Focuses on the concepts around orality, the idea of discourse modalities, and the process of oral communication of Scripture.
This course equips students to understand orality, to appreciate their own communicative strengths, and to explore areas of growth in communication approaches and resources.
This course provides practical experience in storying, and understanding of current approaches. Students also gain a more complete understanding of their preferred communication styles.
The Old Testament was passed down over centuries often through oral means of communication. In the New Testament, the Gospel went out through oral communication.
Missional life in a world where so many are oral learners or oral preference learners requires that we are able to fit the kind of resources to the specific ministry context.
Oral communication is adaptable to the context and can even shape the context in terms of communicative dynamics.
Being able to communicate orally is a crucial resource to being able to communicate cross-culturally. The Lord uses oral communication of the Gospel to allow His Gospel to cross societies.
Having oral communication of Scripture allows the student to do outreach more effectively in their home context or overseas.
Students learn about oral communication of the Scriptures by learning to facilitate a storying session.
