FAYETTEVILLE Priscilla Scanlan grew up as the only deaf person in a hearing congregation. It wasn’t until she left her home in Fayetteville for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., that she ...

Ron and Wanda Ferris of Chicago found more than a church to feel completely comfortable at when they first attended services at the Oak Brook Community Deaf Church, a ministry of Oak Brook Community ...

Attitudes about ministries for deaf people have changed considerably since Woodhaven Baptist Deaf Church was founded in 1924. "For many years, the deaf ministry was treated as a mission to handicapped ...

The silence suggested that this was no ordinary church service. Only a few people opened their mouths to sing on a recent Sunday at Woodhaven Baptist Deaf Church. Instead, most moved their bodies to ...

KANSAS CITY — The sermon was so animated, it was as if it were being acted out in mime. Instead, it was a deaf preacher signing a sermon to a deaf congregation. One recent Sunday, about 65 members of ...

The Rev. Tom Hudspeth demonstrates how to measure, mark and cut boards for house repair during a mission trip to Santa Fe, Texas. The weekly Sunday morning fellowship class of the Deaf Ministry at ...

The church is silent when the Rev. Brian Sims takes the pulpit for his Sunday sermon. He pauses to make sure all eyes are on him, then raises his hands and begins preaching. Not a word passes his lips ...

Jerry Pearson recently taught about the importance of forgiving others, and people acting as peacemakers in society. Pearson taught the message through the use of American Sign Language (ASL) at the ...

On a recent Sunday at First Baptist Church Spartanburg, Earl Wright stood in front of a class of 25 to 30 people and taught a lesson. He didn't use his voice, nor did any words escape his mouth; ...

Offering a sign language interpreter to spread the word of God in some area churches is a great community asset, but at Bible Baptist Church, interpretation alone isn’t enough when saying you offer a ...

GREEN BAY - Patricia Sebranek and Bob Kamasky were every bit as involved in the Mass at St. John the Evangelist Parish last Sunday morning as celebrants the Rev. Joe Dorner and Deacon Tom Mahoney. The ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — It is like any other church in Nigeria 's megacity of Lagos. A lectern faces rows of plastic chairs. A biblical quote is written on a beam above. There is a music section, with a set ...