SPRINGDALE, ARK. — One of the most formidable barriers to the rapid growth of God’s kingdom around the world is about to fall, International Mission Board trustees were told during a Sept. 5-8 meeting in Springdale, Ark.
The gospel faces enormous obstacles in a world where the majority of people cannot read, said Avery Willis, the board’s senior vice president for overseas operations. While the “Jesus” film and “Chronological Bible Storying” have taken the good news to hundreds of millions of nonreaders, missionaries have had no tools to train them to multiply God’s kingdom themselves.
Willis handed trustees a set of CDs, the first module in a six-part series called “Following Jesus: Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners,” which will show missionaries how to use “storying” methods to disciple new believers and train church leaders in cultures where people learn by hearing and repeating, rather than through written material.
The material is being developed by a 10-member team in partnership with Progressive Vision, a publisher of electronic resources for missions advancement in Laguna Hills, Calif.
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