Episode 83
EP. 83 Reaching The Unreached Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community: Interview W/The Burgeron's of Austin Stone Community Church
In this episode, hosts, Mike & Shauna, are joined with John & Shelly Bergeron of Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX to discuss their involvement with the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community and their ministry impact with the third most u
Speak The Truth · Mike & Shauna Van Dyke
February 22, 202132m 49s
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Show Notes
The need in the deaf community
Statistics:
- 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents
- 85% of mothers learn to sign and about 2% of fathers learn to sign
- so most don't learn to communicate in their heart language(sign language).
- The deaf is considered an unreached people group, so less than 2% of the deaf community are believers in America.
- 70 Million deaf and hard of hearing people in the world.
- Fall of 2020 a bible was translated into the heart language(sign language)
- Sunshine Interpreters
- Deaf Millennial Project
- Deaf Bible Society
- Deaf Missions
- Door International
Topics
biblical counselingdeaf and hard of hearing communitylove language