Share the Story

Strategy for making disciples to Jesus & starting churches in every people group of the world using Bible Storying. Especially relevant for oral learners.

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"I am so glad God communicated to us the way He made us--to love stories and especially His story."-Avery Willis

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"But why story and why storytelling? Story is the primary language of exerience."- Thomas E. Boomershine

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Relationally oriented, Share the Story is rooted in the Bible, using the model of Jesus himself, the Master Storyteller and Disciple Maker.

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"We need to ask ourselves right up front: How well do you actually know the biblical story?"
Christopher Wright, The Mission of God's People

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“Learning stories isn’t the same as learning the multiplication tables...stories don’t stay put; they grow and deepen. The meaning doesn’t exactly change, but it matures.” -Eugene Peterson

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I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. -Eugene Peterson

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"It's important to remember the Gospel is a story; not a set of bullet points."-Tim Keller

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"Jesus' use of oral methods not only enabled everyone to learn--it also insured that everyone could teach.."-Paul Koehler

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"Think of the way Jesus communicated to us the reality of the Realm of God. He told stories."-Richard Jensen

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“He (Jesus) was born, he lives, he dies, he rises again—it’s all story. It’s very important to keep the story and not just distill ideas out of it.” -Eugene Peterson

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"There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act..."-Flannery O'Connor

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"those first believers knew the story they were in. And they knew the story because they knew their scriptures"
Christopher Wright

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"Think of the way Jesus communicated to us the reality of the Realm of God. He told stories."-Richard Jensen

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Jesus' use of oral methods not only enabled everyone to learn--it also insured that everyone could teach.” -Paul Koehler

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"Bible Storying is the intentional and uninterrupted sharing of God's Word primarily as stories" J.O.Terry

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Ones of the keys of Biblical Storying is “Be persistent, be repetitive, be repetitive, be repetitive and love the people” - J.O. Terry @SWBTS

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Your interpretation of a story or expositional teaching from the Bible story is not as important or powerful as the story itself. - J.O.Terry

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Sitting at the feet of J.O. Terry and @SamuelNPoe as they discuss biblical storying and its application in the many different cultures of the world. @SWBTS

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"The story denies universal defeat and so gives us a glimpse of ultimate joy." -J.R.R. Tolkien

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Get your copy of the "Share the Story" Study Guide here: https://t.co/l6qrnaaw1J