LAMP began in 2020 as a publishing ministry. We give Portuguese-speaking Africans access to excellent existing resources rather than reinventing the wheel. We work with individual authors and publishers (such as College Press, NavPress, and Tyndale) to translate, print, and distribute their books in Africa and Brazil. We employ a small translation team of three native speakers in Brazil, Portugal, and Angola. Book sales in North America and Brazil help subsidize the price of books sold in Africa.

Last year, in partnership with the Christian Chronicle, LAMP launched A Lâmpada, a periodical newspaper to build community among the Lusophone African nations. With a generous grant from the Bell Trust, A Lâmpada has funding for five years. We currently distribute it in Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, and Mozambique.

LAMP recently expanded to offer scholarships for African church leaders to pursue theological studies. Individual donors provide scholarships for students of the Bible and Ministry training program that Robert began in Angola in 2017. We also have two scholarships for Angolan teaching fellows for that program, to further their studies through an online bachelor’s degree in theology.