July 15, 2008
Langham Partnership and the Eastern Europe Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) have agreed to a merger that will allow the aims of both charities to be enhanced. EELAC has had a 30 year track record of developing indigenous Christian publishing houses in Central and Eastern Europe. The merger with Langham Partnership will internationalise this […]
Langham Partnership and the Eastern Europe Literature Advisory Committee (EELAC) have agreed to a merger that will allow the aims of both charities to be enhanced. EELAC has had a 30 year track record of developing indigenous Christian publishing houses in Central and Eastern Europe. The merger with Langham Partnership will internationalise this ministry, enhancing […]
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 […]
April 1, 2008
The success of the Africa Bible Commentary has stimulated plans to create similar single-volume commentaries by local scholars for other Majority World regions. Similar projects are already in process for Asia and the Middle East. This year, discussion was underway in Buenos Aires for development of the Contemporary Biblical Commentary (In Spanish: Comentário Bíblico […]
February 29, 2008
Thanks for your prayers and for passing the word to others to pray. The Lord Jesus greatly blessed our writer’s workshop, supported in part by Langham Literature. The sessions were well received, but most importantly, the participants’ faith and courage for work on the “Vanuatu Bible Commentary” (VBC) grew, even alongside our warnings that this […]
January 31, 2008
by Langham Partnership International Director Chris Wright
There have been Arab believers since before the followers of Jesus were even called Christians (a nickname that was invented in Syria). They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11). And the Christian church has continued in the Middle East throughout the past two thousand years. Some […]
December 13, 2007
“God seems nearer to a people when he speaks their language.”
–Augustine of Hippo
On November 18, 2007, in Dar Es Salaam, WordAlive Publishers officially announced the launch of the Africa Bible Commentary Kiswahili, in the Tanzanian market. This celebration marks the first of many translations for the first-ever single volume Bible commentary written by […]
October 1, 2007
Since its launch in 2006, the Africa Bible Commentary (ABC) the first-ever one-volume commentary written by Africans, for Africans, has sold 65,000 copies (12,000 in the West and 53,000 in Africa). This project has been seven years in the making, with more than $1 million raised to make this project a reality. Tens […]
September 12, 2007
This summer saw the publishing of 5 significant theological books which will help Arabic church leaders. The Arabic Global Christian Library consists of 5 titles including: Evangelical Truth, Hope for the World, The Human Condition, A Time for Mission and The Bible and Other Faiths.This has been an ambitious project funded by The Langham Partnership […]
August 16, 2007
The first of, what will hopefully be, many titles from Hippo publishers is set to be released in the summer of 2008. My Neighbour’s Faith by Ghanian John Azumah is ready to print and three additional titles are in production.Hippo Books, the brain-child of Langham Partnership’s Pieter Kwant, will be written by African authors and […]