Langham Creative Projects: 145 books
Thinking Biblically about Islam
Genesis, Transfiguration, Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
In this careful double exposition of the Bible and Islam, Ida Glaser and Hannah Kay emphasise godly attitudes, loving action and a deep appreciation of God’s grace and goodness as essential traits of any Christian. The authors walk the reader through two underlying frameworks necessary to think...
Excellence in Theological Education
Effective Training for Church Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Theological schools are often led by teachers with minimal administrative experience or training. Excellence in Theological Education is designed to help leaders of theological schools, especially within the Majority World, to affirm the excellence of their own training institutions, and where excellence...
Serving Communities
Governance and the Potential of Theological Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The contexts in which theological schools operate is changing rapidly, presenting CEOs, administrators, faculty, and governing bodies with new challenges. How can theological schools adapt to these changing contexts while maintaining missional clarity? What role do each of these groups of actors play...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
A ‘second reformation’ in global theology is currently taking place. In the Majority World, evangelical theological education is growing rapidly and increasing its global impact. Scholars are applying the fruits of their research in Biblical and theological fields to their contexts to serve the...
Theology of Work and Poverty Alleviation in Mozambique
Focus on the Metropolitan Capital, Maputo
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This publication seeks to determine the need, possibilities, and strategies, necessary to alleviate urban poverty in Mozambique through the tool of transformational business, understood out of a Contextual Theology of Work (CTOW). Focusing on the Maputo metropolitan area, but also wider contexts,...
Mission without Conquest
An Alternative Missionary Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Almost sixty years ago, the Mennonite missionary team working in the Argentine Chaco decided to look for ways to be effective in their ministry while being faithful to Jesus’ lifestyle and teaching. They left behind paternalistic models and “conquering” methods and were liberated from the mindset...
From Genocide to Generosity
Hatreds Heal on Rwanda’s Hills
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
Throwing caution to the wind at a dangerous time, John Steward gathered a handful of Rwandans and together they dreamed of ways to heal the wounds of genocide and war. The vibrancy of this group drew others into a radical circle for change which silently spread outwards. John made 19 return visits...
The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue
Ecclesiology in the Majority World
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
The Book of Revelation describes a church from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation glorifying the Lamb that was slain. As the church expands in the Majority World and Christianity becomes an increasingly global faith, this vision is an increasingly visible reality. The insights found in The Church...
Compassion and the Mission of God
Revealing the Invisible Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Why does God care for the poor, the vulnerable and the marginalized? This book traces God’s compassion as it is revealed in the Old and New Testaments, exploring the expression and impact of compassion in the early church through its actions and teachings as part of its witness. Focusing on the...
Foundations for African Theological Ethics
A Contemporary Rural African Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Having taught on ethics in Africa for almost a decade, James Nkansah-Obrempong presents a work that goes some way to addressing the dearth of materials on ethics that combine African social, religious, cultural and moral values with biblical and theological values. Integrating these from African,...
The Preacher’s Portrait
Five New Testament Word Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
In this updated version of The Preacher’s Portrait John Stott presents a portrait of the ideal preacher; a portrait painted by the hand of God himself on the broad canvas of the New Testament. Through studying five roles of a preacher – steward, herald, witness, father, and servant – Stott illustrates God’s ideal for a preacher’s character, message and purpose.
by Robert Khua Hnin Thang
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
In the book of Amos the language about land is used extensively, including terms and ideas such as Zion, YHWH’s bringing of Israel into the land, references to various sanctuaries and places, harvest and famine, the relationship between the northern kingdom and Judah, and references to the land...
Brother Bakht Singh
Theologian and Father of the Indian Independent Christian Church Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Brother Bakht Singh Chabra, a Sikh convert, was one of the foremost evangelists and Bible teachers in India. Bakht Singh was well known as a pioneer in gospel contextualization and a proponent of indigenous Indian churches. The movement and assemblies he established were often viewed as splinter groups...
by Annie George
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
In the Bible, storytelling is an important means to pass on the revelation of God. God repeatedly commanded the people of Israel to tell his mighty acts to the next generation. Invariably churches follow this mandate and use biblical narratives as a means to transmit God’s self-revelation to enable...