Preaching

JSM-Langham Preaching seeks to encourage local and national movements for biblical preaching in countries around the world. Working with national leaders to arrange seminars, we give practical on-site support for preachers and teachers by providing resources and building networks of training and support as part of a local movement committed to Bible exposition. Always working in partnership with other national initiatives, JSM-Langham Preaching projects are now underway in many parts of the world, including Uganda, Ethiopia, Argentina, Albania, Pakistan and the Caribbean.

1. Facilitating
   We work with national believers country by country to strengthen a movement for relevant Bible exposition, with support and continuity as the movement gathers momentum.
2. Networking
   We provide a forum for like-minded individuals, churches and agencies who share the conviction that a movement for Bible exposition is an essential part of the church’s mission worldwide.
3. Pioneering
   We act as a catalyst in those countries where the need is considerable but the resources are very limited.

JSM-Langham Preaching includes as one of its strategies a three-level seminar that gives practical help and encouragement to those who teach the Bible regularly, whether as pastors, lay preachers or evangelists. This is offered in local situations, initially at a fairly basic level, with a seminar of a few days’ duration. A three-level curriculum is being developed for those who might be able to sustain the project over several years. In some contexts there are refresher days and small ‘preacher’s clubs’ developing, encouraging continuity and longer term support, and we are exploring plans for the ‘training of trainers’.

The aims of JSM-Langham Preaching are motivational (to encourage people to take the Bible seriously in their ministry); educational (to instruct in evangelical doctrine of Scripture and principles of interpretation); and practical (to offer workshops on developing an expository ministry: sermon preparation, planning a church preaching schedule, understanding our culture, developing personal spiritual life, etc.). Training is shaped to meet the needs as identified by local leaders, to suit the context of each country.

JSM-Langham Preaching is supported through JSM-Langham Literature, and eventually through the Langham Preaching Network, a forum of like-minded leaders around the world who will share ideas, news and resources through a website and through regional and international consultations. An international team of facilitators has been established, as well as a small group of staff and some regional coordination through Langham Partnership Regional Councils.

Please see the Preaching program area of the website for more information.