Barbara and Dale Nicol were happy with the church they attended in their hometown of Marysville, but when their son, Adam, and daughter, Rachel, were born deaf, Sundays meant a journey to Columbus.

The Rev. Russell A. Rockwell knew he wanted to be a Lutheran pastor when he was in fourth grade. In ninth grade, his family moved next door to a deaf family who taught him American Sign Language. In ...

The opportunity to participate in a religious worship service has not always been readily available for members of the deaf community. Now, they have two choices with different approaches: Emanuel ...

Jeannette Fischer is easy-going and happy-go-lucky. And she's deaf. Fischer, 52, of East Earl Township, grew up in Word of Life Deaf Lutheran Church, where she serves as its council president. And in ...

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 ...

There is no sense in going to church if you cannot hear the message. That may be why only about one percent of people who are deaf attend church on a regular basis. Pastor John Telyea would like to ...

When the Rev. Beth Lockard prays, she doesn't ask God to hear her prayers. She asks God to pay attention. Lockard, the first culturally deaf person ordained into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in ...