Training

The Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) offers a Scripture Engagement training track with courses accepted by SIL and Wycliffe Bible Translators as preparation for cross-cultural service. In 2025, the SE course will be taught in the summer: either in person…

The SE (Scripture Engagement) Guide app is a companion to the SE Guide website, containing questions and videos based around the Eight Conditions for Scripture Engagement. The SE Guide is designed to help you understand what will help or hinder…

Multimedia and technology has become increasingly important in reaching ministry audiences worldwide. Many ministry organizations emphasize the creation and dissemination of polished audiovisual products, but often without considering if the products fit the needs and media habits of the target…

How do we live in a way that honours God while still being culturally meaningful? How do we use Scripture to both evaluate cultural practices and to discern what to do? When cultural practices and values clash with obedience to…

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…

SIL International Media Services offers a selection of core and specialized training modules to choose from. You can complete any number of training modules to be better equipped for the specific ministry context you are in. SIL media staff will…

The 'Scripture Engagement Strategy and Methods' course focuses on the sociolinguistic, socioeconomic, sociopolitical, and socio-religious factors that either hinder or foster the use of vernacular literature. Practical strategies and activities that promote the use of Bible translations in public and…

EMDC Online provides presentations and online training courses on a wide range of topics related to Scripture Engagement and media. New presentations are scheduled every few days, where you can participate and ask questions. This includes: Advice on making good…

Many Christians don’t engage with the Bible because they don’t know how to. According to Dr. Phil Collins, Center for Scripture Engagement, Taylor University, “Ninety-five percent of Christians say they have never been taught how to engage Scripture.” When we…

The School of Language and Scripture (SLS) is a collaboration between Moorlands College and Wycliffe Bible Translators, training people to work with marginalised communities, to see lives transformed through a relationship with God and his life-changing Word. At the heart…