Carol learned oral methods years ago but applied literate preparations. Recognizing the key areas that impacted her ability to reach oral learners, she adjusted. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Po…

Probably one of the few people in America with more than 50 years teaching children, Darlene gives insights into where children’s ministry is going and what works with kids. Part 2 of a 2 part series. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Tw…

Darlene has more than 50 years leading children’s ministry with tremendous success. Anyone in leading kids or wanting to do Sunday school with children should hear this podcast and the next. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Fe…

Denise uses STS effectively among indigenous people groups in Mexico. However, her training has been much more than information. She describes it as sweet fellowship and a worthwhile retreat. Part 2 of a 2 parts series. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangel…

From Morocco to the indigenous people of Mexico, Denise has found Bible stories with discussion to be highly effective. First training gives skills, second training provides confidence. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedbac…

This retired couple says they are very relaxed as they minister to soldiers, grand children, with the Billy Graham rapid response team, Samaritan's Purse and more! Wow what energy and even better, the responses from people. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Eva…

Highly educated, Teresa's heart for oral traditional people led her to learn STS. It transformed several areas of her life and ministry. She and her husband spent 10 years in South Sudan and she has contributed to several books and ministries. A wonderful podcast for encouragement. TeresaJanzen.com Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God…

Butch continues his conversation with Kelly, who gives the storm story and the results of this Bible passage with someone on the streets. Kelly also shares practical advice using Bible passages with children. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow …

Kelly shares her experience with telling stories to children. She also describes the results of practicals during the advanced training. How did a checkout clerk at the grocery store respond? Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ F…

Wilma continues sharing the impact of Simply The Story among all ages, Europeans, and even Palestinian believers. God's Word for all people. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ Vimeo ~ STS Y…

Wilma discovered STS working with the Bible Society in the Gulf. Since her first training in 2018 she sees this working with unbelieving PHDs to the youth that are walking away from the church. Hear who else she works with! Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Eva…

Zev, a father of five, describes life in Israel during the past several months of war. Want to know what's happening on a family level, how to pray and how to help? This podcast is for you. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Fee…

Andrew and Sheryl have used STS is multiple locations and with all groups of people. Hear how people are responding in Latin America. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ Vimeo ~ STS Youtube …

Final part with Pastors Rod and Dave. Hear how STS Oral Bible Schools offer a safe place to share. Some fear that orality turns people away from reading. Quite the opposite is true. Solid deep time in the Word leads to reading. Do we make the Gospel dependent on literacy? Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to …

In the west, we have lost community. STS helps bridge this gap especially in every day conversation. STS teaches people to embrace the difficult. Hear how these two pastors like to help people apply the Word to their lives. They also discuss the guardrails STS provides to keep people accurate to the Bible. Hear why oral Bible school students do not…

Pastor Rod, along with many, struggle to memorize Scripture. Yet after an STS training he now has large chunks of Bible in his head. Orality also encourages communal learning. With STS all ages can learn the Bible in-depth together. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Trainin…

Two pastors discuss their hesitations and surprises after attending an STS orality training. Both learn the value of discussion which dives deep into God's Word. They also see value in what happens afterward, people leave thinking about the Bible passage and impacted by this meditation on God's Word. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … G…

Luke and I did a Bible story together recently. His answers and our discussion in the Jars of Oil story from 2 Kings 4:1-7 might surprise you. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ Vimeo ~ STS…

Betty and Butch continue their discussion about some unique aspects to STS such as the interactive and relational aspects of it. Does discipling others require a masters or PHD? Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Face…

Betty and Butch talk about how she got involved in STS, her experience with the advanced workshop, and how she's planning to use it in her new job working with disadvantaged kids. They also share their appreciation regarding the mystery of Scripture and the need to not always answer every question right away. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming work…

Ever wonder if children influence parents? Yes they do! Hear how these parents took time off from the mission field and learned STS as a result of seeing changes in their daughter. As trained seminarians, they had doubts and concerns regarding Simply The Story which were answered at a recent training. They discovered the STS system provides theolog…

Part 2 with Donna describes the differences between online, in-person and advanced STS training. She also shares how STS helps the Word of God move from the head to the heart, even among the highly literate. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow u…

Donna travels to Taiwan on a mission's trip and discovers STS. Hear how taking STS training and applying the principles impacted her ministry at a highly literate church. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ …

In the middle of a doctorate, God challenged Jennifer with the opportunity to practice what she was learning at the tailors and on the plane. Hear the amazing results and Jennifer's conclusions. She took a moment to impact people for eternity. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternit…

Jennifer describes what she learned about the Marxist movement in Ethiopia and the worldview adjustment she had when hearing about Islamic terrorists. When one man's family is threatened by extremists, how should we respond? Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Ev…

Sharon and Kristen share how laid back and enjoyable the advanced training has been. Yet, they go deep into the Bible, learn how to help others better, and are challenged. Although people at the advanced are at different skill levels, all learn together and grow. The Goal is not to be perfect, but to learn, listen and respond. Links: Simply the Sto…

Sharon told many people about STS after her first training and then realized giving people chocolate was the answer! Five people came to training as a result. After the advanced training, Sharon and Kristen are able to see God more clearly and accurately, as well time in the Word is changing their view of God. He's more real and relatable. Links: S…

