{"id":5908,"date":"2022-10-30T16:39:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/?p=5908"},"modified":"2022-10-30T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T18:00:29","slug":"empowering-the-deaf-with-the-word-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblesociety-nigeria.org\/new\/empowering-the-deaf-with-the-word-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering the Deaf with the Word of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5908\" class=\"elementor elementor-5908\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1b897b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1b897b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3283af1\" data-id=\"3283af1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c22eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c22eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empowering the Deaf with the Word of God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a482ed6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a482ed6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn line with its vision of growing a community of Nigerian Christians empowered by the Holy Bible to make positive global impacts, as well as its mission of making the Holy Bible available and affordable to Nigerians in their preferred languages and formats, The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) has completed the translation of 77 selected Bible stories in the Nigerian Sign Language Bible for the Deaf which is now set to be formally dedicated. This is in addition to the existing 145 stories.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1ef7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca1ef7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Nigerian Sign Language Bible is a project embarked upon by The Bible Society of Nigeria to translate the Bible into the Nigerian Sign Language which is the heart language of the Deaf in Nigeria.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f65442e\" data-id=\"f65442e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2520e4c 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d35e3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d35e3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe dedication of the new Bible stories for the Deaf is scheduled for Saturday, 26th November 2022 at the Bible Guest House, Research and Development Centre, Samonda, Ibadan, Oyo State with various dignitaries expected to grace the event.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1f2c4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1f2c4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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