Category: ASIAN AMERICAN
What is an Asian American church?
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Question: Does an English Ministry (EM), or English worship service within an ethnic Asian church, count as an “Asian American church”? This question was posted on Facebook. My friend (who is “off the grid” from social media) defines it that way. But, the majority of commenters and the original poster disagree, stating that an English…
a list of Asian American church consultants
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Asian American churches are something else, right? The part I love about them is how they’re bicultural and have a greater potential to reach more parts of the world than a monocultural church. And, did you know there are many more flavors of Asian American churches, beyond the popular conservative & evangelical churches? Some are…
how to find a church home in 2026 @ Irvine
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Christian churches are more about sociology (than it’s paid attention to) than spirituality, religion, or theology. Social factors and demographics affect a churchgoers’ sense of belonging in a community, more than theological precision, for a majority of people, believe it or not. (Aside: half of U.S. church attenders go to churches larger than 400; and,…
Asian American Christian Mental Health Conference
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Since 2023, the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary has hosted an annual Mental Health and Asian Americans Conference (a hybrid conference, i.e. both in-person and virtually) that brings together mental health experts and practitioners working with Asian American faith communities to share the latest learnings about the mental health needs, practical…
top 10 insights about Asian American churches
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So I asked an AI chatbot to take a deep search into my Notion second-brain knowledge base of notes, articles, and snippets that I’ve collected over the years. These notes include my personal reflections, conversations with other pastors & churches, as well as articles posted & published in an assortment of places. Here’s a what…
Chinese churches in Los Angeles and nearby
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A friend asked me: “Is there an Asian American church in LA County you’d recommend? Also any Chinese churches in LA County are welcomed too.” And while I’m researching for them, I thought I’d share my list with you too. First, here’s my listing of Multi-Asian (next generation multiethnic & Asian American) churches in Southern…
Asian American Christians church attendance; where are they?
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What can be said about Asian Americans and church attendance? What would you like to know? When I heard this statistic at a June 2023 presentation in Chicago, I was perplexed and provoked. Dr. Jerry Z. Park shared a statistic that 74% of Asian American Christians attend churches that are not Asian majority!! (defined as…
Is there a safe place for Christian Asians to just be?
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Would you believe there’s a place where Asian American Christians can belong without comparison or evaluation?
Best resource for Asian American elderly care
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How do we care for Asian American elders? This is a personal question for me and my wife, as my in-laws are into their 80s and we’ve had to struggle through more issues and challenges beyond our imagination. And we’re finding that our peers and many others face similar challenges elderly seniors who are Asian…
Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health
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Thanks to Chinese Bible Church of Maryland (in Rockville) for hosting its first Asian American Community Mental Health Conference on November 4, 2023. I was honored to share a keynote message titled, “Comfort for the Uncomfortableness with Mental Health.” Also, you can watch the entire morning session with opening remarks from Tim Tang, and another keynote from…
what’s new with DJ Chuang in 2024
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2023 is ending up with several miraculous divine provisions, after launching Christian Asian Mental Health to advance compassion and care through Asian American faith communities..
empowering Asian American Christian women
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Several efforts are doing great things to empower Asian American Christian women in many ways, like in the area of leadership development, developing their voices, forming communities, and so on.
