Tony Phelps-Jones is director of ministry for Prospects, which helps churches in the United Kingdom provide “effective ministry and outreach among people dearly loved by God and often marginalised by society.” The organization focuses on those with learning disabilities.

Randy Dignan is pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. He is fluent in American Sign Language, and the church has an extensive ministry for the deaf, including worship services. Dignan grew up surrounded by deaf family members and says he has always felt called to ministry for the hearing-impaired.

Read a Sept. 14, 2013, story from Mid-Missouri Public Radio about a Baptist church in Jefferson City, Mo., that holds services for the deaf.

The Center for Interreligious Studies maintains partnerships with various institutions at home and abroad as well as individual researchers, with the aim of scientific exchange and the promotion of interreligious dialogue.

A Sept. 17, 2013, article details the findings of a LifeWay Research survey on Americans’ beliefs about mental illness and the role of faith in curing it.

Read a Sept. 18, 2013, column by Jonathan Merritt on whether Rick Warren might wade into the gun control debate in light of his son’s suicide.

The Center of Jewish Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is to pursue researches in Jewish culture, history (with a special respect to the history of Jews in Hungary) and tradition (including Bible and rabbinics).  

The Center for Religion and Modernity (CRM) is an interdisciplinary research cluster at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) which focuses on investigating the changing role of religions, churches, religious communities, and religious actors in modern societies.