Finding Faith in Silence: How God Prepared Steph for the Deaf Church

🎧 Listen to this episode: A powerful reminder that God meets you in silence, uncertainty, and loss—and gently rebuilds your sense of belonging through ASL worship, deaf community, and the hope of the gospel.

📣 Share it with someone who feels unseen, is navigating hearing loss or disability, or needs to be reminded that God truly sees and loves them.

Finding Faith in Silence: How God Prepared Steph for the Deaf Church

When you walk into the deaf church at Brentwood, you don’t just hear the sermon—you see it. In this episode of Steeple People, Steph shares how God prepared her heart for years through friendships, music, and early encounters with the deaf community long before she began losing her hearing at age 35. What felt like loss became an unexpected invitation into a new language, a new congregation, and a deeper way of experiencing God.

Steph talks about what it’s like to worship in ASL, why community is so crucial for deaf and hard-of-hearing believers, and how the deaf church is a mission field “from birth to grave.” She also reflects on the name of God, El Roi—“the God who sees”—and what it means to be truly seen in a world that often overlooks people with disabilities. Whether you’re connected to disability ministry or want to understand your deaf neighbors better, this conversation will stretch your perspective on the church, accessibility, and the heart of God.