Orality

What is Orality?

Two thirds of the world (that's 4 billion people) and 70% of the unreached people of the world do not understand the message when it is delivered by literate means. They don’t understand the concepts even when they hear them.

The writers of the Bible and Jesus used oral means before the message was written down. Jesus did not speak without using parables because only 5-10% of the people were literate in his day. Oral learners learn and remember through stories, proverbs, drama, song and chants. They are just as smart as literates but have not learned the skills of literacy. Their memories are better and they can easily reproduce what they hear. They are the key to beginning church planting movements and reaching the lost of the world. Stories from the Bible can be used to make disciples, train leaders and even equip missionaries who do not read.

Resources

Orality Resources

Making Disciples of Oral Learners (953KB)

Orality Downloads

One Story Testimony ,
Telling God's Story What does Orality mean? This video gives you a great overview of the need and ways to reach those who learn by oral means (60% of the worlds population) and who can't be reached by traditional literate methods. ,

I. How your church can start a storying project.

In the U.S.—visit www.reallifeministries.com/leaders
In an unreached people group—visit www.FinishingTheTask.com
In a Bibleless people group—visit www.onestory.org

II. How to do Bible storying.

Storying Workshops, (Ft. Worth, TX, May 19-23, Nov. 3-7) click here and www.onestory.org
www.ChronologicalBibleStorying.com
www.Oralstrategies.com
www.averywillis.org

III. Orality Ministries.

IV. Miscellaneous

All the following resources are available from www.imb.org for $5.00 each

Telling God’s Story Video
Making Disciples of Oral Learners (available soon in Korean, Indonesian and Spanish)
Orality Around the World DVD
Telling the Story” workbook—a primer on Chronological Bible Storying
Following Jesus: Making Disciples of Oral Learners—Seven audio modules of 400 stories (this is $99.50)

        2. Order “Making Disciples of Oral Learners” AUDIO book for $5.00 at: www.Storyrunners.com/Resources/MDOL.aspx
        3. Basic Bible Storying by Dr. J.O. Terry: http://www.churchstarting.net/books.htm
        4. Orality Consultations

5. Audio Gospel recordings available in over 5750 languages, at www.globalrecordings.net