DEAF MINISTRY LOCATIONS AMONG THE
CHURCHES OF CHRIST

Last updated: January, 2006

We are only attemping to list congregations of the Churches of Christ which have Deaf ministries.

  • Source of This Information
  • States With No Deaf Ministry
  • States With Deaf Ministries
  • Foreign Deaf Ministries
  • Deaf Minister Training Schools
  • Deaf Ministry Publications
  • Contact

    • Source of This Information

    This information was collected by the Birmingham Bible School for the Deaf (BBSD) prior to the 1996 workshop held at the Roebuck Parkway congregation in Birmingham, AL. The information has been published in a that BBSD had plans to periodically update. There is no doubt that some of the information is out of date (i.e. some was drawn from older publications listing all the Churches of Christ). We are sure there are congregations with deaf ministries that we have not yet heard about.

    States With No Deaf Ministry

    For the purposes of this of this list, a deaf ministry is considered to exist if there is someone in the congregation capable and willing to interpret for the deaf, or if there is a person functioning as a deaf minister. Thus it is not necessary that a congregation have any deaf members or attendees at any particular moment in time, just that they have willing and capable interpreters or ministers dedicated to the deaf ministry.

    To our knowledge the following 14 states have no congregations of the churches of Christ with any form of a deaf ministry.

    STATES WITHOUT DEAF MINISTRIES
    Connecticut
    New Jersey
    South Dakota
    Delaware
    North Dakota
    Vermont
    Hawaii
    Oregon
    Wisconsin
    Iowa
    Rhode Island
    Wyoming
    Maine
    South Carolina

    States With Deaf Ministries

    The following list is of states that, to our knowledge, have deaf ministries among the churches of Christ.

    STATES WITH DEAF MINISTRIES
    STATE
    Updated
    STATE
    Updated
    STATE
    Updated
    Alabama Feb 2000 Louisiana Oct 1996 Ohio Nov 1999
    Alaska Oct 1996 Maine N/A Oklahoma Oct 1996
    Arizona Oct 1996 Maryland Jan 2006 Oregan N/A
    Arkansas Oct 1996 Massachusetts Oct 1996 Pennsylvania May 2004
    California Apr 2001 Michigan May 2005 Rhode Island N/A
    Colorado Oct 1996 Minnesota Oct 1996 South Carolina N/A
    Connecticut N/A Mississippi Nov 2002 South Dakota N/A
    Delaware N/A Missouri Oct 1996 Tennessee Dec 2005
    Florida Apr 1998 Montana Oct 1996 Texas Jan 2006
    Georgia Nov 1999 Nebraska Oct 1996 Utah Oct 1996
    Hawaii N/A Nevada Oct 1996 Vermont N/A
    Idaho Oct 1996 New Hampshire Oct 1996 Virginia Oct 1996
    Illinois Oct 1996 New Jersey N/A Washington Mar 1999
    Indiana Oct 1996 New Mexico Oct 1996 West Virginia May 2005
    Iowa N/A New York Oct 1996 Wisconsin N/A
    Kansas Nov 2004 North Carolina Nov 2004 Wyoming N/A
    Kentucky Oct 1996 North Dakota N/A    

    Foreign Deaf Ministries

    This list of foreign Deaf churches and mission efforts among the churches of Christ is far from complete. We know that deaf people have been contacted in former Iron Curtain countries through mission efforts from the United States, but we do not have any details at this time about specific cities nor whether any of the works are thought to be self sustaining. Most of these works are quite small and weak and may cease to exist once the missionaries have left.

    FOREIGN DEAF MINISTRIES
    Australia
    Ghana
    Philippines
    Brazil
    Kenya
    Russia
    Belize
    Malaysia
    Singapore
    Czech Republic
    Mexico
    Thailand

    Deaf Minister Training Schools

    There are two schools among the churches of Christ in the United States that specialize in training deaf and/or hearing people to work in the deaf ministry.

    Deaf Ministry Publications

    We know of only one publication among the churches of Christ that is by and for the Deaf (there may be some others, but we don't have any information about them).

    The publication is the "Light for the Deaf", which is edited by Billy Leavell. Billy is the minister for the Deaf at the White Station church of Christ, 1106 Colonial Road, Memphis, TN.

    Point of contact:

    Please send comments and suggestions to David Hinckley.

    As noted above, this information is not complete. Deaf ministries tend to be small, are therefore easily overlooked, and have a habit of coming and going. As we receive new information, the pages will be updated.

     

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