
At a service in Auckland on Sunday April 19, Paul Windsor was commissioned for his new work as Associate Director of Langham Preaching. Sharing responsibility for the development of [...]
March 30, 2009
Frank Luvanda, country coordinator, reports on the growth of the preaching network in Tanzania.
They came from 20 different denominations, and travelled from 13 different regions. In February, over 150 pastors took part in the ongoing training work of Langham Preaching – called LP-MVIMUTA (a network of expository preachers clubs in [...]
January 21, 2009
Langham Preaching "escuelita" participants prepare an outline in class in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
What educational support would you want if you had to preach your first sermon?
For most of us, formal preaching training prior to a first sermon is expected. But for some
young leaders in Majority World countries, that training is unavailable or too expensive.
So when young [...]
June 16, 2008
by Jonathan Lamb, International Programme Director for Preaching
Mercy Ireri is the very energetic coordinator of the preaching clubs in Kenya. Armed with her mobile phone, she keeps track of the pastors and lay preachers, encouraging them to meet regularly, as well as visiting the clubs in different regions near Nairobi. She recently reported: [...]
April 1, 2008
by Jonathan Lamb, Director of Langham Preaching
The Tanzanian preaching movement continues to extend its reach, with nearly 320 delegates attending the training seminars in February and March this year, as well as the launch of a new initiative in the training of local facilitators.
Coordinated by Frank Luvanda and Tony Swanson, the programme not only included [...]
February 28, 2008
Nigerian Pastors Receive Strong Biblical Training…
Safia Nana Zakana could not understand what had happened to Pastor James. She attended his church in Abuja, Nigeria, where he preached regularly. But during 2007 something changed. “I found he was different,” she told Chris Wright, who was leading the second Nigerian Langham Preaching seminar. “He used to [...]
January 17, 2008
The launch of a continental movement
by Jonathan Lamb, Langham Preaching International Director
‘For the first time, it looks as though the vision of a Preaching movement is being realised’, said Jonathan Lamb, following the Africa Preaching Consultation hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, in mid-December last year. Country coordinators of the Langham Preaching programmes from 13 countries met [...]
January 17, 2008
Langham Preaching
Facilitator
Gordon Woolard
It’s the third-largest country in Africa with an area the size of Western Europe and a population of 62 million people. Since 1964, it has changed its name three times, has experienced six or more wars and coups, and struggles with safety and stability. And with 80 percent of its citizens living in [...]
January 16, 2008
Jonathan Lamb, International Preaching Director writes:
Recently a Kenyan friend of ours made a journey up the Rift Valley. His normal work is in serving churches in the Nairobi area, specially nurturing the Christian community in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa. During these opening days of 2008, the slums have been badly hit by violence [...]