
Introducing New LeaderStudies Scholars
We welcome 15 new scholars to LeaderStudies this fall! Pray for them as they labor during the pandemic.
read moreWe welcome 15 new scholars to LeaderStudies this fall! Pray for them as they labor during the pandemic.
read moreAthena Gorospe (LeaderStudies; 2017 ScholarLeader of the Year) loves the Old Testament because it directly confronts bondage, oppression, violence, and exploitation – the same evils we fight today. Crux Sola Blog recently featured an interview with her as one of 30 Old Testament Bible Scholars to read and follow. She teaches at Asian Theological Seminary …
read moreIn Ituri, there are more than ten armed groups that kill, loot, and rape the population regularly. The city of Bunia, where we live, is not spared from their cruelties.
read morePresidential elections will be held at the end of the month. Please pray with us for peace before, during, and after the elections. Pray for all the political actors in the country, that the Lord may soften their hearts and guide their actions.
read moreKei Hiramatsu (LeaderStudies) successfully defended his dissertation after pandemic-related setbacks. Praise God! Please pray for Kei and his family as they return home to Japan. Pray for their three children especially because they have not lived in Japan before.
read morePatrick (LeaderStudies) recently published an article in Missio Dei that analyzes Romans 8 and concepts of shame/guilt in order to present the message of salvation more winsomely to the East Asian context.
read moreEric Sarwar (LeaderStudies) from Pakistan just published an article in Fuller Studio about the power of art in Christian worship and peacebuilding.
read moreOur second October book of the month is The Quran with Christian Commentary by Gordon Nickel. It offers an English translation of the Quran, notes discussing specific passages, and articles by experts, including one by Ayman S. Ibrahim (LeaderStudies) on violence in the Quran.
read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has made me think a lot about the fragility of the human person, the brevity of life, and the need to rely on God alone in times like these.
read moreThere have been demonstrations again and again, both in Western and Eastern Congo, for many reasons, including the failure to pay government employees’ salaries, the corruption of some leaders, and especially the massacres in eastern Congo (where I live) by the ADF-NALU militia.
read moreOur first October book of the month is Why the Church? A Contemporary Perspective on the Role of the Church in the Arab World. It includes articles in Arabic by Yohanna Katanacho (LeaderStudies; 2019 ScholarLeader of the Year), Salim Munayer (LeaderStudies; 2009 ScholarLeader of the Year), and Rula Mansour (Women’s PeerLeader Forum).
read moreLinzay Rinquest describes how the PeerLeader Forum gives leaders of African theological schools time to rest, reflect, and strategize, together with their wives.
Watch NowIn this video, Vice President Emmanuel Bellon describes the process of the Vital SustainAbility Initiative, our program that helps theological schools plan for stewarding their resources wisely and for strengthening the Church in their specific context.
Watch NowPraise the Lord that everything went well with my dissertation defense. Thank you so much for all the help, care, prayers, and accompaniment. It was not an easy path, but here we are!
read moreWe celebrate with Daniel Dama (LeaderStudies), who published an article that distinguishes the Western peace-building model, focused on conferences, lectures, and resolutions, from the African model, focused on community and kinship. He advocates for using the African model to build interfaith peace.
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