Speakers / Class Schedule | NDCW Denver 2022

Speakers

The 58th National Deaf Christian Workshop will feature a plethora of deaf speakers, ministers and teachers with a lifetime of invaluable experience to share- don't miss out! Read a little about each of them below!

MICHAEL ATTEBERRY

DEAF PREACHER @

DAHLIA STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST

Denver, Colorado

Mike was born in Denver but grew up on a dairy farm east of Aurora, Colorado. Mike went to a one room country schoolhouse for five years near the farm. The retired teacher did not know how to teach a deaf person, he kept Mike busy coloring books and copying things from the blackboard. Mike did not learn anything until he went to Evans Elementary School with an oral deaf program near downtown
Denver. This is where he met other deaf kids like him and had a thirst for learning. Mike graduated from Aurora Hinkley High School in 1968 as the only deaf student in his class. Mike went to Community College of Denver majoring in map drafting. Mike began
learning American Sign Language from the deaf students he met at the community college. He married Donna Von Feldt in July 1972 who also had two deaf brothers which made Mike more determined to learn and use the ASL. Mike and Donna went to Lakewood Church of Christ and was baptized by Roy Price in 1974. Mike served as a deacon at Lakewood for about a year before moving to Birmingham, AL in 1980 to attend the Birmingham Bible School for the Deaf and
studied to be a minister. After graduating from BBSD in 1983, Mike and his family moved back to Denver to work full time as a deaf minister at the Dahlia Street Church of Christ. Mike has been invited as a guest speaker at various deaf workshops, gospel meetings and retreat camps during his 37 years in the deaf ministry.

CARL MOORE

CO-DIRECTOR OF DEAF MINISTRY @

CEDAR CREST CHURCH OF CHRIST

Dallas, Texas

Carl was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. His father is hearing, deceased, and was a Southern
Baptist Minister. His mother is an oralist (oral/deaf). She is deceased and retired from the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) as a Tax Examiner. Carl was raised as second oldest of seven children - three
hearing and four deaf.
Carl was educated in oral and regular public schools in Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Roxborough High School in Philadelphia, PA, in 1971. He learned American Sign Language (ASL) at age of 19 at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf/Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID/RIT) in Rochester, NY. Then he graduated from NTID/RIT for Associate Degree in Business Technology in 1974, Gallaudet University (GU) for Bachelor Degree in Social Work in 1981, and New York University (NYU) for Master Degree in Deafness Rehabilitation in 1983.
Carl was also president of the National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) between 1990 and 1993. Carl
worked as a counselor in various stated for 38 years. He also graduated from Sunset International
Bible Institute (SIBI) for Certificate of Ordination, Certification of Biblical and Deaf Ministry Studies in
2007 and Bachelor Degree in Biblical and Deaf Ministry Studies in 2009. Then Carl started to work at
Park Plaza Church of Christ (PPCC) in Tulsa, OK as Minister/Counselor for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
from June 1, 2008 to December 31, 2018. Then he and is wife, Nina, moved to Dallas, TX. He just
recently began to work at Cedar Crest Church of Christ (CCCC) as Co-Director of Deaf Ministry in
Dallas, TX since February 2019. He and his wife, Nina, have also gone to Kenya, Africa, for their Deaf Mission work.

JOSE ABENCHUCHAN
PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS

Iowa

Greetings everyone, in the precious name of Jesus Christ! Here is my short bio about myself. I have been a Christian since 1983, when I decided to give my life to Jesus in baptism. Since this time, I have been on the long journey of seeking His face for guidance in my life. It brings me to where I am today, working for international focusing on “Bibleless” countries related to the Bible translation sign languages.

I went to Gallaudet and received a BS degree in Business Administration in 1981. I was not satisfied, so I decided to study counseling and received an MS degree. After seven years of working as a director with deaf people with special needs, I saw a great spiritual need for deaf people worldwide. I decided to pray, change my career, and attend Sunset International Bible Institution in Lubbock, Texas. After completing my studies at SIBI, I went to work as a minister for three different churches in Kansas, Texas, and Florida. Then God led me to be involved with Bible translation with Deaf Missions in Iowa, and now working for Pioneer Bible Translators. I have been traveling and doing mission work in countless countries worldwide.

My wife, Kathleen, and I have six children (almost all of them are already married) and 12 grandchildren.

BILLY LEAVELL
DEAF MINISTER @
WHITE STATION CHURCH OF CHRIST

Memphis, Tennessee

Billy Leavell was born deaf in Montgomery, Alabama and was educated at hearing schools in Montgomery and Birmingham. After he graduated from high school, he went to David Lipscomb College (now University) where he received his B.A. degree in 1961.
Immediately after this, he became full-time minister to the deaf at Central Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee, where he served for 13 years. In 1975 he and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he became minister to the deaf at East Frayser Church of Christ for 23 years. In 1998 he and the deaf group relocated to White Station Church of Christ, where they continue today.
Billy is married to the former Marilyn Allgood, who was an interpreter for the deaf, now retired. From this union three children were born, and later five grandchildren.
Billy has traveled across the United States holding gospel meetings, conferences, and seminars. He also has traveled to foreign mission fields to work with the deaf, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, the Czech Republic, Belize (Central America), and three countries in Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Ghana).
Billy also established a publication for the deaf, Light for the Deaf, which was read the world round. Currently he hosts a series of weekly video sermons on YouTube and FaceBook.

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