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Nafusa Berbers of North Africa (nah-FOO-sah)
“Pray for a 15-minute radio broadcast in the local dialect each week, asking that we will continue to see seekers and new fruit through follow-up...
Zerma of Niger (ZAR-mah)
As you have prayed, missionary Kimberly Cain has continued to story the Bible chronologically in F's compound in recent weeks. As Kimberly prepared for volunteers, she asked F if the other women in the neighborhood would like to learn how to knit and hear stories from God's Word...
Oral Peoples Strategy: West Africa
Kacy of the Kita Malinke Team shares: “Yesterday we spent the day with our dear friend B. We hadn’t seen him in forever, and called him to come over and hang out...
OneStory: West Africa
Jessica of the OneStory Songhai Team, who had to relocate to the capital city, writes: "We have asked our story-crafter from Timbuktu...
Samogho (Duun Tribe) of Mali (SAH-moh-goh/doon)
A Samogho Team member writes: "I cannot thank you enough for praying for the two women’s groups in Village K. I returned to the village after being away for six months...
Jola-Fonyi of Senegal and the Gambia (JOH-luh-FOH-nyee)
Today there is another funeral in the village. It is the death of a woman in her fifties who went through a storying cycle with missionary Donelle Kauffman several years...
Jacob: Reading the doctor's signature is the least of your problems
Literacy skills predict a person’s health status more accurately than age, income, employment status, education level, or race and ethnicity.
"Reaching the Marginalised"
UNESCO's latest Education for All report says that many of the gains in literacy that have been made since 2000 are threatened by the global economic downturn. "Reaching the Marginalised" gives detailed information by region of the world and by country. Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America's Least Literate Adults
The (U. S.) National Center for Education Statistics examines the "profile and [basic reading skills] of America's least literate adults." The following study from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy shows that the majority of people...
Scripture Distribution
Report on the world distribution of scriptures by Bible societies.
Following Jesus Audio Series (Mandarin)
Aukaner Story Sets
The Aukaners live along the rivers in the jungles of Suriname. Descended from enslaved Africans who escaped from plantations hundreds of years go, Aukaners follow a mixture of African traditional religions and South American animism. This package includes a background document and four story lists: a core story list, evangelism stories, and topical story sets dealing with deciding to believe and overcoming fear.
Oral Bible School, The: Discipleship-Evangelism & Character Building (Track 3)
This resource was chosen with an animistic culture in mind. They are designed to focus on character qualities necessary in any Christian leader and leadership lessons they must learn.
