Welcome to the Scripture Engagement website. Here you'll find news, articles, events and links to resources on Bible Engagement and Scripture Use - especially for those seeking to help others encounter God's Word in life-changing ways.
 
 admin  |    Fri 5 Feb 2010, 07:45

To keep in touch with current discussion on Scripture Engagement, here are some of the blogs to watch:

The Dusty Word:

"Being in Malaysia at the WWSE conference has given me a small insight into what is happening to the church globally. I believe the church is going through a reformation of sorts, on many levels. Scripture engagement is playing a huge part in that. In fact, Scripture engagement may be the most important element..." [more...]

Engage the Bible Blog:

"Recently I've been spending a fair bit of time reflecting on the practice of reading the Bible in community. So much of the efforts I have seen to get young people into the Bible take a very individualistic and privatized approach with poor results. Some people are beginning to turn to the ancient traditions of reading in community..." [more...]

The Essential Bible Blog:

"The best way to win the culture war is not for Christians to hyperventilate about those who don't believe the Bible. Instead, it's for the church to "read it and live it" themselves. Until we do that, our message and our mission will never be fully successful." [more...]

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Author: Leah Walter

One of the first questions translation teams ask when determining program strategy is: Are there people who are literate or semi-literate in the national language? If so, how can we get them reading in their own language?

In Columbia, where Spanish is spoken widely, very few Desano people had made the transition to reading in their own mother tongue. Leah Walter helped to develop a transition primer to be distributed along with the New Testament. The article includes a step-by-step description of how she and the team developed this primer to teach themselves how to read their mother tongue. It was suitable for both literates and semi-literates. Sample pages from the primers are included. They include lots of pictures, which aid the reader.  [more...]


Following JESUS is a video-based discipleship series used to ground new believers in their faith. Using dramatized storytelling techniques and incorporating clips from the "JESUS" film, unique versions of Following JESUS teach biblical principles and demonstrate how to live as a follower of Christ in a new believer's heart culture.

The JESUS film Project is currently producing two distinct series for Africa and for South Asia.  [more...]