Langham Creative Projects: 145 books
Mission Drift?
Exploring a Paradigm Shift in Evangelical Mission with Particular Reference to Microfinance
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
The Lausanne congress of 1974 marked the widespread adoption of integral mission as essential to the evangelical witness of Christ in our world. Ever since there has been ongoing debate as to the roles of evangelism and social action. In this book Oddvar Sten Ronsen argues that instead of the priority...
Breath and Bone
Living Out the Mission of God in the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
This festschrift honours Chris Wright on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The theologians and leaders who have contributed to it have all benefitted from his friendship, scholarship, and partnership in the gospel. These essays demonstrate how preachers, scholars and writers from around the world...
by Kenneth Shreve
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Strategic partnerships are on the rise around the world as denominations, organizations, local churches and individuals seek ways to work together to accomplish the Great Commission. In this book Dr Kenneth Shreve presents research from a creative access region, identifying five theological issues...
Mission Partnership in Creative Tension
An Analysis of Relationships within the Evangelical Missions Movement with Special Reference to Peru and Britain from 1987-2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Samuel Cueva has refined his concept of ‘partnership in mission’ by advocating the use of reciprocal contextual collaboration in this important contribution to scholarly reflection on contemporary missiology. Referencing historical, theological and functional aspects of how mission has been carried...
Christianity and Suffering
African Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
We often hear these days that the centre of Christianity is moving toward the Global South and Africa is a key player in that movement. This makes the study of African Christianity and African realities important – even more so when it is being done by Africans themselves in their own context. The...
Concrete Time and Concrete Eternity
Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Time and Eternity and Its Trinitarian Background
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
This publication investigates how Karl Barth’s doctrine of time and eternity can contribute to the continued understanding of the relationship of divine eternity to time or temporality. Examining from a theological, philosophical and physical perspective, with deep emphasis on the Trinity, as well...
A Time for Mission
The Challenge for Global Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Christian mission in the twenty-first century has become the responsibility of a global church. The heart of 'mission' is the drive to cross geographical, cultural and social barriers in order to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples. Drawing on his involvement in missionary work over...
Missions amidst Pagodas
Contextual Communication of the Gospel in Burmese Buddhist Context
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
For almost 200 years Protestant missionaries have endeavoured to communicate the gospel to Burmese Buddhists in Myanmar. However, Christianity among this people group is still regarded as a ‘potted plant’ with former Buddhists being separated from both their community and culture. In this publication...
The Transformation of African Christianity
Development and Change in the Nigerian Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
The explosion of the church in Nigeria is phenomenal, with a forward momentum that is as remarkable as the missionary optimism of the first century Church. The history reveals a tightly woven narrative of the process of beginnings, growth, and change.
Grieving with Hope
Selected Aspects of Funeral Sermons
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
In this well-researched work, Dr Albín Masarik explores various features of funeral sermons arising from their unique context and homiletic process. While funeral sermons are an important element in pastoral care of churches and the wider community, theological reflection of this weighty responsibility...
The Church in the World
A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962-1992
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Historically, studies of the church in Africa have tended to focus on church history or church-state relations, but in this publication David Zac Niringiye presents a study of the Church of Uganda focused on its ecclesiology. Niringiye examines several formative periods for the Church of Uganda during...
Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology
A Comparative Study between Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann, and Wolfhart Pannenberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
This volume is a meticulously researched text on pneumatology which puts the major pneumatological issues together without confining to the traditional way of dealing with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Although pneumatology has been a neglected field in theological discussions of the past, there...
Strangers in the Kingdom
Ministering to Refugees, Migrants and the Stateless
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2017
Today’s refugee crisis has engulfed public policy and politics in countries around the world, deeply dividing communities. With increased migration many fear terrorism, crime and a dilution of their perceived national identity, while others embrace it as an inevitable reality of the globalized world...
Development of Chinese Church Leaders
A Study of Relational Leadership in Contemporary Chinese Churches
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Confucianism and its influence on culture in East Asia has profoundly impacted Chinese churches and the development of their leaders. As a cultural force it continues to affect the perceptions and practices of Chinese pastors and how they lead. This work seeks to build an indigenous approach to developing...