What is a Story Bible?
A Story Bible is a chronological collection of Bible stories that are told from person to person. Indigenous storytellers present each five to ten minute story in the heart language of the people group and in the communication style of their own cultural stories. If the entire Bible were told in story form, it would be over 600 stories and would take days to tell and years to produce. However, only about 30 stories are required to quickly start evangelizing and church planting. Stories are selected to cover all the major biblical literary genres and periods in history—they span the Old and New Testaments from Creation to the Church Age. About half of the stories teach the essentials of the Christian faith, while other stories address specific worldview issues that a people group may have. For example, a people group believing in many gods would need to hear a story like Elijah and the Prophets of Baal that demonstrates one all-powerful God and the powerlessness of idols. Oral cultures
