Appointment: Rev. Tayo Arikawe appointed International Director of Langham Partnership
In May 2021, Langham Partnership formally welcomed its new International Director, Rev. Tayo Arikawe. The commissioning ceremony held on the 6th May, saw the global Langham family from around the world tuning in to welcome him. Hosted by Jill McGilvray, the Chair of the Langham Partnership International Council, and Christopher Wright, Global Ambassador and Ministry Director of Langham, Tayo was joined by his family, as well as a good friend and former colleague, Rev. Moses Onwuibiko, who led the prayer for the commissioning.
The Centre for Primal and Christian Spirituality at Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission & Culture, Ghana is organizing a two-day conference which explores the intersection of Theology and the Arts. African Christian thought forms are often expressed in artistic beauty.
ATW News: Webinar: "Is Africa Incurably Religious?" now online
The question of Africa’s religiosity along with the entry of secularization in African public sphere continues to generate heated debates among researchers in various disciplines. Rarely however is this question explored specifically in relation to the discipleship models adopted by the African church. In a recently published book coedited by Benno van den Toren, Joseph Bosco Bangura and Richard E. Seed, Is Africa Incurably Religious? Secularization and Discipleship in Africa, this question is explored.
Journal Spotlight: Introducing Global Missiology – English (GM-E) e-Journal
Established in 2003, Global Missiology is an open access e-journal that facilitates the widest availability possible of crucial resources and scholarship on/about mission produced by researchers who are working in the field. Global Missiology - English is one of several language versions, each with its own unique contents. Researchers from around the world are invited to submit their work for possible publication at GM-E. By making critical research scholarship in the discipline of missiology and its related cognates freely accessible to researchers around the world, Global Missiology – English is a useful meeting point for researchers, teachers and students working in the field.
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