One of the best tools we discovered last year shortly before our trips to Ethiopia was this concept of Oral Storying, or story-telling as a means of evangelism and discipleship in non-Western cultures. Story-telling is the principle means by which people in the majority of the world learn everything from farming to leadership to directions to the neighbor's house. Ironically, if you read through the gospels, you see Jesus using this as his primary means of teaching and training for the crowds as well as the disciples.
Recently, the Lausanne Movement (http://www.lausanne.org/), "a worldwide movement that mobilizes evangelical leaders to collaborate for world evangelization" has posted some thoughts on the value and necessity of this strategy for reaching the unreached people groups of the world. Here are 3 recent posts on this topic.
Oral Bible Storytelling -- Why This and Why Now?
Oral Bible Storying Part II
Bible Storying as Entry, Presence, and Exit Strategy
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