Members of Winnipeg Deaf Fellowship Church reeling in the wake of 3-year-old daughter's killing.
WINNIPEG -- 'It’s horrific. It’s awful,' Calvary Temple's Bruce Martin says.
Members of Winnipeg's Calvary Temple are devastated after learning this week the daughter of a longtime member was brutally killed, allegedly by the hands of her father - another longtime congregant.
"I just couldn't believe this had happened," lead pastor Bruce Martin said Friday of the killing of the three-year-old on Wednesday. "It was so sad, oh my."
Winnipeg police have charged Frank Nausigimana, 28, with first-degree murder of his daughter, Jemimah, after he allegedly abducted her from her mother at knifepoint and killed her inside a car not long after.
While Martin isn't the pastor of that sub-ministry of the church, he said the person who is "loved them so much and is finding it so difficult."
He expects the entire congregation of the downtown Christian church will feel the same way.
"This little family were loved by a community of believers," he told CBC. "So right now for them it's the old, 'what did we miss? Why weren't we there? Why couldn't we help them? What went wrong?" he said.
"And there are no answers."
Jemimah's mother and Nausigimana had a major falling out after she became pregnant in 2017.
Court documents show Nausigimana assaulted her in the course of trying to force her to abort the unborn child. The woman applied for a protection order which prevented Nausigimana from attending the church when she was there.
She later told court she'd forgiven him and moved to have the order revoked, but tensions between them appeared to flare earlier this year after Nausigimana applied for joint custody of the girl, which she was opposed to. He alleged she'd cut off his access to her in early January.
Martin said he wasn't aware of the details of what was going on but said people in the church community knew there was conflict. He said the circumstances of the girl's death will be equally shattering to the city's tight-knit ASL & Deaf community.
"This will be devastating because they are so caring for each other and so connected to each other and they know each other so well. It's horrific. It's awful," he said.
Martin said he planned to address the matter in his Sunday sermon. He encouraged anyone who is struggling to reach out to get help.
"It happened because we live in a fallen world. People aren't perfect. Mental health is an issue and sometimes people make really bad choices," he said.
"Life is not always fair but there's always tomorrow," he said.
A former Jehovah's Witnesses, Barbara Anderson wrote the article on Jehovah's Witnesses' practice to targeting Deaf households and recruiting them because they're isolated and vulunerable.
The worldwide recruiting attempt of Jehovah’s Witnesses to bring their religious message to the Deaf using sign language can be viewed as something of a mixed bag. While they strive to communicate it using the right methods, they convey an illusionary message that is detrimental in countless ways. The information in this article was compiled from sources who ask that their names remain confidential.
Jehovah’s Witnesses international “Deaf ministry” as directed by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., is no small feat because there are over 200 distinct sign languages in the world. It’s their “Deaf ministry” in the United States and the United Kingdom that this article focuses on. Both countries share the English language, but each country’s sign language is markedly different although the recruiting method is basically the same.
A former Jehovah Witness, who is a Child of Deaf Adult (CODA) brief story and explain why Jehovah’s Witnesses recruiting the Deaf in ASL on YouTube.
Just as Watch Tower translators around the world look to the English version of book, article, or scripture in their work, the sign language that most of the Society’s sign language teams around the world look to for guidance is American Sign Language (ASL).
Investigation has revealed that this religious organization has not spared any expense to get their message out to the Deaf, although, overall, hearing members directly bear most of the costs. The Watch Tower Corporation provides low cost DVDs filmed at their headquarters that feature expert volunteer sign language translators signing the Bible and Watch Tower literature. But expensive electronic systems are installed in places where Witnesses congregate to help the Deaf understand the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses with equipment costs paid for by local Witnesses. Moreover, scouring the cities and countryside looking for Deaf persons and conducting personal Bible studies is done by Witness translators at their own expense.
