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Share God’s Word throughout Sub-Saharan Africa using methods the local peoples understand so they can respond in faith to salvation through Christ.
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About This Project
Christians, the Church, and seekers struggle to understand Scripture all across Sub-Saharan Africa. Literacy challenges coupled with the lack of Scripture in the heart languages have hindered deep discipleship, evangelism, and leadership development. The StoryTogether is changing that reality and bringing the Bible alive in heart languages throughout the African continent! Your gift will underwrite StoryTogether training, sending the gospel to unreached peoples and places through Bible storytellers and audio recordings.
StoryTogether teaches local believers to craft Bible stories in their local language using the natural storytelling style of their people group. By teaching national believers to share the gospel in their heart languages, God’s Word will flow organically throughout their communities. Evangelism becomes a standard practice as the stories go out in a way that people can fully understand and respond to them. Deep discipleship becomes a lifestyle. Leadership development is inclusive. Participants can become trainers for other StoryTogether projects in their local context. In addition, the gospel will go to areas where missionaries cannot safely travel. Partner today with this ministry to send the Word of God across Sub-Saharan Africa so all people groups can have the chance to hear of God’s love and salvation through Jesus in their heart languages!
Why direct giving matters
Giving directly to a missionary team helps fund the specific, on-the-ground needs your missionaries care deeply about—needs that aren't covered by CP and LMCO alone.
Bio* is a master trainer, helping translate Bible stories into his heart language and training up other believers to do the same.
On our last day of recording, Bio received a call from his wife, explaining that the military had just ransacked their home. They were investigating because Bio spent time with people from another people group, one associated with extremism.
In truth, Bio has been sharing Bible stories daily with a small group of men for nearly 10 years and has allowed them to establish small shops on his property.
While they have not yet professed faith, they refused to participate in the community’s annual fast, signaling that they no longer followed their former faith.
The men’s decision not to fast so outraged local leaders that they reported Bio to authorities and accused him of assisting terrorists.
As Bio shared about the situation with the younger men, he explained that following Christ comes at a cost. He encouraged them to count the cost and remain faithful.
Bio reminds us all that following Jesus is an act of obedience. It is not a call to an easy life but to an abundant one (Luke 14:27-28).
Partners like you have been praying for our work in northern Benin, and God is answering those prayers!
Despite another religion dominating the region’s culture and lives, more than 20 people have already been baptized. These Bible stories recordings pave the way for forthcoming Old Testament translations.
You are an important part of our team through your gifts and prayers for this ministry. We appreciate your faithfulness and obedience to the Lord!
Please join us in prayer:
Thank you for partnering with us to get Scripture into the hearts of Sub-Saharan Africans through Bible stories! God is using you to make Himself known to those who have never heard the gospel.
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In the next five years, a globalization goal of all IMB workers is to mobilize 500 local believers to become global missionary partners serving on IMB teams.
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