International Orality NetworkInternational Orality Network(ION)(ION)

Who or what is the ION?Who or what is the ION?

What can the ION do for you?What can the ION do for you?

How you can be IONized…How you can be IONized…

Who or what is the ION?Who or what is the ION?

A network of organizations A network of organizations to help make God’s Word to help make God’s Word available to all oral learners available to all oral learners in culturally appropriate in culturally appropriate ways that enable church ways that enable church planting movements planting movements everywhere.everywhere.

oral learner or oral communicatororal learner or oral communicator 1.Someone who cannot read or write.1.Someone who cannot read or write.2.Someone whose most effective 2.Someone whose most effective

communication and learning format, communication and learning format, style, or method is in accordance with style, or method is in accordance with oral formats, as contrasted to literate oral formats, as contrasted to literate formats. formats.

3.Someone who prefers to learn or 3.Someone who prefers to learn or process information by oral rather than process information by oral rather than written means. (These are literate written means. (These are literate people whose preferred communication people whose preferred communication style is oral rather than literate, even style is oral rather than literate, even though they can read.)though they can read.)

Who or what is the ION?Who or what is the ION?

Yet <10% of all Ministry Tools are Yet <10% of all Ministry Tools are specifically addressing the needs of specifically addressing the needs of oral learnersoral learners

World World Population Population >70% Oral>70% Oral

Who or what is the ION?Who or what is the ION?

““Our modern missions Our modern missions efforts have been primarily efforts have been primarily focused on trying to focused on trying to communicate our message communicate our message to unreached people in ways to unreached people in ways that make sense to us – that make sense to us – instead of in ways that make instead of in ways that make sense to them!” sense to them!”

(September 2005 ION Conference Attendee)(September 2005 ION Conference Attendee)

Who or what is the ION?Who or what is the ION?

VisionVision

Influence the body of Christ to make Influence the body of Christ to make disciples of all oral learnersdisciples of all oral learners

MissionMission

Seeking to radically influence the Seeking to radically influence the way oral preference learners are way oral preference learners are

evangelized and discipled in every evangelized and discipled in every people grouppeople group

HistoryHistory

1999-2000 Cyprus, Kenya, England1999-2000 Cyprus, Kenya, England

Amsterdam 2000, Table 71Amsterdam 2000, Table 71

2001 formation Oral Bible Network2001 formation Oral Bible Network

2002 and 2004 OBN Consultations2002 and 2004 OBN Consultations

2004 Thailand, Lausanne Forum on 2004 Thailand, Lausanne Forum on World Evangelization – Making World Evangelization – Making Disciples of Oral Learners Disciples of Oral Learners Working Group Working Group

2005 International Orality Network2005 International Orality Network

Network Network Participants Participants

as of 2008as of 2008

What can the ION do for What can the ION do for you?you?

Help Help you you think think out-out-side side the the boxbox

What can the ION do for What can the ION do for you?you?

The remaining Unreached People The remaining Unreached People Groups are predominantly oral Groups are predominantly oral societies societies ION can help you engage in relevant ION can help you engage in relevant and effective ministry reaching and and effective ministry reaching and serving these oral learnersserving these oral learnersION’s added value to you is in ION’s added value to you is in providing bridges to the oral providing bridges to the oral learners through the ION resources, learners through the ION resources, consultants, workshops and world consultants, workshops and world wide conferences wide conferences

Raise awarenessRaise awareness

ResearchResearch

Help validateHelp validate

Prepare training materialsPrepare training materials

Assist in trainingAssist in training

ConsultConsult

Help find resourcesHelp find resources

Share learned lessonsShare learned lessons

CelebrateCelebrate

How you can be IONized…How you can be IONized…Read or listen to “Making disciples of Read or listen to “Making disciples of oral learners”oral learners”Check out Check out www.oralbible.comAttend a conference:Attend a conference:

*September 9-12, 2009 Minneapolis *September 9-12, 2009 Minneapolis U.S.A.U.S.A.

*regional conferences in Africa and *regional conferences in Africa and IndiaIndia

*Call2All, Ethn*Call2All, Ethnê to ê to EthnEthnê,ê, and Impact and Impact Indonesia conferenceIndonesia conferenceSchedule a workshop or consultationSchedule a workshop or consultation

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