Gerhard Marx has been on a thirty-year plus journey with orality. With passion and enthusiasm, he tells the story of how God led him into orality via prayer and radio. But having been deeply influenced by the Hebrew Bible (what most of us know as the Old Testament), Gerhard also discusses how critical an understanding of performance and emotion are for truly grasping the orally-rich nature of the Scriptures. Join as we continue to learn together.

This episode of God Speaks features a dear friend of the Orality Movement—Cameron Armstrong.

With a rich history of serving in Romania and the Philippines, Cameron now leads an Orality Studies program based out of Manila. With a heart for honouring local peoples and learning how to listen and serve with them, Cameron offers insights from his own journey as he shares how God has led him into a greater understanding of the beauty and complexity of orality.

Join us as we learn together.

Mark Overstreet is a newly appointed Lausanne catalyst for orality. He has decades of experience in oral-based initiatives all across the globe, yet he carries the local church in his heart. Join us for a conversation with Mark wherein we get to learn about some of his journey into orality and why he continues to believe orality is critical for the global Body of Christ.

In our latest conversation on Orality and the Gospel, we speak with Karlena de la Cruz from StoryRunners (Cru) about the vision God has given them: to see followers of Christ in communities of faith among every oral, unreached people group. Join us as we explore how to love our oral-reliant (and oral-preferenced) neighbors—some of whom may live much closer than you realize.

"We have made an assumption in the North American Church that because we are in church, we are reading the Bible. And we are not. We are biblically illiterate. We don't know what the Bible says; we know what the preacher says."

In this conversation with special guest Tara Rye, we discuss how God disrupted her biblical training, experience and expectations to introduce her to the world of orality. Join us as we explore the journey God has led Tara on as she describes being "re-born" into orality and how God is using her to help others experience God and his Word afresh through oral tools.

ION hosted a recent online forum that explored the intersection of orality, technology and discipleship. We have edited the discussion and made it available as a means to encourage but also stimulate fresh thoughts on the overlap of these critical streams. We hope you enjoy.

Join us and guest speaker Jyoti for a conversation on the power of story, and how it relates to the use of our imaginations in personalizing and deeply engaging with Gospel. Jyoti draws on his experience as a narrative entrepreneur in both fantasy fiction and the business sector to discuss practical tips on storytelling such as different types of stories as well as different preconceived ideas of storytelling and how those may need to be reconsidered.

Furthermore, Jyoti has graciously made a discount available for his book on storytelling (From Hype to Hack) to our listeners that can be found at the end of the show.

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.