Chronological Bible Storying pt 2

At the start of the training camp - Chronological Bible story tellers

It was very exciting when the leaders/key people from the New Frontier rural churches in Zimbabwe got together for 2 days of training on Chronological Bible Storying at River of Life Westgate, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Some of the expectations were:People from the different communities being more receptive to the stories
Help clarify worldviews
Help people understand the Bible better and get the BIG picture
Help us become better storytellers as this is God’s story and we have a heart for people.
We want everyone to see stories being told
Those who haven’t heard stories – hear them and learn.

Mbonisi Malaba - Lead Elder of River of Life christian church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe telling a story at the camp

A recap from the previous Story Telling trainingA story is judged by another story. It helps to explain the meaning of a story clearly. For example – Jesus always used stories as in Mark 4:34. He told stories in parables. Parables is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Another example is Nathan with David. Nathan used a story to confront David’s sin.
Worldviews. A worldview is what you perceive and believe or, simply put, the way I see the world. For example:
One’s behaviour is determined by ones value.
One’s value is determined by ones belief.
One’s belief is determined by ones worldview.
A Worldview is the way I see the world. Worldviews are like the root of our behaviour. What shapes our worldviews are the stories we hear from our childhood. What affects, judges, rules a story is another story. If we want to change behaviour we need to change worldviews.

Some Key Phrases
Worldview – Way I see the world
Oral learners – Learns better by hearing something spoken than by reading.
Oral Bible – Collection of stories given to people with the intention of helping them understand the main picture of the Bible

Kayle Pelettier - Key story writer telling a story

Genesis Gospels Acts Epistles Revelation

Evangelism Track: has 33 stories. Go back to the beginning and redo stories with a few changes i.e. Review Track (Some people become believers)
Acts and Paul’s letters – Church Planting Track
Beginning to the end again – Leadership Track

It was awesome listening to the 30 stories being told at the training camp.
Stories are very powerful.


At the end of the training camp - Chronological Bible story tellers are very excited.

By Molly Manhanga