Taking the Great Commission to Deaf individuals in our cities, counties, state and to the ends of the earth
TO CONNECT DEAF PEOPLE TO JESUS AND TO EACH OTHER.
Pedro Ponce de Leon begins teaching Deaf children with signs
Juan Pablo de Bonet publishes the first sign language book
Gallaudet and Clerc establish the American School for the Deaf
First Deaf Church founded in the U.S. (St. Ann’s Church for the Deaf)
Southern Baptist outreach formally began when the Home Mission Board sent Myrtle Morris as a teacher to Deaf individuals in Cuba.
John W. Michaels, who was Deaf, was hired by the Arkansas Baptist Convention in 1905 and later by the Home Mission Board in 1906.
The inaugural national gathering took place at First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, with Deaf lay leaders and messengers arriving from across the South.
The organization officially adopted the name: Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf (SBCD).
Carter Bearden begins evangelizing Deaf communities in the U.S.
ASL formally recognized as a legitimate language
ASL Bible translated (Deaf Missions)
Full ASL version of the Jesus Film is released
