55 church leaders, from 45 different districts of one country in South Asia gathered recently with Dr. Tara Rye and her husband Greg to train in story-centric discipleship. They left eager and equipped to return to their church-planting teams with new tools to share God’s Word through oral Bible storytelling...
One young couple, Christian leaders in Greater South Asia, ask for your prayers. Not that persecution would cease, not that they would merely have greater safety as believers—but that God’s Word would release HOPE to their nation. For many months ASM’s Bible Engagement Director, Tara Rye, and her husband Greg...
God’s Word is being shared and cherished among many languages and people groups around the world! Listen below to John 3:16 spoken in the native tongues of several people groups
“Our Manyatta [encampment] is bursting with God’s Word”!—the village chief told Pastor David, one day after our national partner delivered the audio Bibles you provided. Your gifts to “Audio Bibles – Where Most Needed” meant Pastor David, and Helen at TheoVision Kenya, could equip young leaders, pastors, and other church...
“We’re broadcasting the Bible in our Mixteco [language], thanks to the audio Bible you brought!” the national partner told Jim and Jamie Loker, ASM’s Latin America Directors. After Jim’s latest trip re-visiting villages in southern Mexico, we heard more good news: several new low-wattage “community radio stations,” many operating informally...
What if the only Scriptures you could share were the ones you had hidden in your heart? In June, a young man reached out to ASM’s Bible Engagement Director, Dr. Tara Rye, with the request that she help teach Biblical storytelling to him and his wife. They live in a...
How often do you suppose you’ve heard or read John 3:16? I was raised in a Christian family, and became a follower of Jesus at age 13. If I calculate hearing or reading John 3:16 even once a month since then, it’s conceivable that I’ve heard the Truth of that...
That isn’t a typo and YES you did read that right. Of course, there really isn’t a “g” in the spelling of the word partnership, at least not in its English spelling! Yet, there is a “g” in partnerships at Audio Scripture Ministries (ASM) because the ‘“g” represents Gospel Partnerships. ASM...
“This will make it easier for me to share about Jesus with others” one excited young leader exclaimed at a recent Bible storying training led by Dr. Tara Rye, ASM’s Bible Engagement Director. In April, Tara led two such training events. At First Baptist Church (Bellevue, NE), she had the...
Tara Rye began serving with ASM in December 2020 as Bible Engagement Director. She holds a doctorate in Educational Ministry and has served in many contexts, from her own home in Nebraska to international training seminars. Along with her husband Greg and their two adult children, Tara loves to share...
You’ve likely seen the statement, “The worst purchase I made in 2020 was a calendar day planner!” 2020 was, and 2021 is, a year of surrender—surrendering our routines, plans, and comforts. Trusting, adjusting, and planning for the unknown. Many of us are ready to go on vacation, go out to...
The year 2020 once seemed to be so far in the distant future, didn’t it? Now … BOOM … it’s here! People have long predicted what our lives would be like in 2020. Some predictions were accurate—including self-driving cars and computer watches. Other predictions—such as time travel or vacationing on...