Friday, April 22, 2011

BIBLE STORYING: Its place in church & personal discipleship


Keith Strasburger skillfully conveyed Jesus' story of the prodigal son to the small group gathered around him. His style was easygoing and relational, yet he told the story with amazing detail and accuracy.

Strasburger and Dan Cullum led one of eight small groups during the launch of a discipleship thrust called "DNA 21" at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. More than 100 participants gathered in New Orleans and via the Internet in Atlanta, Orlando, Fla., to learn about Bible storying and relational small groups as a discipleship method. The small groups played a key role in modeling the concept during the three-day DNA21 conference.

Bible storying is the art of presenting biblical content from memory. Great attention is given to preserving the details while conveying the message of Scripture. Stories are presented in an orderly fashion toward building a biblical worldview.

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