Category: ASIAN AMERICAN
A Class Discussion on Race and Ethnicity in American Evangelicalism
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I will be speaking as a special guest in a college English class on Thursday December 5th, 9:00-10:15am in Sutherland 125 at Biola University (La Mirada, CA). I’ve been invited by Dr. Joshua Smith (Assistant Professor in the Biola English Department) for the “Race & Ethnicity in American Literature” course to share my experiences & perspectives, in…
Leading voices among Asian American preachers
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Many people find lists and selecting the best of the best because there’s too much information out there (and I say that to opt-out from that category for myself.) So, in response to a tweet, here’s a list of Asian American pastors that regularly preach and teach at their churches and particularly contextualize the Gospel…
9 Things About Asian American Christianity
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[dug up from archive.org, because the original link is gone, and most links in this archived version don’t work] Over the last few weeks, I have hosted a few guest bloggers to share their thoughts on Asian Americans in Evangelicalism. Last week, Helen Lee wrote about cultural intelligence, and two weeks ago, Ray Chang wrote about empowering…
How to get to know Asian Americans
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We have a lot of learning to do and a lot of relationships to build, especially we as Asian Americans and we as the American evangelical church. Even with both having been around for 5 generations or so, the conversations and relationships between Asian American Christians and the majority-Caucasian evangelical church can be described as…
Asian American pastors 10/29 lunch: Shared Power – Learning to Lead Well
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[I won’t be able to make this event, but you and Asian American church leaders and pastors should. Limited space is running out!] Please join us for a FREE lunch and a panel discussion on “Shared Power-Learning to Lead Well.” We will discuss issues such as authority, abuses of power, and how to empower staff…
How to offend Asian Americans and Asians
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Here’s a user’s guide to a library of content that will guarantee your offending Asians and Asian Americans. As someone who has watched more stand-up comedy than the average person, with comedian wannabe as my childhood dream (and still a search phrase currently ranked #1 on Google), a large portion of comedy in America today…
Future of Asian American Church
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Thanks for all who came to our workshop session on the Future for the Asian American Church at Exponential West 2013. Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in America today, and exponential numbers of next-gen multi-Asian churches are being planted that better reach the next generations of not just Asian Americans but also multiethnic…
Asian American churches around the OC and the world
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2013 OC Register article, “O.C. exports Asian American churches to the world” featured the stories of next generation Asian American churches in Orange County, California..
Step Up, Speak Up, Live it Up
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// This is the original manuscript of my talk shared at Urbana 12 PANA Lounge (Pan Asian North Americans) today — watch video // Right now at Urbana 12 there are over 6000 Asians and Asian North Americans. We’re now living in the 21st century and communication is wide open for everyone. Social media gives…
Innovative ethnic Chinese churches in America
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Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the past decade, cf. Census 2010. This situation ought to prompt new activities among the over 7,000 Asian American churches in the United States.* While a majority of these primarily have Asian-language worship services & ministries, there’s bound to be some level of innovation, churches breaking…
How Charles Lee is like Jeremy Lin
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Last week was Jeremy Lin’s breakthru on the basketball court. This week is Charles Lee‘s breakthru on the bookstore charts as his new book launches today, Good Idea. Now What? How to Move Ideas to Execution! Keep an eye on this guy, he’s going places. I’m not predicting a New York Times best-seller just yet, but…
What is an Asian American Christian?
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The face of American Christianity is not only black (African-American) and white (Anglo), even though that’s what we tend to see through both Christian and mainstream media. With the sudden popularity of professional basketball player Jeremy Lin, who is unapologetically Christian and Asian American, we now have a face for Asian American Christianity in mainstream…
