KansaSEED - Support, Encourage, Expand Deaf Ministry - Planting the seed of God's Word in the Deaf Community
Goals:
1. Training deaf leaders to evangelize
• Local workshops & Bible studies
• Deaf Pah training through Lutheran Deaf Mission Society
(LDMS) and Deaf Institute of Theology (DIT)
2. Reaching out to members of the Deaf community and their families, striving to meet their needs through involvement in:
• Kansas Association of the Deaf (KAD) conferences
• Midwest International Lutheran Deaf Association
(MILDA) conferences
• Deaf clubs and other activities
3. Raising awareness of the unique needs of the Deaf, particularly the barriers to participating in corporate worship and Christian education
• Making presentations to churches and organizations across
Kansas
4. Training qualified interpreters
• Expand Deaf church and Bible study options in Emporia,
Olathe and Topeka
• Begin Deaf services and Bible studies in more Kansas
communities
5. Calling a Pastor to serve as missionary to the Deaf in Kansas
• Minister to the needs of the Deaf
• Travel throughout Kansas, preaching and teaching in
American Sign Language
• Train Deaf leaders to serve and evangelize
• Assist congregations with outreach to the Deaf
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