But these are not the typical three-five minute songs aimed for radio air play. These are songs that go on for hours. In fact they are not considered legitimate songs unless they are at least three hours long and fully dramatized. The congregation learns the new melody and then spontaneously sings and worships the Lord hour after hour. Artistic expressions also get full use in the initial evangelism stages of this church planting movement.
Evangelists go out two by two to a circuit of five villages.
Around evening they walk into the village and go to the place where the men gather for storytelling. They ask them about their local stories of creation and the origin of evil. After listening to their stories the evangelists ask permission to tell theirs. They work through the family network of their contact. The stories are part of a powerful witnessing method developed by New Tribes Mission.