The charitable attitude of the Witnesses to aid the Deaf to learn the fundamentals about God is commendable at a time when it is estimated “…that only 1 percent of American Deaf children will attend church as adults and less than 7 percent will ever have the gospel presented to them in a way they can understand.” Christianity Today, January 5, 2011, Do You Hear What I Hear? by Jeremy Weber.
But what are the ramifications of accepting the sign language religious message delivered by Jehovah’s Witnesses? That is the other part of the “mixed bag” that will be discussed later.
Media Coverage: Churches in America have, until recently, been ill-equipped to share their faith with the Deaf, yet Jehovah’s Witnesses have been making a diligent effort to share theirs for years. Notice some success stories:
In Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 7, 2009, the Witnesses provided interpreters for 470 Deaf attendees at a convention where nearly 50,000 people came from Ghana, Europe and other African countries. Peace FM Online: Print News, Peacefmonline.com News, Dec. 7, 2009, 470 Deaf delegates attend Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention.
On September 30, 2000, Watchtower’s information site announced the completion of a building in Brooklyn, NY, “the first of its kind in the United States, a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses built from the ground up with the needs of the Deaf community in mind.” All services were provided in American Sign Language. Sermons were given by ministers fluent in American Sign Language, many of whom were Deaf themselves. Under construction was another sign language Kingdom Hall in Washington, D.C. that would join 68 other American Sign Language congregations and Bible study groups in the United States. Jehovah’s Witnesses Official Media Website, September 30, 2000, In New York, worship becomes more accessible to the Deaf.
On July 9, 2010, the newspaper, The Press-Enterprise, in Norco, California, reported that hundreds of Deaf Jehovah’s Witnesses were in the area to attend a convention where about 1,500 people were expected. The article stated that there were 145 American Sign Language congregations in the United States. In addition, the press article pointed out that due to the “growing turnout in Norco,” the Witnesses would have a similar conference in the Bay Area. The Press-Enterprise, July 9, 2010, Olson, David, Hundreds of Deaf, Hard of Hearing Jehovah’s Witnesses gather in Norco for annual conference.
On August 2, 2010, a press release from Jehovah’s Witnesses Official Media Web Site announced that in Russia on July 16th, “more than 3,000 Deaf people from all corners of the country (there are 137 congregations in Russia that consist solely of Deaf persons and interpreters) attended a special meeting and learned that they will get their own Bible in Russian Sign Language.” Further, “All in attendance received, free of charge, three new DVDs containing video recordings of those two Gospels [Matthew and John] Jehovah’s Witnesses Official Media Website, August 2, 2010, Deaf in Russia to get their own Bible.
On August 8, 2010, in Denton, Texas, the Denton Record Chronicle reporting on a Witness Deaf convention in the area that drew around 1,000 said: “The first convention for the Deaf was hosted in the early 1990s in New Jersey. Then came conventions on both coasts, with others following in Michigan and Texas. The denomination has so many Deaf congregations that a new convention is being planned in Chicago.” Furthermore, “The denomination is the first to begin translating the Bible into more than 42 sign language and the denomination has translated the books of the Bible from Matthew to Jude. The translations are on DVDs and available to download…” Denton Record Chronicle, August 8, 1010, Convention draws more than 1,000 Deaf church members to Denton area, by Lucinda Breeding... READ THE FULL STORY.
Barbara Anderson was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses from 1954 through 1997. She worked at Watchtower’s headquarters in Brooklyn, NY, from 1982 to 1992 where during her last four years there, she researched the movement’s official history (published in 1993) and did research as well as wrote a number of articles for their Awake! magazine. While working in the organization’s Writing Department, Barbara discovered that the Watchtower organization covered up child sexual molestation committed by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Rather than becoming discouraged over this discovery, she became a champion for change. This issue caused her to exit the religion and eventually become an outspoken critic of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ sexual abuse policies that she’s extensively researched. Barbara Anderson's Watchtower Documents.
