Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Story we haven't heard
Frank Viola has written an excellent article on his website entitled "The Story we haven't heard".
It covers a number of thoughts centred round how "the New Testament in its present form doesn't put the story of the early church together in a way that fills in all the historical gaps", to quote Viola. He says, in our current post-modern era, we need to recapture the chronological story of the New Testament to better understand its message and teaching.
Read that stimulating piece here
It covers a number of thoughts centred round how "the New Testament in its present form doesn't put the story of the early church together in a way that fills in all the historical gaps", to quote Viola. He says, in our current post-modern era, we need to recapture the chronological story of the New Testament to better understand its message and teaching.
Read that stimulating piece here
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Not too late to register for the Orality Conference
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Oral ministry making a difference in Sudan
In a land cited as one of the poorest in the world and where a peace process teeters in the balance, T4 Global, by means of a small audio player and mobile training schools, uses oral methods to teach and reach a region where 85% of the population cannot read nor write.
Meeting in a hut, under a tree, by a well or in the heart of a village, people gather to learn about HIV/AIDs awareness, as well as the message of the Bible through stories and drama.
Watch this video to see how one Sudanese church leader believes this ministry is transforming Southern Sudan!
Meeting in a hut, under a tree, by a well or in the heart of a village, people gather to learn about HIV/AIDs awareness, as well as the message of the Bible through stories and drama.
Watch this video to see how one Sudanese church leader believes this ministry is transforming Southern Sudan!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Avery Willis meets YWAM about Orality
Just released this week ... YWAM's Globalcast vodcast ministry have produced a video interview with Avery Willis on "Orality & Bible Storying".
The particular episode can be viewed online here.
Subscribe to YWAM's Globalcast vodcast on iTunes here!
The particular episode can be viewed online here.
Subscribe to YWAM's Globalcast vodcast on iTunes here!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Chicago church celebrates with stories
Do you want to see how storying and other forms of oral communication can impact the life of a local church? Look at this church in Chicago that is celebrating its fifty years of ministry this way:
"It has been proposed and accepted that we become a Biblical Storytelling Church. We will learn the Bible one story at a time so that it will be written on our hearts. We will tell these stories in our worship, to our children and to our community. We have started a new life as God's people."
Now that's what I call grasping storying in church! Way to go Northlake Trinity Presbyterian!!
"It has been proposed and accepted that we become a Biblical Storytelling Church. We will learn the Bible one story at a time so that it will be written on our hearts. We will tell these stories in our worship, to our children and to our community. We have started a new life as God's people."
Now that's what I call grasping storying in church! Way to go Northlake Trinity Presbyterian!!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
A word of advice from a pastor
Recently connected with this blog entry from Pastor Chuck Huckaby.
He stresses not only the importance of storying in every day life but of knowing our Bible stories so we don't unwittingly pressure or intimidate the listener with the preaching pose. It's a good read.
He stresses not only the importance of storying in every day life but of knowing our Bible stories so we don't unwittingly pressure or intimidate the listener with the preaching pose. It's a good read.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Do you live or work in E Africa?
Bramuel Musya, director of The God's Story Project in E Africa, has just announced that there is to be an orality conference in Nairobi (Kenya) between 17th and 19th June this year.
If you are one of those involved, or interested, in becoming engaged in the use of cutting edge oral strategies for evangelism, discipleship and church planting, you are invited to attend as exploration is made of what God is doing through Orality movement and what still needs to be done in helping finish the task of reaching our world for Christ.
Promised is a time of learning, networking, and getting exposed to available tools and resources from different producers, and reasoning together on effective means to 'Finish The Task'!
More details cane be found in the Calendar section of our website and by clicking on the event entry there.
If you are one of those involved, or interested, in becoming engaged in the use of cutting edge oral strategies for evangelism, discipleship and church planting, you are invited to attend as exploration is made of what God is doing through Orality movement and what still needs to be done in helping finish the task of reaching our world for Christ.
Promised is a time of learning, networking, and getting exposed to available tools and resources from different producers, and reasoning together on effective means to 'Finish The Task'!
More details cane be found in the Calendar section of our website and by clicking on the event entry there.