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By TWR
From Many Gods to the God Who Sustains
I was born into a non-Christian family and used to worship many gods and goddesses. I used to follow all the rituals and fast for various gods. Performing so many rituals religiously didn’t make me or anyone else in my family happy.
The Primacy of Partnership
We are in an incredible season—a season of unprecedented unity in which organizations around the world are serving each other at great cost to themselves for the sake of the Kingdom.
The Place of Orality in the Great Commission
What is the Great Commission anyway? A recent study showed that a large percentage of church goers in North America did not know. A very simple summary of the Great Commission could be “communicating the Gospel to everyone” and “making disciples (follower...
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The Way of the Cross
Over the past few days, I read a book by Elisabeth Elliot. She was a linguist among unreached peoples in Ecuador, serving alongside her husband, Jim Elliot, to make Christ known where He was not yet known.
The Power of Storytelling
There are many places throughout the world where a written language doesn’t exist. There are others where literacy rates are extremely low. In both cases, without the ability to read the actual text from the Bible, storytelling is an effective method for sh...
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Global Bible Apps
God is limitless. Access to His Word, the Bible, should be too! The mission of Faith Comes By Hearing is to provide people everywhere with free access to God’s Word through Audio Bibles in every translated language.
Children As Story Tellers
When children learn stories, they tend to tell stories. One of the things we’ve observed all over the world is how children can have a significant role in the spreading of the gospel. There seems to be a growing recognition of the place of equipping and m...
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Oral Learning People Groups in the US: Refugees and Immigrants
There is an incredible opportunity in missions right here in the US, at our own doorsteps! As you probably know, there are many thousands of unreached people throughout our country who have come as refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants from some of the mo...
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Using Arts in Trauma Healing
Imagine living in a society where you are considered garbage. Women in Sierra Leone already face challenges, but the women in a recent workshop have the added stigma of being blind, deaf, or disabled in other ways.
The Clarification Factor: Fruitful Living and Ministry
We are certainly living in a time where we need a lot of clarification on a wide range of issues. Many people make judgments based on limited awareness and knowledge. Often the problem is being exposed to the wrong source or a distorted perspective. Of c...
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Comprehensive Oral Bible Strategies: Essential to Effective Kingdom Building
It is a fact that many of the unengaged and least-reached people groups in the world live in hard-to-access places and belong to traditional, oral cultures. Books and printed materials are not part of their everyday experience.
From Rejection to Hope
The Kurdish people have a history of rejection. They do not have a country of their own but live in an area known as ‘Kurdistan’ that spreads across Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq. The majority of the Kurdish people speak Kurmanji, one of several Kurdish lang...
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Characteristics of “Healthy” Oral Bible House Churches
As the leader of SIU, I often am asked what I consider a success in terms of new church plants. What is a “healthy” oral Bible house church? It's most important to seek out those who live, breathe and participate in these oral Bible house churches in the fi...
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The Place of Orality in the Marketplace
Many of those who are new to the Orality domain are still thinking about a foreign mission strategy. However, the concepts, principles and practices of Orality are beginning to be recognized as important in many other areas, including the marketplace and t...
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Orality Research Primer
Walking the intersection of science and faith Prepared by Adriana Donaldson, Charles Madinger, Nicholas Nickl, and Emily Pohl A Primer for Research in Orality Go ye therefore, and teach all nations Matthew 28:19, KJV Congratulations for having gotten...
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Toronto 2019 Resources
Sign-Up Connect with us here to receive the International Orality Network monthly e-newsletter and other updates. 2019 Toronto Conference Resources Main Session Recordings: uploads pending—check back soon! Thursday Friday Saturday Other Res...
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If Only God Spoke My Language – Introducing Render
Imagine this: You’re sitting on a worn, wooden bench—or even the floor—of a tiny church in a rural community. Maybe you walked hours just to be here, carrying the weight of the troubles from this past week into this place of rest. Your feet hurt, your lips ...
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Prayer, the Word, and the Great Commission
Prayer leaders and mobilizers are saying that there are more people praying for revival and spiritual awakening now than ever before. The Prayer Movement, over the past four decades, has gained momentum with a focus on World Evangelization. Researchers te...
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ION Africa Conference: Togo 6 – 8 November 2019
We are pleased to announce our upcoming ION Africa Conference, which will be held in Lome, Togo from Wednesday 6th to 8th November 2019.