Monthly Archive: March 2007

Asian American Church Survey Results

Asian American Church Survey Results

Of the 300,000 Protestant churches in the United States, an estimated 7,000 churches have a majority attendance of Asians. Many of these congregations reach multiple generations using multiple languages. Through our partnership between Leadership Network and L2 Foundation, I’m delighted...

personal vs. organizational blogging

personal vs. organizational blogging

A question I get asked about blogging is whether to do it with a personal name or maintain a corporate identity. In other words, wouldn’t people get confused between DJ Chuang the person vs. DJ Chuang the Executive Director of...

what would Keller do

what would Keller do

We’ve all had situations where someone let’s us down and doesn’t come through with fulfilling a responsibility. This is all the more exacerbated in a church context when a pastor/ leader / coach is overseeing volunteers, and has to breach...

Survey on Clergy Responses to Marital Conflict

Survey on Clergy Responses to Marital Conflict

[Asian American pastors and/or priests — you’re invited to participate in this research project] DEAR PASTOR/PRIEST: RESEARCH PURPOSE: My name is Ellie Hsieh. I am an Asian American graduate student at Virginia Tech. I am conducting a research study on...

2 dining trends in Philadelphia

2 dining trends in Philadelphia

Giwa is a Korean fast casual / fast food / take-out kind of restaurant, and I think they’ve hit a sweet spot towards presenting Korean food in a more palatable way to mainstream America. Giwa‘s menu and website both introduces...

how to get out of cell phone contract

how to get out of cell phone contract

New York Times has something useful for a change (instead of the usual voice of sophisticated skeptical squinty-eyed oh-really *snarky mode*)– Getting Out of a 2-Year Cellphone Contract Alive: All of the companies allow a contract to be signed over...

a church for the next generation

a church for the next generation

Well, now I’ve done it. I’ve provoked, er, encouraged my mentor (and supporter) Paul Chou to go on record with his perspective on the 2nd generation Asian Americans’ struggle with their faith and finding a church home, and actually proposes...