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 ...

It’s usually pretty quiet at the Christian Deaf Church, but the hearts and hands of worshippers sing like angels. During Sunday services, held inside Sunnyside Christian Church at 2025 N. Murray Blvd.

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 ...

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 ...

If a hearing impairment has kept you from attending church, the New Port Richey Baptist Deaf Church urges you to try its services. Last Sunday the church celebrated Founder's Day in recognition of its ...

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — There were minimal resources available when Marshall and Terry Lawrence discovered their daughter Rachel was deaf. They struggled to communicate with her. They struggled to find ...

DAVID TERESHCHUK, correspondent: Holy Mass begins in a New York church that is threatened with closure. Catholic authorities throughout the country are shutting down and merging parishes as they trim ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island’s only deaf church held its services at a new location on Sunday -- with services conducted in American Sign Language (ASL) and voiced for a hearing audience. The ...

Pastor Darrel Kois before congregants during Sunday service at Bethlehem Deaf Lutheran Church. Bethlehem Deaf Lutheran Church is at 5074 Lake St. in Omaha. Mike Warren follows along during Sunday ...