Category: ASIAN AMERICAN
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…
Chinese American Churchgoers and Mental Health Experiences
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Please help Esther Mou with her doctoral dissertation research! This is a study looking at social support and mental health of Chinese American Church Attendees and consists of a QUICK anonymous survey with an opportunity to win a $50.00 Amazon Gift Card. This study also seeks to learn more about the mental health experiences of…
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.
a Big List of Books authored by Asian American Christians
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Published books by Christian Asian American authors show the value of our voices outside and inside the church, fiction, non-fiction, spirituality, etc.
Netflix’s Beef with Church Life and Mental Health
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The streaming TV series on Netflix called BEEF, starring a prominent cast of Asian Americans, headlined by Ali Wong and Steve Yuen, has the pop culture zeitgeist abuzz with chatter on social media and mainstream outlets like CNN, NBC News, Mashable, Collider, Slate, Looper, Christianity Today, and RELEVANT Magazine. Note first, a content warning for…
encouraging Christian Asian mental health
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With the encouragement of a couple great friends, we’re in process of preparing to launch a nationwide initiative under Asian American Christian Collaborative.
18 Things about Asian American Christianity
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Many things are happening in Asian American Christianity and thanks to the power of digital publishing via the internet and social media, we’re able to see it and learn from these activities.
Asian Pastors Leading Larger Multiethnic Churches
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A small yet growing number of Asian North American pastors are leading larger multiethnic churches. By larger churches, most of these are considered megachurches, meaning they have a weekly attendance of over 2,000 adults and children. Megachurches come with their share of complexities; and for Asian American senior pastors, they bear an extra challenge, as…
