Biblical Storytelling Mission to India
Along with Dr. Frances Plude, we will be traveling to India this October for a biblical storytelling teaching (and learning) mission. With our host, Dr. Joseph Palakeel of IMPACT, we will make presentations on biblical storytelling and communications theology in digital culture. Our teaching destinations are the cities of Delhi, Bangalore, Ujjain, and Cochin. We will also attend the Indian Mission Congress in Mumbai.
The primary purpose of this trip is to introduce biblical storytelling as a resource for the life and mission of the Christian church in India. Our hope and expectation is that biblical storytelling will connect with the rich storytelling traditions of the Indian culture. We hope by this trip we will help more people in India learn and tell biblical stories and by so doing enhance the prospects of peace and justice in this amazing country.
Another goal is to support the development of IMPACT as a center for educational outreach in India and to train Indian leadership in the art of biblical storytelling. We will interact with the community of biblical scholars in India and introduce performance criticism, biblical storytelling, and communication theology as potential dimensions of biblical study in theological education. In addition, we will provide a theoretical framework for the work of IMPACT in communicating God’s Word in India through digital media.
You can travel with us, at least in our hearts! Funds have been raised to cover international travel expenses, and tickets are in hand, but there is still a need to cover the costs of program and travel within India. Please consider a gift–even a small one would really help! Your gift will be tax deductible as GoTell is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.
For details about the background, objectives, and programs of the trip, as well as plans for follow-up afterwards, download “Biblical Storytelling Mission Trip to India.”
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