In this video interview, Joyce covers key issues like finding a voice, mentorship, and following God:

Tom Lin to Lead InterVarsity Missions and Urbana

InterVarsity is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Lin as vice president of Missions and the director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference, effective February 1, 2011.

“Tom is an entrepreneurial leader with rich experience in student ministry and missions, both in the U.S. and abroad,” said Alec Hill, InterVarsity’s president. “I am thrilled that he will be leading InterVarsity’s missions programming to challenge new generations of college students to invest their lives in the Great Commission and become a part of God’s global mission.”

Read the rest of this press release at Tom Lin’s website/blog or at InterVarsity News.

Listen to the audio from his 2 chapel messages. Also, listen to audios or watch videos of the interview with Wayne Ogimachi:

Chapel Message: John 21:15-23 | Audio
Chapel Message: Acts 20:17-38 | Audio
Interview: Part 1 | Audio | Video
Interview: Part 2 | Audio | Video

Pastor Wayne Ogimachi is the Lead Pastor of Lighthouse Christian Church in Bellevue, Washington. He is a graduate of UCLA and Fuller Theological Seminary, and has experience in youth, campus, and pastoral ministry in southern California. He also served for 17 years as the Pastor of Christian Layman Church in Oakland, CA, during which time he also helped start the Asian American Christian Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley.

The Timothy Series is a program aimed at celebrating the call to pastoral ministry. This series invites experienced pastors and leaders in pastoral ministry to spend time on Trinity’s campus preaching sermons, speaking in classes, and eating meals with students for the purpose of sharing their call to ministry and offering guidance to the next generation of pastors.

In this video interview, Alan talks about being an Asian American of East Asian descent ministering & relating cross-culturally with Southeast Asians and South Asians on a commuter college campus, and the kind of resources needed to develop Asian American leaders:

In Dr. Jue’s talk, he evaluated perspectives of other Asian American theologians, noted that culture and ethnicity are not inherently evil and described how the Asian American church has an unique role for the advancement of the Gospel.

Aside: prior to the Together for the Gospel pre-conference, Jeremy Yong (with Geoff Chang and Jeremy Eng) posted a blog discussion, “Why Start An English Ministry?” — Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.

The workshop features Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Wong, Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry at Tyndale University College in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Wong was a full-time English Ministry pastor at the Toronto Chinese Baptist Church and then at the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church for a total of 18 years. Over the past 10 years he has been teaching preaching as part of his course load. His D.Min. and one of his Th.M’s are in the preaching area. For more information, see Daniel’s website at www.tyndale.ca/~dwong/ and check out his article “Preaching in a Multicultural World.”

Get more information about the free workshop and register online >>

… Dr. James Chuck, Director of the Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project and Senior Consultant for ISAAC … described the growth of the number of Chinese congregations in the Bay Area, from 15 congregations in 1950 to 158 in 1996 …

Reasons given for this growth included the rapid increase of the Chinese population, wider geographical dispersion of Chinese in the Bay Area, Chinese coming from more diverse points of origin, immigrant pastors and their overseas network, the contribution of overseas Chinese students who had been nurtured in Chinese Bible study groups on U. S. campuses, church splits, the planting of new churches, increased involvement by denominations who had not previously worked in Chinese in the Bay Area, and the leadership of some gifted and entrepreneurial leaders, and last but not least the leading and the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project report can be purchased online. And, a April 2008 consultation in San Jose with area church leaders also identified top issues and challenges:

… various issues facing the Chinese churches in the Bay Area … The top priorities in the South Bay are: Spiritual Development and Leader Development. The second tier priorities are: Mission Outreach and Christian Education followed by Church Life.

Spiritual Development and Christian Education appeared also in the San Francisco and East Bay churches. Leader Development and Mission Outreach/Evangelism appeared in all four groups.

The concern for Church Life or Church Health only appeared in the South Bay and Alameda suggesting that in many of the newer churches, there are concerns about generational issues, communication, and church unity.

The churches perhaps older and historic in SF Chinatown and San Francisco expressed the priority of Retention of Members and Replenishment of Members.

ASIAN AMERICAN CONTINUING EDUCATION (AACE)
“GOD IS ROOMY: GENERATIONS, GENDER, AND THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN MINISTRY”

CO-SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY (ISAAC) of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (SOCAL) AND FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010, 9:00AM-5:00PM
at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA

This event is a one-day continuing education seminar for Asian American pastors, para-church leaders, and lay leaders. The program these presentations and presenters:

• “The Future of Theological Formation”, by Richard J Mouw: President of Fuller Theological Seminary
• “Roomy-ness of God”, by Charlene Jin Lee: Assistant Professor of Christian Education and Director of Spiritual Formation, San Francisco Theological Seminary/Southern California; to address gender, generations, and the future of Asian American ministry
• and also: Peter Lai, Pastor of Alhambra True Light Presbyterian Church, Alhambra, California; Kevin Doi, Pastor of Epic Church (American Baptist), Fullerton, California

For more information and details, go to the event registration website.

August 20-22, 2010
YexusFest (Milwaukee, WI)
with Bob Roberts, Daniel Yang, Andy Tso, more Hmong Americans

September 25, 2010
Book Launch Party of Mirrored Reflections: Reframing Biblical Characters (Pasadena, CA)
hosted by Asian American Women on Leadership and Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity

November 2-3, 2010
The Multi-Ethnic Church Conference (San Diego, CA)
with Dave Gibbons, Harry Li, DJ Chuang, and more

July 6-9, 2011
New Awakening Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
a program of Jesus Awakening Movement for America/ All Nations

To submit an event for inclusion on this calendar, please contact us.

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“When women change, the world changes.”

Asian American Church Women’s Art Festival

AAWOL (Asian American Women On Leadership) cordially invites all men and women to join us for Asian American Church Women’s Art Festival in celebration of International Women’s Day. Come delight in painting, music, and books of Asian American women and enjoy refreshments in the garden.

WHERE: Logos Evangelical Seminary (9358 Telstar Ave, El Monte, CA 91731)
WHEN: Saturday, March 6, 1:00-4:00pm
Sponsored by AAWOL, a part of SoCal_ ISAAC (Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity