Category

Language and Communication

Bible StorytellingOrality

Making Disciples of Oral Learners

Avery Willis (convenor) (2007)
Discover why orality is a growing phenomenon throughout the world in reaching others for Christ. Around 70% of the world's population communicates mainly by stories, proverbs, drama, songs, poetry, and chants which all happens in a face-to-face context. Stories play…
Richard
December 11, 2008
Literacy

Literacy & Evangelism International

Literacy & Evangelism International (LEI) has developed Bible-content, adult basic readers in more than 180 languages. These readers are being used to teach Christians how to read the Bible so they can be daily students of God’s Word. LEI helps…
Richard
December 7, 2008
Bible StorytellingOrality

Network of Biblical Storytellers

An international organization whose purpose is to communicate the sacred stories of the biblical tradition. Their mission is to encourage everyone to learn and tell biblical stories. The website contains news of training courses and a bookstore of useful resources.
Richard
December 6, 2008
ChildrenLiteracyVisual Arts

Scripture Big Books

Promoting Scripture use in difficult environments
Mary Beavon (2001)
“The illustrations captured the imagination of the children.” Mary Beavon describes a Scripture Use activity their team used in an area of Cameroon where churches are small, travel is difficult, and people have little money. They developed Scripture Big Books…
Richard
December 5, 2008
CultureUnderstanding Scripture

Africa Bible Commentary

A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars
The Africa Bible Commentary is the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities,…
Richard
November 22, 2008
Culture

The Bible in Transmission

The Bible in Transmission is a free theological journal featuring articles written by Bible Society staff and guest contributors from a wide range of academic, church and professional backgrounds. Each edition follows a specific theme, relating the Bible to twenty-first…
Richard
November 18, 2008
Bible StorytellingOrality

Scriptures in Use

Making Disciples of Oral Learners
Scriptures in Use (SIU) specializes in training non-western oral learners through an Oral Bible (a collection of stories from the Bible that are told face-to-face and memorized). On the SIU website you will find the Bridges course, which provides training…
Richard
October 22, 2008
Bible StorytellingOrality

Simply The Story

Inductive Bible Study "Oral Style"
Bible storytelling and purposeful questions encourage non-literates and literates to discover. In September 2006, Simply The Story (STS) was born. The leaders of The God’s Story Project developed this training of trainers program. Built on the foundation of storying, STS…
Richard
October 22, 2008
Bible StorytellingOrality

Story 4 All Podcast

Story 4 All was a weekly podcast on orality and storying. It was produced for many years by Bryan Thompson, from 2006 until the final episode in August 2018. The archived podcasts are still available to listen to. They include…
Richard
October 22, 2008