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Deaf Ministry: Ministry Models for Expanding the Kingdom of God
With its various models, Deaf ministry offers faith communities ways to grow and make disciples. Diving into these ministry models, readers are introduced to Deaf ministry and its varying aspects that include accommodations, ways to build your Deaf ministry, and considerations of hospitality and inclusion to, not only grow your church, but to help expand the Kingdom of God. A one of a kind resource, this text provides insight from ministers serving in both Deaf ministry and disability ministry. This is a great resource for any church library.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 10, 2015
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December 23, 2017
Deaf Ministry: Ministry Models for Expanding the Kingdom of God by Leo Yates, Jr. is geared to those involved in Christian ministry who wish to create or expand ministry to Deaf people within their churches. Yates begins with an overview of deafness and Deaf Culture, with a particular emphasis on how both may impact a Deaf individual’s experiences of church. He then explores various models of Deaf ministry, ranging from the Deaf Church, where the dominant language is American Sign and the liturgy may be adapted for Deaf congregations, to Interpreted Ministry, where access is provided to hearing church services and certain activities via an ASL interpreter, to Hard-of-Hearing and Late-Deafened Ministry, which focuses on access for those who do not use ASL to communicate. Yates also offers information on Deaf-blind Ministry, Deaf Advocacy, Deaf Missions, and Disability Ministry (which may or may not include the Deaf community), as well as an excellent chapter discussing the idea of the Multicultural Church, which strives to integrate the needs of Hearing, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Late-deafened, and Deaf-blind individuals, and brings both hearing and Deaf culture values into its services.
Yates gives an excellent overview of the different ways that Deaf individuals may be integrated into a church community, with lots of specific resources relating to provision of interpreters, accommodations checklists, and case studies showing how other churches have done it. This is a must-have resource for anyone looking to start a Christian Deaf ministry.
-Kathy MacMillan, ASL Interpreter and author of Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together (Huron Street Press, 2013) and Nita’s First Signs (Familius Press, 2018). This review has been posted in my blog at www.storiesbyhand.com.
Yates gives an excellent overview of the different ways that Deaf individuals may be integrated into a church community, with lots of specific resources relating to provision of interpreters, accommodations checklists, and case studies showing how other churches have done it. This is a must-have resource for anyone looking to start a Christian Deaf ministry.
-Kathy MacMillan, ASL Interpreter and author of Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together (Huron Street Press, 2013) and Nita’s First Signs (Familius Press, 2018). This review has been posted in my blog at www.storiesbyhand.com.
December 23, 2017
Deaf Ministry: Ministry Models for Expanding the Kingdom of God by Leo Yates, Jr. is geared to those involved in Christian ministry who wish to create or expand ministry to Deaf people within their churches. Yates begins with an overview of deafness and Deaf Culture, with a particular emphasis on how both may impact a Deaf individual’s experiences of church. He then explores various models of Deaf ministry, ranging from the Deaf Church, where the dominant language is American Sign and the liturgy may be adapted for Deaf congregations, to Interpreted Ministry, where access is provided to hearing church services and certain activities via an ASL interpreter, to Hard-of-Hearing and Late-Deafened Ministry, which focuses on access for those who do not use ASL to communicate. Yates also offers information on Deaf-blind Ministry, Deaf Advocacy, Deaf Missions, and Disability Ministry (which may or may not include the Deaf community), as well as an excellent chapter discussing the idea of the Multicultural Church, which strives to integrate the needs of Hearing, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Late-deafened, and Deaf-blind individuals, and brings both hearing and Deaf culture values into its services.
Yates gives an excellent overview of the different ways that Deaf individuals may be integrated into a church community, with lots of specific resources relating to provision of interpreters, accommodations checklists, and case studies showing how other churches have done it. This is a must-have resource for anyone looking to start a Christian Deaf ministry.
-Kathy MacMillan, ASL Interpreter and author of Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together (Huron Street Press, 2013) and Nita’s First Signs (Familius Press, 2018). This review has been posted in my blog at www.storiesbyhand.com.
Yates gives an excellent overview of the different ways that Deaf individuals may be integrated into a church community, with lots of specific resources relating to provision of interpreters, accommodations checklists, and case studies showing how other churches have done it. This is a must-have resource for anyone looking to start a Christian Deaf ministry.
-Kathy MacMillan, ASL Interpreter and author of Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together (Huron Street Press, 2013) and Nita’s First Signs (Familius Press, 2018). This review has been posted in my blog at www.storiesbyhand.com.
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