Former pastor and businessman Jerry Wiles takes on new leadership role with the International Orality Network

Former pastor and businessman Jerry Wiles takes on new leadership role with the International Orality Network

By Michael Ireland, Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net)

HOUSTON, TEXAS (ANS, Sept. 23, 2016) -- Jerry Wiles, who is well-known in the missions community for his many leadership roles, has been appointed to the position of North America Regional Director for ION, the International Orality Network https://orality.net

Dr. David Swarr, ION International Executive Director, made the announcement on behalf of the ION Global Executive Team.

In this new role, Wiles will facilitate the North American aspect of this global network of organizations and orality practitioners serving oral learners. Wiles is one of the early orality forerunners and has been a paradigm pioneer in the orality movement.

Wiles will be facilitating a number of initiatives to increase the understanding of the many applications of Orality methods, practices and strategies in the North American context. He will be leading a team to assist churches and ministries in the USA and Canada to implement Orality programs for more effective impact, locally and globally.

A former pastor and businessman, Wiles has served in numerous leadership roles, most recently as President and then President Emeritus of Living Water International. He previously served with the Houston Baptist University, Every Home for Christ, and Williams Baptist College. He was the regional coordinator for mission America and the City Strategies Network of the AD2000 and Beyond Movement.

Jerry sits on the boards of numerous ministries and mission agencies. Wiles and his wife, Sheila, have two grown children and 6 grandchildren. He is based in Houston, Texas and is also a regular contributer to the ASSIST News Service.

The International Orality Network is an affiliation of agencies and organizations working together with the common goal of making God’s Word available to oral learners in culturally appropriate ways that enable church planting movements everywhere.

ION is part of the Lausanne Movement and grew out of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism in 2004. ION has since grown to be a global network of over 2,000 organizations.

Photo Captions: 1) Jerry Wiles ministering in Africa. 2) Portrait of Jerry Wiles. 3) Michael Ireland.

About the Writer: Michael Ireland is a volunteer internet journalist serving as Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service, as well as an Ordained Minister who has served with ASSIST Ministries and written for ASSIST News Service since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Please consider helping Michael cover his expenses in bringing news of the Persecuted Church, by logging-on to: https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael

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