Help! Hardly anyone can read the translated Scriptures. What can we do? This is a one-page poster or course handout. It reminds us that if a lack of literacy skills is cited as a barrier to Scripture use, then the…
RichardJune 12, 2009
Communicating effectively to non-readers
In seeking to free ourselves from the biases of a print-oriented culture, we need to consider, not only the kinds of media and discourse genre (e.g. narrative) that are most appropriate for oral cultures, but also the most effective ways…
RichardFebruary 24, 2009
The first foot forward in Scripture selection?
Most frontier Bible translators would agree that one of the major goals of their role in the total mission task is that the receptor language community would gain access to adequate Scriptures. Scriptures may be defined as being "adequate" when…
RichardFebruary 19, 2009
Communicating effectively to non-readers
It is only natural for us to bring to our work the bias of our own ways of thinking, learning, and communicating. But unless we can adapt our communications to our audience, we will limit our audience to those who…
RichardFebruary 19, 2009
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…
RichardDecember 11, 2008
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.
RichardDecember 6, 2008
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…
RichardOctober 22, 2008
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…
RichardOctober 22, 2008
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…
RichardOctober 22, 2008
