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Bozo of West Africa
Please pray that the work of translating Bible stories into at least one of the Bozo dialects will not languish, but will continue to be a passion and success for the Bozo Team.
Oral Peoples Strategy: West Africa
Kacy of the Kita Malinke Team shares: “Yesterday we spent the day with our dear friend B. We hadn’t seen him in forever, and called him to come over and hang out...
OneStory: West Africa
Judy, the West Africa OneStory Team leader, shares: "I just wanted to let you know our great news that our newest team member, Scott, will be joining our team in October...
Zhuang of China
Hidden in the rural mountain villages throughout Guangxi Province, China, live the approximately 17 million Zhuang (pronounced jwahng). Although they are the largest minority group...
Bissa of Burkina Faso (BEE-sah)
"'Group Meditation.' In a women’s group, that’s what they’ve begun to call repeating a Bible story that they are learning," writes missionary Kathy Shafto. "They gather in a building with a straw roof and a dirt floor...
Dominican Republic
In Don Pedro, a community at the edge of Santiago, a church group from Texas prayerwalked and held chronological Bible storying sessions every morning and evening for a week, followed by an evangelistic film. G is a Haitian leader who has been trained by IMB missionaries...
Jacob: Reading the doctor's signature is the least of your problems
Literacy skills predict a person’s health status more accurately than age, income, employment status, education level, or race and ethnicity.
"Reaching the Marginalised"
UNESCO's latest Education for All report says that many of the gains in literacy that have been made since 2000 are threatened by the global economic downturn. "Reaching the Marginalised" gives detailed information by region of the world and by country. Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America's Least Literate Adults
The (U. S.) National Center for Education Statistics examines the "profile and [basic reading skills] of America's least literate adults." The following study from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy shows that the majority of people...
Scripture Distribution
Report on the world distribution of scriptures by Bible societies.
Water Stories
These 22 biblical stories make a good companion to projects involving drilling water wells, installing irrigation systems, or purifying water for drinking and cooking. They could also be used with people who live in places where water is in short supply.
Hope Stories
The Hope Stories collection was originally developed for people who have suffered from natural disasters like tsunamis, drought, earthquakes and man-made disasters like war. Its theme is that God cares about people who suffer and gives hope to those who despair. Christians assisting in disaster relief often find opportunities to tell one or more of these stories...
Authority
Core Christian doctrine can be taught using biblical stories as the basic Scriptural building blocks. This series of biblical stories could form the basis for teaching about legitimate authority, right use of authority, the authority of the Father and the Son, and the circumstances under which Christians must disobey earthly authority.
