Randy Dignan is pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. He is fluent in American Sign Language, and the church has an extensive ministry for the deaf, including worship services. Dignan grew up surrounded by deaf family members and says he has always felt called to ministry for the hearing-impaired.

Read a Sept. 14, 2013, story from Mid-Missouri Public Radio about a Baptist church in Jefferson City, Mo., that holds services for the deaf.

Rockbridge Seminary is the nation’s first online-only seminary. Its offices are in Springfield, Mo. It reports an enrollment rate growing at 29 percent. Contact through President Daryl Eldridge.

Read a June 4, 2013, Religion News Service story about Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of an anti-Shariah measure.

The St. Louis Review is the official publication of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, Mo.

Word & Way is a state Baptist newspaper published in Jefferson City, Mo. Brian Kaylor is editor.

The Catholic Missourian is the official newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo. Jay Nies is the editor.

The website of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod has a “Newsroom” page providing news releases, resources, and headlines for journalists and members of the congregation. The Church is based in St. Louis.

The Assemblies of God News Service is the media arm of the Assemblies of God USA, which also has a video service. It is based in Springfield, Mo.