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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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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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future of an intergenerational ethnic Asian Church
This article from MyCentralJersey.com Chinese Christian Church in Franklin finds unity in diversity describes the forward thinking of this Chinese church that isn’t all that common among intergenerational ethnic Asian churches:
Celia and David Liu of Montgomery attend the 10 a.m. Cantonese service on Sundays at the township’s 250-member Chinese Christian Church, but their grown American-born […]
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Chinese Americans showing more generosity in philanthropy
Encouraging to see this kind of a news about Chinese American philanthropy in this Los Angeles Times article, “Chinese immigrants increase philanthropy in their new homeland: The rising force of ethnic Chinese giving is most apparent in major gifts, but lesser bequests are also funding projects on many levels.” Giving by Chinese Americans is getting […]
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how to do English ministry in Chinese churches
While it may be exciting to see new kinds of churches launched to reach the next generation, there are also good activities in ethnic Asian churches that reaches (some of) the next generation too. 2 resources came to my attention recently:
Pastor Kenneth P.Carlson (English Pastor at Chinese for Christ Church, Berkeley since 1994) had been […]
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Religiosity in Asian America: Spiritual Vitality, Secularism, and Racialization
Sat in parts of the Symposium on Religion in Los Angeles, a 2-day event jointly hosted by Cal State University Los Angeles and Claremont School of Theology. Fascinating conversations and presentations that exemplified the growing interest in the sociology of religion, and most of the presentations explored the inter-relationship of religions and ethnicities.
Russell Jeung, Associate […]
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North America’s Oldest Asian Church
The PANA Institute at the Pacific School of Religion hosted an exhibit about the Oldest Asian Church in North America, the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown (San Francisco) –
Founded a century and a half ago, the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown is the oldest Asian American Christian congregation in North America. Designated a “foreign mission” by the […]
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English-speaking ministry in the Chinese church in Canada
This 11-minute video titled “English speaking ministry in the Chinese church” explores the differences between Chinese-speaking overseas-born Chinese and English-speaking Canadian-born Chinese, what is an English speaking ministry in a Chinese church, differences between English-speaking and Chinese-speaking congregations, as well as challenges and solutions for an English-speaking ministry.
According to the video::
In 2001, there were over […]
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at Chinese churches consultation
Here in East Bay (Oakland area) attending the ISSAC Bay area Chinese churches consultation. More info about that at http://bapcc.wordpress.com
I made a presentation at lunch time titled “How churches are reaching next gen Asian Americans”, which was adapted from my sept 2007 presentation. Will post my slides and audio here.
Audio recorded from the 3rd […]
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alarming statistics about American Born Chinese
According to this promotional video for the recent Render Conference (near Houston), less than 2% of American Born Chinese (ABCs) attend church here in the United States.
I’m not sure where that statistic comes from, as I do not know of a comprehensive study that documents this demographics’ church attendance, but if it is anywheres near […]
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