The Bible Telling School

The Bible Telling School in and around Brigette village is not new. In fact, this method of evangelizing isn't even new. 


What is new is the completion of the structure where the school can now grow and flourish. The Bible Telling School method as brought to Sierra Leone by Rick and Paula Miller officially began in 2011. They train the three teachers in the method, and those three teachers take the stories and train people who are reaching more than 25 villages -- in the tribal languages. The classrooms for the accompanying trade school are nearly completed. In the trade classes, people will learn a trade so they can support themselves. These trade classes are specifically for the people going through the Bible Telling School, so they can support themselves. 


"It is our hope that we will have folks come from surrounding villages, be trained in this comprehensive program and go back to their villages and be missionaries there -- carriers of the God story, while able to sustain themselves through their trade," said Rick Miller. 


The vision for the campus is that the two classrooms will expand to include more classrooms, plus workshops and a dormitory for those who cannot afford the money or time required to travel to Brigette for school. 


Research shows that people receive a superior education if it includes listening and learning to tell stories. Bible telling is the rebirth of an ancient craft in Africa, which is one of many reasons it's already been so successful in Sierra Leone. Additionally, not everyone can afford a Bible. And Bibles aren't even printed in most of the tribal languages. Much of the population is illiterate. Because so many are Muslim, there's also a fear of being seen going inside the Christian Church. Taking Bible stories out into homes in the communities is working to reach those people, and the Gospel is spreading in West Africa!


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Here are some photos of the school under construction. 

Bricks are made from the red earth around the village and sealed into place with cement mortar. 

This is how the bricks are transported up the school to the classroom site. 

Rick Miller and Frank J. Williams, director of Lifegate's Children's Redemption Orphanage Home, check out the progress at the Bible Telling School. 

The view is breath-taking from the site of the Bible Telling School. It is constructed into the hill overlooking Brigitte Village. 

Please pray for the school, the teachers, the students, the expansion of the campus and vision.