Winning the Oral Majority
Mission agencies rethink outreach to the world's non-literate masses.
Dawn Herzog Jewell | posted 3/01/2006 12:00AM

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"We might be reinventing a wheel that they've been using a long time," he says. "But it's exciting that we're discovering for ourselves what's going on and using it to the kingdom's advantage."
Dawn Herzog Jewell works for Media Associates International, a communications training ministry.
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Also posted today is an article on oral learners in literate America.
The International Orality Network has "Making Disciples of Oral Learners" from 2004 Lausanne.
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Missions Incredible | South Korea sends more missionaries than any country but the U.S. And it won't be long before it's number one. (Feb. 24, 2006)
The Soul Hunters of Central Asia | The most Baptist state in the worldNagalandis vying to become a powerhouse for cross-cultural missions. (Feb. 10, 2006)