God Speaks Lausanne Orality Network

God Speaks is excited to welcome Charles Madinger and Daniel Goerzen from the Institute of Orality Strategies (iOS)  as they  introduce a significant new orality initiative that seeks to address a familiar question: "What makes oral-reliant people oral-reliant?"

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https://gomap.pro
https://gomap.pro/survey/
https://i-os.org/training/

This week we are excited to have Dr. Grant Lovejoy joining us for the God Speaks Webinar. 
Dr. Lovejoy is the Director of Orality Strategies for IMB and brings his wealth of experience and expertise to discuss the hot topic of Orality in Urban Contexts. 

We are delighted to welcome Laura Cooke to the next edition of God Speaks. Laura is the founder and creator of 7SONG: The Bible in Song. 7SONG tells the entire story of the Gospel in seven songs, and is being translated and sung by indigenous singers to share the message of Jesus with people in their heart language. Having traveled extensively, Laura ‘s passion is to use music to tell stories that lead people around the world to Jesus. 
Join us as we explore the relationship between orality and music for creating innovative ways to help people engage God and His Word! 

We are excited to host Samuel Chiang, the former CEO of the International Orality Network (ION) and of the Seed Company. Samuel current serves as the Deputy Secretary General of Ministries for the World Evangelical Alliance and brings a wealth of experience and wisdom to our next episode of God Speaks. But, even more, Samuel hungers for God. 
Join us as we discuss with Samuel the role of orality within the future of the global church. 

Orality and Multicultural Teams
We are excited to welcome you to the next episode of God Speaks. Dr. Don Moon will be joining us.
Don (PhD, Biola) brings thirty-plus years of experience, leadership, and teaching to our discussion of orality and cross-cultural teams. We are excited to welcome him to the God Speaks webinar as we discuss this critical issue in contemporary missions and specifically dialogue on how matters such as orality are critical for forming and maintaining our multi-cultural teams and strategies. 

Orality and Theological Education in the Majority World Context: Addressing the Oral Oversight
God is raising up theologically astute Majority World leaders who care about equipping their leaders with appropriate tools to engage the oral-reliant communicators in their communities. One of those thought-leaders is Dr. Ezekiel Ajibade, senior lecturer at Nigheria Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Ajibade will be joining us to discuss some of the concerns but also some of the practical steps that he and others are taking to help institutional gate-keepers recognize the necessity of orality for theological education in the twenty-first century. Such strategic conversations carry implications not only for places such as Nigeria but also for many other Majority World contexts.