Deaf people and Christianity

I'm an atheist - not a Christian.
 
I am Southern Baptist. However, I don't act much like one. Reba knows this.
 
We have a several deaf service churches around here. (Deaf church services are Signed or Interpreted.)
Like Baptist, Episcopal, Jehovah's Witnesses, United Church of Christ, and Catholic, for instance...
I am a Catholic, btw...
 
:wave:HelloNurse I'm Jewish pagan. Jew by birth.
think that's all I can put-
 
two of my friends are non-practicing Christians and the other two are very practicing Christians.
 
Well - should have put it but didn't. I was raised Episcopal and married into Church of God (Cleveland, TN) and am now going back to Episcopal.
 
One thing I HAVE noticed is that there is an abnormal amount of social activities for the deaf started by churches compared to other deaf events (Deaf coffee chat, Deaf Happy hour). However, I also live in the Bible Belt, so that's a factor to consider.
 
KristinaB said:
Well - should have put it but didn't. I was raised Episcopal and married into Church of God (Cleveland, TN) and am now going back to Episcopal.
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Has the Episcopal church become Affirming or are they remaining with just a Welcoming stance?

I am going to an Welcoming church tomorrow night with some friends but I believe this church is leaning more towards Affirming. It's a non-denominational church from what I gather. I'm trying to look it up to see what I should be expecting but so far not coming up with anything.
 
Dixie said:
Has the Episcopal church become Affirming or are they remaining with just a Welcoming stance?

I am going to an Welcoming church tomorrow night with some friends but I believe this church is leaning more towards Affirming. It's a non-denominational church from what I gather. I'm trying to look it up to see what I should be expecting but so far not coming up with anything.
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Guess I don't understand this. I'm not sure what is meant by either of these terms towards a church. I know the Church of God we were with was non-denominational but leaning toward Pentecostal, or maybe it was the other way around. The Pastor has really changed things so much that the home office does not recognize it anymore. At the Episcopal church, the service is more like what I remember from childhood. We had what was referred to as the 1928 service, then they changed it to a more Catholic feel in 1979 but in 1982 it changed again, but a lot of them stayed with the 1979 service. I had not been to an Episcopal service since 1992 until this past Christmas. The church my mother and I are now going to uses the 1982 service. It is more like the 1928 service that I grew up with.
 
saywhatkid said:
Where did you get that? All religious people are in touch with their spiritual sides. I don't go to their places of worship, except for Christian churches. I never singled out one group as superior. I just stated my experiences.

I believe you have done this to me before; made amazing assumptions on a post of mine that try to paint my comments in a negative fashion. I would hope this is not some personal thing.
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"I think more Deaf people are Christians because they are more in tuned with their spiritual sides." I got it from this!
 
KristinaB said:
Guess I don't understand this. I'm not sure what is meant by either of these terms towards a church. I know the Church of God we were with was non-denominational but leaning toward Pentecostal, or maybe it was the other way around. The Pastor has really changed things so much that the home office does not recognize it anymore. At the Episcopal church, the service is more like what I remember from childhood. We had what was referred to as the 1928 service, then they changed it to a more Catholic feel in 1979 but in 1982 it changed again, but a lot of them stayed with the 1979 service. I had not been to an Episcopal service since 1992 until this past Christmas. The church my mother and I are now going to uses the 1982 service. It is more like the 1928 service that I grew up with.
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Affirming means gays and homosexuals are allowed full participation in all church functions and activities as well as being in church leadership positions.

Welcoming means the church welcomes gays and homosexuals to their services but they are generally not allowed to have leadership positions.

These typically apply to the United Church of Christ denomination but it can really be applied to various denominations as there are some open and affirming baptist churches that are affiliated more with the ABA rather than the SBC.

You typically find these churches in more metropolitan areas. They are extremely few and far in between in rural settings.
 
I'm Deaf and I am not afflilated with any religion. That doesn't mean that I'm atheist. I do believe in something higher power and kind of spiritual out there. To tell you the truth, some deaf people are vulnerable, that are easily brainwashed by Jevonah's Witness....they are being targeted by hearing religion societies due to their deafness
 
What's up with all the religious discussions all of a sudden?
 
Where I live there are the percentages for religious affiliation is the same for hearing and for Hoh/Deaf. There are more Hoh/Deaf Christians in my area simply because we have a large Christian population in general. I do know Hoh/Deaf who are Jewish, Muslim, Hindi, Agnostic and Atheists as well though ... in similar populations to the hearing in the area.

Generally people follow the faith in which they are raised, so ones parents are practising Christians, it's likely that the children will either be Christians if they are religious.

We have a number of denominations that have ASL Church services, including the RCC Church of the Deaf (ASL is the language used by the priest, readers etc), and a number of non-denominational Churches where ASL is the language of the service. A number of years ago we had a United Church , a Lutheran Church and an Anglican church that also had ASL services. Unfortunately budgets have cut the amount of signed services (other than RCC and non-denominational).

As an Anglican Theology/Seminary Student - it is my hope that we'll be able to once again have an Anglican & Lutheran ASL service available on a weekly basis (where ASL is the language of worship, instead of an English service with ASL interpreters)


I'm not sure if that answers the OP's question or not ?
 
Dixie said:
Affirming means gays and homosexuals are allowed full participation in all church functions and activities as well as being in church leadership positions.

Welcoming means the church welcomes gays and homosexuals to their services but they are generally not allowed to have leadership positions.

These typically apply to the United Church of Christ denomination but it can really be applied to various denominations as there are some open and affirming baptist churches that are affiliated more with the ABA rather than the SBC.

You typically find these churches in more metropolitan areas. They are extremely few and far in between in rural settings.
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Thanks for the explanation. I never heard those terms used before. I assumed they were denomination specific.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
"I think more Deaf people are Christians because they are more in tuned with their spiritual sides." I got it from this!
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That's a statement comparing Deaf people to hearing people. It means, the percentage of Deaf Christians appears to be higher (to the poster) than the percentage of hearing Christians. Then, the poster supposes that the reason may be because Deaf people are more in tune with their spiritual sides than hearing people are.

The comparison was Deaf to hearing, not Christian to other religions.

IMO
 
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