The Langham Live podcast

Langham author Johannes Van der Bijl has written a unique book called ‘Breakfast on the Beach’ which is a chronological retelling of the Gospels, focusing on the experience of Simon Peter. As you’ll hear in the episode, Johannes wrote the book after teaching theology to oral learners in Ethiopia, where story-telling is a necessary tool. Johannes shared about the huge impact the book’s had already,...

Johnny McClean has been serving the Lord in Thailand for over thirty years. For some of that time, he’s been Langham Preaching’s coordinator for East Asia – a vast region, which has many varied challenges. During the call, Johnny shared his burden for neighbouring countries where “creative access” is needed in order to go in and train preachers – you’ll hear Johnny use this term in the episode. Th...

On our Langham Live call in March, we were privileged to be joined by Andy Oatridge, a fairly new member of the Langham global family! Last June, he took over from Mark Meynell as Preaching Director for Europe and the Caribbean. As you’ll hear in the episode, Andy now lives in Hungary with his Hungarian wife and three children, having set up Christian youth camps there. He now leads a bible traini...

Alejandra Ortiz joined us on Langham Live lit February from Tijuana, Mexico, where she’s involved in student ministry through IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students). Alejandra is also a Langham Scholar ! She is studying for a PhD through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (but living in Mexico). It was a fascinating conversation, learning about why Alejandra felt called to furt...

On our first Langham Live call of 2026, we were joined by Jacob Haasnoot, the Director of Langham's new branch in the Netherlands!  Jacob brings with him a wealth of experience, including a number of years teaching theological students in Ethiopia and South Sudan. It was here that he first saw Langham's impact for himself. His college received contextually relevant books for its library through ou...

On our final Langham Live call of the year, we were blessed to be joined by our International Director Riad Kassis. Riad and his family live and serve in the Lebanon and before starting his current role he was the director of the Langham Scholars programme. During the call, Riad shares an Advent Devotional and brings us up to date with Langham’s work around. He also gives an insight about what it’...

Our dear brother Femi Adeleye, Director for Langham Preaching Africa, shares major encouragements, issues and requests for prayer in the latest Langham Live podcast episode. Femi, who is also a Langham Scholar, has been involved in Langham Preaching in Africa since it started there in 2003. It's his 10th year as Director for Africa, and now Femi leads a team of nine people who coordinate training...

Colin Macpherson has worked with Langham for many years as the Director of Publisher Development. Based near Inverness, Scotland, Colin walks alongside indigenous publishing houses around the world to enable good Christian books written by local authors to be published. There are a multitude of factors involved and Colin has been a crucial guiding hand, working with publishers in 40 – 50 different...

Mary Evans is a long-standing supporter and trustee of Langham with many years of experience teaching theology here and overseas.  Mary has been on the board of trustees for Langham Partnership since 2010, but her connection with Langham go back further than that, as we’ll hear in this conversation.  Mary was on the staff at London Bible College – now called London School of Theology – for 35 year...

When you last filled up your car, did you have to wait in a queue for hours? When you got to near the front, did they say there was no more petrol left? Well that’s what it’s like in Bolivia at the moment, the home country of this episode’s guest Esteban Améstegui. In his conversation with Supporter Development Manager Simon Foulds, Esteban shared how Bolivia is experiencing economic, political an...

Takana Nakesu, from Fiji, is the guest in the second episode of our new Langham Live podcast. Takana is now Langham Preaching’s coordinator the South Pacific region. He’s faced tensions within his family and community for prioritising faithful biblical preaching and now wants to equip and train many future leaders in countries in the South Pacific. He’s married with three children and also pastors...

In the first episode of the new Langham Live podcast, listen to a conversation with Langham Scholar Beatrice Ang, from the Philippines. With help from the Langham Scholars programme, Beatrice gained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, focusing on the early Church fathers. Now Beatrice is the Director of the Centre of Theological Inquiry in Asia, she develops resources, teaches at a seminary an...