06/09/2026
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Not long after helping produce oral Bible stories in the Kaleb* language, Solomon* had already started three story groups.
One of those groups is made up entirely of people who are not believers β¦ yet.
And now Solomon hopes to plant a church in his home village β a place where there are currently no believers.
That small word, βyet,β carries so much hope.
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In one recent School of Storying in Ethiopia, local participants worked together to produce 37 oral Bible stories and four Bible story songs in the Kaleb language.
The stories were biblically faithful, easy to internalize and natural to retell within the local culture.
But the stories were never meant to stay in the workshop.
They were meant to be shared in homes, conversations, story groups and villages where many people are still waiting to hear the good news of Jesus.
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In Matthew 28:20, Jesus said:
βTeach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.β
That is what we are seeing through leaders like Solomon.
People hear the good news of Jesus.
Then they begin sharing it with others.
And over time, more people begin hearing Godβs story for the first time.
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After the School of Storying, local ministry practitioners received additional training to use the oral Bible stories for evangelism, discipleship and church planting.
Now those same leaders are continuing the work in their own communities.
In places where there are currently no believers, new story groups are beginning to gather around Godβs story.
And leaders are preparing to plant new churches in their communities.
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Your prayers and partnership help equip local believers to faithfully share Godβs Word in places where many people are still waiting to hear.
And as those believers continue teaching others, more communities are hearing the good news of Jesus.
If youβd like to learn more about School of Storying, you can visit:
https://www.storyrunners.org/sos/
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Would you pray for leaders like Solomon as they share Godβs story in places where there are few or no believers?
Would you pray for new story groups forming through these oral Bible stories?
And would you pray for leaders preparing to plant churches in communities that are still waiting to hear the gospel?
There are still places where people are waiting to hear the good news of Jesus.
And through faithful believers sharing Godβs story, the good news is beginning to reach them.
*Names changed for security purposes.*