The Jehovah's Witnesses familiar within the Law of Moses and the Islamic holy book, the Quran/Koran, as well as various thereon. It is so sadistic quotes Jehovah's Witnesses bible - they really are fearful for the future of humanity when Jehovah's Witnesses allow such old Barbaric practices to continue. Beware the cult-like control and abuse of Jehovah's Witnesses.
John Ruppel of Winnipeg attended the Full Gospel Church in Steinbach until he became a founding member of Calvary Temple of the Deaf Followship. He faithfully attended for 39 years. He wrote within a passionate about "I Cannot Hear" before he passed away in 2016 at age 77. He shares the song to you all with his love.
"I Cannot Hear"
Now in this life, I cannot hear. One day I will for Jesus cares.
I cannot hear the birds that sing, I cannot hear the bells that ring, I've never heard a baby cry, or heard the thunder in the sky.
Sometimes I'm lonely and I cry, I have to brush tears from my eye.
For in this life I cannot hear, One day I will for Jesus cares.
I thank my God that He saved me. I may be Deaf but I've been set free.
I have God's word in Heaven I will be, With Him for all enernity.
There I will praise the Lord and sing, There I will hear the bells that ring,
My Deafness gone forever more, I will sing with Him, my Lord adore, I will sing with Angels and happy be,
With Christ my Lord through eternity, For in this life, I cannot hear,
One day I will, for Jesus cares!
By John Conrad Ruppel.
The Deaf Will Hear, The Mute Will Speak:
They brought to Him one who was Deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to lay His hand on him. Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly. And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. They were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the Deaf to hear and the mute to speak." Mark 7:32-37.
The first time Deafness is mentioned in the Bible is Exodus 4:11.
Is the Jehovah's Witness religion a false prophets? A former Jehovah's Witnesses' shared experience as a Jehovah Witness.
The American Sign Language (ASL) video of a former Jehovah's Witnesses, exposes organisation as a religion that 'destroys lives' has gone viral on social media platform in the ASL/Deaf community and even the globe, literally.
Is Jehovah's Witness the false prophets???...
Answer is yes... describing it as a cult that "tries to control emotions, thought, information and behavior of a person".
A former Jehovah Witness, who is a Child of Deaf Adult (CODA) brief story and explain why Jehovah’s Witnesses recruiting the Deaf in ASL on YouTube.
The Deaf woman, Sherri shared her experience growing up as one of Jehovah's Witnesses and how she came to be disfellowshipped/disassociated, also, the psychological effect that the cult's shunning doctrine had on her. That prompted us to dig deeper and deeper, until we convinced ourselves that this could not be the true religion with all its lies. The Jehovah's Witnesses is the false prophets.
Everyone should be aware and educated about the JW org:
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What happen when you leave JW org? Here's the step...
1. Research: About JW history, JW doctrines etc.. JWfacts give many facts to show many contradictions of JW teachings.
2. Plan your Exit: Leaving JW org. You decide to disassociate yourself from JW or start to fade away from JW.
3. Protect your privacy online: Protect yourself from JW friends and family being spying on you and getting you in trouble.
4. Get support: Try therapist. If can't afford therapist, get support with FB group called EX-Jehovah's witnesses support recovery 3.
5. Take your time: Take all your time to feel peace and quiet.
6. Expect doubts and flashbacks: Many years of indoctrinations of Watchtower scar your mind and take time for your mind to slowly go away and keep yourself busy.
The Jehovah's Witnesses familiar within the Law of Moses and the Islamic holy book, the Quran/Koran, as well as various thereon. It is so sadistic quotes Jehovah's Witnesses bible - they really are fearful for the future of humanity when Jehovah's Witnesses allow such old Barbaric practices to continue. Beware the cult-like control and abuse of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Here's the useful link for Jehovah Witness who wants quitting the JW org.
Miss Universe Australia claims she has 'healed' a Deaf African child by putting her fingers in the girl's ear and praying twice in an Easter miracle.
