How often do you turn on the TV when you are bored? With the flip of a switch, we can be instantly amused or engaged in one of many televised programs. Media has advanced a long ways since the original dramatized airwaves that first came from a radio, when one could listen to vocalized mysteries. Those kinds of radio dramas are perhaps even obsolete in the United States, but for many who cannot own a TV in the Philippines, radio dramas are still broadcasted for interested followers.
On the crowded island of Boracay there are a lot of people who do not have a television or even a radio. Nevertheless, there are villages of people who huddle around a community radio in a neighborhood of homes and intently listen to the Filipino dramas that are regularly aired from Kalibo, a large city about 60 kilometers away on the next island over. Even in this day of advanced media technology, they are enamored over the radio’s simple dramas broadcasted in their Tagalog language.
“Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17
What if we could replace the radio drama broadcasts with something better? Enter The Proclaimer! With the cultural and literacy challenges that are presented on Boracay, many villagers’ lives are being changed because of the Proclaimer. The Proclaimer, an audio digital player, is so effective because it transmits the Word of God in an unusual manner that touches the hearts and minds of the Filipino. Because of the simple island lifestyle, this device is reaching the aged, the blind and the illiterate. Even the children listen intently to the animated voices which portray the characters from the Bible. Moreover, with electrical insufficiency, this device is self generating with a wind-up mechanism and a solar panel to continually recharge the battery. Wind it up by hand or set it in the sun and you have instant listening!
Catching Their Attention
With a quality digital speaker, The Proclaimer is powerful and far reaching. When one of our staff turns it on at a Bible study site, there are those living nearby who do not regularly attend the group study; but upon hearing the intriguing animated voices, they are suddenly becoming interested! With its strong compelling transmittal, The Proclaimer reaches well into surrounding homes, and they are unexpectedly captivated, by God’s Word.
We are finding that The Proclaimer can and is taking the place of the radio. This effective tool for evangelism is not only being used in the community Bible studies and house churches, we are setting it at the building site, where the construction of the Ministry Center is taking place. As they work, the construction workers are happily listening to God’s word.
May God’s Word continue to be absorbed into minds and hearts. We praise God for the gift of the Proclaimer.
“The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit…” Heb.4:12