People groups: the North Sentinelese
The Sentinelese people live on North Sentinel Island, which is part of India and lies south in the Indian Ocean in the Andaman archipelago. The nearest island is less than 30 km away, but they are over 1200 km from the Indian subcontinent....
Read MoreA confluence of cultures
A missionary family once lived among a Muslim people group for some 21 years. When they first arrived, they couldn’t differentiate between the names of people, places, animals, and foods. Everything was strange, yet, they had a mandate to put Go...
Read MoreKnow their culture
“For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more…I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (1 Cor. 9:19, 22)
I recently shared my conversion s...
Read MorePeople group: the Deaf of North Africa
Across the world, there are up to 72 million Deaf people, making them one of the largest unreached people groups on the planet. According to DOOR International, a mission specializing in reaching the Deaf, fewer than two per cent know Jesu...
Read MoreMalawi’s broom – sending together
A lone broom strand can do little, but bound together with other strands, it becomes an effective and unbreakable broom.
Not so many years ago there were no Malawian missionaries, but all that began to change in 2010. Today, 147 chu...
Read MoreStorytelling resources
TRAININGS
According to orality specialists, the best and most current training can be found on the EMDC website: https://emdc.online. Available are seminars on Scripture Engagement (SE), Bible storying, orality, oral and written Bible tra...
Read MoreStorytelling – not just for kids
Have you enjoyed the stories in this issue so far? Everyone loves a good story; they are a great way to connect principles with real life. In fact, f...
Read MoreThe lost churches of Mundu are found
Little did Tom Desloges know the remarkable story his discovery was going to unravel when he found in his church’s archives maps, letters and some reports about the Mundu. The Mundu? How did this name get there? Sources cited this tribe ...
Read MoreEvery story counts in missions
Africa is known for its storytelling tradition. Huts in a village homestead were often arranged with one in the middle that was open on the sides. Children gathered there to hear stories from parents and elderly people. The villages also had offic...
Read MoreCalled: Nasiru Saidu – the cost of a voice
I lay on the floor, knees to my chest and my hands shielding my face, as my brother whipped me with a tree branch. I did not retaliate. Instead, I said, I’m ready; you can kill me. I heard a voice, and I’m not going back.Read More