orality – OralityTalks

Discipleship in Oral Preference Cultures

W. Jay Moon — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:37:04 +0000

There are many indigenous genres available that are often overlooked for discipleship in oral preference cultures. This article explores both the Sicangu Lakota Native American culture as well as the Builsa culture in Ghana, West Africa to demonstrate the value and use of indigenous symbols, rituals, dance, proverbs, songs and stories for contextualized approaches to discipleship. Drawing from various anthropological theories, examples are provided to demonstrate how these oral genres can address excluded middle issues in order to create missiological transformation. Since these indigenous genres are embedded in culture, wise disciple makers can apply this discipleship approach for the formation of cultural and biblical identity. In the process, this can help disciples overcome the common dangers of both syncretism and split-level Christianity.

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Orality Missiology of Disciple Multiplication Movements: The Philippine Tentmaker Missions Story

David Lim — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 03:16:21 +0000

Abstract: Developing a robust orality missiology for the Filipino church involves a SWOT analysis after two decades of tentmaker mobilization. Strengths lie in leveraging Overseas Filipino Workers as orality missionaries, emphasizing total mobilization and disciple multiplication movements (DMM). Weaknesses include clarifying the goal of societal transformation over Christianization and exploring ecclesiological implications of House Church Networks (HCN). Opportunities arise in Insider Movements with a multicultural approach. Threats involve literate Christendom dominance. Orality missions focus on contextualized spirituality, promoting self-theologizing and seizing opportunities in Asia’s HCNs, global Kingdom Movements, post-modernity, and social media. The goal is a Company 3 strategy for effective DMMs.

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Unleashing the Power of Orality

Charles Madinger, Roce Anog-Madinger and Daniel Ponraj — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 02:51:14 +0000

Abstract: The article explores the transformative power of orality in communication, focusing on its impact in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Northern Nigeria. It defines orality conceptually, emphasizing its role in conveying shared meaning and information. The text introduces High Orality Reliance (HOR) and Low Orality Reliance (LOR) frameworks, illustrating how missionary efforts often impose LOR methods on oral cultures. It advocates for a more holistic approach, urging the integration of disciplines modeled by Jesus. The conclusion emphasizes the need for HOR training paradigms, especially in educational settings. The article calls for a culturally sensitive, orality-informed approach to communication and mission work.

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Orality and its Impact on the Development of Servant Leaders in Southern Mexico

Esau Aguilar — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:48:45 +0000

Abstract: Exploring the oral influence on Christ’s teachings reveals effective and creative orality methods for training servant leaders. Jesus used narrative stories, parables, and rural illustrations, embracing the tradition of orality in Jewish culture. Inspired by this, we implemented semi-oral methods in leadership workshops with the Mayan community in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Strategies included storytelling, indigenous context-based activities, visual images, and music. The success of this semi-oral approach underscores orality as a tool for developing servant leaders in indigenous and rural contexts, aligning with Christ’s transformative ministry.

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Orality & Scripture Engagement

Durk Meijer — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:22:23 +0000

In this webinar, Durk Meijer discussed the importance of engaging people with Scripture. He emphasized that giving oral learners a book will not result in them reading it.

Instead, engaging people means using formats they know and love. It means building trusting relationships and using simple stories instead of abstract concepts.

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Oral Discipleship

W. Jay Moon and Temna Meren — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 22:31:00 +0000

Beginning with the significance of employing orality for discipleship, Jay Moon illustrated its effectiveness by providing an example involving a Native American.

He elaborated on the significance of rituals in addressing the issues related to Paul Hiebert’s concept of the Excluded Middle. Emphasizing their importance, he highlighted how rituals guide individuals through what Viktor Turner termed the liminal experience, marking a transformative and transitional phase in their journey.

Moon provided numerous compelling examples, emphasizing stories, dance, and symbols as crucial elements in oral discipleship. He also included in his presentation the impactful illustration of African Chicken Theology.

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Temna Meren, a student of Moon, highlighted the importance of oral discipleship in his ministry and effectively complemented Moon’s presentation with real-life examples.

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Orality & Education

Charles Madinger — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000

Our first OralityTalks was about the lack of- and need for orality in education. After two breakout sections, our panel of experts answered questions from the participants.

Charles Madinger led the discussion for the break-out groups.

Our panel consisted of Cameron Armstrong, Edwardneil Benavidez, and Sonny Lapada.

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