Jennifer shares the differences between regular and advanced STS trainings. During her preparation times she discusses how deep these Bible stories can go and her excitement discovering more truths in the Word of God. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelis…

Jennifer describes when she first experienced Simply The Story at EMDC in Europe and how that grew to her most recent time at the STS Advanced training. Hear how her unique experience of getting nails done led to answered prayers by God. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Tr…

Oral Hermeneutics by Bjoraker and Steffen includes Simply The Story woven in parts of the book. Jennifer describes the value of the STS model for seminaries and the balance necessary to protect the classroom from fads. During her research, she met one of the spiritual fathers of an entire region in Ethiopia and shares the difficult road he traveled…

HPP276 Real Life and Raw Raw testimonies and specific examples of the strength of God's Word with Simply The Story. Jennifer describes meaningful ways to share stories when she only had one or two Bible stories in her heart pocket. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training…

Taylor, a "newbie" to STS, describes his introduction to storytelling, his training, his struggles, and his plans to continue growing in his skills. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ Vimeo…

What happens after God's Story: From Creation to Eternity has been mastered for use? The teams premier the God's Story languages in a very unique and far reaching way. Storytellers, translators, and whole villages are impacted by this clear overview and understandable meta-narrative of the Bible. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s…

John started out bored, but God brought him back for more training in recording languages of "God's Story: From Creation to Eternity." Now he sees the value of recording "God's Story" in the lives of so many people. An incredible testimony of patience and endurance form our recording leader. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Stor…

How often do we realize our pride or assumptions hold us back? Neil experienced prejudice against Simply The Story just from hearing others talk about the process. However, Neil turned 180 degrees the other way when he finally experienced a couple of Bible stories done in the STS method. What he thought the process would do was not what he experien…

What happens when children learn and own accurate Bible stories? They share with others! Why? Children want to tell others what is important to them. Hear about churches growing from these pint size evangelists. The church has people, the land for a building, but now there is a good problem. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Stor…

Several displaced people (refugees) in Burkina Faso are taking church to the people using Bible stories. Even pastors who were afraid to go out to the villages are finding unbelievers are waiting for the pastors to come to them. Hear what God does when the people share. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Et…

Working in Burkina Faso, one of the top 25 countries persecuting Christians, means life or death in some parts of the country. Being a woman ministry leader adds to this dangerous dynamic. The women of the Sarah Movement embrace these challenges in unique ways to bring the Way, the Truth, and the Life to many all over West Africa. Links: Simply the…

Incredible testimonies of God's Word penetrating hearts and changing villages. Praise the Lord as God gets all the glory. Organizations are changing what they do for evangelism as results pour in. Be encouraged. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Foll…

John shares how Oral Bible Schools are developed, setup and why they impact communities, including the prisons. Amazing story from among the Massai in Kenya. Part 2 of a 3 part series. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback…

John describes his experience being a cross cultural missionary and church planter. Hear his difficulties and amazing solutions. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ Vimeo ~ STS Youtube ~ God…

Mike and Butch continue to discuss their experiences leading Simply The Story workshops in widely different parts of the world. Very interesting to hear. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangelism Follow us on Twitter ~ Feedback ~ Facebook ~ iTunes Podcast ~ …

Butch Vernon talks with Mike about leading Bible studies by storying chronologically through whole books of the Bible. They also talk about Mike's time in East Timor, and how STS opened up the scriptures to oral people groups who had previously struggled to understand the Bible. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creat…

God is moving greatly and there are opportunities to share with others. This final part of a 3 part series describes how people can let us know about these great testimonies from using our tools. Also, be encouraged by the Prayer & Praise reports on the STS website. People at this all volunteer organization are devoted to see God Word reach the wor…

For part 2, we discuss the great features of the login section, available tools for all levels of instructors, and the shopping cart. One special section for all story tellers is the great ideas and ways to use Simply The Story and God's Story in different kinds of ministries. Part 2 of a 3 part series. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops …

Perfect kickoff to the 6th season of Heart Pocket Podcast, hear the considerations necessary to combine 3 distinct areas of STS into one website. As well, in this podcast we describe some features of this new website that will help users. Part 1 of a 3 part series. Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternit…

David Witt shares more about the how the persecuted body of believers are receiving Spirit Of Martyrdom's training (based on Simply The Story) like silver and gold. Learn how to help and pray for the persecuted church. Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Training for Evangel…

David Witt, CEO of Spirit Of Martyrdom, educates us a little about Richard Wurmbrand a pastor in Romania during the communist takeover, and how it earliy looks like today. Believers in Christ, however, influence people toward the Lord not towards a leader. Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Mome…

Christianity happens to be the most persecuted religion in the world. David Witt, CEO of Spirit Of Martyrdom shares the impact of STS on his personal life and ministry. He also discusses what SOM does to assist the persecuted church. Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eternity … Moment for Eternity - Train…

A terrific podcast on methods to use with translation when doing discussion style teaching, or Simply The Story, in churches. The pastor, his wife, and several people in the church received online training and it has impacted their church. Hear how in this interview. Links … Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: From Creation to Eter…