September’s first book-of-the-month is by Yohanna Katanacho (LeaderStudies; 2020 ScholarLeader of the Year). Reading the Gospel of John through Palestinian Eyes will guide you to understand Christ’s life from the point of view of someone close to His culture – with a particularly rich emphasis on Christ’s miracles in the Palestinian setting.
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Our August book of the month is The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope by Munther Isaac (LeaderStudies). Munther reflects on Palestinian Christian suffering and calls for the Church to have a new, united vision of Christ’s Kingdom that serves Jews and Muslims alike.
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Our July book of the month is Cultural Integration and the Gospel in Vietnamese Mission Theology by KimSon Nguyen (LeaderStudies), out last fall from Langham Publishing. Vietnam desperately needs the Gospel — but the Gospel is often seen as a Western innovation (and imposition). This book explores new, uniquely Vietnamese ways of doing missions and …
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Our June book of the month is Perception and Identity by Seblewengel Daniel, Head of Academic Affairs at Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology and a participant in the Women’s PeerLeader Forum. This book helps global Christians understand Ethiopia’s diverse Christian traditions. It discusses avenues for unity, grounded in God’s Word and shared belief in the …
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Havilah Dharamraj’s commentary on the book of Ruth is our May book of the month. In this season of loneliness, uncertainty, and scarcity, may you find encouragement in Havilah’s discussion of God’s steadfast love and provision. Havilah attends the Women’s PeerLeader Forum and wrote a beautiful meditation on it.
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Our April book of the month, Russian Baptist Mission Theology in Historical and Contemporary Perspective, is by Andrey Kravstev, a graduated LeaderStudies recipient. (From Langham Publishing, October 2019.) In this book, you can learn about how Russian Baptists developed a unique theology of evangelism while they were isolated by the Soviets. As we, too, are …
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If you’re interested in how Christians can work to overcome corruption, we invite you to explore “A Multidimensional Perspective on Corruption in Africa,” co-edited by Sunday Agang, a former LeaderStudies recipient co-sponsored with Langham Partnership and now Provost of JETS in Nigeria.
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In these gloomy winter months, we celebrate “All Things New,” which has a contribution by Nelson Morales, a member of the SL fellowship, and which was published by Langham Global Library. This book will refresh you with Majority World perspectives on the hope of Christ’s return and the world’s ultimate renewal in His love.
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We celebrate with Suraja Raman, whose article was published in “Desi Diaspora” (ed. Sam George of the Lausanne Movement and published by SAIACS, a VSI school). If you’re interested in what it means to teach cross-culturally for Indians living in Africa, you will find this piece helpful.
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This month, we congratulate several members of the ScholarLeaders Fellowship who were recently published in this collection from Langham (July 2019). If you’re curious about how Scripture intersects with life as an Asian believer, we encourage you to explore the essays in this book.
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This month, we celebrate Leulseged Philemon’s new book, just out in September. It will give you a deeper understanding of how the Spirit guides believers as they read Scripture.
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We celebrate Athena Gorospe’s latest book, co-edited with Charles Ringma and published by Langham at the beginning of this year. This collection of essays calls the Church to be a source of peace and reconciliation in societies around the world.
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This month, we celebrate the Arabic Contemporary Commentary, published almost a year ago and coedited by (among several others) Yohanna Katanacho, Riad Kassis, and Atef Gendy, members of the ScholarLeaders Fellowship. As one of the first modern Arabic-language Bible commentaries composed by Arab scholars for the Church, it is a major blessing and achievement.
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“How can we be salt, light, and yeast that Scripture exhorts us to be when faced with despair? How can we live as active heroes when others expect us to be passive victims?” In light of this summer’s tensions in the Middle East, we invite you to read this collection of essays with contributions by Martin Accad, Yohanna Katanacho, and Elie Hadad, members of the ScholarLeaders fellowship.
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Trained leaders help their congregations understand the Scriptures better so that they are equipped to serve Christ more effectively with their hearts and hands. To read more about what advanced theological education means around the world and about some of the new, creative approaches to teaching and learning, check out this book from Langham Publishing, in which one-third of the contributors are members of the ScholarLeaders Fellowship.
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