Scholars
A short, wonderful video message from one of our Langham Canada Scholars
Witthaya Phuttharaksa is a Langham Scholar from Thailand, studying New Testament in Toronto. In this video, he shares a short and heartfelt message to Langham Canada donors and friends.
Read MoreLangham Canada welcomes new scholar
Emad Botros is the most recent international scholar whom the Langham Canada family has the privilege of supporting. Emad is currently completing his doctoral work through Canada’s own McMaster Divinity College. Emad and his wife Almess are also global field staff to Lebanon with Canadian Baptist Ministries. An important part of that work is Emad’s teaching…
Read MoreWitthaya Phuttharaksa joins Langham Scholar family in Canada
Witthaya Phuttharaksa is a PhD student at Wycliffe College, Toronto and we are happy to announce that he is also a Langham Scholar! Witthaya joins the Langham Canada family as he enters his second year of New Testament studies, working toward his eventual goal of strengthening the Church in his homeland of Thailand. “I…
Read More“Blessed are the peace-makers”
Rula Mansour is a Palestinian Christian woman who lives in Israel, and a Langham Scholar. She shares her story, her research, and her future vision for peace. In 1948 at the age of 12 my father became a refugee in his own country. After losing their land and property in Tiberias during the nakba, they started…
Read More‘I was truly privileged to stay at Tyndale House’
Langham Scholar Oboletswe Matlhaope is studying for a PhD at North West University, South Africa, and is from Botswana. From September to December last year, Oboletswe stayed at Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Langham’s dedicated bed-sitting study room. He is so grateful for his time there, and has expressed his “deepest gratitude” for being able to study…
Read MoreAuthor Spotlight – Yohanna Katanacho
Langham Scholar, author and editor Yohanna Katanacho gives some background to his journey of faith and the story behind Praying Through the Psalms: I was born in Jerusalem, in June 1967, during the Arab–Israeli war known as the “Six-Day War”. My father risked his life to bring us home and despite the bomb that exploded next…
Read MoreConsecrated on a football pitch
Not every football pitch gets a crowd of 10,000 spectators. Nor does every bishop have 10,000 people singing at their consecration. But that was the scene on a Sunday in August last year, in the bustling town of Lira in central Uganda, when Langham Scholar Reverend Canon Doctor Alfred Olwa was consecrated as the new…
Read MoreA Scholar’s response to terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
Langham Scholar Yacouba Sanon, who is from Burkina Faso in West Africa, reacts to recent events in his home country. 1) What has happened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso recently? Three weeks ago, on March 2 2018, the headquarters of the Burkina Faso army staff and the French Embassy were attacked. Seven people were killed and more…
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