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Asian American conferences and events
Here at the L2 Foundation website, we maintain a list of Asian American conferences and events at www.l2foundation.org/category/events . It’s encouraging to see more than a dozen events all around the United States this summer.
We’d like to make this list as complete as possible, to include events open to the public around North America, and […]
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immersion week towards discerning God’s call
While searching for candid commentary about the AADVENT “Taste of Seminary 2008” event, I found a blog by Sarah Reyes Gibbs, who is bringing highlights from this immersion experience to help young adults better discern God’s calling. Here’s a couple of excerpts to give you a taste::
AADVENT in the morning First Day!
I am particpating in […]
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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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Korean church launches a multiethnic church
This was spotted at ChristianDaily.com — Independent EM with Generous KM Support at First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland: Already changed into multiethnic ministry, set up board of elder :
The First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland greeting its 35th anniversary the English Ministry was set up independently. The English Ministry that began in 1989 […]
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The Dragon Awakes at San Diego Asian American Leadership Conference
On April 4-5, 2008, a group of San Diego pastors and ministry leaders (mostly from the area’s InterVarsity chapters) hosted the San Diego Asian American Leadership Conference. What stood out about this conference for me was the level of creativity, contextualization, and going above-and-beyond to serve the attendees (and to bring glory to God). For […]
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KCCD Report: The State of Korean American Marriages
Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD) recently announced key findings from its research in the “State of Korean American Marriages”. Nearly half (48.5%) admit that there is someone in their immediate family (parents, siblings, children, spouse) having serious marriage/family problems.
This excerpt is taken from the press release, KCCD Announces Findings from its Research on […]
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Live chat on the State of Giving Tues 6/24 at 12 noon Eastern
Chronicles of Philanthropy is hosting a live chat discussion online tomorrow, Tuesday 6/24, at 12:00pm Eastern / 9:00am Pacific.
This will be an interactive and informative time, especially for all of us who are involved in the non-profit world. Answering questions and comments will be 3 guests on the live discussion: Melissa S. Brown, the managing […]
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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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Chinese Americans showing more generosity in philanthropy
Encouraging to see this kind of a news about Chinese American philanthropy in this Los Angeles Times article, “Chinese immigrants increase philanthropy in their new homeland: The rising force of ethnic Chinese giving is most apparent in major gifts, but lesser bequests are also funding projects on many levels.” Giving by Chinese Americans is getting […]
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