Bible Storying

Bible Storying is a rapidly growing methodology for communicating Christian truth or persons who are primarily oral learners. This collection of stories from the Bible that relate to death and dying provide those who use the Bible Storying method guidance for telling stories. These stories are especially useful for persons in cultures where there is excessive fear of death or strong concerns about loved ones who have died.

Hope Stories from the Bible present a series of Bible stories that are useful in presenting biblical truth to people who are discouraged or desperate. These stories show reasons for hope even in conditions that are far less than desirable. This group of Bible stories give assurance to those suffering a variety of difficulties.

Water Stories from the Bible presents a group of Bible stories centered around the subject of water. these stories have proved most effective in communicating biblical truth to people who stand in great need of water or who are experiencing some efforts to provide safe water.

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.