Wayne Dye

EMDC Online: Scripture Engagement Courses

A three part series (3 sets of 10 one hour sessions) based around Wayne Dye's Eight Conditions for Scripture Engagement will be hosted on EMDC.online. Continuing to build and expand on long established insights about how people engage with Scripture…

RichardJanuary 18, 2022

Apps Audio Digital Film and Video Marketing and Distribution Orality

The EMDC Podcast

The EMDC Podcast gives you the opportunity to meet some of the people involved in Scripture Engagement around the world. Podcast hosts Tim Cowley and Steve Baughman talk to colleagues involved in orality and storytelling, filmmaking, ethnoarts, websites for ministry,…

RichardOctober 7, 2021

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

Research Responding to Needs

Bible Translation Strategy

People respond to the Gospel in proportion to their conviction that God and his Word are relevant to the concerns of daily life. This will be called the principle of "personal relevance". A translator or local believer can bring this…

RichardOctober 5, 2015

Digital Film and Video

Video Translation: Opportunity and Challenge

"The worldwide spread of cell phones that can show video will enable us to bring the Scriptures into the lives of more people more effectively than ever before. Whatever the challenges, let us not miss this opportunity." Video renditions of…

RichardJuly 31, 2014

Advocacy Strategic Planning

Eight Conditions: a summary in French

This is a 7-page summary in French of Wayne Dye's "Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement". The awareness of the contribution of each of these eight factors can help in developing strategies to promote the use of God's Word. For a…

RichardFebruary 24, 2010

Audio Digital Film and Video Literacy Orality Visual Arts

Scripture in an Accessible Form

The choice of medium can make a difference, and better artistic quality enhances any communication. However, the most important quality is how relevant the message seems to be to the lives of its hearers. If a hearer (or reader or…

RichardOctober 3, 2009

Advocacy Research Strategic Planning

The Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement

The listing of these Eight Conditions or eight categories of factors used as a tool for evaluation can prevent surprises and help the church, missionaries, and Bible translators alike to focus on those activities that are likely to have maximum…

RichardJuly 14, 2009