Botswana Research Trip - February 2015
In December Davar was approached by the South African Theological Seminary with the purpose of partnering together to create course curriculum covering the subjects of Orality and Disciple Marking Movements among Oral Learners. The courses would be for inclusion in both Bachelors and Masters programs offered by SATS. This is an amazing opportunity for Davar to gain a foothold within the academic world to advocate on behalf of the oral learners around the globe.
In response to this request, myself and Gerhard(Davar VP of Scripture Engagement Services) made a brief research trip to D'kar, Botswana to interview a Naro San Bushman and his family. Our goal is to gain insight and understanding into how oral learners pass on important values and worldviews from one generation to the next. We want to see how story, music, art, dance, drama, rituals, poetry, and proverbs are employed by the Naro San in the transmission of important life information. From this research we hope to form a curriculum that will help those from a more textual/literate background to effectively incorporate these various mediums into their outreach strategies in order to better engage the oral learners who comprise the majority of the remaining unreached peoples.
Please be praying for continued wisdom and direction from the Lord as myself, Gerhard, and Johan work to develop this desperately needed curriculum. Pray that we would be able to learn from the Naro San how we can better engage oral learners with the Word of God! More than 2/3 of the world, nearly 5.7 billion people, are not hearing the Gospel message simply because the majority of the time it is coming to them in literate/textual forms. If we are going to see that statistic change then it will take us having a major shift in our thinking of how we do ministry and how we communicate the Gospel. I truly believe that this course Davar has been asked to develop has the potential to make such a paradigm shift for many people. Pray that there would be other universities, seminaries, and ministry leaders who seek to take up the cause of worlds oral learners!
In response to this request, myself and Gerhard(Davar VP of Scripture Engagement Services) made a brief research trip to D'kar, Botswana to interview a Naro San Bushman and his family. Our goal is to gain insight and understanding into how oral learners pass on important values and worldviews from one generation to the next. We want to see how story, music, art, dance, drama, rituals, poetry, and proverbs are employed by the Naro San in the transmission of important life information. From this research we hope to form a curriculum that will help those from a more textual/literate background to effectively incorporate these various mediums into their outreach strategies in order to better engage the oral learners who comprise the majority of the remaining unreached peoples.
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| Tshabu Taanse(Naro San Bushman) w/3 of his sons |
Please be praying for continued wisdom and direction from the Lord as myself, Gerhard, and Johan work to develop this desperately needed curriculum. Pray that we would be able to learn from the Naro San how we can better engage oral learners with the Word of God! More than 2/3 of the world, nearly 5.7 billion people, are not hearing the Gospel message simply because the majority of the time it is coming to them in literate/textual forms. If we are going to see that statistic change then it will take us having a major shift in our thinking of how we do ministry and how we communicate the Gospel. I truly believe that this course Davar has been asked to develop has the potential to make such a paradigm shift for many people. Pray that there would be other universities, seminaries, and ministry leaders who seek to take up the cause of worlds oral learners!
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