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Orality Missiology: The Organic Factor and the Gospel

Organic anything seems to be a preference for many these days. Go into almost any grocery store and you’ll probably find an organic section or department. The definition of organic is related to or derived from living matter or living organisms. It also ...

Speaking Hope to the World

by TWR

In a Middle Eastern room shuttered to the outside world, around a village campfire in southern Africa, on a crowded bus in eastern Europe, TWR reaches out to individuals every day to tell them how they can be more than conquerors through Christ.

Is It Time to Declutter the Great Commission?

by ion-admin

Started by a Japanese woman, a recent viral movement is spreading rapidly. All over the world, people are growing more and more enthusiastic—to declutter. More and more, I’m thinking the global mission community should take Kondo’s advice about decluttering...

God Speaks My Language

by ion-admin

World Mission works closely with a network of national partners who speak the language and are working to create relationships within the indigenous communities where they minister.

Orality Missiology: The Memory Factor

by Jerry Wiles

We often say that the Kingdom of God is based on relationships. Of course, our relationship with the Lord is the first and foremost relationship. When we are in a right relationship with our Heavenly Father, the Creator God of the Universe, it makes it po...

Understanding the Remaining Mission Task

by ion-admin

Have you wondered which peoples are still waiting to hear about Jesus for the first time? This illustrated video can help.

Fula Stories Spread Rapidly

by One Story

It was a special night for the Fula OneStory team. They had worked together for a year producing a set of Bible stories for the Fula in their language. Fulas in Guinea Bissau, West Africa are almost exclusively Muslim.

The Dialogue Style of Jesus

by Scriptures In Use

Very early in our ministry we often asked some “analytical, expository” questions about the Bible. In our ignorance about oral tradition and learning styles, our dialogue attempts met with awkward silence. But one day we were struck by the simplicity of Je...

Orality Missiology: The Relationship Factor

by Jerry Wiles

Honor, Shame and the Gospel: Reshaping the Messenger

by ion-admin

Sam Winfield teaches about the dynamics of honor / shame cultures at the Honor Shame conference at Wheaton College in 2017. He puts forward the case that the cultures of the Bible were based on honor / shame, and unless Western missionaries consider seriou...

Miguel’s Dream

by e3 Partners

Miguel awoke from a dream early one morning at his home in Honduras. He couldn’t figure out what it meant, but he had experienced it so many times now, that he remembered it vividly.

New Songs to Help Spread Message of Transformation

by Heart Sounds International

Our team watched as thirteen pastors danced and sang in praise to God, nearly hitting the microphones in front of them that helped to record this newly written song. The song told the biblical story of Peter and John healing the lame man (Acts 3:1-10). Five...

Orality Missiology: The Kingdom Leveraging Factor

by Jerry Wiles

Strategic Resource Leveraging is something I first heard about years ago from Dr. Ron Jenson, known as America’s Life Coach. Some of my friends in the business world use the term Force Multipliers. These are powerful concepts that can take on many forms of...

Remembering Pioneer Jim Slack

by ion-admin

“Hello World!” was Jim Slack’s enthusiastic greeting to coworkers and his exclamation whenever he learned something new. An unassuming man always in good humor, Slack became one of Southern Baptists’ most influential missiologists during a 50-year career wi...

We Have Never Heard Anything Like It!

by Wycliffe UK

A church congregation in Cameroon hears the Easter story in their own language for the very first time.

Orality Missiology: The Simplicity Factor and Oral Learners

by Jerry Wiles

Simplicity and reproducibility are vitally important factors for spreading the Gospel and advancing the Kingdom of God. The simplicity factor and oral learners is not about being simplistic in the context of communicating the Good News of Jesus and making ...

A Gospel Patron

by Davar Partners

As Jesus and His disciples benefited from individuals working behind the scenes to supply their needs for ministry, Gospel patrons have quietly undergirded the work of the Great Commission throughout history. We discover an inspiring example of Gospel patro...

Orality Missiology: The Redemptive Factor

by Jerry Wiles

In a recent conversation, my wife and I were discussing some experiences over the past few years, reflecting on how God always brings positive outcomes from our negative experiences. One of my mentors was Norman Grubb, who I can remember saying, “Every neg...

Potential Harvest

by StoryRunners

Even though StoryRunners has never worked in Niger, a 99.5% non-Christian West African country of 22 million people, StoryRunners is still having an impact in Niger! With few believers and a literacy rate of only 19%, Niger is a perfect place for sharing t...

Orality Missiology: The Perception Factor

by Jerry Wiles

Over the years I’ve often heard people say, “perception is reality.” Actually, perception is reality for those who have that perception. This is an important challenge that we encounter often in the Orality Movement.