NEW YORK (AP) — Music, sermons, prayers, even confessions make up much of the experience of a typical religious service. So, for the deaf, how does faith flourish in an environment that so revolves ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

At Miami Valley Baptist Church for the Deaf, the music is loud enough to feel. "All that vibration just really hits my body, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...