USA PICTURES: Mostly Middle Years Pictures
CDC School, office and temporary dorm 1985 Main original house in distance at the Christian Deaf Center in about 1983. Various crops were grown Close-up of the main house at CDC. Blake’s stayed there with one or more students/faculty eating or staying with them. The school had about 260 acres out in the Arkansas Ozarks…
Read MoreWestern Australia first conference to provide assistive listening equipment
The Western Australian Conference has become the first conference in the South Pacific Division to deliver two new technology systems to assist people with poor hearing. Read more at https://record.adventistchurch.com/2020/10/08/western-australia-first-conference-to-provide-assistive-listening-equipment/?fbclid=IwAR2Zm2enyM7wtwmAkTRoNE6Q8x0usDaaASncWGy4oXTZf2hjgtZVUUrVEMw
Read MoreUSA PICTURES: Mostly Earlier Pictures
In earlier years of Deaf Ministry you would read about Pastors Clarence Kohler, John Issler, Rex Rolls, Arthur, Alfred or Ben Griffith, and there were several newsletters – probably almost the first by Arthur Griffith. This picture was out of an old newsletter.
Read MoreKakima SDA Special Needs SDA School
*Below article is based on written materials by Elder Paul Muasya, the Possibility Ministry Director for the East Central Africa Division and submitted by John Blake. Kakima SDA Special Needs SDA School is a Seventh-day Adventist institution located in Kenya at Wanzauni location, Tulimani division, Mbooni west Sub-County, Makueni county build on a 12 acre
Read MoreHeroes II- The Bible Trivia Game
Who was David? Moses? Joseph? Bible Heroes II is a Bible trivia game that consists of questions and answers and can be played by anyone! It’s a fun way to learn more about individual Bible characters as well as the Bible itself. This game is going to launch on March 28, 2021. Pre-register at https://www.heroesbibletrivia.org/en/index.php. Available on
Read MoreDeaf in the Bible, Deaf Work in NA and in General
– 1400 BC (and later)–Deaf people are first mentioned in the Bible by Moses in Lev 11:4 and then Isaiah in Isaiah 29:18 and Isaiah 35:5 mentions further about deaf people. – 31 to 33 AD–Jesus tells John the Baptist’s disciples (who come to find out if Jesus is really the Messiah) to go tell
Read MoreAPPENDIX ITEM ABOUT THE KIMBALL FAMILY
From the 1800’s KIMBALL (These two paragraphs are from the People Section of the USA deaf history page) Ellen White in the fourth volume of the Testimonies, p. 300, White refers to the ministry of a deaf man by the name of Kimball. She explains his work with Deaf during her time. “We were interested
Read MoreLEADERS INVOLVED IN MINISTRY TO DEAF THROUGH THE YEARS
NOTE: In some biographies below, there may be considerable duplication between the Basic Historical section, the Organizations section and these biographies. BELSER, GEORGE & ARLENE George and Arlene Belser [both Deaf] for years were both teachers at the Washington State School for the Deaf in Vancouver, WA. George was a teacher of English. Belsers became
Read MoreDevotional Video by Pastor Henry Maina from Kenya
Watch a devotional message from SDA Pastor Henry Maina who is from Kenya and uses Kenyan Sign Language:
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOW OR HAVE WORKED WITH DEAF IN NAD
THE CHRISTIAN DEAF CENTER (CDC) The Christian Deaf Center, as it was later called, started in around 1980 on 260 acres of land near Alpena, Arkansas. There were five main leaders and families: Tom Fromm (property owner/doner), Don and Kathy Griffith, Arthur and Alyce Griffith, Clarence & Beatrice Kohler and Brother and sister J. M.
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