The School of Language and Scripture (SLS) is a collaboration between Moorlands College and Wycliffe Bible Translators, training people to work with marginalised communities, to see lives transformed through a relationship with God and his life-changing Word. At the heart of the School’s activities is the MA in Language, Community and Development, a programme providing and enhancing the essential tools for community-based development, linguistics, literacy, Bible translation and Scripture engagement.
As part of the MA we offer a Postgraduate Certificate with a focus on Scripture Engagement:
Having completed Foundations for Living and Working Cross-culturally, you would take options L33 Introduction to Scripture Engagement followed by L42 Patterns and Approaches in Community Engagement, with an option to carry on later and complete an MA in Language, Community and Development. Please see our website for more info. [more...]
From the book description:
The Bible and Digital Millennials explores the place of the Bible in the lives of 18 to 35 year-olds who have been born into the digital age. As the use of digital media becomes increasingly pervasive, it should follow that it will have a significant effect on people’s engagement with religion and the sacred texts associated with it. Drawing on contemporary in-depth surveys, this study unpacks digital millennials’ stance towards, use of and engagement with the Bible in both offline and online settings.
The book features results from a nationally representative survey of 2,000 young British people specifically commissioned for this project. The data is also compared with the findings of others, including a poll of 850 British Bible-centric Christians and recent Bible engagement surveys from the USA.
This book investigates the relevance of the Bible to the lives of those who have grown up in the digital age. It will, therefore, offer fresh insight to any scholar of biblical studies, religion and digital media, and religious studies. [more...]
The Mobiles, Media & Ministry: Lessons for Learners & Trainers curriculum contains 41 lessons, 360 pages of trainer guide materials, 70 pages of student handouts, and over 1,000 presenter slides.
The lessons are divided into four topic areas:
- Foundations: Principles and practices for developing media materials and strategy that lead to follow-up and discipleship.
- Mobile Ministry: The mobile phone is the device through which most media ministry efforts will be experienced. These lessons teach the capabilities and limitations mobile technology provides and how to adapt your media ministry efforts.
- Social Media: These lessons teach you to connect with people via social media so you expand your reach among almost any people you want to reach.
- Do-it-Yourself Media: These lessons teach anyone to create authentic, contextually-relevant media that can reach thousands.
Each lesson can be quickly self-learned or presented in about one hour. They can be used as a self-teaching tool, as a help for sharing “just-in-time” or “as-needed” trainings with a group, as the basis for running regular series of lessons, a media ministry training weekend, etc. with a team, group of believers, etc.
The curriculum is free to use, whether for your own learning or for use in training others. You are free to download, make copies, modify, translate, and even re-brand (with attribution). But please share your translations, changes, etc. with the MMF so others can be blessed too! [more...]
From the book's description:
Don’t Throw the Book at Them addresses one of the most vital issues in contemporary missions. It is a manual for cross-cultural missionaries and national church leaders ministering in societies based on oral rather than written communication. Harry Box, former missionary and researcher in Papua New Guinea and among the Aborigines of Central Australia, explains the distinct characteristics of oral societies, how they differ from literacy-oriented societies, Jesus’ ministry to oral communicators, and why effective presentation of the Christian message demands that Western Christians change their approach to orality. The book goes beyond case studies and analysis, allowing the reader to develop a detailed plan for communication. [more...]