missions research
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The Orality Data Gap
The global missions data ecosystem tracks languages, Bible translation status, people-group identifiers, and evangelical presence with respected precision, yet it of-ten overlooks whether a people group is high-orality-reliant, learning and…
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Measuring What Matters in Orality: Why Tracking the Mission Is a Native Oral Practice, What Scripture Counted, and the Biases That Distort Our Reporting
Missions researchers frequently encounter the objection that counting is a text-based, Western imposition on high-orality-reliant communities, and that such communities cannot meaningfully report on the progress of the gospel among…