Rev. Debbie Buchholz

Rev. Debbie Buchholz is hard-of-hearing and comes from a family of genetic deafness. Her parents are deaf and her seven children are all deaf or hard-of-hearing. She has a BA in Management and Human Relations and MA in counseling, and has completed here seminary studies designed specifically in Ministry and Christian Education for the deaf. Rev. Buchholz is a pastor of First Baptist Deaf Church in Olathe, Kansas. She teaches a multicultural class at MidAmerican Nazarene University, and serves as on-camera translator and bi-lingual counselor on America Sign Language Bible Translation team at Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Rev. Buchholz and her husband Allen enjoy traveling and spending time with their children.

Noah Buchholz

Noah Buchholz, deaf, has founded Deaf International with his mother, Debbie Buchholz, in January 2005. He travels around the world preaching and teaching. He has traveled to Bahamas, Trinidad, Romania, and Moldova. He also works with various Sign Language bible translation team in different countries. He is now pursing the degree in theology and wishes to continue with his service for Deaf International. He also teaches and preaches at First Baptist Deaf Church where her mother is a pastor. He serves as On-camera translator and bi-lingual counselor on America Sign Language Bible Translation team at Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

During his free time, he enjoys working with things related to Deaf International, reading, writing, thinking, and eating Greek food.