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Why Bible Should Be in Sign Language?

Source: Christianity Today

I continually love reading the Bible so much and it is texted. But how about Deaf people? Can Deaf people read Bible? By what?

Alright, as a Deaf Christian, I prefer to be myself that I have abilities but I'm strongly sure about Deaf people have various backgrounds and experiences, like sign language, reading lips, or both as well. Deaf people aren't as same as hearing people. Hearing people depend on their ears to hear sounds and Deaf people depend on their eyes to see the visualization. Based on my experiences, I didn't grow up in a Deaf community in my life except by studying at a Deaf school using reading lips. I grow up in most hearing communities. My family is hearing, and I am the only one. I prefer to read texted Bible to a signed Bible because it makes me easier to understand God's words. Just like what hearing people do. But, when I attend church and Bible study, I need an interpreter and/ or a captioner/ typist. I usually pray by sign language or by reading lips, depending on how I feel. 

Deaf education is inequality, and it can be an excuse for why Deaf people need a signed Bible. Deaf people are born to be a native sign language as their mother tongue. God has given a gift to Deaf people by having the most beautiful language in the world, sign language. It means, He knows sign language and He is a polyglot. By sign language, Deaf people can feel God's presence, when they read a signed Bible, or they pray by sign language. 

Praise God, we have a signed translation Bible that is organized by some organizations, such as the Deaf Bible Society and Deaf Way Bible (I don't know what Deaf Way is). Deaf Bible Society has been working for translating a texted Bible into over 10 sign languages around the world. Sign language has more than 300 sign languages in the world. There are still many Deaf Christian communities has its program for helping faith growth accessible, where some take to collab with hearing Christian communities. That's such a beautiful collaboration between Deaf and hearing Christian communities. 

If a church has a Bible study separated into three classes, (kids, teens, and adults), I think should be the fourth class, Deaf Bible study (Deaf men club and Deaf women club). It will work! We need Deaf pastors to lead and serve this community because of the same experiences and backgrounds. 

We are on the same mission to be the glory of Jesus Christ neither sign language nor verbal language and we are the same of faith and children of God. 

"So, in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith. for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3: 26-29.

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