Photo gallery: FBC Peachtree hosts day of fellowship and teaching for Deaf community

By HENRY DURAND, The Christian Index

Thursday, June 6, 2024

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The Deaf Ministry at First Baptist Church Peachtree City hosted a special event on Sunday, June 2, to share the love of Jesus with Deaf and hard of hearing people. Visitors came from Dorsett Shoals Baptist Church in Douglasville and from East Thomaston Baptist Church in Thomaston.

Following the service, guests were invited to a time of Bible study and fellowship at the home of Barb Coffan, an interpreter for Deaf people at the church.

Nathan Hill, a Deaf bivocational pastor of Agape Deaf Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, shared a message in sign language about Psalm 23 and guests presented riveting testimonies of their new lives with Jesus. After the picnic, Hill held private counseling sessions with anyone who needed guidance from the Lord in their native language - A.S.L.  Coffan reports that one woman professed faith in Jesus. 

If you want more information on how you can start a Deaf ministry in your church, please contact the Georgia Baptist Conference of the Deaf.

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Caption: Barb Coffan, a Deaf interpreter at FBC Peachtree City, prays during the service on Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Barb Coffan, a Deaf interpreter at FBC Peachtree City, signs during the message by Pastor Joey Rodgers on Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Guests attend a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: shares her testimony at a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Bryleigh Smith shares her testimony alongside Barb Coffan at a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. Bryleigh shared how she was saved two months ago and was recently baptized. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Nathan Hill, a Deaf bivocational pastor of Agape Deaf Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, shares a message on Psalm 23 at a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Nathan Hill, a Deaf bivocational pastor of Agape Deaf Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, shares a message on Psalm 23 at a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)

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Caption: Nathan Hill, a Deaf bivocational pastor of Agape Deaf Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, shares a message on Psalm 23 at a fellowship for Deaf and hard of hearing people in Tyrone, Ga., Sunday, June 2. (Index/Henry Durand)