Category: Resources
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Exegeting Orality
Interpreting the Inspired Words of Scripture in Light of Their Oral Traditional Origins by Nick Acker Foreword by Paul R. Eddy For too long, critical biblical studies have applied modern textual assumptions to ancient oral cultures. Exegeting Orality challenges many of these modern approaches, distilling decades of studies in oral traditions to redirect pastors and…
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Mission Publishing Frontiers
These resources serve as companion materials and recommended readings provided by our speakers from the Mission Publishing Frontiers webinar held on March 12, 2025. They are designed to deepen your understanding and support further study on the topics discussed. Scribd A digital library and subscription-based platform offering access to books, audiobooks, documents, and academic papers.…
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Holistic Hermeneutics
These resources serve as companion materials and recommended readings provided by our speakers from the Holistic Hermeneutics webinar held on January 8, 2025. They are designed to deepen your understanding and support further study on the topics discussed. ResearchGate by Joshua C. Frost Check our Joshua’s publications on ResearchGate, especially his chapter A Method for…
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Orality & Theological Education
These resources serve as companion materials and recommended readings provided by our speakers from the Orality and Theological Education webinar held on November 13, 2024. They are designed to deepen your understanding and support further study on the topics discussed. Interpreting the Bible With the Poor by Larry W. Caldwell Good Bible interpretation is basic…
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Digital Media Design
This is a collection of resources for our webinar from Sept. 11, 2024, on the topic Engaging Oral People: Harnessing Digital Media for Ministry. Asia Pacific Media A global creative agency specializing in social media and digital marketing, offering insights, case studies, and services to help brands engage with their audiences effectively. Indigitous A community…
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Arts: Local Ways for Praise
This is a collection of resources on the theme of More Local Ways for Praise: Arts for Mission & Ministry, compiled to complement the OralityTalks Webinar featuring Deborah Kim & David Ige held on Juli 10, 2024. More resources on Arts on GOMAP and corresponding training materials at Orality.Academy. Why Local Arts are Central to Mission by…
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Narrative Theology
We are excited to share a collection of resources on the theme of Narrative Theology, compiled to complement the OralityTalks Webinar featuring Tom Steffen held on March 8, 2024. Check out the recording of the webinar and download the presentation used by Tom Steffen. More resources on Narrative on GOMAP and the corresponding training materials at Orality.Academy. Character…
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Intercultural Discipleship
Learning from Global Approaches to Spiritual Formation by W. Jay Moon Foreword by Tom Steffen This addition to an acclaimed series brings cutting-edge research to bear on a topic of perennial interest: making disciples. The book looks at disciple-making from multiple cultures to help readers discover contextual approaches that are culturally relevant and biblically faithful.…
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An Orality Primer for Missionaries
by Daniel Sheard An Orality Primer for Missionaries by Dr. Daniel Sheard is an introduction for missionary practitioners and church mission teams in how to disciple individuals and groups that have oral learning preferences. It explains the foundational principles of Chronological Bible Storying and Oral Patterned Drilling. For many, the how-to of oral accountability and…
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Connected Learning
How Adults with Limited Formal Education Learn by L. Lynn Thigpen Foreword by Tom Steffen How does the world’s oral majority–adults with limited formal education (ALFE)–really prefer to learn? Few pause long enough to ask those who eschew print. The result of scholarly research and prolonged immersion in the Cambodian culture, Connected Learning exposes the…