Sword & Trowel 2016: Issue 2


TABERNACLE DEAF BIBLE FELLOWSHIP T


HE Lord continues to bless deaf people through the ministry of the


Tabernacle’s Deaf Bible Fellowship. The deaf attendance on Sundays regularly reaches over thirty, with numbers swelling on occasions. During 2015-16 a number of deaf brothers and sisters came to know the Lord, some from Muslim backgrounds, and passed through the waters of baptism; the church currently has eleven deaf people in active membership, serving the Lord in regular Gospel work. A team of interpreters and live-typing captioners work with them, all public services being interpreted into British Sign Language (BSL). The Tabernacle Sunday School runs a department for deaf children. The deaf video ministry continues to fl our- ish. All signed services are videoed and uploaded to the internet.


Top two photographs: At monthly Saturday Deaf Bible Fellowship meetings the Gospel is preached in BSL. A deaf brother is seen here leading the meeting.


Left: Deaf church members host fellowship with visitors at lunchtime on Sundays, the fi ve tables here seen on the right.


Bottom left: Sunday morning teaching ministry is transcribed into simplifi ed English and delivered in subsequent weeks in BSL with live subtitles. The signed service is relayed to an overfl ow room via a TV monitor.


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