Having lived among oral culture peoples nearly thirty years in Africa, I learned that people who neither read nor write have phenomenal memories. They can repeat to the minutest details things they have seen and heard. They are way ahead of people like ourselves who read and write and depend upon notes and reminders of various kinds.Our greatest challenge and opportunity is to put Talking Bibles in the hands of oral culture Christians and their neighbors. It is an effective and doable.
Oral culture people are greatly blessed when they have Talking Bibles in their languages. They not only remember but can, and do, readily share with others what they heard from their Talking Bible.
If people in our churches realized how exactly appropriate a Talking Bible is for non-reading, oral culture people, they would dramatically increase the number of Talking Bibles they put in our hands to send out on their behalf. Our experience is that non-reading people are richly blessed by having a Talking Bible. They not only grow in their own Faith and knowledge of what the Bible says, but they also become effective witnesses for Christ, making new disciples who form new churches. The Talking Bible is a remarkable Church Planting, CP ministry tool of choice.
Read some of the testimonials on our website, www.talkingbibles.org. And be open to letting God lead you to make a donation to enable us to place more and more needed Talking Bibles among the millions of non-reading, pre-literate, oral culture people in India, Africa and among other people groups anywhere in the world. Feel free to call the office at 1-800-318-7262 for more details.
And, please, always remember to bathe the Talking Bible ministry in your daily prayers.
Because they need to hear,
Harvey Hoekstra – harvey@talkingbibles.org
www.talkingbibles.org
Goal: A TALKING BIBLE SUNDAY IN THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES LEARNING MORE AND TAKING A SPECIAL OFFERING TO PROVIDE TALKING BIBLE S IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES FOR NON-READERS AND THE BLIND.
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