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interview with LT Tom about a Chinese church
In this video interview, Laurence “LT” Tom, English Pastor of Chinese Christian Church and Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, speaks about how this intergenerational ethnic Chinese church serves its community and working at healthy relationships among its multi-lingual church leaders. LT Tom is particularly attentive to issues related to an American-Born Chinese (ABC) pastor at his […]
Why Chinese American philanthropists are anonymous
This article is excerpted from AsianWeek, “Chinese American Philanthropist: Samuel K. So” as a part its series featuring Chinese American Heroes –
Ever heard of Chinese American philanthropy? In traditional Chinese thinking, philanthropy must be truly executed with total altruism. This humble belief means that a building or major donation given to charity shouldn’t have the […]
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interview with Wayland Wong by Eugene Hor
Found this recent video recorded at a planning meeting in Toronto, where Eugene Hor interviewed Wayland Wong. (They may have been planning the CCCOWE conference on English Ministries later this year.)
Eugene Hor is serving as the lead English pastor of GracePoint English congregations of the Burwood Chinese Presbyterian Church in Sydney, Australia. Wayland Wong is […]
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Conference on the Challenges and Future of English Ministries
The North American Chinese Congress on World Evangelization will be convening a Parallel English Track on the topic of “The Challenges and Future of English Ministries” along with its Mandarin Chinese Track. The conference is organized and sponsored by PALM (Pastoral and Laity Ministries), CCCOWE-USA and CCCOWE-Canada. Special speakers include Wayland Wong, John Ng, Donald […]
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Working under an Asian/Chinese Senior Pastor
Pastor Steven Chin, of Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, spoke at a workshop titled, “Working Faithfully Under a Senior Pastor” at The Gospel Coalition 2009 National Conference. Pastor Chin shared about his experiences in pastoring within an multi-generational Chinese church, and offers 10 pieces of advice.
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This week’s questions…
This week’s discussion questions on Asian American leadership, will tackle the context of both in the church and broadly, outside of the church, looking at some things that may hold back Asian American’s in their development. Areas of identity issues, perhaps background from a shame and guilt mother culture, and sometimes a grace-less church has […]
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Talks from Missions Conference for Chinese/Asian Americans
Passion for the Nations: SoCal Chinese-American Missions Conference was held on March 14, 2009, and the conference talks are now posted online, including plenary messages, testimonies and workshops. Audios are also available as an RSS feed or as an iTunes podcast.
The three plenary messages are:
“The Global Cause of Christ” by Dave Gibbons, Lead Pastor of […]
What software works for Chinese churches?
We received this question about finding software for Chinese churches. They’re looking for 2 softwares, one for tracking & managing membership, and one for website content:
… We are looking for many software tools and resources that are unique to Asian churches. For example, we are looking for a membership tracking application that supports foreign […]
Key to surviving in a Chinese church
Pastor Ying Yee of Chinese Christian Church in Sydney, Australia, wrote this blog post, Serving in a Chinese church - A forgotten key, with his thoughts about serving and surviving in an intergenerational ethnic Chinese church:
So what is the key? Think and act like a cross-cultural missionary! … When I look back over nearly 40 […]
Chinese Church building dedicated on Easter
This Washington Post article, Chinese Community Church Dedicates Its New Look and Location, reports on the building dedication on Easter of the 74-year old Chinese Community Church of Washington DC. Here’s an excerpt from the article’s introduction:
With its stately tower topped with a gold-hued cross, the elegant brick Chinese Community Church anchors the northeast corner […]