Connecting Points: Bridging the Orality Gap to Minds and 💞

Dr. Tara Rye has served as Audio Scripture Ministries’ Bible Engagement Director since 2020. Tara’s love of God’s Word, her passion for discipleship, and her gift of serving equip her to effectively train leaders around the world in culturally relevant ways of sharing Scripture.
Tara has incorporated Biblical storying along with inductive Bible study methods in higher education, church small groups, a homeless shelter, a home for human trafficking victims, on mission trips, at speaking engagements, on the radio, and on her YouTube channel. Tara serves as an adjunct professor for Crown University, host of the Storytelling Café on EMDC, and as the President/Founder of Cultivating Hearts Ministries. She has served as an Executive Coach with CRU. In academia, Tara was Dean of Women at Grace University and a professor for Orality studies at Grace University and Nebraska Christian Colleges. She has served in numerous capacities with the International Orality Network and was the Program Director for the 2021 North America Regional gathering of the International Orality Network.
Tara, and her husband Greg live in Nebraska with their dog Princess Peach and their cat Melchizedek. Tara and Greg are the caretakers of Tara’s mom, and aunt along with their two dogs Sarge and Linus. They have two adult children and one son-in-love.