Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Stott-inspired book wins prestigious award
A Langham Publishing book, which continues John Stott’s legacy of radical discipleship, has won a prestigious book award in the US. ‘Living Radical Discipleship’ is a collection of essays by Chris Wright (our Ministries Director & Global Ambassador) and others. Christianity Today has given it the ‘Book of the Year Award’ in the ‘Christian Living…
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…
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…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Hikmat Kashouh
Hikmat Kashouh is the senior pastor of Resurrection Church Beirut (previously Hadath Baptist Church), a vibrant and growing missional church located in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. He is a Langham Scholar, gaining his PhD in Textual Criticism from the University of Birmingham, UK. Hikmat was previously the Academic Dean at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, which…
Read MoreThe Japanese & Christianity
In the middle of old habits Mr Big Bell, a Japanese man, wrote, ‘My family worshipped at the Buddhist family altar, prayed at the Shinto god-shelf. For New Year it was the Shinto shrine, for funerals it was the Buddhist temple. From a young age I was sat down and recited Buddhist scriptures that I…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Yohanna Katanacho
Langham Scholar, author and editor Yohanna Katanacho gives some background to his journey of faith and the story behind Praying Through the Psalms: I was born in Jerusalem, in June 1967, during the Arab–Israeli war known as the “Six-Day War”. My father risked his life to bring us home and despite the bomb that exploded next…
Read MoreErmias Mamo – Author Spotlight
Ermias Mamo – A Life Less Ordinary Ermias Guisha Mamo was born and raised in southern Ethiopia in a rural setting, the son of a farmer’s son. Ermias Mamo’s father, Mamo Guisha, spent his early adulthood as a village gang member who robbed people and persecuted and threatened early converts to Christianity in the community.…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Rachel Rajagopal
Growing in Faith Rachel Rajagopal is a Singaporean Christian from a Hindu background. Chapel services at Paya Lebar Methodist School, helped Rachel to understand the message of the Gospel and at the age of 13 accepted Jesus as her saviour. Nearly two decades later, when she was part of a discipleship group with 11 others…
Read MoreWhat is the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology?
A Brief History In March 2009 documents were submitted to the Kenyan government and in July 2010, the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology (ASET) was officially registered as a society. ASET is a professional society that fosters evangelical theological scholarship in Africa and facilitates collegial relationships among scholars and practitioners of Christianity in the continent.…
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