FEBC NZ

In oral cultures people enjoy hearing stories, dramas and songs. Information is traditionally passed on in these formats, mostly as stories. Story-telling radio programmes are particularly well received. They especially love hearing the programmes more than once. They memorise the stories and pass them on to their friends.

Last year FEBA’s Development Director for Eastern Africa, Tim Miller, visited FEBA’s ministry partners. He heard first hand reports of a recent breakthrough in one of the storytelling projects among a Muslim nomadic people group who live in the scrub-land of the Horn of Africa.

These nomadic people herd camels and goats as their main means of wealth and livelihood. Biblical storytelling can be a slow, step-by-step process, but it has proved to be very effective for developing relationships with those who need Christ.