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 ...

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Worshipping at Paramount Baptist Deaf Church is not a silent affair. Deaf people who can speak joyfully shout during the baptism of one of their friends. A member of the ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — At the First Baptist Church of Suitland, just across the District of Columbia border in Maryland, a typical Sunday service includes coffee and pastries, warm greetings and a sermon ...

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 ...

As music plays at the Fresno (California) Deaf Church on a recent Sunday, most people sitting in the pews sign along. The only audible voice in the room is the one on the recording, singing a soulful, ...

On a Sunday morning at Fayetteville Deaf Church, it's mostly silent. Before the weekly service begins, the Rev. Larry Barnes and his wife, Dawn, teach Bible classes. Men are gathered at one end of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Its financial struggles notwithstanding, the Vallejo Deaf Church — still one of a very few houses of worship catering to the hearing impaired — celebrated its 20th year last month. Pastor Oscar Bibb ...