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 institute Church and Judaism is part of the evangelical church in Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz. The Institute sponsors students of theology as well as theologians working in Jerusalem. Scientific, educational and more general periodicals are published and the institute works with nationwide committees and stimulates research into the general field of Church and Judaism.  

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.

The Toronto Board of Rabbis organizes rabbis in the Toronto area for educational events and radio/television appearances.

The Canadian Council for Reform Judaism and the URJ Canada Steering Committee represent 25 Reform Congregations from Montreal to Vancouver with over 30,000 affiliated members.

The Kurt-Schubert-Institute of Jewish Studies offers a graduate program in Jewish Studies in the Czech Republic.

Towers Online, the news service of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a primer about the SBC and its annual meeting.