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Stories of an Asian American faith
Steve Hong spoke at the Epic East Coast Conference in February 2008. Steve’s talks keenly addressed the areas of Christian faith, Asian American culture, and emotions & personal identity. The 3 talks’ audios are online, courtesy of www.xanga.com/wcs (in MP3 format.)
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An Epic Story for an Epic Thirst
Our Story: Coming […]
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intentionally raising up the next generation
Here at a camp site call Trinity Pines near Houston. I was honored and privileged to be invited to present a workshop on being a witness to culture at this tri-ennial RENDER conference.
converting night club into community center
3 media outlets reported on news of Vox Veniae, the Christian community led by pastors Gideon Tsang and Weylin Lee, leasing a former East Austin night club and converting it into a community center and worship gathering space.
Club Where Sgt. Shot & Killed Suspect to Become Church (Fox 7 video); also, under sidebar “Related Items”, […]
research from Willow Creek Church reveals insights
This TownHall.com article by Bob Burney is making its way around, A Shocking “Confession” from Willow Creek Community Church, excerpted below:
Willow Creek has released the results of a multi-year study on the effectiveness of their programs and philosophy of ministry. The study’s findings are in a new book titled “Reveal: Where Are You?,” co-authored by […]
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Church Planting to Reach Asian People Groups
According to the October 30th issue of The Tool Shed, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s newsletter for church planting partners, Asian people groups are the fastest growing ethnicity (percentage-wise) in North America and in Texas. The newsletter links over to Church Planting Village’s introductory articles about church planting to reach Asians:
Nearly 2,000 Baptist congregations […]
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more on campus fellowships
In a recent issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, this feature article Asianisation of Campus Fellowships,
Asian American college students are often stereotyped as immersed in math clubs or networking groups for future engineers or doctors. However, the campus groups that Asians most commonly join are actually Christian fellowships, educators say. In fact, Asian membership […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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