Chronological Bible Storying

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Chronological Bible Storying

• Teaching Biblical Truths to Primary Oral
  Learners

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When youve gotta story fast!

• Teaching?
• Preaching?
• Witnessing?

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What works best?

• Your testimony!
• written translated
• Bible Stories
• knowing the people
• knowing their need

Never forget that your personal testimony of what
God is doing in your life is powerful. However,
if time and circumstances allow for Bible
study, then make sure you know the people!
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What is storying anyway?

• Storying is the primary use of stories to
  teach so that the Bible can be
• Understood
• Memorable
• Retold

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Lyticerl

• Gureifs io Lyticerl--_at_-)5 ot flochik

Please try to read these words.
Such is the world of
the non-reader.
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Literacy

• Figures on Literacy--25-30 if truthful

It is very difficult to determine exact global
literacy numbers. However, several sources seem
to agree less than one-third of the world is
truly literate.
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Literacy

• Figures on Literacy--25-30 if truthful
• Of Image, Voting Loans (reasons)

Literacy around the world is calculated
differently. In some countries, it is a matter
of embarrassment. In others, if you can write
your name on a ballot or bank loan, then you are
qualified as literate. However, few of these
would be able to read the Bible or, in many
cases, follow the average 3 point sermon.
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Literacy

• Figures on Literacy--25-30 if truthful
• Of Image, Voting Loans (reasons)
• Retention

Illiterates cannot read about it for
themselves. Most adults in oral cultures have
highly developed memorization abilities. Studies
continue to show a retention rate of 85 compared
to that of about 40 for the literate world.
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Illiteracy Rates
Hong Kong 25 Senegal 90 Venezuela 14 Colombia
20 Italy 7 Cyprus 1 Guatemala 50 Egypt
60 China 25 Nigeria 70 Philippines 12 Ecu
ador 10 Thailand 18 Taiwan (China)
6 Brazil 24 Bolivia 37 Spain
3 Caribbean Islands 40 (St. Lucia) - 11
(Trinidad Tobago) 5
(Netherlands Antilles)
Source Research Planning, IMB 8/89
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The Basics of Storying

• Storying is chosen because it is a
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vehicle of the target people.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is chosen because it is a primary
communication
vehicle of the target people.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is based entirely upon the
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is based entirely upon the
Bible.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is chronological, s - e - q - u - e
- n - t - i - a - l.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying looks backward in review, but never
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The Basics of Storying
Storying looks backward in review, but never
forward. (jumping ahead)
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The Basics of Storying
Stories are chosen based upon the universal
biblical truths to be communicated.
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The Basics of Storying
The choice of stories is informed by ??????
and ?????? found within the people groups
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The Basics of Storying
The choice of stories is informed by
bridges and barriers found within the people
groups worldview.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying can be structured to give an oral
Bible to individuals and to develop the
competency to share it orally.
Missionaries spend months preparing and conveying
a comprehensive story set of Bible stories to
non-readers. Chronological Bible Storying
techniques can carefully convey Bible truths
using stories from Gods Word.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is a win/win approach until the
story of the crucifixion and resurrection when
the major invitation is given.
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The Basics of Storying
Storying is predominately narrative with
minimal exposition.
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Selecting Stories

• Study the people!
• Cultural Information
• truths fables
• Bridges
• sacrifice, sin
• Barriers
• religions, riches

This is not an academic exercise. Read with an
open heart! Ask yourself, What Bible story
would address this aspect?
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Selecting Stories

• Make a two column list!
• Issues
• Bible Stories

Bible Stories
Issues
Family
Joseph His Brothers
For every Issue, list a Bible story that
addresses it. Try to list at least one dozen
issues and Bible stories.
Spirits
Jesus the Gadarene Demoniac
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Basic Bible Truths Leading to Salvation

• God acts in history and communicates with man.
• God is all powerful, all knowing, sovereign.
• God is faithful to His word.
• God loves man and wants fellowship with him.
• God hates sin.
• God punishes sin by death (separation from God).
• Man is accountable to God.
• Man is a sinner separated from God.
• Man can do nothing to save himself.

10 Man can approach (have fellowship with) God
only through a perfect (acceptable sacrifice.
This involves faith and trust in God.
11 Jesus the Son of God is the only perfect
sacrifice.
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Story Preparation

• List the Cultural Issues and Corresponding Bible
  Stories.
• Review Refine the Bible Story List
• Prepare Lessons (including learning objectives)
• Agree on a Meeting Time Place
• Give Thought to Potential Interruptions in
  Schedule

Preparation is critical to the success of
conveying an oral Bible. Each of these points in
this list will need attention.
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Time Out!

• You want to avoid 3 points and a poem with oral
  cultures.
• However, 3 stories will best convey one theme.
  This can be shared with follow-up questions in
  about an hour or two.

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Story Preparation

• Memorize Story (Practice)

Uh-oh...
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Story Preparation
what

• Know should be learned

1 2 3 4
Refer to your list of Issues and Bible Stories.
Modify as needed!
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Storying

• Opening Dialog
• Greetings
• Singing?
• Testimonial?
• Review/Explain Setting for Lesson
• Listening task
• Are they ready?

This is the sequence for an actual storying
session.
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Storying

• Read from the Bible
• Hold the Bible
• Read portion
• Bible placement

Note Some Muslim cultures may require the
storyer not to use a Bible until later in the
process. However, in other Islamic people groups
the Bible needs to be introduced right up front.
The emphasis is to show the integrity of the
Bible story from Gods Word.
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Storying

• Tell the Story
• Story the Story
• Avoid reading
• Summarize
• Long or difficult portions
• Simple Sentences
• Accurate, but interesting
• STOP at the end

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Storying

• Dialog
• Encourage re-telling
• Ask questions to test comprehension
• Discover what really communicated
• Lead them to make applications

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Problem ShootingInternal
Anticipate problems before they happen. Here are
2 categories where storyers have encountered
trouble.

• Mix of believers/unbelievers
• Communication quirks of presenter
• Hardness of Heart
• Surprise Barriers
• Hostility other group dynamics
• Evidence of falling away

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Problem ShootingExternal

• Interruptions
• Poor location choice
• Schedule breaks
• Special Events
• Interference by other religious groups

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Visual Literacy
Each of these categories presents a special
challenge. Is there a significance to clothing
color? Would he look majestic or like the devil?
Should characters look right or left? Are
picture sets available in the culture?

• Color
• Flow
• Flannelgraph vs. Pictures
• Words
• Biblical Accuracy
• Reproducibility

Pictures are less expensive, but flannelgraph has
more options. Keep in mind that any media props
used sometime limit retelling the story, if they
cant use it, too!
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Resources

• Teaching Pictures
• New Tribes Bookroom [phone] or www.ntm.org
• Jesus Film
• [phone] or www.jesusfilm.org
• Audiocassettes
• Gospel Recordings [phone] or
  http//users.aol.com/GloReNet
• Hosanna [phone] or www.faithcomesbyhearing.
  org