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findings on Chinese churches
The Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project will be reporting its findings at 3 one-day conferences in the San Francisco Bay area this November. Register online before November 3rd for complimentary free access.
Here’s 3 highlights of their findings:
There are over half a million Chinese in the six Bay Area counties. Between 1990 and 2000, […]
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5 insights about Asian American acculturation
From Issue 34 / September 2008 of interTrend Communication’s Tidbits monthly e-newsletter that brings Asian American consumer insights and market trends:
interTrend’s Acculturation Study Reveals Insights into an Emerging Market
interTrend Communications has just completed phase one of its pioneering Knowledge Center Asian Acculturation Study, with pan-Asian groups and multi-generational families. The study aims to […]
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Leadership Journal interview with Dave Gibbons
Leadership Journal published this article titled On the Verge, an interview with David Gibbons (by Andy Crouch and Marshall Shelley; Summer 2008).
The interview chronicles Dave’s life journey from his upbringing to his segregated college experience, various church experiences, and how his understanding of the Gospel has grown and developed over the years. In 1994, […]
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The Top Excuses for Not Leading
Dr. Tim Elmore of Growing Leaders (website: www.GrowingLeaders.com) sent this brilliant article, The Top Excuses for Not Leading, in the Leadership Link, their free monthly leadership article.
This article shows how everyone can indeed be a leader, one of the key being a fresh definition of leadership as: using my influence for a worthwhile cause. […]
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Leadership Development Websites
Kellogg Foundation maintains a great list of Leadership Development Websites — a great place to start to find answers to leadership issues. [note: this list is not an endorsement - it is provided here for your reference]
Here’s a sample of Leadership Development websites listed there:
African American Leadership Institute, The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, […]
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Top 10 reasons why volunteers serve
Heard this insightful list from a presentation by Don Simmons about why volunteers serve:
Someone asked them (93%)
Compelling need
Personal connection
Gratitude for being served
Spiritual/ religious beliefs
Social needs
Job skill/ resume’ development
Guilt
Boredom
External influences (family members, influential leaders, advertising)
Notice that spiritual reasons is #5, meaning that not many people think about serving to be like Jesus. #1 reason that most […]
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Asian American women gathering in Seattle
Just got word of this one-day event for Asian American women on Saturday, October 18th:
More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women Sharing the Journey
Date & Time: Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM (PT)
Location: Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
More than Serving Tea is a one day gathering for Asian American […]
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Group Life Conference on October 16-18
Passing along this email from Dave Treat about an upcoming conference for churches with small groups, which will have live Korean translation. Get discounted registration before September 9th. Scroll down to listen/ download a free audio from last year’s workshop about small groups in Asian American culture. Here’s the invitation::
[You’re invited to] the 2008 Group […]
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Confucianism’s influence on Asian American Christianity
Andrew Hong put together these observations about aspects of Confucianism and possible implications for Chinese churches. Confucianism may also be influential on Korean and Japanese cultures and their respective churches as well.
If you want to read more about Confucianism, you can access translations of the Analects of Confucius yourself here. The Analects is a […]
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projected Asian American population in 2050
CNN’s “Minorities expected to be majority in 2050” reports on highlights from the U.S. Census report released last week:
The Asian-American population is expected to increase from 15.5 million to 40.6 million, or from 5.1 percent to 9.2 percent of the population.
… The United States is projected to reach the 400 million population milestone in […]
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