Scripture Engagement

Digital

Mobile Ministry Introduction

A brief introduction to mobile ministry and its place in world missions

Keith Williams (2012)

An exciting growth area for Scripture Engagement practitioners is working out how mobile phones can be used around the world to encourage the use of the Scriptures. This 5-minute video presents an introduction to the possibilities of mobile ministry: Mobile…

RichardDecember 5, 2012

Orality

Orality Journal

Orality Journal is the journal of the International Orality Network. It is published online semi-annually and aims to provide a platform for scholarly discourse on the issues of orality, discoveries of innovations in orality, and praxis of effectiveness across multiple…

RichardOctober 15, 2012

Marketing and Distribution Strategic Planning

UBS reborn? Scripture engagement in a glocalised world

Bill Mitchell (2010)

"In UBS thinking Scripture Engagement is a concept that emphasises making the Bible discoverable, accessible and relevant, that includes both making the Bible recoverable and discoverable as Sacred Scripture, and making Scriptures accessible as a place of life enhancing and…

RichardOctober 4, 2012

Bible Study Culture

“So the living interaction proceeds”

The contextual approach, from the Willowbank Report

From the Willowbank Report: Consultation on Gospel and Culture, under the heading 'Understanding God's Word Today: The Contextual Approach': Today's readers cannot come to the text in a personal vacuum, and should not try to. Instead, they should come with…

RichardSeptember 27, 2012

Children Film and Video Visual Arts

The Illustrated Bible

Illustrated Bible selections and Bible videos

Keith Neely (2012)

"I realised that no translation was worth anything if my children didn't read it on their own because they wanted to. The burning question for me as a parent was how do I get my children into the word of…

RichardSeptember 14, 2012

Bible Translation Marketing and Distribution Strategic Planning

If the food is ready and the people are hungry, don’t put it in the freezer…!

Reducing the time from translation desk to Scripture engagement

Richard Margetts (2012)

"If the food is ready and the people are hungry, don’t put it in the freezer and tell them to come back later." The title of this article sprang from a discussion we had during a training course for Scripture…

RichardSeptember 3, 2012

Trauma Healing

Trauma Healing Institute

We are a global collaboration of ministries dedicated to helping people around the world heal from the pain of trauma. The THI Method Our method is simple. It brings a group of people together in a safe place, where they…

RichardAugust 15, 2012

Advocacy Research

Taylor University – Center for Scripture Engagement

Taylor University (a Christian university in Indiana, USA) has created a Center for Scripture Engagement. The reasons given are: (1) because Scripture Engagement is on the cutting edge of evangelism, (2) because engaging with Scripture is the catalyst for transformational…

RichardAugust 9, 2012

Audio Digital

Bibles in Accessible Media – for blind and partially sighted people

from Torch Trust

Blind and partially sighted people who cannot read standard print may use one or more accessible formats to read the Bible. Their choice may depend on the degree of sight loss, whether they are at home or in public, the…

RichardAugust 6, 2012

Audio

How to do Recording on your Computer

A Beginner's Guide to Audacity (Third Edition)