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 ...
Pastor Ed Newton was raised by deaf parents in Orlando, Florida. Though the 49-year-old grew up learning American Sign Language, most of the local churches at the time didn't offer services for deaf ...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - For Christians, this time of year is meant to celebrate the birth of their savior, Jesus, and his ...
When Justina Taylor Miles broke the internet signing Rihanna’s 2023 Super Bowl performance, she wasn’t just interpreting — she was continuing a tradition of Black American Sign Language. On Sunday ...
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Spring Forth Deaf Church has offered services in American Sign Language to the McLennan County deaf ...
NEW YORK (RNS) — On a Thursday afternoon early this summer, seven people sat in a circle in the basement of St. George’s Episcopal Church in midtown Manhattan, facing a whiteboard covered with ...
Gloria Sobral leads the congregation in spiritual song with video, sign language and sometimes a booming bass at the Alpha & Omega Deaf Church. Yahoo Life Shopping ...
IRMO, S.C. — The Beacon Church in Irmo wanted their deaf community to hear God's word. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, one in eight people in the ...