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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
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Healing for Asian American struggles
Dr. Josephine Kim shared this very insightful message at Hope Presbyterian Church English Ministry (Teaneck, NJ), titled “Healing from the Inside Out: Confronting Inner Struggles that Bind Asian Americans.” (Josephine Kim has a Ph.D. in counselor education and she is a licensed mental health counselor and a national certified counselor.)
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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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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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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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where can second generation leaders go
Eugene Hor is a member of the CCCOWE English Task Force, and has served as an English pastor for the last 9 years at Burwood Chinese Presbyterian Church in Sydney, Australia, an intergenerational Chinese Church.
Eugene recently stopped by here and left a detailed comment about his observations as an advocate of English ministry within the […]
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revitalizing Asian American churches
Thanks to the AALC 2008 planning team for hosting the gathering of Asian American church and ministry leaders, and the kind invitation for me to present.
The title of my presentation was “Revitalizing Asian American Churches for New Generations”. I painted a big picture with statistics about Asian Americans in the United States, and shared about […]
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