Want to hear story sets? We have them in over 80 languages at our media site: OneStory-Media.org
The majority of the world’s unreached people groups are made up of oral preference learners, who often have no written language of their own. In order to reach them, OneStory works with mother-tongue speakers to develop and record worldview-sensitive, chronological Bible “story sets” for each specific group — typically 25 to 50 stories in a three to four year period.
Mother-tongue speakers spread the stories to others. These story sets can be the first step toward a traditional written translation or non-print media like the JESUS film or The HOPE video.
The Oral Translation Services unit of SIL International will be hosting two workshops in June at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas. OneStory Introductory WorkshopJune 11-16, 2023A week-long workshop designed for those seriously considering participation
“The multi-mission network OneStory trained us and provided the infrastructure to make the Batwa project happen.”
The course is for you if you are interested in communicating God’s word to an oral culture through story crafting and Bible Storying.
Taught in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International.
OneStory exists because of pioneering missionaries who realized decades ago that abstract logic gospel presentations are worthless among non-literates (and virtually every tribe yet to hear about Jesus are oral communicators).
One team member we’ll call Shehu was once strongly Muslim but converted to Christianity a few years ago. He now pastors a church and has a Fula language program on a local radio station. Even though he presents Christian programing, Muslims tune in thrilled to listen to something in their language.
OneStory trainer Nora shares a hilarious moment from Burkina Faso.