Jesus Said Go is a verified non-profit founded in 2019 by Dale and Beth Smith. Our indigenous disciple makers (DMs) in West Africa are working in places where almost no one knows a Christian and 90% of them can’t or won’t read the gospel. They are oral learners so Bible storytelling is key to them hearing and understanding the gospel!

IN JUST 3 YEARS, Jesus Said Go multiplied 10 indigenous disciple makers into hundreds of DMs! They are leading oral Bible storying groups in hundreds of unreached African villages with thousands of participants. You can do the same in a project that you select!

AVAILABLE TEAMS are listed on the “Team Leaderboard” are shown on this MAP. The three "gateway" projects are strategic in mobilzing the national church into reaching UPGs in their own country.

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OVERVIEW We select, train, send, and supervise indigenous disciple makers (DMs) serving as oral Bible storytellers leading story groups in unreached people groups (UPG). DMs were born and raised in their UPG; they know the culture, language, and provide regular reporting. They tell a weekly Bible story from a chronological set of 42 stories spanning Creation to the Return of Christ. Each week a new story is learned, retold, and discussed by indigenous participants. During the week, they share the story with others and invite them to attend the weekly group. Groups are discipled and grow as more invitees participate each week by listening, learning, and discussing the story. This process is repeated each week.

Each DM tells Bible stories every day to people while asking God to reveal people of peace. Sometimes those people host family and friends in a story group led by the DM. When a group has 6 to 12 adult participants, a formal story group begins meeting weekly where everyone hears, learns, and discusses the weekly story. The DM is the group storyteller and leader who begins identifying participants as new DMs based on their attendance, participation, teachability, and life change

New DMs form the next generation and replicate this process while being coached by those who discipled them. As new DMs and groups multiply, churches begin forming. The Holy Spirit guides growth at the right time in the right directions until every village has DMs leading a Bible story group. These groups are coached to include church functions in weekly meetings - proclaiming God's word, prayer, worship, leadership, giving, the Lord's Supper, making disciples, baptism, and love. When those functions are included, that group becomes a church.

Churches formed out of groups will likely continue to function primarily with Bible storytelling due to the nature of oral cultures. However, literacy workshops can be paired with Bible storying groups. Being able to read a Bible AND lead Bible story groups could add spiritual rocket fuel to multiplication in an oral culture!

WEST AFRICAN BIBLE STORYTELLING DISCIPLE MAKERS LEADING STORY GROUPS THAT MULTIPLY!

Multiply indigenous disciple makers in the unreached people group you select!

Ideal for individuals or teams looking for high impact UPG projects.

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