NEW YORK — The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint “Amen!” Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous ...

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 ...

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President Donald Trump made his return to the White House when he was sworn in last week. In his first week, he signed more executive orders than any other president. These swift actions signaled the ...

The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint “Amen!” Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous sanctuary ...

Annie Goff (center) leads a group of signers while others are singing a hymn during a recent Sunday service at the United Church of Warner. BELOW: The Rev. Renee Rouse (left) says goodbye to Melissa O ...

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 the fifth attendee of the once 44-person congregation trickles into the Zoom call, James Bryan, a reverend at Bethel Deaf Fellowship, pins his video and screen shares an American Sign Language (ASL ...

"Racial reconciliation must happen in the inner man before it can be lived out visibly by the outer man." Those words were written by the Rev. Billy Graham in a letter published in The Enquirer in ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint “Amen!” Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous ...

New York • The Lord’s Prayer ended with the bang of dozens of fists that landed on open palms after a circular motion and a thumbs up in a joint “Amen!” Not a voice could be heard inside the cavernous ...