Orality Talking Points serves the global mission by highlighting resources and practical discussions. We post news and events that significantly contribute to better understanding and implementing mission strategies rooted in the foundations of orality.
OralityTalks Webinar
Topic: Harnessing Digital Media for Ministry
Contributors: Bill Snider and Jonah Jala
September 11, 2024, at 8:00 PM (Manila) / 8:00 AM (USA Eastern)
OralityTalks Journal
I-OS is about to release the second issue of an orality-focused journal. Read, interact, and contribute to the bi-monthly strategic discussions with articles, case studies, reviews of resources, and works of art.
Orality Resources International (ORI)
A source for “all things orality” – theses and dissertations, books, ethnoarts archives, and more. ORI acquires multi-disciplinary research, assigns an ISBN number through the National Library of the Philippines, and makes it available for the global missions community at no cost. Click the link above to see how to publish your work or to suggest the works of others for this academic commons site.
Global Need: Arts and Kingdom Growth
Global Trends in Media
Publication: Godfrey Naanlang Danaan. Mass media and Christian evangelization in the digital age: Towards sustaining ‘mission’ in the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos. Journal of Arts and Humanities: 5(7z) 2016. PDF: https://www.theartsjournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/954/0
Influencing Secular Media: mastermedia.org
EM DC: Interactive Classes: emdc.online
Lausanne: Ethnodoxology’s Time is Here
SAT-7 in MENA: sat7.org
CBN-Asia: A Foundation of Intercession and Mission Training, Prayer Center, Asian Center for Missions
MediaLight – Thailand: Free courses in digital media production and platforms: medialight.network, Media Cerator’s Bootcamp
Global Orality Mapping Project (GOMAP)
GOMAP is a tool to measure the orality reliance of the world’s UPGs, resulting in practical recommendations for cross-cultural workers. This month, we significantly updated GOMAP with new features based on our feedback so far.
I-OS Orality Studies Programs
Asia Graduate School of Theology (AGST, Philippines)
Th.M./Ph.D. (accredited through ATA)
Dr. Cameron Armstrong, Director (cameron@ats.ph)
Professional Certification in Orality Studies
Dr. Charles Madinger and adjunct faculty of I-OS
May apply to the MA concentration in Orality Studies of the I-OS and Kairos University.
Kairos University (USA: coming soon)
M.A. concentration in Orality Studies
A competency-based program
Jay Angeles, Director of Training and Education (training@i-os.org)
