ministry
ministering to 2 very different generations
Wednesday Journal is a local newspaper for the Oak Park and River Forest communities in the Chicago, Illinois, suburbs. Their recent article, Speaking to the heart of very different generations, highlighted 4 models for ministering to the different generations within an immigrant ethnic church:
What speaks to the hearts of immigrant congregations and their children when […]
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Survey of English Pastors in Chinese Churches
This April 2007 survey, CCCOWE English Task Force Survey 2007: The Needs of English-Speaking Chinese Churches & Their Leaders, gives a broad sampling of insights based on 62 respondents from all over the world — 32 of those responses were from North America (13 from the USA - Southern California and New York, 19 from […]
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challenges in reaching the next-generation ethnics
In this NAMB Church Planting Update article titled “Evangelism and the Next-Generation Ethnics“, Kenneth C. Tan notes distinct challenges in reach the next generations:
There is also the challenge of reaching the next generation. Whether we call them postmoderns, second generation ethnics, or the marginalized generation, these groups are bound by racial issues that have been […]
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music ministry on tour
Just found out that EFC Music Ministry is going on Restoration Project tour this summer at a dozen locations in Northern California, Southern California, and Arizona. (EFC is the Evangelical Formosan Church denomination, which has its own seminary, Logos Evangelical Seminary.) This looks like quite an effort, that could be a means to cultivate original […]
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results and outcomes show progress towards a mission
This Found+Read article, Outcomes vs. Activity: Why everything a founder does must be a means to a specific end, has keen insights how results (really should) matter to any organization [ht: Terry Storch] ::
Some people choose wisely and focus on high-impact activities that truly move the needle. Others, however, work the same number of hours […]
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growing Asian American university ministries
San Francisco Chronicle featured this article about UC BERKELEY, “Evangelicals build flock on campus: At Cal, Christian groups find eager adherents among Asian American students” [ht: Peter Ong] –
… They weren’t celebrating their culture, though. They were celebrating Christ.
… Asian Americans dominate evangelical Christian groups at UC Berkeley, far outstripping their share of enrollment, even […]
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developing next gen Korean UMC churches
A Task Force on Korean American Ministries was called for by General Conference of the United Methodist Church denomination. In their report from March/April 2000, their findings are consistent with what L2 Foundation has noticed among many ethnic Asian immigrant churches:
A main concern among both laypeople and clergy is that the traditional styles of leadership […]
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greater religious interest on college campus
New York Times article, “Matters of Faith Find a New Prominence on Campus“, excerpted below::
Across the country, on secular campuses as varied as Colgate University, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California, Berkeley, chaplains, professors and administrators say students are drawn to religion and spirituality with more fervor than at any time they […]
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talking about church salary
Daniel So met up with YS President Mark Oestreicher to further dialogue about race, reconciliation, and church. Daniel is blogging on his initial reflections on Mark’s review of the L2’s Asian American Youth Ministry book. He breaches the topic of poor salaries for Asian American youth workers :
I have often received advice from first-generation people […]
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new review of L2 youth ministry book
Mark Oestreicher, President of Youth Specialties, just wrote a book review of L2 Foundation’s self-published Asian American Youth Ministry book (at his personal blog). We appreciate this particular review from a non-Asian and also professional publisher’s perspective, and touched that he’s read the book in its entirety. He rightly notes 2 specific audiences for the […]
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