Pastor John Telyea uses sign language to convey his message at Geeseytown Lutheran Church. The church will host the first deaf ministry in the 116 churches that make up the Allegheny Synod of the ...

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 ...

SUDBURY — St. John Lutheran Church announced that it continues to offer American Sign Language interpreting at its weekly worship service. St. John is an open and affirming faith community worshiping ...

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 ...

The Rev. Tyler Walworth didn’t start with a vision of ministering to the deaf — instead, the ministry found him. A lifelong lover of languages, Walworth was finishing up his undergraduate degree at ...