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Dave Gibbons’ on who Peter and Paul reached
Joseph Yoo, Associate Minister at Mesa Verde United Methodist Church, had an opportunity to meet with Dave Gibbons to learn more about his approach to ministry. Joseph described his key takeaway as follows:
The thing that stuck with me the most, the thing I’ve been thinking about the whole weekend was about Peter and Paul.
I told […]
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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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interview with Soong-Chan Rah about The Next Evangelicalism
Last week, I (DJ Chuang) interviewed Soong-Chan Rah about his newly published book, “The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity.” Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL.
In this 12-minute interview, Prof. Rah talks about his book. […]
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Part 2 on Prequel Questions on Developing New Asian American Leaders
Happy Memorial Day to everyone.
Here is Part 2 of the questions from last week’s posting on “Prequel Questions” on Developing New Asian American Leaders. Are you like me that sometimes it’s good to step back from a challenging task and, instead of listing facts or known ideas, to start again by asking questions. That’s what […]
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“Prequel Questions” on Developing New Asian American Leaders from the Austin Conversation on April 29th
It seems that prequels are quite popular nowadays, especially given a recent blockbuster movie that has everyone talking.
Recently, a Conversation on the State of Asian American Leadership was held in Austin (4/29/09), a partnership between the L2 Foundation and Vox Veniae. We’re excited to say that in a few weeks, we’ll be posting the video […]
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How to develop genuine church community
BuildingChurchLeaders.com has a forum titled “Ask the Experts” in which experienced church leaders share their knowledge about ministry leadership. This question was posted: “How have you nurtured and sustained genuine community in the life of your church?”
And, here is Ken Fong’s response:
The compelling vision of our church [Evergreen] is to create a “faith village,” in […]
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 […]
New Magazine for next generation Asian American Christians
We recently received a copy of this new magazine, Inheritance Magazine. This is a new quarterly magazine, published by the EFC Communication Center. It is an ambitious effort “geared towards unifying the next generation of Asian American Christians. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of past generations, it will tackle contemporary topics and issues that […]
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