Category: church
What is an Asian American church?
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Question: Does an English Ministry (EM), or English worship service within an ethnic Asian church, count as an “Asian American church”? This question was posted on Facebook. My friend (who is “off the grid” from social media) defines it that way. But, the majority of commenters and the original poster disagree, stating that an English…
a list of Asian American church consultants
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Asian American churches are something else, right? The part I love about them is how they’re bicultural and have a greater potential to reach more parts of the world than a monocultural church. And, did you know there are many more flavors of Asian American churches, beyond the popular conservative & evangelical churches? Some are…
how to find a church home in 2026 @ Irvine
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Christian churches are more about sociology (than it’s paid attention to) than spirituality, religion, or theology. Social factors and demographics affect a churchgoers’ sense of belonging in a community, more than theological precision, for a majority of people, believe it or not. (Aside: half of U.S. church attenders go to churches larger than 400; and,…
Asian American Christian Mental Health Conference
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Since 2023, the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary has hosted an annual Mental Health and Asian Americans Conference (a hybrid conference, i.e. both in-person and virtually) that brings together mental health experts and practitioners working with Asian American faith communities to share the latest learnings about the mental health needs, practical…
10 reasons for hope & how to get past hopelessness
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This article presents spiritual perspectives for having hope in any circumstance and making sense of suffering in the midst of it. Because, for enduring hope that lasts a lifetime, the spiritual, philosophical, and metaphysical aspects are essential for the best quality of life.
top 10 insights about Asian American churches
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So I asked an AI chatbot to take a deep search into my Notion second-brain knowledge base of notes, articles, and snippets that I’ve collected over the years. These notes include my personal reflections, conversations with other pastors & churches, as well as articles posted & published in an assortment of places. Here’s a what…
Chinese churches in Los Angeles and nearby
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A friend asked me: “Is there an Asian American church in LA County you’d recommend? Also any Chinese churches in LA County are welcomed too.” And while I’m researching for them, I thought I’d share my list with you too. First, here’s my listing of Multi-Asian (next generation multiethnic & Asian American) churches in Southern…
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…
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…