KAMPALA, UG -- A model has claimed she cured a Deaf African child by praying twice and putting her fingers in the girl's ear in an Easter 'miracle'.
Rebecca Ronald, who has featured in campaigns for Lorna Jane and Billabong, was working with young children in Uganda when she 'healed' the girl using the 'power of faith'.
The Miss Universe Australia finalist took to Instagram to share the story and claimed that after she uttered the words 'you are about to hear for the first time', the young girl was instantly cured.
The model, who is from Palm Beach, on the Gold Coast, posted a picture of her and a group of African children - one of whom she singled out as the girl she healed.
'As Riley & I were preaching, she stood out to me & I had such a compassion for her,' she wrote.
'Afterwards while we were praying for each individual, I asked her to come aside & as I went to speak, her friend intervened to say that she was Deaf.
'I had just finished preaching on what God had been teaching me about; the power of Faith.. and knowing my God can do all things, I said to her, 'you are about to hear for the first time'.
'I prayed once - nothing happened, then I felt Holy Spirit say, put your fingers in her ear and command them to open.
'Sounds easy, but in the moment, it can be the hardest thing because is requires the very thing I taught on, Faith with power which opposes human reasoning - so I did and when I finished praying, her face lit up and overjoyed she said 'I can HEAR for the first time!!!!''
She said that this was an example of the 'Heavenly Father's' love in action.
'The Lord told me to expect miracles this trip & miracles is what we are seeing,' she said.
'While westerners think they are the blessed ones not living in poverty, I disagree because these easterners get it, and I believe that is why I have never witnessed the power of God like I have here.'
When it comes to domestic abuse and sexual assault reporting, Deaf women are underserved by police in the United States.
NEW YORK CITY -- International Business Times: The abuse started with a few insults. When Wendy, a Deaf woman, met her college boyfriend, he was popular and attractive, so she put up with the harsh way he spoke to her. Then he gave her a black eye.
“I thought it was normal, and that that was love; that it was just a part of when you care about somebody,” Wendy, 38, who didn’t want to be identified by her real name because she has yet to go public with her story, said through a sign language interpreter. “Then the insults became a little bit physical, and then a cycle began.”
The cycle included her boyfriend holding her hostage in locked rooms after arguments, once almost forcing her to go to the bathroom in a bucket because she couldn’t leave. He beat her up on her 27th birthday, but she didn’t report it at least partly out of fear no one would believe her. She tells the story of a fellow Deaf friend who was abused by a significant other, and when police came to investigate, they didn’t believe the Deaf friend was abused.
“It’s why Deaf people don’t report to police,” Wendy, a Deaf community advocate in the central New York area, said. “It’s always ‘they won’t believe me.’ ”
Deaf women experience sexual and domestic abuse at much higher rates than women who hear, but are unlikely to report it. A new initiative announced last week from the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York City-based nonprofit, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime aims to change that by training police officers to facilitate communication with Deaf victims, such as teaching them how to find legitimate sign language interpreters. Activists say many law enforcement officials don’t know the best way to communicate with Deaf victims, discouraging the victims from reporting abuse.
“Now, they don’t have equal access to get the help they need,” Erin Esposito, a Deaf woman and executive director of the Rochester, New York-based Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims, said of Deaf victims. “The goal is to create an atmosphere where Deaf people can feel confident to go into a police station and get help.”
The Translating Justice Initiative is a three-year program, funded with a $1 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department that will go toward virtual and in-person training sessions of police officers, prosecutors and court administrators to help them better communicate with the Deaf, as well as the hard of hearing and those with limited English proficiency. The training is intended to enable police agencies to look at their policies regarding Deaf victims, revamp them to better facilitate communication and show officers how to better use resources already out there to help the Deaf, said Susan Shah, one of the co-leaders of the initiative.
