Category: church
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.
Asian Pastors Leading Larger Multiethnic Churches
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A small yet growing number of Asian North American pastors are leading larger multiethnic churches. By larger churches, most of these are considered megachurches, meaning they have a weekly attendance of over 2,000 adults and children. Megachurches come with their share of complexities; and for Asian American senior pastors, they bear an extra challenge, as…
What can we learn from Pastor Rick Warren’s succession process?
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@ churchPastor Rick Warren announced his intentions to retire from Saddleback Church and found his successor a year later, Pastor Andy Wood. What can we learn?
Top Churches and Pastors on YouTube
For the curious and competitive, though we know church is not supposed to be about competition or numbers, some people do look at numbers for many different reasons. Here’s what the numbers say (at the time of this post)— Churches and Pastors with the Most YouTube Subscribers Joel Osteen (Lakewood Church) youtube.com/c/joelosteen Elevation Church (Steven…
Finding a Christian Mental Health Coach
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Talk with a Christian mental health coach to get support and resources for your recovery process with your mental health
background check on a church’s reputation
I think it’s fair to say that good Christian ministries have their critics, and a few even run into legal action in the mix, which I’ll leave nameless. I wouldn’t want to get a “cease and desist” on my blog, even though in one sense it’s a blogger’s badge of honor. Nothing like controversy to…
