If you’ve never heard of GRN or wondered what we do, you might ask …
Why does GRN exist?
What’s the need for recordings in mission?
Read on to learn about our work and the vision that drives it.
The Unreached
3.34 billion people have no access to Scripture and no one to tell them the Gospel
There are still billions of people who have not yet been reached with the Good News.
How can they hear the story of Jesus in their own heart language?
Heart Language
Your heart language is the language you feel with, the language of your dreams and imagination, the one you use to express what is in your heart.
And it’s also the language of your mind and thoughts, and the language you prefer to have a conversation in.
If we want someone to think about Jesus, we have to tell them about Him in the language of their thoughts.
More about heart languages
More than half of the world's languages (3,883) don't have ANY Scripture translated ...
… and this doesn’t include speech varieties (dialects) within language groups.
We estimate that there are more than 12,000!
Clearly, there is still a lot of work needed to get the Gospel into every language.
How can they hear the story of Jesus in their own heart language?
Orality
80% of the World are Oral Preference Learners
That's 5.7 Billion People!
What is Orality?
Most people are oral preference learners, meaning:
They are unable to read
OR
They prefer to learn and communicate by listening rather than reading
So how can we reach oral preference learners with the Gospel?
How can they hear the story of Jesus in their own heart language?
Storytelling
Our Lord Jesus was the best communicator who ever lived – and He mostly relied on stories
to teach His message.
Why? Because stories are:
People enjoy a good story. Learning happens best when people enjoy it!
Stories are easier to remember than facts or abstract truth. Because they are memorable, they are also more likely to be retold.
Stories connect with people. They ‘get you in’. It’s harder to turn away a story than an information text.
Stories can teach or touch you without you realising it.
Stories can touch your emotions as well as your intellect.
Stories tend to be more relational than other forms of communication.
Stories work for all ages – they are not just for kids!
How can they hear the story of Jesus in their own heart language?
Come and see how GRN tells the story of Jesus in every language.
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