Officers will be instructed in telephonic interpretation services, finding interpreters in the community and ways to avoid outdated technology, Shah said. Another major part of the training is teaching police to reach out to the Deaf community so Deaf victims of domestic and sexual abuse can feel more comfortable coming forward.
There is no cookie-cutter training for every police agency as every one has different levels of how well they interact with Deaf people, Esposito said. While there have been localized efforts to fund programs for Deaf victims, this is one of the only national initiatives providing this type of training, activists said.
No one event spawned the project, which has been in development with the Justice Department and other agencies, such as Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims and the National Center for Victims of Crime. The Office for Victims of Crime said in a statement that inroads had been made in recent years to serve victims who have disabilities or limited English proficiency, and that the program came about to bring together local efforts to help Deaf victims.... Read More.
Deaf News: Deaf church treasurer, sex offender, charged with molesting disabled churchgoer in Kansas.
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- A Deaf church treasurer, who is a convicted sex offender, is in jail after he was accused of molesting a church goer who has disabilities.
Rodney Sexton is charged with aggravated sexual battery. He is accused of molesting a 31-year-old man, who is Deaf and functions like an 8 year old.
Sexton made his first court appearance on Monday. A judge set his bond at $100,000 cash only.
Sexton is on the roster to teach sign language at Maple Woods Community College in January and he has apparently taught at the Metropolitan Community College in the past, according to online records.
Because of the Christmas holiday, KCTV5 could not reach community college representatives for comment.
The mother of the 31-year-old victim is heartbroken and angry. She wants to know whether church leaders knew about Sexton's background.
"I think people knew," the mother said. "This should never happen to another family."
In the mid-1980s, Sexton faced six felony sex charges involving a child. He was convicted on two counts and served time in a Kansas prison. He is not listed on the Kansas Sex Offender Registry because his convictions occurred before 1994.
He was released from prison in 1989 and released from probation four years later.
The victim's mother said her son loves his church and trusted Sexton. She said Sexton pressured her son to keep the molestation secret.
"This shouldn't happen to anybody sitting in a church or at school. This needs to be stopped," the mother told KCTV5. "My boy deserves to be protected."
People with special needs are four times more likely to be abused because they often don't realize they are being abused or they cannot articulate about the abuse.
Some Christians claimed that they used to be Atheists. I want to dispute this claim and examine it critically. I propose that they never were really Atheists in the first place. The word "Atheist," were misunderstood or misinterpreted. I will explain in this short video in American Sign Language and subtitled in English.
Justin Vollmar posted the video and sharing on DeafVIDEO.TV social networking website for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. The comments are mixing of the positives and negatives/bashing has reacted to a video showing on DeafVIDEO.TV/#Comments.
Franklin Graham calls for Christian boycott of Wells Fargo for featuing lesbian moms, who learns American Sign Language their advertiser.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- The Rev. Franklin Graham is changing which bank his organizations will use because he objects to a lesbian couple and their Deaf daughter who appears in a Wells Fargo ad.
Graham is calling on Christians to boycott corporations that promote homosexuality, and says he will do his part by moving all of his ministries' money out of Wells Fargo.
Graham says he is not targeting companies that hire or serve gay and lesbian customers because that's a part of doing business. But he said he wants Christians to stop giving their money to businesses that use their advertising dollars to promote homosexuality. Graham is the CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse.
He says one way Christians can speak out is by not doing business with those who he says promote sin and stand against God's laws.
A spokesperson for Wells Fargo says the bank has proudly supported the LGBT community for a long time and the advertisement reflects the company's values.
The Charlotte Observer reports that accounts for Graham’s ministries could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Graham says he plans to publicize a list of companies that feature same-sex couples in their advertising.
A spokesman for North Carolina-based BB&T, a statewide LGBT rights group based in Raleigh said Graham is on the losing side of moral history.
Vows in ASL: Deaf wedding celebrant by pastor who turned atheist.
