About

Transforming brokenness among the oral majority by retooling leaders for high-impact communication with the same tried-and-tested methods used by Jesus.

We will achieve it by…

Training

leaders in methods and principles of orality used by Jesus at various academic levels.

Researching

orality on academic and grassroots levels and providing tools and resources.

Collaborating

with mission organizations, non-profits, businesses, educational institutions, and churches.

Meet the Team

The I-OS core team of orality experts and practitioners.

Charles B. Madinger, Ph.D.

Founder, CEO

Roce Anog-Madinger

President

Danyal Qalb

Director of Research

Jong Angeles

Director of Training and Education

Problem & Solution

We live in a broken world full of people who need a word of transformation. The message of healing can often be muddled—offering some truths, partial truths, and illusions. Yet, the Living Word alone holds the power to heal our brokenness. Utilizing oral methods rooted in hearing the Living Word brings healing and holistic transformation.

Click & fill the gap!

The Orality Gap

8 out of every 10 people prefer and rely on oral communication. They do not understand the Kingdom message because of our communication choices.

All remaining unreached people groups are oral.

The majority of grassroots leaders need training in using oral principles and methods.

The poor and marginalized populations bear the brunt of our broken world and do not have access the Kingdom message in ways THEY understand.

The Training Gap

Bible schools and seminaries worldwide do not contextualize theological education.

Pastors, professors, professionals, and mission leaders rely on print, Western systematic theologies, propositional preaching, individualistic approach to communication and learning.

Proper accreditation for informal oral transformational learning that does not rely purely on reading references, taking written exams, and writing papers, is practically non-existent.

Our Ultimate Task: Retool 21st Century Leaders

Create model ministries beginning with one school, one church, and one mission organization that practice oral principles and methods.
Form replicable networks/cohorts of mission and educational leaders that foster a movement of orality-framed communication and instruction from the classroom to the pulpit to the grassroots.
Launch orality training cohorts beginning in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Become a leading force in orality research that supports and enhances orality.
Provide orality resources for cross-cultural workers, pastors, and teachers working among the oral majority.
Build a close network of orality experts who practice, research, and train regional leaders at all levels (especially grass-roots) in the art of oral instructional communication.