In this conversation, our friends Ella and Kayla share about how God has invited them to use oral communication strategies in their spheres of influence. For Ella, she is training leaders all over the world in orality. For her daughter Kayla, it means using oral tools to engage her community as a law student in Southeast Asia. Join us as we learn more of the power of orality within family and beyond.

Has Orality impacted your life and ministry?

We love testimonies like that.
Join us for the next episode of God Speaks as we hear YWAMer Youngshin shares how God directed her steps into orality, oral Bible translation and finally to Jerusalem as part of a larger Kingdom strategy to impact oral Bible translation teams around the globe.

"Any one thirst? Come."

In this episode of God Speaks, Michael J. Mantle and Jonathan Wiles of Living Water International discuss how orality has impacted not only their lives but also the cultural ethos of their entire org. In the missions world today, we need more of such forerunners.

Websites mentioned during the episode:
https://water.cc
https://water.cc/church
http://flourish.guide
http://thegeniusofone.com
http://thirstingforlivingwater.com

God Speaks is excited to welcome Charles Madinger and Daniel Goerzen from the Institute of Orality Strategies (iOS) as they introduce a significant new orality initiative that seeks to address a familiar question: "What makes oral-reliant people oral-reliant?"

Related links:
https://gomap.pro
https://gomap.pro/survey/
https://i-os.org/training/

This week we are excited to have Dr. Grant Lovejoy joining us for the God Speaks Webinar.

Dr. Lovejoy is the Director of Orality Strategies for IMB and brings his wealth of experience and expertise to discuss the hot topic of Orality in Urban Contexts.

We are delighted to welcome Laura Cooke to the next edition of God Speaks. Laura is the founder and creator of 7SONG: The Bible in Song. 7SONG tells the entire story of the Gospel in seven songs, and is being translated and sung by indigenous singers to share the message of Jesus with people in their heart language. Having traveled extensively, Laura ‘s passion is to use music to tell stories that lead people around the world to Jesus.

Join us as we explore the relationship between orality and music for creating innovative ways to help people engage God and His Word!

We are excited to host Samuel Chiang, the former CEO of the International Orality Network (ION) and of the Seed Company. Samuel current serves as the Deputy Secretary General of Ministries for the World Evangelical Alliance and brings a wealth of experience and wisdom to our next episode of God Speaks. But, even more, Samuel hungers for God.

Join us as we discuss with Samuel the role of orality within the future of the global church.

Orality and Multicultural Teams

We are excited to welcome you to the next episode of God Speaks. Dr. Don Moon will be joining us.

Don (PhD, Biola) brings thirty-plus years of experience, leadership, and teaching to our discussion of orality and cross-cultural teams. We are excited to welcome him to the God Speaks webinar as we discuss this critical issue in contemporary missions and specifically dialogue on how matters such as orality are critical for forming and maintaining our multi-cultural teams and strategies.