The video producer by Justin Vollmar also known as Virtual Deaf Church, a Deaf pastor who turned atheist and he would like to introduce you to his new business - "Vows in ASL." He is a wedding celebrant. Call him for reverse the service.
Vollmar do secular, non-traditional, LGBT, interracial/faith weddings. He am very fluent in American Sign Language and would make your ceremony beautiful and Deaf-centered. He can travel to anywhere.
One hour consultation via videophone for free. Over 15 years of experience as a celebrant (weddings, funerals, baptisms).
Is their stories factual truth or propaganda passed down by the religious institutions? Is Jesus actually a con artist or a criminal? We may never know the truth.
The Rider On The White Horse in ASL by John Graham.
The video producer by John Graham also known as Deafire, who is Pastor of New Life Deaf Church in Ontario, Canada. Deafire shared on YouTube social networking for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community about The Rider On The White Horse in the biblical ASL storytelling.
Some the most intriguing passages in the Bible can be found in Revelation chapter 6, a chapter dealing with events that occur during the Tribulation period of human history. Revelation 19:11-16.
How to deal with religious people if you are an Atheists or Agnostics.
The video producer by theHolism also known as Barry Sewell posted on YouTube social networking for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.
What is an Atheist? An atheist is a person who does not believe that any gods exist. Upon seeing numerous frictions and conflicts between religious Christians and non-believers I felt the urge and desire to share my story, a testimony, to explain why I believe in God.
I also wanted to offer some insights into several topics with hope to explain why some people may not believe in God and why I do. And to offer some insights on why some people might have lost their faith in church, religions, God and the Bible. There are logical explanation for the trends that we're witnessing. And what I believe we could do about it.
Disclaimer: The entire 45 minutes of this video was taken in four days and taken exclusively at the ranch. None of the video was taken from the Internet or any where else. What you will see is what happened during the filming. There were some special signs in the video. I said my prayers each day before I started filming.
Filmed, edited and subtitled by Barry Sewell. Voiced by Andres Sewell.
TheHolism on Deaf pastor turned atheist by what authority?
The video producer by theHolism also known as Barry Sewell posted on YouTube social networking for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
This video covers problematic issues facing numerous Christians, non-believers, and religious ministries who think they are entitled to do whatever they please. Numerous people do not understand the functions and purposes of sacred callings and authority-based duties / responsibilities.
Sewell explained why authority is so essential and why this Deaf preacher turned into an atheist. What went wrong in the very beginning of his journey to become a preacher? This is the age of entitlements. This society is full of people who think they are entitled to things that are sacred. Because of this we're turning into a dysfunctional society, which does not seem to know what to believe any more.
Deaf Pastor Who Turned Atheist Is 'Vengeful, Pathological Liar' Who Needs to 'Repent;' CNN Article Is 'Full of Lies,' Says Old Church.
Pastor of the Virtual Deaf Church, Justin Vollmar, says he is now an atheist.
After claiming in an explosive CNN article Monday that he began losing his faith in God after being overworked and underpaid at a church run by a tyrannical, golf-loving pastor who made $80,000 a year, Deaf pastor turned atheist, Justin Vollmar, is being dismissed as a "vengeful, pathological liar," who needs to "repent" of his sins by his old church.
"The word that he is spreading about myself and the church is not good and we are going to have to shun him until he is ready to apologize to us. But apparently he is choosing a worse road. I believe the devil is winning him," said Terry Michael Buchholz, senior pastor of the Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church in Silver Spring, Maryland., where Vollmar worked for seven years.
Vollmar ran the Virtual Deaf Church online for four years before proclaiming in a YouTube video Friday that he is now an atheist, renouncing the virgin birth and the belief that Jesus is the Son of God who was raised from the dead, as well as the Bible being the word of God.
"There is no such thing as Holy Spirit. Word of God is NOT inspired God-breathed book. Church is completely men's invention. All I believe previously as a Christian has been turned upside," he said in complete renunciation of his faith.
