Meet Oscar – who can now access the Bible by himself!
Oscar is a 19-year-old young man with Down Syndrome, who is also Deaf. More importantly, he is a follower of Jesus.
Oscar loves the stories of the Bible, but because he’ s unable to read due to his learning disability, he has never been able to access the Bible by himself. He has always relied on it being read to him and explained to him in British Sign Language. But now everything has changed … Oscar’ s favourite Bible animation series, Superbook, has just been made available with British Sign Language translation!
This is life-changing for Oscar, and to celebrate the difference this has made in Oscar’ s life, his mum Karen has helped him to nominate the makers of Superbook for a Luke 5 Award for Disability Inclusion. Through the Roof have been delighted to award it to Christian Broadcasting Network UK( CBN).
CBN first piloted one episode of Superbook with BSL interpretation and asked for feedback. Members of Through the Roof’ s Deaf Ministry Network gave feedback, and CBN responded magnificently in every possible way. The result is excellent, and Oscar’ s mum’ s reaction says it all …“ I’ m so over-joyed with this- I feel quite tearful!... Oscar is unable to read so cannot access the Bible by himself. He relies on it being read to him and explained. Watching Superbook by himself has helped him to develop his faith and love for Jesus because it is so visual and engaging, causing his knowledge of the truth to grow.”
Oscar, 19, loves hearing about Jesus from Superbook.
Language has played such a powerful role in his journey with Jesus. Stories like this are exactly why we do what we do.”
“ We’ re excited to share that we’ re about to begin translation of Season 2 into British Sign Language – a milestone we’ re celebrating with great joy.”
To watch Series 1 of Superbook in British Sign Language, go to www. youtube. com /@ SuperbookUK or find out more at www. cbn. uk / superbook
Karen goes on to say,“ I asked him just now‘ Why do you like Superbook?’ He looked up at me and said‘ Because it’ s about Jesus. I want to follow Him’ and went back to carrying on watching the episode!”
CBN were delighted with the award, and very touched by Oscar’ s story. Luke Hancorn, Director of Mission Advancement at CBN, said:“ On behalf of the entire team here at CBN UK, I want to extend our heartfelt thanks for nominating Superbook for a Luke 5 Award. What an incredible encouragement it was to receive your message!”
“ Reading Oscar’ s story truly moved us, it touched every heart on our team. We feel so blessed and inspired to hear how Superbook in British Sign
Please pray and advocate for all Christian media to be made accessible, so that everyone has equal access to the Gospel message.
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