Loose Deaf People Let Deaf People Go And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. John 11:44 January 25, 2009 Rev. David B. Hanson

Story of Resurrected Lazarus Take Away the Stone  John 11:38-40  38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.  39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.  40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

Story of Resurrected Lazarus Pray for a Miracle  John 11:41-42  41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.  42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

Story of Resurrected Lazarus Loose Lazarus and Let Him Go  John 11:43-45  43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.  45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

29 th Anniversary January 20, 1980 – January 20, 2009 Deaf Liberty Baptist Church  II Corinthians 3:17  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.  1. Take Away the Stone of Oppression  2. Pray for a Miracle of a Church for Deaf  3. Loose Deaf People from Bondage  4. Let Deaf People Go to Serve Jesus

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church January 20, 1980  Mark 7:32-34  32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.  33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;  34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church January 20, 1980  Mark 7:35-37  35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.  36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;  37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Phase 1: Church for the Deaf  I Peter 4:11  If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.  Evangelization in Kansas City Area  Discipleship  Ministry

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Phase 2: Evangelism Center for the Deaf  Matthew 10:1  And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.  Evangelism in America  Evangelism around the world  Church Planting

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Phase 3: Christian School for the Deaf  Matthew 19:14  But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.  Christian Education for the deaf children and teenagers  Biblical Knowledge  Christian Atmosphere

Deaf Liberty Baptist Church Phase 4: Christian College for the Deaf  Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.  Advanced Christian Education  Biblical Knowledge  Christian Atmosphere

Remember the History of Deaf Education and Deaf Church  Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell Alice Cogswell Laurent Clerc American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut  Rev. Thomas Gallaudet St. Ann Church for the Deaf in New York, New York Rev. Henry Winter Syle