Abstract: In this article, I detail my journey using ethnoscopic research to critique and improve the pedagogies typically employed in cross-cultural missions training. I use oral-based tools to present a highly efficacious discipleship strategy blueprint. These oral pedagogies are strong contenders for use among any global audience, not only those from the global south. This study focuses on the From the Nations to the Nations conference held in September of 2023 as the basis for improving cross-cultural training content and strategy. The study findings hold significance for reshaping training conferences and other teaching contexts.
Daniel Baker is from the United States and has lived with his family in the Middle East since 2018. He com-pleted his master’s degree in Theological and Cultural Anthropology from Eastern University in Pennsylva-nia, USA. He is working on his PhD in the Orality Studies program at the Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST) in Manila, Philippines. He works as a trainer in biblical storytelling in partnership with the Conflu-ence and the wider Newfrontiers family of churches. Daniel loves the outdoors, exploring new cultures, and all things story.
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