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I want to be able to watch Scripture in my home, in my sign language. I want to teach my children more about the Bible and God’s ways, but for me to be able to train my children to have a greater interest and trust in Jesus, I need to know more about Him myself.

My name is Judith. I am the only Deaf person in my family. Some friends had invited me to a church for Deaf people, and I’m so thankful I went.

The Institute for Sign Language Engagement and Training (ISLET) at Deaf Bible Society employs solid linguistic and missiological research within sign language communities

Deaf Bible Society’s vision is to create local, sustainable, Great Commission initiatives among the Deaf to reveal the hope of the Gospel

In part one of this two-blog series we explained what a sign language Bible is. Now, let’s look at the process of translating the Bible into a sign language, which generally follows these eight steps:.

You may be asking, “What is a sign language Bible?” or “How are sign language Bibles translated?” We invite you to go behind the scenes in this two-part blog series to discover some interesting facts about sign language Bibles.

Every person deserves the opportunity to engage with Scripture in their language. For Deaf communities, this means a sign language video Bible.

People who are able to hear begin learning how to read at a very young age. For most children, this means starting with the alphabet and attaching sounds to each letter. From there, they begin piecing together the letters to create words, then the words to form sentences. But for Deaf children, learning to read is a different process. Deaf children can’t hear the sounds in a word, so they have to memorize the sequence of letters as a full… Read More »Why don’t Deaf people just learn to read?

Equivalent to spoken languages, signed languages are naturally occurring in communities all over the world.