Bible Storying

Bible storying methodology places focus on selecting Bible stories, oralizing stories for telling, and how to tell and dialog the stories with listeners.  More attention needs focusing on the time of invitation to believe or act upon the stories.  Experience continues to teach how this may vary from people group to people group.  The book suggests some of the tested approaches and what to do when listeners respond early or do not respond as expected when an invitation is given.

A basic book designed to guide those engaged in the method of Bible Storying in the process of preparing Bible Stories in formats that work well for oral presentation. Oralizing Bible Stories for Telling helps those who present Bible stories to non literate listeners.

The Ebenezer Stories have been prepared for discipling women believers coming from typical Asian worldviews. The purpose of the stories is to present Jesus as the One to meet family needs, so the women will discontinue seeking help from animistic practices through beseeching the spirit world or worshiping village deities. In these cultures the women are often the family intercessor for their family needs. The title reminds that Jesus is the Rock of Salvation and the Stone of Help waiting to bless the women and their families as they faithfully follow Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

This handbook guides short-term teams who desire to use the techniques of Bible Storying in their ministries among various groups of people

Not long after the initial spread of Bible Storying a need arose to provide panoramic presentations of selected Bible stories. Since Fast-tracking is story-only, it is a form of proclamation that has proved helpful as an affirmation and review in discipling, and an effective means of probing for evangelistic interest among new listeners. Fast-tracking also provides a very powerful means of presenting the Christmas Story or the Passion Story. This book looks at an overview of Fast-tracking the Bible Stories and should be helpful to encourage and equip the Bible storyer to be prepared when opportunity occurs.

In this work, J. O. Terry, a well-known authority on the proclamation method of Bible Storying, supplies the most comprehensive guide to the method in print. Terry draws on his years of study and experience in Bible Storying to explain the philosophy and strategies of proclaiming biblical truth through stories. The book is an indispensable guide for Bible Storying. It is the first genuine textbook for courses in Bible Storying.

A novel presentation of a growing interest in how to respond or engage a person in exchange of life stories, first as a compassionate listener, and then a relational sharing of one’s own story, followed by an appropriate expression of God’s Story as it applies to one’s life. The book draws on the personal experiences of both Sanchez in his travel encounters and Terry in suggesting how the events in one’s own Lifestory can aid in identifying with another person. The book concludes with some suggested Bible stories as a resource that speaks to different life needs and themes.

I consider this set of stories to be a resource from which the Bible storyer can choose most appropriate stories to tell. There is a range of stories about blindness, sight, perceiving, and healing. There are obviously both physical and spiritual blindness. The object is to give hope to the Blind who can “see” Jesus through the Bible stories, and in their hearts can see Jesus as they have faith in him. None of us have seen God or Jesus in person. Yet we do see both in the stories and events in our lives as we live, pray, and teach using the Bible stories.

Bible Storying for Church Planting by three authors who have long experience in both Bible Storying and church starting is a guide for using the methods of Bible Storying the exciting effort to start new congregations. Dr. Daniel R. Sanchez, J. O. Terry, and Lanette W. Thompson join to provide this most practical information concerning both subjects--Bible Storying and Church Planting. All engaged in using Bible Storying need to heed the material in these pages.