May 4, 2009
Langham Scholar Gladys Mwiti is the co-founder of Oasis Africa (OA), an organization that has equipped people to counsel and train others in more than 16 African nations. Issues addressed by OA include professional care for those with emotional struggles; supervision for psychology and counseling students; training leaders, counselors and trainers; HIV and AIDS care [...]
November 1, 2008
Jamaica is home to two Langham scholars, Las Newman and Anthony Oliver. Both are members of the Regional Council for Langham Partnership Caribbean, and both were present at the recent Langham Preaching seminar in Grenada. LPI International Director Chris Wright met and talked with them both in Grenada. For the past couple of years, Las [...]
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. partner of Langham [...]
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, [...]
October 1, 2007
By Meritt Sawyer, International Program Director, Scholars Langham Partnership International was one of the primary funders of a landmark consultation for faculty development and doctoral training in Africa held this August. Held by Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), it was hosted by the leadership of NEGST, the Faculté de Théologie Évangélique de Bangui [...]
July 27, 2007
The stranger. The poor. The orphan. The slave. Often times as Christians we might be called – as the Bible beckons us – to reach out to one or two of these groups. But in her involvement with New Life Ministry to fight human trafficking in Athens, Greece, Langham Scholar Myrto Theocharous has discovered a [...]
June 29, 2007
by Meritt Lohr Sawyer International Program Director, Scholars The land of Mother Teresa. Hand-drawn rickshaws. Vivid multicolored saris. A sea full of humanity. I find myself in Kolkata (Calcutta) for a gathering of the Fellowship of Langham Scholars for South Asia. Today we have gathered to consider the impact of theological education on the church. [...]
November 29, 2006
JSM-Langham Scholar Moussa Bongoyok graduated from Fuller Seminary this spring and has returned to teach in Bangui in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). Moussa, who is from Cameroon, recently wrote: “We have finally returned to the mission field after spending some time in Cameroon. It was a great joy to reconnect with our family members [...]
November 29, 2006
Scholars and Scholar Teams meet in Northern California The first week of November, people involved in Scholar teams came together for an Open House at Meritt Sawyer’s home, Our International Director for Scholars. This gathering saw 6 of the current Fuller Scholars and two graduated scholars spending the evening with over 50 people that have [...]
October 25, 2006
‘They Know We Are Christians’ Lebanese Christian compassion impresses Muslims during bloody conflict. The work of JSM Langham Scholars Riad Kasis and Nabil Costa and Elie Haddad during the recent Lebanese Crisis in the Middle East was recently featured in Christianity Today. The impact of JSM-Langham Scholars and the institutions they lead have a extreme [...]