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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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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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Ministry opportunities for Asian American pastors
I often meet pastors and/or churches looking for a connection. Either it’s a church looking for an English pastor, or it’s a pastor looking for a ministry position. There are 3 great websites that have current job listings for Asian American ministry leaders:
ISAAC Opportunities – maintained by Institute for the Study for Asian American Christianity
positions […]
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How to transition into a multi-ethnic church? Ask anything.
To more effectively reach the next generation that’s growing up in an American society that’s more ethnically and racially diverse than ever, many churches are beginning to explore how an existing church that’s mostly homogeneous into one that’s multi-ethnic/ multi-cultural.I recently got this email from Art Lucero, and with his permission, I’m sharing it with you. Now, you (and your friends) can ask your burning questions about how to transition that kind of a transition:
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review of book on Evergreen LA
The Journal of American Ethnic History published Russell Jeung’s book review of Crossing the Ethnic Divide: The Multiethnic Church on a Mission by Kathleen Garces-Foley. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.)
Kathleen Garces-Foley’s excellent ethnography, Crossing the Ethnic Divide, recounts the transformation of Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles as a congregation seeking to become inclusively […]
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Mass Exodus in North America
Project Contempo is a venture to reach out and support of young Canadian Asians as the church leaders of the next generation. In a blog post by Jackson Chan in Calgary, “Mass Exodus“, he noted that “Many young Canadian Asian Christians are highly competent and successful in their careers but are drifting away from God […]
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more research on Asian American Christianity needed
In February 2008, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published its U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, resulting in a number of headlines:
U.S. religious landscape in flux: Poll finds Protestant churches in decline, unaffiliated ranks growing (MSNBC)
U.S. Religious Identity Appears Very Slippery (WaPo)
The New York Times starts its article, Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report […]
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musings about Asian American ministry
PaLM’s Ekklesia ministry has a series of articles from John L. Ng’s reflections and thoughts on doing pastoral work in New York City:
A Diverse Asian Community as Context for Church Ministry
Thinking Through The Identity Issue Among […]
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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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