Sunday Agang, a graduated LeaderStudies recipient co-sponsored with Langham Partnership, illustrates the long-lasting fruits of our work. Last month, he became Provost (equivalent of President) of the Evangelical Church Winning All Theological Seminary in Jos, Nigeria (a VSI school). You can read more about him in this story from Langham. In addition, he recently edited …
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Please pray for God’s wisdom in my leadership at Bandung Theological Seminary (BTS). It is a great opportunity to be able to lead in this God-given moment to develop theological education with a holistic vision, to bring the whole gospel to impact the whole society with the whole church.
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This week, the Sanneh Institute in Accra, Ghana holds its inaugural conference. The Institute will guide Muslims and Christians to seek peace and learn from one another for the common good. We give thanks for the many faithful scholars – especially Dr. Lamin Sanneh and Dr. John Azumah, a ScholarLeaders board member who will lead …
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I am currently in my fifth year of PhD studies at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS) in the United Kingdom. My research examines the extent to which the practice of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia has changed, with respect to its espoused Pentecostal Theology, since its inception in 1957 to the present day.
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We congratulate Seblewengel Daniel, a Women’s PeerLeader Forum participant (and Langham scholar), on becoming Head of Academic Affairs at Ethiopia Graduate School of Theology in Addis Ababa. She’s the first woman in her denomination with a PhD. In addition to serving in this key position, she’s working on an Amharic commentary on the book of …
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I ask for your intercessory prayer for my people and my country, Myanmar, which is full of conflicts between the Burmese military and ethnic minorities. Christians and ethnic minorities have been tortured by the military for a long time. Consequently, many ethnic groups are seeking refuge in neighboring countries and in Western countries as well. Please do pray for the total dismantling of military power in the Union government.
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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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This afternoon, our board and staff pray together as we prepare to select new LeaderStudies recipients (who will begin to receive scholarships in September 2020). We long for the Spirit’s guidance and invite you to pray with us as we face the difficult task of discerning which candidates will most bless the Global Church for …
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We share a teaser article from the Fall 2020 issue of our sister publication, the InSights Journal for Global Theological Education. In this article, Denys Kondyuk, a current LeaderStudies recipient and Academic Dean at Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary (a VSI school), analyzes how the seminary can help the Church respond to social and political crises.
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This week, we convene at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena for our annual board meeting. Please give thanks with us for our faithful and generous board members and for Fuller’s hospitality. Please pray for continuing wisdom and good fellowship as we make long-term plans. Photo: Setting up thanks to Fuller Seminary Chapel.
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Seble’s* little girl Bamlak is happy that her mother is home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At age 6, a week is a very, very long time. Bamlak wants to know why Seble has been away, and the photos on her mom’s phone help to tell the story. ”You see all these ladies here? They are …
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In last seven months, the pro-democracy anti-extradition protests have completely changed Hong Kong. The protests started as peaceful marches against the extradition bill. However, violence and clashes between protestors and police erupted when the nonviolent protests failed to effect change. To date, police have arrested over 6,000 people and have fired more than 16,000 rounds of tear gas in the city.
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Gladys has counseled victims of the Rwandan genocide, the 1998 US Embassy bombing, and terrorist attacks on Garissa University and Westgate Mall in Kenya. She received her PhD with support from LeaderStudies.
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Christianity Today highlights comments from Dr. Salim Munayer (2009 ScholarLeader of the Year) and Dr. Yohanna Katanacho (2019 ScholarLeader of the Year), two members of the ScholarLeaders community and former LeaderStudies scholarship recipients, as they reflect on the newest Middle East Peace Proposal from their positions as Christians living in the Middle East. As you …
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As the social environment gets more complicated, believers are facing a host of issues related to the family, such as extramarital affairs, homophobia, questions related to sex education and social services, etc. Due to a lack of academically trained professors, and a dearth of Christian writers and researchers, Chinese theological education cannot build itself up and remains ill-equipped to tackle these issues.
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