Category: ASIAN AMERICAN
Oldest Asian American Churches in USA
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Some people love to remember the history and honor the traditions of the past generations. One of the lasting legacies of faith that is passed on from one generation to the next is a church community. While the typical church has a life span of around 60-80 years, these are churches that continue to provide a…
A History of Asian American Christianity from 2003 to 2019
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The best collection of articles that I’ve found online about the history of Asian American evangelical Christians is posted at AsianAmericanChristian.org. When that website was actively posting new content between 2013-2015, the curator interviewed me for my take on Asian American Christian history. Here are a few snapshots of history from my vantage point, which is…
Mental health in Asian American communities
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We the people of the United States of America, and any other nation or ethnicity, have the same human experiences when it comes to mental health and mental illness. Roughly 25% of people around the world will struggle with mental or neurological disorder in their lifetime. That’s huuuuge. And that includes Asians and Asian Americans. It goes…
Asian American Pastor Louis Lee
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One of the pastors that pioneered Christian church ministries for English-speaking Asian Americans is Rev. Louis Lee, most prominently in the 1990s and 2000s. I got to reconnect with Louis over an informal lunch fellowship, his very words, during this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I reflected upon how his life and ministry…
Conferences for Asian American Christian Women?
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Finding a Christian women’s conference for Asian Americans isn’t easy. There’s one for clergy women and 2 churches that host women’s retreats known
Why Chinese people don’t need religion
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Chinese Americans are the least religious people group in the United States. The Chinese in America aren’t just the least religious among Asian Americans, but also the least religious of any ethnic grouping. To be more precise, a new forthcoming book, Family Sacrifices, opens with a nuanced paragraph: Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having…
Chinese American Mental Health Seminar Videos
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Very valuable resources are now available online: culturally-relevant informative videos about mental health in Chinese and Asian American communities. Watch the videos in this YouTube playlist from the 2018 Enlighten Mental Health Seminar. Enlighten seminar notes and video titles are posted at english.cccto.org/mental-health/videos-handouts 2018 Enlighten Seminar – Session Titles The Ministry of Presence to Broken People…
There was a blog for Asian American Christian voices
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NextGenerAsianChurch team blog had quite a run, over a decade (2005-2017), as an open space to talk about the collision of faith and Asian American cultures. The blog went dark about a year ago, for some unpublished reasons. This is from its cached about page: Next Gener.Asian Church is a collaborative team blog to discuss issues…
Christian Spirituality of Korean and Chinese Americans
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While both Chinese Americans and Korean Americans are included under the broad umbrella grouping of Asian Americans, general differences and also similarities can be observed in how they practice their Christian faith. In Chapter 5 of Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities in Asian American Life and Ministry (by Benjamin C. Shin and Sheryl Takagi Silzer),…
7 Asian American Christian Philanthropy Examples
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Generosity and philanthropy looks different in various cultures. In the USA, we see the prominence of institutional philanthropy through perennial organizations that are staffed for strategic effectiveness. We hear of them mentioned in the news, e.g. Gates Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, or celebrities making large donations publicly. And they’re acknowledged at the start of PBS…
What does Asian American Christian spirituality look like?
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This video by Pastor John Shin on Facebook Live got several engaging comments, and this extended comment from Pastor Joe Suh suggested particular areas in which our Asian American culture can create barriers that we need to be aware of so that the gospel can penetrate
Asian American Sermons on Shame
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What a shame that we can’t talk about our pains. It’s hard for anyone from whatever ethnic background to talk about their weaknesses and pains, it’s especially hard for Asians and Asian Americans. And, sadly it’s not talked about in churches, where it is the one place to be safe for pouring out our pain…
