Stories about Jesus Christ have been shared for centuries. But Joseph Josselyn, a deaf Christian and film director, is telling a story about Christ in American Sign Language — for the first time ever.

Ephphatha Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Deaf “celebrates Jesus by ministering the Word of the Lord through the language of sign,” according to its mission statement. The predominantly Black ...

A new film out this week depicting the life of Jesus aims to reach an audience its director says has long been overlooked. "JESUS: a Deaf Missions film," will be the first of its kind made up of a ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Spring Forth Deaf Church has offered services in American Sign Language to the McLennan County deaf community since March. Spring Forth Deaf Church partners with Alliance Bible ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama Jesus of Nazareth—but as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it would ...

An Alpha & Omega Deaf church parishioner in Providence, Rhode Island displays the ASL word for Jesus as she follows along, signing to hymns being played and words displayed on video screens, with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Deaf Missions and Iconic Events Releasing announces the release of the first-ever ASL adaptation for the silver screen, JESUS: a Deaf Missions film.

Father Michael Depcik, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who is deaf, converses with Chris Duck, retired coordinator of deaf ministry for the archdiocese, from left, ...

The worship service starts out much like that of other Christian congregations. People file into the pews, prayers are said, songs are sung and announcements are made. What sets the 10:45 a.m. Sunday ...

The occasional boom of a bass drum punctuates the Mass at St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center on the Northwest Side, signaling particularly important moments during the liturgical service, which is ...

Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...