ICCD will seek national evangelical churches who are willing to establish a deaf school in their facilities, which are usually vacant during the week. At the pastors’ invitation, we will decide which church is best suited to house a school.

We will use and evaluate two methods of establishing a Church School.

In the second church, ICCD’s missionary team will not go to a church to help them establish their school. Instead, the team will train two potential teachers from this church school at the first church school. Once trained, the teachers will return to their church to start the school. This method may give the church a greater sense of independence.

One of the big benefits of the Church School model is that it trains nationals to reach nationals. Since the local church provides the facilities and the teachers, they partner in ownership. Church Schools allow a large number of the national church’s members to get involved.