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about Next Generation Chinese Canadian Christians
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Living in fast-changing times of the 21st century has enough challenges in our society and culture. Trying to navigate two very different cultures is that much harder. The dynamics of bi-cultural of people from an ethnic Asian heritage and living in an American cultural context brings many challenges and opportunities. Add on top of that…
Oldest Asian American Churches in USA
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Some people love to remember the history and honor the traditions of the past generations. One of the lasting legacies of faith that is passed on from one generation to the next is a church community. While the typical church has a life span of around 60-80 years, these are churches that continue to provide a…
A History of Asian American Christianity from 2003 to 2019
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The best collection of articles that I’ve found online about the history of Asian American evangelical Christians is posted at AsianAmericanChristian.org. When that website was actively posting new content between 2013-2015, the curator interviewed me for my take on Asian American Christian history. Here are a few snapshots of history from my vantage point, which is…
Mental Health Ministry at Orange County Churches
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If you don’t struggle with mental health, you probably know someone who does. About 20% of Americans experience mental health issues every year. It’s not the easiest thing to find safe churches that embraces all aspects of a Christian person’s life that affects their mental illness—spiritually, mentally, emotionally, medically, physically, relationally, psychologically. To serve the 6th…
a list of millennial pastors under 40
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@ churchWho are the pastors that will speak to the next generation, in the midst of statistics that say so many millennials are leaving the institutional organized church? Here are some of the millennial pastors that speak to their generation (listed in no particular order): Of course, there are many many more millennial pastors under the…
What is the line between recruiting versus poaching pastors and church staff?
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@ churchWorking in the church context comes with a unique dynamic with employment, job transitions, and staffing. By contrast, in most other professional jobs, someone can submit a 2-week notice to resign from a job and go to another job. Etiquette expert Peggy Post shared these basic steps for quitting: Tell your supervisor. Establish a last…
5 Best Christmas Sermons of 2018
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@ churchChristmas gets celebrated by millions and billions around the world. In America, millions sing Christmas songs and listen to a pastor preach a message to retell the Christmas story. Communication in the 21st century has become a multimedia experience by creative pastors who work extra hard to handcraft a message that is more than spoken…
Churches near me in Rockville and Bethesda Maryland
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@ churchFinding a church near Rockville, Maryland, is something I do on the occasions when I’m visiting family and friends in MoCo. There are many churches around Rockville, including many within driving distance in Gaithersburg, Germantown, and even Derwood. Here are ones I’m aware of and many of these I’ve visited: Churches within driving distance of…
There was a blog for Asian American Christian voices
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NextGenerAsianChurch team blog had quite a run, over a decade (2005-2017), as an open space to talk about the collision of faith and Asian American cultures. The blog went dark about a year ago, for some unpublished reasons. This is from its cached about page: Next Gener.Asian Church is a collaborative team blog to discuss issues…
Christian Spirituality of Korean and Chinese Americans
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While both Chinese Americans and Korean Americans are included under the broad umbrella grouping of Asian Americans, general differences and also similarities can be observed in how they practice their Christian faith. In Chapter 5 of Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities in Asian American Life and Ministry (by Benjamin C. Shin and Sheryl Takagi Silzer),…
What does Asian American Christian spirituality look like?
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This video by Pastor John Shin on Facebook Live got several engaging comments, and this extended comment from Pastor Joe Suh suggested particular areas in which our Asian American culture can create barriers that we need to be aware of so that the gospel can penetrate
Asian American Sermons on Shame
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What a shame that we can’t talk about our pains. It’s hard for anyone from whatever ethnic background to talk about their weaknesses and pains, it’s especially hard for Asians and Asian Americans. And, sadly it’s not talked about in churches, where it is the one place to be safe for pouring out our pain…
