{"id":7033,"date":"2021-03-17T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ca.langham.org\/without-langham-writers-grant-this-wouldve-been-impossible\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:50:00","slug":"without-langham-writers-grant-this-wouldve-been-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca.langham.org\/news-and-updates\/without-langham-writers-grant-this-wouldve-been-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Without Langham Writers\u2019 grant, this would\u2019ve been impossible!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Langham grant has enabled the husband of a current Langham Scholar to release a book which challenges false views of Christ in the Ethiopian Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paulos Fekadu \u2013 married to Sofanit Abebe who is studying at Edinburgh University \u2013 received a Langham Writers\u2019 Grant two years ago to complete the book in Amharic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book, \u2018Son of God\u2019, has recently been printed in the UK through a self-publication route, with publishers in Ethiopia seeing the need for it among Ethiopian diaspora in the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenging prosperity gospel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is already helping pastors and Church leaders to address Christological questions. Paulos gives readers a systematic account of Biblical teachings about Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.langham.org\/files\/2021\/03\/Paulos-Sofanit-and-family.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ca.langham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/04\/Paulos-Sofanit-and-family-300x226-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10026\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Paulos, Sofanit, Salem and Zoe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He aims to challenge some of the thinking that has led to the prosperity gospel, enabling readers to discern heresy from truth.<br><br>Paulos said: \u201cWithout the Langham Writers&#8217; Grant none of this&nbsp;would have been possible! May God use it for His glory!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>The beauty of national authors<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Between July 2019 and June 2020, 16 local writers in 15 countries were supported through Langham Writers\u2019 Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin Macpherson, Langham\u2019s Director of Publisher Development, said that Langham \u201cdelights\u201d to help writers like Paulos, who is a \u201cprime example of the beauty of national authors writing for their own people.<br><br>\u201cHe has identified how the misapplication of scripture is leading many Ethiopian preachers and their congregations to a false view of Christ and in particular how this is being used to form the basis of the Prosperity Gospel movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blessing to the Ethiopian Church<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will be the first of its kind and we pray that the Lord would now bring blessing to the Ethiopian church as it is brought back to the wonderful and scriptural doctrine of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paulos\u2019 wife Sofanit is nearing the completion of her PhD on apocalyptic thought at Edinburgh University. They have two daughters, Salem (6) and Zoe (5).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Langham grant has enabled the husband of a current Langham Scholar to release a book which challenges false views of Christ in the Ethiopian Church. Paulos Fekadu \u2013 married to Sofanit Abebe who is studying at Edinburgh University \u2013 received a Langham Writers\u2019 Grant two years ago to complete the book in Amharic. 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