If you’ve never heard of GRN or wondered what we do, you might ask …
Why does GRN exist?
What’s the need for recordings in mission?
Read on to learn about our work and the vision that drives it.
There are still billions of people who have not yet been reached with the Good News.
Your heart language is the language you feel with, the language of your dreams and imagination, the one you use to express what is in your heart.
And it’s also the language of your mind and thoughts, and the language you prefer to have a conversation in.
… and this doesn’t include speech varieties (dialects) within language groups.
We estimate that there are more than 12,000!
Clearly, there is still a lot of work needed to get the Gospel into every language.
Most people are oral preference learners, meaning:
They are unable to read
OR
They prefer to learn and communicate by listening rather than reading
Why? Because stories are:
People enjoy a good story. Learning happens best when people enjoy it!
Stories are easier to remember than facts or abstract truth. Because they are memorable, they are also more likely to be retold.
Stories connect with people. They ‘get you in’. It’s harder to turn away a story than an information text.
Stories can teach or touch you without you realising it.
Stories can touch your emotions as well as your intellect.
Stories tend to be more relational than other forms of communication.
Stories work for all ages – they are not just for kids!
Receive inspiring stories, prayer points and ways to get involved in telling the story of Jesus in every language.
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A person’s heart language is the one they know best and have the closest affinity with. It is the language we feel with, the language of our dreams and imagination, the one we use to express what is in our hearts.
Many people with a rare or diminishing mother tongue must become multilingual to function and survive in society. These people may understand Gospel messages in various languages, but to truly touch their heart with Jesus’ love, we want to speak their heart language.Â
The Bible affirms the value of communicating in the heart language. The story of Pentecost in Acts 2 indicates that all who were visiting Jerusalem from other regions heard the proclamation by the apostles in their own languages. More than a dozen places are listed! It is likely that all present would have understood Greek, but the account makes the point that God is not biased towards or against any people group or language: all are included in His plan.
Heart language is also important because of worldview. Ideally, the Gospel challenges people’s cultural ideas and worldview. For most of us, our worldview is about 80% set by the time we are 12 years old, via the main language spoken at home. If a message is to challenge and potentially change a worldview, it is most likely to happen in the language in which the worldview was developed. The transformative power of the Gospel of Christ is seen in the heart language of the people.
Most people are oral preference learners, meaning:
They are unable to read
OR
They prefer to learn and communicate by listening rather than reading
This means that 5.7 billion people around the globe need to hear rather than read the Bible for themselves.
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