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 the global programme, Paul will take a special interest in the development of training initiatives in Asia and the Pacific. Langham Preaching, one of three international programmes of LPI founded by John Stott, works with national leaders in over 50 countries to nurture indigenous preaching movements for pastors and lay preachers all around the world.

Paul and his wife Barby were brought up in India, children of missionary families with a long history of service in the sub-continent.  Paul pursued an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the USA, and is presently completing his DMin with the Australian College of Theology.  First serving as a pastor in Invercargill, New Zealand, Paul subsequently joined the teaching staff at the Bible College of New Zealand, where he taught Preaching to degree level as well as modules at Masters level. In 1998 he was appointed Principal of Carey Baptist College, during which time he has also taught at the University of Auckland, the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia (where he taught an MA module on Contemporary Biblical Preaching), and at the Bible College of Victoria, teaching the theory and practice of Expository Preaching as an MA/DMin module.

Paul Windsor at Marsden Cross, New Zealand

He is widely respected as a preacher and teacher, not only through his regular work with local churches but also at pastors conferences in Africa, Bible Conventions at Katoomba and Belgrave Heights in Australia, Preachers conferences and mission events. His wide mission interests are reflected in his involvement with many agencies, including Interserve, the Evangelical Fellowship of New Zealand (Vision Network New Zealand), the Asia Theological Association, and the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship (IFES). But his real love is helping others in the work of preaching – something he has done both in the academic environment and amongst pastors and lay preachers in local churches.  Barby and their five children share Paul’s warm enthusiasm for this new opportunity of service around the world.

In a message of greeting read at the commissioning service, John Stott (founder), and Chris Wright (International Director) stated: ‘We are delighted that Paul will bring his exceptional gifts, experience and humble wisdom into the senior programme team.  It has been a particular encouragement to see the way in which Langham Preaching has grown, impacting so many countries in each of the continents of the world. It is a joy to hear reports of the warm response from so many pastors and lay preachers, often in places where the work of ministry is very tough and sometimes dangerous, and where resources and training facilities are almost non-existent.  Since the programme has been growing so fast under God’s clear blessing, it is a strategic moment for Paul to come alongside Jonathan Lamb to share the responsibilities of leadership. We are so grateful to God for Paul’s commitments to Biblical preaching, to the training of a new generation, and to the call to serve the churches in the Majority World. This mixture of vision, gifts and calling, already proven in New Zealand, will strengthen the work of Langham Preaching in the wider international arena.’

For the past couple of years, Las has been combining his work in Jamaica with being an associate general secretary for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), based in Oxford. This has meant some rather long-distance commuting. Meanwhile, back in Kingston, Jamaica, he had been appointed by the board of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology (CGST) to take over the role of president of that institution when the previous leader, Dieumeme Noelliste, stepped down. Since Las was unable to do so immediately, Anthony Oliver stepped in as acting president for the past year. For several years Anthony had already served as academic dean of CGST, so this was an additional burden. Anthony is very glad that Las is returning to Jamaica this autumn to take up his role as president.

Anthony himself, like many Langham Scholars around the world, also pastors a church that is close to the seminary. This means that he is preaching most Sundays as well as teaching in seminary, running the administration, and trying to raise money. The task is endlessly stretching. Under Anthony’s leadership, CGST has been able to introduce several new Masters level courses and they are in line for accreditation not only with the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association, but also with the University Council of Jamaica.
Anthony is an Old Testament specialist, who enjoys his teaching and tries to do some writing as well – though the pressures in the past year have made that diffi cult. Perhaps it’s not surprising that he has done a lot of teaching and preaching on the theme of Christian stewardship, including Bible Studies in the books of Chronicles, which he hopes to produce as a book.