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Training Course
 | Trinity Western University in Langley, near Vancouver Sponsor: Canada Institute of Linguistics |
The Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) offers Scripture Use training at Trinity Western University.
Both graduate and undergraduate students may apply. [more...]
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Sponsor: Liberty University, Music in World Cultures
Music In World Cultures (MIWC) developed the graduate program in ethnomusicology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. This new degree—a Master of Arts in Worship Studies (Ethnomusicology)—is housed at Liberty’s Center for Worship
Ethnomusicology is the study of music, in particular worship, in the context of culture. This degree prepares musicians to serve as missionaries focused on establishing worship programs specific to the culture and people of a particular nation.
 | Monday 20 August - Friday 14 September, 2012 The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, UK Sponsor: European Training Programme |
This course comprises a number of short intensive modules, the availability of which varies from year to year depending on instructors. The modules that may be offered are:
- Research Methods for Performing Arts
- Applied Cultural Arts
- Audio Techniques for Field Workers
- Analysis of Music (Non-western)
'Arts' will encompass music (primarily songs or chants with communicative text); musical instruments; drama/ theatre; dance; and oral arts (story telling, poetics and proverbs). Visual arts (painting, sculpture) will also be discussed.
These modules are designed to help students with prior training/experience in an aspect of creative arts to develop a comprehensive approach to faith-based ministry using music and/or arts. They can be taken by anyone interested in using EthnoArts with any agency. [more...]
 | GIAL, Dallas, Texas, USA Sponsor: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics |
Courses on ethnomusicology and arts include:
- Audio and Video Techniques for Fieldworkers
- Research Methods for Performing Arts
- Expressive Form Analysis
- Song Transcription and Analysis
- Applied Arts
 | Friday 16 August - Friday 13 December, 2013 Online course Sponsor: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics |
The Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) now offers an online version of its popular Scripture Engagement Strategy and Methods course (AA5355).
This graduate level course is taught by Scripture Engagement pioneer, Dr. Wayne Dye with Tim & Lynley Hatcher serving as assistant teachers. Those taking this course learn to understand the following:
- factors affecting Scripture engagement including – partnership, sociolinguistics, translation, anthropology, missiology, digital/non-digital distribution, orality, ethnic arts, and alternative media, and more;
- analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of an active Bible translation program;
- selecting and planning the most appropriate methods for individual contexts.
The online version is the same content as the January four-week face-to-face course, LD5355 Scripture Engagement Strategy and Methods.
August 16 - December 13, 2013 – twelve weeks (one week break, November 19-23); twelve total hours per week.
Find out more about admissions at: http://www.gial.edu/admissions/gateway-admission
Cost ~$1400 credit / $700 audit
Course materials are all accessible online. For those with limited connectivity, course materials can be mailed or hand delivered in advance of the course. Thus, anyone can participate.
Within this interactive course, participants will need weekly internet access. We can accommodate those with only email access. Participants must be able to send and receive text file email attachments in order to interact meaningfully with instructors and fellow students. [more...]
 | Redcliffe College, Gloucester, UK |
This postgraduate course is for those wanting to reflect on how mission fits into the Scriptures, and how to use the Bible to engage missionally in a variety of cultural contexts.
One of the modules is "Bible Engagement in Intercultural Contexts", which includes:
- The Bible as an agent or tool of mission.
- The role of Bible Translation in mission and in relation to Bible engagement themes, such as contextualisation and orality.
- The Bible in relation to other religions and dialogue.
- Bible Engagement in Western contexts: for example, in the Arts, the Media, and Politics.
This coming year, Eddie Arthur, UK Director of Wycliffe Bible Translators, will be teaching several sessions. Ida Glaser will also be providing input on the Bible in relation to other faiths. And a team from Bible Society will be coming in to lead a couple of sessions on UK Bible Engagement.
