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Category: ASIAN AMERICAN

  • 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

    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

    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…

  • Work in Process at Exponential West 2013

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    I love the Church capital C and all of its complexity, flavors, and even occasional messiness. During the past few days I was invited to teach 2 workshops, an overview of the multi-site church revolution and the Future of the Asian American Church. I love being with church leaders, affirming them, supporting them, connecting them…

  • Future of Asian American Church

    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…

  • Becoming a Church for Many Generations

    Becoming a Church for Many Generations

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    Grateful for each and every opportunity I have to connect with people and to speak at an event. Last Sunday I was invited to speak at a Chinese church in Walnut, California, called Vineyard of Harvest. As with a majority of Chinese churches in the United States and Canada, worship services are provided in English…

  • difference between Western and Chinese educational approaches

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    Are there different approaches to learning? Of course. Here in the US of A, that’d be most obviously public vs private schools, and then there are homeschoolers and Montessori schools. Plus, there’s different ways of learning in different cultures, as aptly outlined in this op-ed by David Brooks The Learning Virtues — In the Western understanding, students…

  • February is Fundraising. Every day. All month.

    February is Fundraising. Every day. All month.

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    Welcome to old friends and new visitors here to djchuang.com! You’ve come at an opportune time for my initiative called “February is Fundraising.” Watch the videos – February is Fundraising playlist Subscribe to my YouTube channel for daily video updates at youtube.com/djchuang Subscribe to the monthly email newsletter about DJ Chuang’s ministry work Donate online I’m…

  • Asian American churches around the OC and the world

    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..

  • I have a dream too

    I have a dream too

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    I have a dream for Asian Americans, all 18 million Asian Americans, the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the US of A. Asian Americans are people with some kind of personal connection to Asian countries living here in the United States of America. Asian Americans collectively span a widely diverse range: Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian,…

  • Step Up, Speak Up, Live it Up

    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…

  • Vote on Election Day November 6th 2012

    Vote on Election Day November 6th 2012

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    November 6th, 2012, is Election Day for the United States of America! With the Asian American (aka Asians and Pacific Islanders) population exceeding 18 million, another campaign has been running for several months now called 18 Million Rising to mobilize the voter registration and turnout of this racial grouping. Thanks to HapaMama.com, I’m sporting this…