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6,000 people groups in the world. 3,000 have no written language.

Every person should have the opportunity to hear about Jesus sometime in their life.

The problem is that the vast majority of people in the world haven’t had the chance to hear about Jesus in a way they can understand.

Many of the traditional ministry methods we use simply aren’t easy or natural ways that many people in the remaining hard to reach places learn.

These methods aren’t wrong, but if they don’t connect or aren’t able to be passed onto others, then maybe there are more effective ways to reach communities in hard to reach places that we can adopt.

Jesus told stories.
Mark 4:33-34 sums up what Jesus was doing. “With many stories like these, [Jesus] presented his message to them, fitting the stories to their experiences and maturity. He was never without a story when he spoke."

What would happen if we told stories today?

Who We are:
Background Mission Partners works alongside national believers who live in hard to reach places to help train them in using Bible storying in evangelism, church planting, and discipleship.

Why?
We know that if the Church wants people to hear about Jesus, it has to tell them in a way they will understand. Telling God’s story is a simple, effective way to reach those with no alphabet or who live in places that are resistant to the Gospel. Storying is also very reproducible. And it works.

What We Do:
Background Mission Partners works with churches and national organizations to help see their national believers trained in oral Bible storying. Storying is simple, reproducible, and “church starting”.

Where We Go:
Hard to reach places. These aren’t defined by longitudes and latitudes. They’re places that are remote, removed, and resistant. Ministries we partner with are asking where the Church is not, then doing something about it.