Africa

Development Responding to Needs

Scripture Engagement and the Mobilisation of Local Resources in Africa

"If we pay attention, we can see that our localities, often wrongly or rightly described as poor, are full of resource opportunities that are just waiting to be properly channelled..." "In terms of mobilising local resources, each locality has its…

RichardMarch 10, 2020

Culture Research

Towards a Model for Contextualising Christianity in the Nchumuru Culture in Ghana

MTh Thesis, South African Theological Seminary (2013) The major finding of the research is that the proclamation of the Gospel in the mother tongue of the people has made significant strides in the growth of Christianity among the Nchumuru people.…

RichardDecember 12, 2019

Children

Lessons from Luke

Lessons from Luke is a 52-lesson curriculum for children, based on the Gospel of Luke and developed in the North West region of Cameroon. It aims to provide an easy-to-follow series of lessons that are culturally appropriate and make use…

RichardNovember 22, 2019

Audio Radio Training

mediAfrique

The vision of the mediAfrique school is to equip French-speaking Christians to become media missionaries, capable of effectively communicating the Gospel in order to make disciples of Christ. It is created to be a tool for the Church in Francophone…

RichardOctober 6, 2019

Research

Transformational Scripture Engagement among the Budu of Congo-Kinshasa

Abstract: This dissertation contributes to the missiological conversation on transformational Scripture engagement. Translation into the mother–tongue and good distribution by themselves are insufficient to enable multi–lingual Budu believers of Congo–Kinshasa translate the Bible into action and changed lives. Literature surveyed…

RichardAugust 6, 2019

Literacy Orality Research

A Preference for Reading Print Scriptures in Senegal

"Almost all of the Christians interviewed reported a preference for reading print Scriptures. This preference was in contrast specifically to 1) individualized listening to audio recordings of Scripture or 2) listening to someone else reading Scripture aloud." This article is…

RichardJuly 30, 2019

Culture

Évangile et Culture

"I welcome the publication of this book in an Africa where the arrival of the Good News had essentially been bad news for our cultural realities. Zac invites us to examine our cultures in the light of the Gospel, in…

RichardOctober 7, 2018

Advocacy Discipleship Strategic Planning

Interagir avec la Parole de Dieu pour la Vie

"Bible translation and Scripture engagement play a role in liberating a people to understand their value, role, and destiny according to the Word of God and to embrace it to glorify God, to transform nations and make disciples." In this…

RichardDecember 20, 2017

Literacy Research

Impact Assessment Report

This study was undertaken by a small team of Africans and Canadians to measure the impacts of translated Scriptures, literacy and Scripture engagement programs on marginalized minority language communities, to discern whether certain hypotheses are true and to better understand…

RichardMay 12, 2016

Language Issues Research

Promoting the Use of the Scriptures in Nso’

MTh thesis, South African Theological Seminary. Abstract: This research was prompted by the observation that there is minimal use of Lamnso’ Scriptures in Baptist churches in Nso’, even though the Lamnso’ New Testament has been available since 1990. It was…

RichardNovember 16, 2015