"I am coming out of closet. I no longer believe in God. I am an Atheist now. This video explains my journey to doubt."
On Monday, he detailed his descent into atheism in a first-person account published by CNN. He charged that he began losing his faith in Christianity after an experience with an unnamed Christian senior pastor at a church in Silver Spring, Md.
Vollmar said he was made to work "for little pay" for seven years while the senior pastor pulled down a salary of $80,000 a year and lived a life of leisure.
"I was a pastor in Silver Spring, Maryland, working 60 hours a week for little pay. My senior pastor was a harsh taskmaster, scolding me and always pushing me to work harder. Meanwhile, he earned $80,000 a year and played golf two times a week. I lived in poverty and did not see my children much. I got burned out," wrote Vollmar.
"I resigned my position and was shunned by the church. My faith in God was severely shaken. I started to have doubts about the Bible's claims. I questioned whether God's love, which is supposed to reside inside Christians, was real," he said.
In Vollmar's work history on his Linkedin profile, he lists himself as a vlogger and community leader shows that he worked as an associate pastor at Hampshire View Baptist Deaf Church in Silver Spring, Md.
The Christian Post contacted the church on Wednesday, and church worker Dan Nemeth as well as pastor Buchholz disputed several of the claims Vollmar makes in the article, and called him a liar... Read The Full Story.
Virtual Deaf Church: Deaf pastor have become an Atheist.
Justin Vollmar: When I was 18, I was drawn to a strict Christian sect known as Independent Fundamental Baptists. They convinced me that they were the only true church and I became a born-again, washed-in-blood Christian.
For the next seven years, I was a pastor in Silver Spring, Maryland, working 60 hours a week for little pay. My senior pastor was a harsh taskmaster, scolding me and always pushing me to work harder. Meanwhile, he earned $80,000 a year and played golf two times a week. I lived in poverty and did not see my children much. I got burned out.
I resigned my position and was shunned by the church. My faith in God was severely shaken. I started to have doubts about the Bible’s claims. I questioned whether God’s love, which is supposed to reside inside Christians, was real. Still, I didn’t quit the church.
"I am coming out of closet. I no longer believe in God. I am an Atheist now. This video explains my journey to doubt."
Rather, for two years I became a pastor at a church that is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. I called myself a “contemporary Baptist,” in the vein of megachurch pastor Rick Warren's “purpose-driven church.”
But that pit-of-the-stomach worry stayed, as I wondered whether I would leave the church and go through another shunning.
During that time, I established an online preaching ministry, Virtual Deaf Church, for Deaf people like myself. I had a fairly sizable audience - averaging 3,000 viewers for each video or vlog - about the same as a good-sized flesh-and-blood congregation.
But I still had lots of spiritual questions and studied shelves of theological books in search of answers. I struggled with many more contradictions I continued to discover.
For example, how could dozens of Christian denominations fight and call each other false churches? Why are there thousands of conflicting interpretations among Christians? How could God be so loving when he will send millions to hell?... Read The Full Story.
This vlog is about why do so many hate Jesus?, why do we call him Jesus if his name is Yeshua? Why is Jesus so important? American Sign Language signed and video edited by deafire.
Deaf Ministries explains how Instituto Isaias 55 in Reynosa, Mexico is transforming the lives of Deaf children.
Isaiah 55 Deaf Ministries (Mision Isaias 55) is a grace-based mission that evangelizes the communities of mexico through the education of the Deaf - an unreached and often neglected people group.
A vital part of this mission is ministering to volunteer work teams as they join us in fulfilling the great commission. Visit https://isaiah55.org for more information. Isaiah 55 Promotional: https://youtube.com/watch.
Speaking of the positive words to yourself and to others about yourself and about individuals - what you sow you reap. 'Deaf Trash' based on a true story.
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Deaf News: Michael W. Hubbs announced that he was hositpalized by stress symptoms. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Michael (Mike) Hubbs of short...
That Deaf Guy Comic
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