Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, photo, the Rev. Luis Barrios, left, places his hand on the head of Mercedes Katrocino, center, a ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

First came the prayers and the congregational singing. Then the worshipers at Woodhaven Baptist Church tensed with excitement. Something special was about to happen. Recorded music boomed through the ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — "Speaking" the language and the idea of community in worship are just two of the topics that take on a completely different feel in a deaf congregation. For this month's episode ...

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 ...

As Southern Baptists, members of northwest Houston's Woodhaven Baptist Church are accustomed to being moved by God's word. That was certainly the case when they arrived for services Sunday - the first ...

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 ...