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Bible-Storying.com focuses on the following purposes:

• To develop and provide practical books and other helps to those who seek to proclaim the Message of Christ through Bible Storying
• To equip people and groups to become involved in the ministries of Bible Storying
• To provide on-going training for persons and groups who are engaged in the ministries of Bible Storying
• To maintain a body of basic resources for those who practice Bible Storying

Bible Storying is the generic term for the primary use of Bible stories to evangelize, disciple, plant churches and train emerging oral church leaders. The term evolved from roots in Chronological Bible Teaching which focused mainly on the chronological organization of teaching beginning with key Old Testament passages leading to the Gospel accounts. This led to a further focus on the value and role of the Bible stories themselves being told along with appropriate teaching activities. This was then called Chronological Bible Storying to highlight a focus on the value of the told story both as a resource to teach from and for the benefit of learning by the listeners. Over time many variations and strategies subsequently evolved which then led to the use of the more generic term inclusive term Bible Storying. One motto might be: If you aren’t telling and teaching the stories, then it isn’t Bible Storying!

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J.O.Terry served under the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention as media missionary to the Philippines beginning in 1968 and later serving as the Asia-Pacific Region media consultant until retirement in 2003. Experience with Chronological Bible Teaching in early 1988 soon led to a need for greater emphasis on teaching the Bible stories along with appropriate learning activities for nonliterate peoples. In an effort to supply this need, Terry developed a number of widely used Bible story sets and led workshops and conferences in many countries.  He is convinced that Bible storying methods can be effective in winning the lost to Christ, in developing the saved in Christ, in starting new churches among the peoples of the world, and in training their oral leaders.

Presently J. O. Terry serves as publisher of the Bible Storying Newsletter and the Journal of Bible Storying.  He continues to teach Bible storying and shares his experience with others in the ministry. Terry has authored and co-authored several books:

• Basic Bible Storying
• Bible Storying for Church Planting
• Bible Storying Handbook for Short-Term Mission Teams and Mission Volunteers
• The Hope Stories from the Bible
• Guía Para La Narrativa Biblica

Dr. Daniel R. Sanchez is a Professor of Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He started two churches during his student days, and then served as an appointed missionary in Panama where he taught at the seminary and trained students to start and develop churches.  Upon his return he served as Associate Director at the Home Mission Board and then as Director of Missions for the Baptist Convention of New York where he led in the initiation of record numbers of churches.  For many years he taught and practiced Lifestory Encounters as an evangelistic tool.  This sparked his interest in Bible Storying.  For several years Dr. Sanchez has joined forces with J. O. Terry to teach courses and workshops at Southwestern Seminary and in other countries.

He is a prolific author and co-author of several books, including among others:

• Bible Storying for Church Planting
• The Gospel in the Rosary
• Starting Reproducing Congregations
• Church Planting Movements in North America