The Deaf Community
The Deaf community in the United States has been listed by a number of Christian missions organizations as the largest unreached people group in North America. Consider these facts:
- Over 23 million Americans have significant hearing loss
- About one in four families have at least one member who is deaf or hard-of-hearing
- The number of severely to profoundly deaf people in the US is estimated at 750,000
- Only 2% to 4% of deaf people claim to know Christ as Savior
But these facts only scratch the surface. The "Silent World" also includes hearing family members and friends of deaf people, caregivers and workers. All of these folks have spiritual needs, too. It's a bigger world than you might think.
Our Mission
Our goal at Silent Blessings is to bring spiritual healing to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their families. We seek to carry out our mission in the following ways:
We Advocate on behalf of Deaf ministries, working with individual congregations and with denominational leadership, to develop more effective strategies for ministry within the Deaf community.
We Educate the hearing church about the unmet spiritual needs within the Deaf community and to help connect people with useful resources.
We Create new resources which minister directly to Deaf people and their families, as well as resources to encourage better understanding and support of Deaf ministry among hearing churches.
