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  • Leadership Development: Multi-Asian Church Podcast Episode 5

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    For those of you keeping score at home, this is episode number 5. In this episode of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I talk about developing Asian American leaders in the context of an multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. You’ll need to listen more carefully, since the background noise at this episode’s Starbucks (in Dallas)…

  • Episode 4 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast: Leadership

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    The conversation continues. In episode 4 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I discuss leadership, and how can church leaders better develop and connect with Asian American leaders.

  • Great Bible teachers you’ve never heard of

    Great Bible teachers you’ve never heard of

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    There are a handful of preachers / pastors I personally know that stay off the grid. Whether by calling or by choice, or some combination of various factors, these are people who are ministering the Gospel under the radar and hold an inconspicuous posture that’s reluctant of being thrust into the spotlight of mainstream Christian…

  • Vision Revisited: Episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast

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    Yes there’s more to be said about the importance of vision. In episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I dig deeper into how to communicate compelling vision in multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. While the gifts of a strong communicator is valuable, it isn’t the magic bullet in getting vision to stick. We…

  • churches dying with dignity and recycling

    churches dying with dignity and recycling

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    Churches like any kind of organizations have a natural life cycle. A typical or average church life span is around 70 to 80 years. Knowing the life cycle of your church can determine its future…

  • Vision: Episode 2 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast

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    Continuing the conversation with Ed Choy about multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. (For the record, Ed is 1/4 Chinese.) The topic is on communicating vision. Of course vision is important. Without vision people perish. But how does vision play into developing Asian American leaders for a multi-Asian/multi-ethnic church? How does vision need to be communicated? It did take…

  • top church pages on Facebook in 2011

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    Who are the churches that are good examples of using Facebook and social media well? [update] I’ve updated this list over at SocialMediaChurch.net == top churches on Facebook with the most likes updated in real-time Before we dive in, there are different metrics for success and there are different ways of using social media, so…

  • Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series: Episode 1

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    Recently re-connected with Ed Choy,   Pastor of English Ministry at Chinese Community Church Germantown (Maryland,) and we got to talking about a topic of great mutual interest — Asian Americans and multiethnic churches. And, tonight we’re launching this new podcast series for this dialogue — the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series. Each week we’ll cover…

  • Table a free social network for just your church

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    [the Table no longer exists; it ran from 2011-2016. Read more about its history.] There are popular social networks. And then there are private social networks. Both have their place. Some churches are only in one of those places. Some churches show up in both places. Some churches aren’t anywhere online. For churches with people…

  • connecting with multiethnic church bloggers

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    Looking for active bloggers who are multiethnic church leaders? Why blogs and bloggers? Because they’re most findable via search engines, more sharable with many people on the open internet over a longer period of time, and they [potentially] can say a lot more than a tweet or status update. In other words, conversations build relationships…

  • Value of an Asian American church planting network

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    Q: “Do you know of any non-denominational Asian-American church planting networks? Do you see much value in such a thing verses denominational channels or mainstream American networks?” A: [djchuang] I don’t know of 1 that’s that specific – a ch.planting network for Asian American and non-denominational. Given that a majority of Asian American churches (and…