Scriptures in Use equips and empowers local, indigenous leaders to reach their communities with the Gospel in their native languages.
SIU reaches unreached, unengaged, oral-culture people groups through the use of Bible storytelling and the oral arts, resulting in disciple making and church planting movements.
Through God’s work in and through local church planters, there have been over 90,000 churches planted in 70+ countries.
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Presented by SIU partner organization, TRAIN International
TELL: Bridges to Oral Cultures is a 5-day orality training that will help you define and discover oral cultures, develop oral communication tools, and implement these tools throughout the discipleship process. Our experienced team will lead you through exercises, teachings and practical applications of the content so that by the end of the training you will be prepared to confidently and skillfully engage oral Muslim communities.
This course was developed by Scriptures In Use after twenty years of working with oral cultures on four continents. Hundreds of thousands of people in over 70 countries have participated in our workshops where they have learned to tell Bible stories.
The ten lessons of this self-paced, online course contain key concepts and new skills in communicating Bible truths through story have enabled indigenous disciplemakers to become more effective in their ministries.
Our desire is that through these lessons you will learn about the importance of oral communication of the Scriptures and become involved with communicating this with others.
Kent Kiefer is the CEO & Executive Director of Scriptures in Use (SIU). He has over 20 years of International Ministry experience; in his eighth year with SIU, and previously four years with a faith-based International Missions’ Sending Agency (“ABWE”) and eight years with a faith-based International Parachurch ministry (“Focus on the Family”).
Kent has a heart and passion for “reaching the unreached” and believes strongly that the oral arts, communication bridges training approach designed specifically for the indigenous men and women of peace around the world is one of the most effective means to reach the nations with the Gospel.
Kent is widowed after his wife Melissa (“Missy”) was promoted into Glory in November ‘21 after a 14-year battle with Parkinsons Disease, and has four children (two college age and two teenagers). The Kiefers are involved with two local churches with the body of Christ in Southeast Tucson (“Grace Church of Sahuarita” and “Pantano Christian”).