Posts Tagged ‘Langham Scholars’
A 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 MoreAuthor Spotlight – Athena Gorospe
By Evelyn Reynolds, ScholarLeaders International From 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…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Athena Gorospe
By Evelyn Reynolds, ScholarLeaders International From 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…
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…
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 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 (OTS). The inauguration…
Read MoreVision Day moves and inspires
On Saturday nearly 100 people were moved and inspired at Langham Partnership UKI’s first ‘Vision Day’, held at All Souls, Langham Place. During the course of the day, attendees heard of what God is doing around the world through Langham’s Preaching, Literature and Scholars programmes. Taras Dyatlik, Project Manager for Langham Literature’s Slavic Bible Commentary,…
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…
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