Asian American worship leaders and Christian musicians

Sharing a list of Asian American Christian musicians and worship leaders here for people looking for good music, inspiration, role models (or event planning 😁). By Christian musician, we mean people who profess to be Christians and the music is not necessarily in the Christian or CCM genre. NOTE: this list is not an endorsement, just a reference.

Ones that I know (as in, I’ve met them in person somewhere along the way):

• Larissa Lam – Pop, EDM, Soul-influenced singer & songwriter
• Only Won – the lyrical engineer
• Junko – Singer-songwriter and worship leader for children and adults
• Jason Chu – hip-hop & spoken word artist
• Koo Chung – Singer-Songwriter/Musician
• Vaughn Thompson Jr. – Third Culture Worship thirdcultureworship.com
• Daniel DK Kim of Mariners Church and he was part of Koinan, a song-writing collective
• Jaeson Ma – hip hop artist & media executive
• Wisdom Moon – AllAboutWorship.com podcast & more
• Wesley Rugger Han
• Andy Chung – worship pastor
• Gail Song Bantum – Quest Church, Seattle
• Angie Kay Hong – co-founder of Kinship Commons
• Jaeson Paek of Kylan Road
• Neah Lee
• Han Oh – pastor and singer/songwriter

Others I know of:

• River Run North (formerly Monsters Calling Home)
• Tim Be Told
• Jinny Kim
• MC Jin (cf. NPR’s Jin, ‘The Chinese Kid Who Raps,’ Grows Up)
• Koti Hu – “a paralyzed musician with hope”
• Justis Kao
• Glenn Packiam – pastor, author, songwriter
• Jaewoo Kim, Multicultural Worship Leader Network and Proskuneo Ministries
• Jacob Park, Christian Assembly (Eagle Rock, CA)
• Mike Whang and the Nehemiah Band
• AMP Movement ~ “Music from the Soul”
• Gowe – hip hop artist out of Seattle
• Eric Owyoung, Future Of Forestry  (cf. TCB Exclusive: Q&A With Eric Owyoung From Future Of Forestry)
• HeeSun Lee – Christian. Poet. Rapper.
• Jason Min – worship leader at Sovereign Grace DTLA
• Cate Song – Pastor of Worship Minsitries at New Life Fellowship
• Gloria Fanchiang
• Julie Tai – Director of Chapel at Fuller Theological Seminary
• Aaron Lee
• Hannah An
• Julie Yeeun Kim

Other Goodies

• Worship Leader Magazine & Conferences
• On the Way Up Ministries
• Artists in Christian Testimony International
• Asian American Worship Leaders – Facebook Group
• “Decolonizing Worship for Asian Americans” – In this featured podcast, Irene Cho is joined by worship leaders Angie Hong, SueAnn Shiah, and Julie Tai to discuss Asian American worship—what it looks like, where it starts, and what its future is. This episode aired on Centering: The Asian American Christian Podcast.

I’m sure there are many more sincere Christ-followers who love music, so with your help, please add to this list and make it even more useful. (and, if you’re listed but don’t want to be, contact me to get deleted)