Skip to main content

Deaf Ministry

"Jesus" in sign language
Source: Sunset Church of Christ

I spent reading and having conversations about Deaf ministry through a video-calling appointment. I don't know much about that but it's interesting. I think Indonesia has never done the Deaf ministry as foreign countries do since I have never heard of that. So, we are feeling left behind by far. So, I kind of really fascinated by the Deaf ministry. 

I spent interesting video-calling appointments with an international Deaf pastor who lives in the United Kingdom. He serves the Deaf ministry in Europe, not just in the United Kingdom, his country. I just got it that the term "international pastor", is interesting. He also led the world conference where Deaf Christians and pastors around the world came to praise God and had pieces of training in a week. That called is the World Deaf Assemblies of God Conference, which is to be set up holding in Barcelona, Spain in October 2023 as previously was to be in Melbourne, Australia. You can see the website, WDAG 2023 – World Deaf Assemblies of God. He also said there is a Deaf pastor who serves and leads the Deaf Christian community in Asia and are many international Deaf pastors. I hope I can meet with them in person.  

Becoming an international pastor, I am kind of about leading the church across the continent which they lead for. It means they should serve some countries as scheduled and where they lead, not just settle in the country. That's really interesting. I now know some fields where a pastor works, such as senior pastor, associate pastor, lead pastor, street preacher, chaplain of hospital, police office, etc. 

I have been wanting for that, despite I don't know anything about Deaf ministry, whatever is related to the Deaf Christian community. In my mind, just hope can serve them as much I can as possible and experience it. We have a collaboration channel as part of preaching the gospel by sign and voice.  I occasionally watch Deaf churches and services on Youtube. Those churches and services are to be held in America by different denominations, but I don't know if it's going to be also outside of the United States, like Europe, Asia, etc. Yes, I know America only because I know America has a long history of the Deaf Christian community. They have a university and a seminary that studies Deaf ministry. and have Deaf pastors who serve Deaf or mainstream churches across America. They also have a mission non-profit organization that lives on missions in serving the world on behalf of the name of Deaf community. It shows as many as I get it. It's one of the Deaf Christian social media platforms that has been famous for the Bible-signed translation across different sign languages over the world, is called the Deaf Bible Society based in Arlington, Texas. It does to other Christian organizations which serve the Deaf Christian community in Iowa, Virginia, Maryland, New York, California, etc. 

I don't know about Asian countries, but I am sure Indonesia still doesn't have a kind of that despite we have a Deaf Bible regularly on Monday night on Zoom. And, we have little Deaf pastors, but I haven't met them in person yet. I did hear that Jakarta has a Deaf church, as well as Medan, and go planned to be established in Sulawesi. It means we have three Deaf churches. That is incredible. Praise God! We indeed continue our work and service for the Deaf Christian community as we mission to get to know Jesus and understand God's word through sign language or other access that possibly they can use to benefit. We believe the Holy Spirit works the best for us. We can build a Deaf church or mainstream ministry with hearing Christians, as long as they can understand God's words like they can read the Bible and know what it says, and that's okay and that will be good. We have many ways to aim for our mission. We might hold a camp, conference, seminar, or whatever since we always live on missions. 

So, I wish can be part of this community in the future, but I don't know for sure as my life belongs to God and I only follow what God wants. I would pray for the Deaf Christian community so they can reach out and know more about Jesus and can read the Bible and know what it says. God bless Deaf Christians across the world and Indonesia.


"Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." 

John 20: 29.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Idea of Feminism In the Church

A veiled woman lighting up a candle in the Orthodox Church, source: Adobe Stock Roman Catholic Pope Francis appeared a 60-minute on CBS's live-streaming interview with a female reporter, Norah O'Donnell. She was curious in a question towards on him,  " I'm curious, for a little girl growing up Catholic today, will she ever have the opportunity to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the church ?" Pope Francis simply, saying, " No ." O'Donnell seemed to trying to push on him about her idea of the progressive and reformation in the Catholic Church. But, thanks God, Pope was strong defending his faith.  This is a 60-minute interview has opened that in fact the pressure of the church reformation has been increasingly happening today. We heard that some churches trying to allow its LGBTQ movement within church life, like the Unitarian church. And, I think some churches have accepted the female ordination, but usually it is Protestant church b
Post a Comment
Read more

Women, Modesty, and Veiling

(Veiling of women in different era, source: Diaqnoz.Az) " I am Orthodox and I do not agree with veiling " on a comment that recorded on Instagram while posting a reel of female Orthodox veiled at a church and monastery.  I am Orthodox and I do agree with veiling . So, why? The first place, that people may think that we are "sexist" or "pervert" as controlling on female clothing appearances. That's possible because we live in a modern era which is the female rights are more honourable and important in its society. Many girls are independent raised well and having same chances of working at secularism typically careers. But, as Orthodox Christians, who we know that we are about 2.000 years living to equip our Christ looks like in the modern era, which that has been fallen down, especially rising up feminist's movement. The feminism is mainly different from what women have fought for equality gender as surely their aim is to dominate and create the &q
Post a Comment
Read more

The Pascha, Life Bond, and SO SPECIAL! Orthodox Christianity!

Holy Fire in Jerusalem We typically celebrate the Easter - however that the Orthodox people generally saying that's Pascha - but I felt like that was so special that I celebrated the Pascha in a different Christianity tradition which was unfamiliar to myself, being to live in the country who well-known about Western Christianity. We celebrate the Pascha on a different calendar, it is Julian Calendar so many people wonder that why we are being late celebrate the Pascha and even the Christmas, a week late (between 12-13 days on Julian and Gregorian calendars) from the Western Christians. But, in certain times in history, we celebrate on the same date like 2017 we celebrate the Pascha together with Roman Catholics and it will be happening next year! The Eastern Orthodox is the holy and first church to just celebrated a blessed holy week in last week! Unfortunately, I was unlucky in that schedule as I had a five-day training during the holy week schedule, that caused I had to miss mult
Post a Comment
Read more