Most of the world’s unreached people groups are made up of oral-preference learners. They often have no written language of their own. To reach them, OneStory works with mother-tongue speakers to develop and record worldview-sensitive, chronological Bible “story sets” for each specific group — typically 40 to 60 stories in a two-year period. Mother-tongue speakers spread the stories to others. These story sets form the beginnings of an “oral Bible” to be told and retold for generations.
Along with the development of story sets, other essential outcomes for a two-year OneStory Quest project include:
- Train mother-tongue speakers to tell the stories within their people groups that communicate Jesus’ message, equip followers and develop story telling groups that organically multiply.
- Archive audio recordings of the stories for reference (to keep stories accurate), for distribution through broad sowing (listening groups, audio tapes, CDs) and for use in radio broadcasts.
- Document the project’s worldview research, reviews for biblical integrity with supporting notes, and description of the project results.
- Plan follow-up ministry by the partnering agencies and the established local church plants.
The goal is to initiate such work in more than 5,500 UPGs (unreached people groups) by 2020.
The OneStory partnership includes Campus Crusade for Christ, Trans World Radio, Wycliffe International and YWAM, and involves other Great Commission agencies, churches and individuals.
OneStory’s unique training process has been tested in multiple countries and many languages. Mobilisation efforts are underway in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to train and equip workers to reach out in their own countries and across borders as well.
Could this work in Australia?
To learn more, visit www.onestory.org.
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