{"id":14185,"date":"2025-09-30T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14185"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:08:21","slug":"usa-jesus-a-deaf-missions-film-makes-tv-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14185","title":{"rendered":"USA: \u201cJesus: A Deaf Missions Film\u201d Makes TV Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Crosswalk, September 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A groundbreaking gospel film created for the Deaf community [made] its television debut on [September 27] when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deafmissions.com\/jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film<\/a> aired on the Christian Television Network. The first-of-its-kind movie tells the story of Jesus entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with every actor and actress\u2014from those portraying Christ to the ones embodying the disciples and even Pontius Pilate\u2014signing their roles. Every cast member was fluent in ASL. Director Joseph D. Josselyn said American Sign Language creates a bond with a deaf audience that captions cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/culture\/features\/jesus-a-deaf-missions-film-makes-television-debut-saturday-on-ctn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story<\/a>. Sound familiar? We reported on this project when it was still in production. The film is also available on DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deafmissions.com\/jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also a few other headlines from Crosswalk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/the-chosen-sets-guinness-world-record-as-most-translated-streaming-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Chosen\u201d Sets Guinness World Record as Most Translated Streaming Series<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/376-baptized-in-first-ever-church-services-at-uncs-dean-dome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">376 Baptized in First-Ever Church Services at UNC\u2019s Dean Dome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/2000-accept-christ-university-south-florida-event.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2,000 Accept Christ at University of South Florida Event<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Crosswalk, September 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A groundbreaking gospel film created for the Deaf community [made] its television debut on [September 27] when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deafmissions.com\/jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film<\/a> aired on the Christian Television Network. The first-of-its-kind movie tells the story of Jesus entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with every actor and actress\u2014from those portraying Christ to the ones embodying the disciples and even Pontius Pilate\u2014signing their roles. Every cast member was fluent in ASL. Director Joseph D. Josselyn said American Sign Language creates a bond with a deaf audience that captions cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/culture\/features\/jesus-a-deaf-missions-film-makes-television-debut-saturday-on-ctn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full story<\/a>. Sound familiar? We reported on this project when it was still in production. The film is also available on DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deafmissions.com\/jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also a few other headlines from Crosswalk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/the-chosen-sets-guinness-world-record-as-most-translated-streaming-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cThe Chosen\u201d Sets Guinness World Record as Most Translated Streaming Series<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/376-baptized-in-first-ever-church-services-at-uncs-dean-dome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">376 Baptized in First-Ever Church Services at UNC\u2019s Dean Dome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosswalk.com\/headlines\/contributors\/michael-foust\/2000-accept-christ-university-south-florida-event.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2,000 Accept Christ at University of South Florida Event<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Crosswalk, September 26, 2025 A groundbreaking gospel film created for the Deaf community [made] its television debut on [September 27] when Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film aired on the Christian Television Network. The first-of-its-kind movie tells the story of Jesus entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with every actor and actress\u2014from those portraying Christ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14185\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USA: \u201cJesus: A Deaf Missions Film\u201d Makes TV Debut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14186,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14185\/revisions\/14186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}