A Guide to Deaf Ministry: Let's Sign Worthy of the LordThe beauty of worship can be so powerfully realized in the graceful formations of the language of sign. This is a basic handbook for people who want to develop or improve a ministry to and for the deaf in the local church and includes a foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada. |
Contents
Foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada | 9 |
UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS | 17 |
The Deaf Community | 27 |
CALLING THE CHURCH | 39 |
Gods Messenger | 59 |
Sign to the Lord a New Song | 71 |
COMMUNICATING WITH DEAF PEOPLE | 85 |
Silent Friends Sunday School | 111 |
A Deaf Ministers Perspective | 119 |
Afterword | 125 |
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