The MA is one of a number of activities of an initiative at Redcliffe called the Centre for the Study of Bible and Mission, which aims to serve the Church by engaging in research, teaching, writing and speaking on mission in the Bible, and the Bible in mission thinking, practice and training. [more...]
 | GIAL, Dallas, Texas, USA Sponsor: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics |
The MA in Scripture Use includes two courses that focus on Scripture engagement, plus other supporting courses. Many students take these courses as individual courses.
SCRIPTURE USE STRATEGY AND METHODS covers eight aspects of any situation, eight "conditions" that affect Scripture access and engagement everywhere in the world. We go through how each one affects SE and what can be done when that condition is a problem. There is lots of assigned reading and each student consults with someone working in a current Bible translation project.
CURRENT ISSUES IN SCRIPTURE USE goes deeper on some of these issues and takes up others as well. It varies slightly each time so as to be maximally beneficial to the students that year and to cover the current live issues. [more...]
 | GIAL in Dallas, Texas |
Beginning August, 2009, GIAL will offer courses leading to a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Teamwork. People working with other cultures and different organizations will learn how teams work across cultural boundaries, and how to handle the various cultural factors affecting their work together. Many Scripture Engagement activities involve people from different organizations and ethnic backgrounds working together, so this program can be extremely useful.
The program includes four courses: Christianity Across Cultures, Social and Political Organization, Multicultural Teamwork, and Multicultural Leadership. [more...]
 | Strategy and Methods, Multi-Cultural Teamwork Online course Sponsor: Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) |
The Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (GIAL) is now offering 2 online courses this Fall that are particularly useful to Scripture Engagement workers.
- Scripture Engagement Strategy and Methods will enable you to analyze a situation anywhere in the world and see what methods are more and less useful for that place. It uses the “Eight Conditions” model but goes well beyond what is in the article. Will run Aug-17 through Dec 13, 2012.
- Multi-Cultural Teamwork will enable you to work closely together with people from other countries for prolonged periods. Will run Sept 17 through Dec 13, 2012.
These are 3-credit graduate level courses, but open to upper level undergraduates. To learn more, including the new easy way to apply online, go to http://www.gial.edu/academics/gialonline-overview [more...]
Link: GIAL website
 | at Redcliffe's Centre for Linguistics, Translation and Literacy (formerly ETP) Monday 23 September - Friday 6 December, 2013 Redcliffe College, Gloucester, UK Sponsor: SIL and Wycliffe Bible Translators |
This course is designed to equip participants to work in a role within a language community that facilitates and encourages the use of Scriptures. It is normally taken together with the preceding Language and Culture Acquisition course.
By the end of the track, participants are able to:
- Relate to relevant church leaders; able to recognise church and religious factors affecting Scripture Use (Church & Community Relations)
- Recognise sociolinguistic, socio-cultural, worldview, translation factors affecting SU; able to develop contextualised Bible studies which address specific needs in the community (Culture & Contextualization)
- Explain Bible translation processes and personnel, understand the role of context in communication, & develop relevant Bible background materials (Translation & Comprehension)
- Develop relevant SU products with Publisher, PowerPoint and Audacity (Materials Development)
- Encourage translation teams in understanding the role of both orality and literacy in Scripture Use & advise on different audiovisual media options and Bible-based literacy programmes (Orality, Literacy & the Arts)
- Help others market SU products effectively, both in the design of the product and its promotion and distribution channels (Marketing & Distribution)
- Persuade others about SU; able to present the history of Bible translation in the country (Advocacy)
- Suggest appropriate strategies for a given situation, including appropriate products and programs for their use, recognising the value of partnership with other organisations & understand the Results Based Management approach to project planning (Developing Strategy)
- Evaluate the different funding options (Funding)
- Plan a SU workshop with the choice of appropriate subjects, valuing the training of trainers (Training)
- Access a range of available SU resources (Resources)
- Chose a culturally appropriate story set and master basic techniques for crafting and telling stories from Scripture (Chronological Bible Storying)
- Carry out practical research on the use of Scripture products & identify at least one particular area of interest for further research (Research).
More information is available from Redcliffe's LTL website. [more...]
