Comments on: Growing Healthy Asian American Churches, together http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Ong http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-894 Peter Ong Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-894 Hoping to get the book soon and looking forward to discussing these issue in-depth. Hoping to get the book soon and looking forward to discussing these issue in-depth.

]]> By: William Woo http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-897 William Woo Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:07:55 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-897 And konami's 2nd issue of bringing people who would feel uncomfortable. I just think that if the church is taught to love Jesus, and Love the lost, they wouldn't feel uncomfortable. It takes two to tangle... (are you real i. konami?) And konami’s 2nd issue of bringing people who would feel uncomfortable. I just think that if the church is taught to love Jesus, and Love the lost, they wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.

It takes two to tangle…

(are you real i. konami?)

]]> By: William Woo http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-899 William Woo Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:03:45 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-899 lol, I actually emailed i.konami (mail came back...) this is what I wrote: Hello i, I am interested in the discussion. I think that many are feeling the call to break out of the Asian Context. NSD Underground in Dallas is a new church coming out of an Asian American church. The question is will Asians be accepted by the broader culture. Fort Bend Community Church was started by Chinese with the idea that the name would reflect the desire to go into the neighborhood. They had a backdoor problem (couldn't keep the non-Asians) so the English Pastor is starting a new church down the road. (This is in the Houston area). The thing about Asian American is that it is not ethnic specific, there is much variance, from East Asians, to South Asians to Southeast Asians, Indonesians, and all the various groups. I think the Asian Church is a stepping stone or a stairway if you will to the greater multiethnic/global/worldwide vision of the Bible. See before there were only Korean, or Chinese, or Japanese, or Indonesian, or Pinay only churches. The AA church is just a bridge. (We didn't get the two piece thong bikini right away). Fashion started by showing a little ankle, and slowly the hemlines went up...I think the same can be said of Church in America. Other than that, I would think that we should join with non-Asians as the above churches have been called to do. -My 2 cents :-) lol, I actually emailed i.konami (mail came back…) this is what I wrote:
Hello i,

I am interested in the discussion. I think that many are feeling the call to break out of the Asian Context. NSD Underground in Dallas is a new church coming out of an Asian American church. The question is will Asians be accepted by the broader culture. Fort Bend Community Church was started by Chinese with the idea that the name would reflect the desire to go into the neighborhood. They had a backdoor problem (couldn’t keep the non-Asians) so the English Pastor is starting a new church down the road. (This is in the Houston area).

The thing about Asian American is that it is not ethnic specific, there is much variance, from East Asians, to South Asians to Southeast Asians, Indonesians, and all the various groups. I think the Asian Church is a stepping stone or a stairway if you will to the greater multiethnic/global/worldwide vision of the Bible. See before there were only Korean, or Chinese, or Japanese, or Indonesian, or Pinay only churches. The AA church is just a bridge. (We didn’t get the two piece thong bikini right away). Fashion started by showing a little ankle, and slowly the hemlines went up…I think the same can be said of Church in America.

Other than that, I would think that we should join with non-Asians as the above churches have been called to do.

-My 2 cents :-)

]]> By: Anikisan http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-898 Anikisan Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:24:13 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-898 The book looks intriguing though since I became a Christian I've never gone back to Japanese ghetto I used to haunt BC (I went to college and was converted in a very non-Asian area). My brother, on the other hand has never broken out and I think his perspective suffers for it. The book looks intriguing though since I became a Christian I’ve never gone back to Japanese ghetto I used to haunt BC (I went to college and was converted in a very non-Asian area). My brother, on the other hand has never broken out and I think his perspective suffers for it.

]]> By: Urban Onramps » Blog Archive » Growing Healthy Asian American Churches http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-902 Urban Onramps » Blog Archive » Growing Healthy Asian American Churches Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:11:52 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-902 [...] Starting March 1, DJChuang is hosting a group discussion / commentary / blogmentary / not-quite-grid-blog regarding the book “Growing Healthy Asian American Churches” put out by Intervarsity Press: [...] [...] Starting March 1, DJChuang is hosting a group discussion / commentary / blogmentary / not-quite-grid-blog regarding the book “Growing Healthy Asian American Churches” put out by Intervarsity Press: [...]

]]> By: Rudy http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-901 Rudy Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:04:58 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-901 i'm in... somehow... grid blogging... commenting... sharing thotz... my brane hertz already i’m in… somehow… grid blogging… commenting… sharing thotz… my brane hertz already

]]> By: stew http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-900 stew Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:30:12 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-900 thanks for the feed on Dave's blog. I got to hang with Dave and the gang in Dec. in Bangkok... great guy, very humble... He's Captain Discernment and a HUGE visionary. Glad you're helping us stay in touch with your's and his world... thanks for the feed on Dave’s blog. I got to hang with Dave and the gang in Dec. in Bangkok… great guy, very humble… He’s Captain Discernment and a HUGE visionary. Glad you’re helping us stay in touch with your’s and his world…

]]> By: isamu http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-903 isamu Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:47:43 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-903 with humility as a confessed sinner saved only by His works; can someone please explain to me the benefits of an ethnic specific english-speaking church in the USA. i am asian-american and love my heritage but the thought trying to bring non-believers of a different background to an ethnic-specific church to only have them feel uncomfortable is tough to deal with. please respond to i.kanomi@gmail.com. thanks!!! with humility as a confessed sinner saved only by His works; can someone please explain to me the benefits of an ethnic specific english-speaking church in the USA. i am asian-american and love my heritage but the thought trying to bring non-believers of a different background to an ethnic-specific church to only have them feel uncomfortable is tough to deal with. please respond to i.kanomi@gmail.com. thanks!!!

]]> By: Jon http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-905 Jon Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:24:23 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-905 I told you about the book. Count me in! I told you about the book. Count me in!

]]> By: David Park http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-904 David Park Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:16:09 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-904 Finished the first chapter yesterday. Looking forward to it. Finished the first chapter yesterday. Looking forward to it.

]]> By: Glennis http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-896 Glennis Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:05:57 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-896 I was just talking to a fellow brother about the justification for ethnic specific ministries and churches...I'm definitely interested in reading this book and discussing! I was just talking to a fellow brother about the justification for ethnic specific ministries and churches…I’m definitely interested in reading this book and discussing!

]]> By: William Woo http://djchuang.com/2006/growing-healthy-asian-american-churches-together/#comment-895 William Woo Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:26:06 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2006/02/d1247#comment-895 Would love to read the book and participate. Would love to read the book and participate.

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