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Our passion is to provide you with resources that help you communicate God’s truth to those who learn best by oral means.

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Heaven Is for Women

Heaven Is for Women

This story set promises women that they can go to heaven through Christ. If they follow Jesus, women can have assurance of salvation in this life and beyond. The stories focus on how God cares about women, meets their spiritual needs, receives them as followers, blesses their ministry on his behalf, and gives them a full place in his kingdom. Most importantly, these 36 stories focus on the possibility of forgiveness of sin and a restored relationship with the Creator.

Aid Sudan Story Set

Aid Sudan Story Set

Aid Sudan understands the importance of communicating effectively to oral cultures. Their website contains each of the eight-key stories in English, Dinka and Nuer.

Death Stories

Death Stories

This set of stories is intended to address a pressing concern that arises among people from a variety of religious or philosophical backgrounds. Buddhists are often concerned about honoring deceased ancestors. Animists frequently want to avoid displeasing the spirits of their deceased family members. Discussing stories about the afterlife naturally leads to what we should do during this life to prepare for what is to come.

Angels, Demons, Spirit Beings

This file lists more than 30 biblical stories and what each of them contributes to understanding the nature and roles of spirit beings such as angels and demons...

JESUS Film Project

The most well-known videos of the Bible is the JESUS Film, which has been translated into more than 1000 languages.

Deaf Stories

Deaf Stories

Deaf Stories is a blog from volunteers at the 2009 Deaflypics in Taipei, Taiwan.

story4all

Story4all contains a wide variety of news and information about orality and Bible storying. Its podcasts are full of relevant and useful information about resources and topics related to sharing God's truth in the world today.

Sabeel Media

Sabeel Media offers audio recordings of stories about biblical figures and selected psalms of David sung in the Iraqi style. The recordings are in development for several languages or dialects of the Middle East.

Faith Comes By Hearing

Faith Comes By Hearing is a large online catalog of 528 audio Bible recordings available in 473 languages...

International Orality Network

International Orality Network

The International Orality Network (ION) seeks to help make God’s Word available to all oral learners in culturally appropriate ways that enable church planting movements everywhere.

Videos  

Knock, Knock - Understanding Orality

Knock, Knock - Understanding Orality

Thanks to the International Orality Network and IMB, this video gives great insight into oral learners and the importance of understanding how to communicate to them.

Tribute to Avery Willis

The retired senior vice president of the International Mission Board was known for his passion for missions, discipleship and making the Gospel known to “oral learners.”

Prayer Request from OneStory Workers

Prayer Request from OneStory Workers

Missionaries Tara and Seng request prayer for their OneStory project among the Sokoto Fulani people.

Radio Paakati: Vital resource for Suriname's Aukaners

Radio Paakati: Vital resource for Suriname's Aukaners

Charles Shirey broadcasts news, community information and hope to the Aukaner people of South America

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