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wfn.org | Sign Language Church in Taiwan finds fellowship with similar churches in Asia region
Shou-Shan Presbytery’s Sign Language Church in Kaohsiung co-sponsored a “Sign Language Missions Village” with the help of Taiwan Sign Language Care
Association on October 24, 2011, to raise awareness of deaf ministries. The event helped increase the visibility of Sign Language Church, which will be
celebrating the 100th anniversary of ministries for the deaf in Taiwan in 3 years. Ministries reaching people with special needs began with Rev. William
Campbell’s arrival to Taiwan at the turn of the 20th century.
Ministries for the hearing impaired in Taiwan have progressed at a snail’s pace in the past century and deaf people still don’t have their own sign language
Bible. Sign Language Church’s goal is to complete a sign language bible dictionary in 3 years’ time.
When she was invited to attend a recent Asian conference held in Philippines on the subject of ministries to the hearing impaired, Lo Pei-wen, pastor of Church for the Deaf, was reminded of how important this ministry was and how much it needed support from churches worldwide.
To explain this project’s challenge, she said that there are no standard signs
for many biblical terms in Taiwanese sign language and other languages as well.
In order to help Christians with hearing disabilities to understand God’s word
better, it is necessary to find more people with a better understanding of sign
language to produce a common standard.
Referring to this conference, Lo said that though it was an Asian conference,
various churches from other continents also took part. Missionaries shared
about their challenges in ministry and learned from one another.
Lo underscored from her church’s experience that evangelistic ministries for
hearing-impaired people wouldn’t be serving deaf people exclusively because an important component of such ministries includes reaching out to the families of deaf people.
Having said that, she said she hoped to see more people learning how to
minister to deaf people and support her church through offerings and prayers,
especially since the church is still paying for its mortgage.
Shou-Shan Presbytery’s Sign Language Church in Kaohsiung co-sponsored a “Sign Language Missions Village” with the help of Taiwan Sign Language Care
Association on October 24, 2011, to raise awareness of deaf ministries. The event helped increase the visibility of Sign Language Church, which will be
celebrating the 100th anniversary of ministries for the deaf in Taiwan in 3 years. Ministries reaching people with special needs began with Rev. William
Campbell’s arrival to Taiwan at the turn of the 20th century.
Ministries for the hearing impaired in Taiwan have progressed at a snail’s pace in the past century and deaf people still don’t have their own sign language
Bible. Sign Language Church’s goal is to complete a sign language bible dictionary in 3 years’ time.
When she was invited to attend a recent Asian conference held in Philippines on the subject of ministries to the hearing impaired, Lo Pei-wen, pastor of Church for the Deaf, was reminded of how important this ministry was and how much it needed support from churches worldwide.
To explain this project’s challenge, she said that there are no standard signs
for many biblical terms in Taiwanese sign language and other languages as well.
In order to help Christians with hearing disabilities to understand God’s word
better, it is necessary to find more people with a better understanding of sign
language to produce a common standard.
Referring to this conference, Lo said that though it was an Asian conference,
various churches from other continents also took part. Missionaries shared
about their challenges in ministry and learned from one another.
Lo underscored from her church’s experience that evangelistic ministries for
hearing-impaired people wouldn’t be serving deaf people exclusively because an important component of such ministries includes reaching out to the families of deaf people.
Having said that, she said she hoped to see more people learning how to
minister to deaf people and support her church through offerings and prayers,
especially since the church is still paying for its mortgage.