July 27, 2009
The Langham Partnership 1910 Centenary PhD Scholarships
Langham Partnership is working with four centres of theological training in the UK to offer four PhD scholarships starting in 2010, as a way of marking the centenary of the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference of 1910. The scholarships are for PhD students from [...]
May 18, 2009
By Ma’afu Palu, Langham Scholar studying in Sydney, Australia
As some of you know, I am married to Elizabeth and we have three boys, Tevita (9), Freddie (4) and Albert born this April. We’ve been here in Sydney four years now, studying for a PhD – thanks to the generosity of Langham Partnership Australia and the [...]
January 29, 2009
by Steve Hardy, International Program Director For Scholars
Last fall, I spent a significant amount of time in Latin America. For most of this time, I was part of a teaching team, working under the umbrella of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE) and its Latin American partner AETAL (Associação Evangélica de Educação Teológica [...]
December 29, 2008
By Dave Hoffman, vice president
John Stott Ministries
Langham Scholar Juan-Jose Barreda is just about to complete his Ph.D. in Theology from ISEDET University Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His dissertation is on the “Messianic Expectation in the Qumran Writings and a Comparison with the New Testament.” While Juan-Jose’s dissertation is certainly an impressive reflection of his [...]
October 17, 2008
by Helen Goody
communications manager, John Stott Ministries
About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is this indigenous [...]
September 30, 2008
by Helen Goody
communications manager, John Stott Ministries
About 1.4 million people make up the contingent of the Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines, a group that is primarily strong in its Christian faith. Interestingly enough, many of the churches in that community are self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propogating, getting little help from foreign missions. It is this indigenous [...]
June 13, 2008
by Chris Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership International
Kwame Bediako passed away this week. Langham Literature Director Pieter Kwant and I had the opportunity to visit him at the Global Church Tour in Grand Rapids in April, where he and his wife were spending some sabbatical time at Calvin College. Mark Hunt, Langham Partnership International’s [...]
June 4, 2008
For the next few years, many scholars and editors will be dedicated to producing the South Asia Bible Commentary, an indispensable, culturally relevant, single-volume reference for pastors in South Asia. The commentary, sponsored in part by the Langham Literature programme, is due to launch in 2012 with translations due in Hindi in 2013, and later [...]
February 28, 2008
By Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright
That’s the vision that Matthew Michael has for himself. Matthew has just reached the end of his first year on the Ph.D. programme in Jos, Nigeria, as the first Langham scholar studying there. Matthew is a Langham scholar supported by John Stott Ministries (the U.S. [...]
January 31, 2008
“I am in debt to God first and Langham second.”
Most Langham scholars’ eyes light up when they talk about their doctoral studies supported by a Langham Partnership International (LPI) grant. But Andrea Zaki Stephanous positively sparkles as he describes the difference it has made in his life. Andrea did his Ph.D. in Manchester, England, in [...]