Category: church
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…
Mental Health & the Church Conference 2024, afterthoughts
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Here in St. Louis during a layover, between flights, after 2 days in Cleveland for the first Mental Health & the Church Conference, hosted by Key Ministry. Very grateful to be there in person with other mental health advocates, ministry leaders, people with lived experiences, organizations, nonprofits, and a few pastors in the mix too.…
what naive pastors don’t know
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@ churchI had a 2019 blog series here for naïve pastors that got lost during my web hosting server migration. And I admit my own naïveté and stupidity with not having a solid backup & restore plan for my website. What I was able to do is resurrect that blog series into one long blog post.…
Why Christians eat pancakes and sausage on Easter?
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@ churchHappy Easter! So, I was wondering why the 2 most popular churches in Orange County (California) served pancakes and sausage this Easter, and here’s the answer from my query on AI-powered Perplexity— Churches often serve pancakes and sausage on Easter for a few reasons: Pancakes and sausage are traditional Easter foods that symbolize the end…
a list of churches with visual arts ministry
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@ churchHere’s a list of churches that make space for artists to share their visual arts beyond a worship service by fostering community, have art galleries, have creative collaborations, have more…
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…
influential pastors that the next generation are watching
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@ churchIn our extra-polarized American society, who will be the role model and moral compass for the next generation? Whether we’re looking for churches that are effectively reaching millennials or Gen Z, or being inter-generational or multi-generational, it’s a challenging time to develop one’s preaching skills, to pastor a local church, and to build a good…
DEI as markers of churches known for Belonging
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Dr. Arthur L. Satterwhite III explained: Diversity, equity, and inclusion should matter to us because they are the outworking of a critical truth embedded deeply within the Christian faith.
Inviting Devotional Writers from around the World
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Learned of this lovely project from a friend of a friend. Epic Love Story is inviting authors for a devotional study guide! Epic Love Story wants to have one author per country for this collaborative project. And let’s do the math together: with one devotional for each of the 66 books in the Bible, that…
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.
