“Before we went to the School of Storying, I was ashamed of sharing about Jesus,” Cedric* says.

“But, after the training, I said ‘No one can stop me from sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ!’” Cedric and Aristide* have no seminary training.
In fact, they can’t even read. But, God is using their steps of faith to use oral Bible stories to plant churches!

There are extremely limited Christian resources for the 323,000 Mufid speakers, who predominantly follow voodoo and animism. The people pass on their traditions and beliefs through songs and stories.Cedric and Aristide participated in the Mufid language School of Storying.

The School of Storying is a residence workshop with local people who produce and are equipped to use The Promise, a series of Bible stories from Creation to the Return of Jesus, in their own language in just four weeks. By the end of the training, not only had Cedric and Aristide helped develop an oral Bible story set in their language, but they also left equipped to use these stories for evangelism, discipleship and church planting.

After the training, Cedric and Aristide planted a church in a village that previously had no Christian witness, all through telling Bible stories. Over 25 men and women have begun to follow Christ as God’s Word has taken root in their hearts! And, Cedric and Aristide are not yet finished. They have identified the next two villages that they will travel to in order to plant churches.

Your gift today ensures people like Cedric and Aristide are equipped to plant churches among unreached people living in oral cultures. Thank you!