French

Using Feature Phones to Promote Literacy and Scripture Engagement

"...many of the people in the language communities in Chad do not own an Android phone. Yes, some day Android phones will be more prevalent, and their numbers are growing, albeit slowly. But we are interested in what we can…

RichardSeptember 22, 2020

Trauma Healing

Healing from the Distress of the COVID-19 Crisis

A lesson for small groups to help you begin to heal from the spiritual and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sections include: 1. When will this end? (a story) 2. What is COVID-19? 3. How are people affected by…

RichardMay 5, 2020

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

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

Bible Study Discipleship Evangelism

Discovery Bible Study

Discovery Bible Study is a simple method to see for oneself what the Bible says about life's big questions. This website provides a guide to Discovery Bible Studies, a list of 28 suggested Bible passages, and additional studies. Content is…

RichardOctober 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

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

Strategic Planning

The Eight Conditions Questionnaire

This questionnaire takes you through each of Wayne Dye's Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement, asking questions to help you evaluate a particular context. It is available to download as Word documents in both English and French. The process of filling…

RichardJuly 24, 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

Language Issues Strategic Planning

A Guide for Planning the Future of Our Language

This practical tool is meant to be used by local communities who are interested in maintaining the use of their traditional language. The text is written in a manner that is meant to be accessible to the general public. It…

RichardSeptember 27, 2018