Our phones and screen recorders often produce much higher quality videos at hugely larger file sizes than we need. For the app version of emdc.guide. I needed really small file sizes. (I kept larger versions posted on YouTube)
There are many programs and apps for compressing video. The videos from EMDC.guide were compressed using:
Compress Video Size Compressor – Apps on Google Play
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The Tetelestai series (Greek for “It is Finished”) traces God’s hand from the Garden of Eden to the risen Christ in eleven 30-minute episodes. Over a thousand actors make the eternal story of redemption come to life in this award-winning series. Twenty-four key biblical narratives unfold the breathtaking story of the God who passionately loves humanity and paid the ultimate price for our rescue.Read More »Five Facts about the New Version of Tetelestai
So you have found out that spoken information is as important to your community as written information. So what do you do about it? How does it affect your mission, outreach, and your engagement with Scripture?
You will… Get an overview of key media ministry approaches, content, and platforms (radio, TV, social media, podcasting, etc.), allowing you to make informed decisions… Read More »Media Strategies 4 Decision Makers Online Course
“He always stands by his covenant…” Psalms 105:8a (NLT) SIL Global’s International Media Services (IMS) is ready to release the script, CESP, and dubbing shell… Read More »Now You Can Dub “The Covenant” Film
Neighbors are people who share space and physical context. We recognize their faces as they walk by; we swap chit chat and maybe even know them by name. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, our neighbors checked in on each other and howled every evening alongside neighborhood pets, just to somehow feel connected through the isolation of quarantine. It was during that difficult season that I knelt down in prayer with hands opened heavenward and asked God the next step in intentionally loving our neighbors.
Clyde Taber and the Mission Media U team are offering new, live Fall MMU courses. We paused MMU for 1 ½ years, but are relaunching next month. We would love for you to join one or both of the groups. In addition, would you send this information to three people (mission practitioners, pastors, leaders) you think would benefit from our upcoming five-week learning groups?
These are the courses we are offering:
SIL’s International Media Services is pleased to announce a 2023 publication written by Andreas Ernst, the IMS Training and Equipping Director.
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Let’s use media! They’re quick to make, easy to distribute and use, attract large crowds, and communicate efficiently. They’re simply awesome! But do media really work like this? How do you figure out which are the most relevant, appropriate, and effective media to use? You may be tempted to begin with what you like yourself or what you can fund. The quicker you get these media out there, the better it is, right? Alternatively, you could take it more gently and start by thinking anthropologically.Read More »Thinking Anthropologically about Media: Finding Relevant Media
For several years, Paulette helped lead a women’s conference, where most of the women didn’t speak French. ‘They were ashamed because they thought they had to speak about the Bible in French,” she says.
“We want to join in, but we don’t know how,” they told her.
Paulette explained that they could study the Bible in Contemporary Wolof, and share it with others in their own language too. Each day she gave them a verse to memorise in the Wolof language.
“That’s why this oral translation will help them,” she says. ‘They will be able to listen and know that they can grow in their faith. There shouldn’t be barriers to knowing God. Each person should be free to wake up each day and know: there is a God who is Lord over everything, and I can talk to him.”
Davar believes that all people should have the opportunity to know the God who made them and that the truths of the Bible are not bound to the reader or ink on paper. Isaiah 55:11 says, “so is my Word that goes from my mouth; it will not return empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
So, how does Davar encourage deployment of His word to accomplish what He desires?
Read More »Davar Audio Bibles – deploying God’s Word to accomplish what He desires
Cross-Cultural Mentoring Workshop at EMDC 2024 Thailand
My attending the Cross-Cultural Mentoring Workshop was the highlight for my leadership training this year. This is something that I have been waiting for to attend for a year. In 2023, I attended a session of Dr. Sunny Hong at EMDC Thailand. This was the first time I got a chance to hear her deep knowledge about the diaspora and refugees.Read More »“The Cross-Cultural Mentoring Workshop gave freedom to be me, while the society plays with other rules.”
This is a response to some recent posts about the importance of Bible translation in fulfilling the Great Commission. Yes, there is much truth in that, but more is needed. It really helps to have Scripture impact (or ‘engagement’) the top priority, the ‘car’ as it were, with translation the engine that sits beneath the bonnet. Not all drivers need to know all the details of the engine, but they need to be able to control the vehicle. The most important thing is to be able to get from A to B (see point 2), rather than knowing how the engine works. These are the ten reasons to make Scripture impact a priority:
The conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 22 February to 1 March 2024. It brought together 100 participants from 23 countries of Africa. It was an opportunity for Scripture Engagement, Media and Ethnoarts specialists and consultants to get together, to share resources, ideas and strategies and receive training on some of the latest approaches in encouraging engagement with the translated Scriptures. The conference was bilingual, in English and French. Four participants formed a ‘Listeners’ team’. Their role was to listen carefully to the key themes coming out of the presentations and discussions, both formally and informally, seeking to hear what the Lord was saying to us. Here is a summary of what they heard…Read More »Listening and Learning at The Africa Scripture Engagement Conference 2024
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Since the rise of personal computers, humanity’s dependence on and emotional connection to technology continues to break new ground. This entrenched connection empowers people to pursue their social goals at the touch of a finger. Digital communication enables people to make friends with new acquaintances met in online spaces and to form diverse online communities—crossing nearly every type of boundary. Within this complex landscape, many people operate with an unspoken expectation that technological mediation can help them achieve their deep-rooted emotional and social needs.
Read More »Exploring the advent of an immersive digital culture
Based in the UK, Compass Braille is a registered charity that began in 1990 by producing the Hindi braille Bible. It now produces Bibles and books in 55 languages for worldwide use. The braille is used by various groups who work among people with visual disability in towns and villages and they distribute the braille to churches, house churches, schools, colleges, training/drop-in centres, libraries, etc.
Getting started in Bible storytelling has never been easier with access to online training called Bible StoryFire. On Story Café (4/23/24) we learned from Regina Manley, the producer of the series how Bible StoryFire https://biblestoryfire.com is a great resource for beginner storytellers to skilled storyteller discussion leaders alike. This series includes 26 audio lessons and four video models. Read More »Bible StoryFire: Everybody loves a good story…
Jesus Film Project and Premise Entertainment have announced a new animated take on the 1979 Biblical motion picture Jesus, slated for global release in 2025. Utilizing state of the art animation technology, the project combines the talents of entertainment industry veterans and the expertise of archaeologists and theologians to transport audiences back to Jesus’ time.
Read More »New Animated ‘Jesus’ Film Coming to Theaters Worldwide in 2025
In English the metaphor of Pandora’s box is often used to describe a new technology or a new way of doing things, where we are not always sure what the consequences might be… Many people might describe Artificial Intelligence as opening Pandora’s box. Some people might react with concern or fear, just seeing the negatives of Artificial Intelligence. Others might get so excited about what is possible with Artificial Intelligence that they overlook the negative things that can come along with this tool. So how should we in vernacular media approach the matter of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
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