Making the Bible popular or (al)ifying society? Challenges and Opportunities for the BGA Method in the Context of Oral and Literacy This article was presented at one of the training sessions of the Philadelphia Project Service Team (TP3) on July 26, 2004, to Wisma Anugerah, Cisarua, Bogor.Introduction This article is a form of concretization of my thoughts based on various theological struggles as well as BGA coaching experiences as well as daily work as a member of the PPA Foundation. publishing staff. Previously, I had compiled and presented several thoughts and articles that I had presented at various internal PPA meetings. The developments and changes in my thinking after these times are now contained in this article. Through the title of this article, I want to show that there are still several policies, thoughts, ideological and theological bases, etc. related to the BGA method, which still need to be clarified. The title of this article implies one of many choices that must be made: popularize the Bible or actually socialize the Bible. The purpose of this article is to invite us to think about questions like these, as well as my thoughts on the answers to these questions. Looking for shrimp behind the rocks: the context of literacy, orality and media diversity in Indonesian lifestyles. many terms are used to describe a person's ability to read and write. Some use the terms literacy, literacy, literacy, etc. In this article, I will use the term “literacy”¡® to refer to the condition of society which generally relies on the ability to read and write, and “literacy” to refer to the condition of a person. To refer to the condition of a person unable to read and write, I use the term "illiterate", while "orality" refers to the condition of society which is dominated by verbal speech rather than text. writing. I also want to clarify the meaning of a term I use in this article. According to the definition used by UNESCO, a “book” or “kitab” is a printed document consisting of 49 pages or more, not including the cover page. According to Susenas/Education Statistics, the proportion of the elderly illiterate population. 10 years and over is as follows: Sex City Village Town and country Male 3.76 10.32 7.52 Female 9.44 20.17 15.54 Male and female 6.63 15.53 11.55 Difference Female Male 5 .68 9.85 8.02 We can compare this figure with the table of world population literacy by region below. At first glance, it seems that the literacy level of the Indonesian population, including Christians, has reached rather encouraging figures. It can be assumed that the Christian population of Indonesia (which in 2000, according to LP3ES, stood at 17,954,977 people, or 8.92% of the total population) also has a literacy percentage more or less the same as that of other components of the Indonesian population. If these figures are accurate, it appears that there is quite a large field for the ministry of printing Bibles and accompanying publications (approximately 15 million Christians classified as illiterate).).