Biblical Storytelling Design: Understanding Why Oral Stories Work - Hardcover

Roché, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1725258129 ISBN 13: 9781725258129

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

The apostle Paul directed Timothy to teach faithful men who would follow his model of teaching others also (2 Tim 2:2). To ask a new believer to tell his or her unbelieving network of friends about Jesus takes boldness, confidence, and--critically--a teaching program that is simple and easily reproducible. This book teaches how to craft and model telling biblical stories in the believer's own words and style that can be easily repeated by following spiritual generations. But crafting effective stories to reproduce takes wisdom. Biblical Storytelling Design identifies seven negative influences that can either weaken or even terminate the storytelling process of spiritual reproduction. But these influences can be counteracted by applying storytelling strategies when crafting stories. This book teaches not only what to do but why it works through understanding insights from educational psychology, sociology, and anthropology that are illustrated in Scripture itself.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Roché served over six years as pastor of Christian education, fourteen years in Christian higher education, and seventeen years in Christian missions administration. Most recently, he served as the director of the Southern European Orality Project for Entrust.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1725258129
• ISBN 13: 9781725258129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158