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  • Looking for Asian American Church Leaders under 40

    Looking for Asian American Church Leaders under 40

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    Each and every summer, I am getting older and farther from the next generation of Asian American young adults who are maturing into their own as Christ-followers, some as pastors and church leaders, others as faith-filled people working out in the world mixing it up as light in the so-called darkness. Taking a bold step…

  • What do you know about church mergers?

    What do you know about church mergers?

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    The Bible talks many times about the importance of passing the faith from one generation to the next. Sure it can happen in the family context, from parents and grandparents to their sons and daughters. And, it also needs to happen intentionally in the communal context of extended families, like a worshipping community and churches…

  • What can the church do to end racism?

    What can the church do to end racism?

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    Racism is alive and well, and terribly ugly and fraught with anger and fear, violent in words and deeds, even in the post-enlightenment 21st century. People on both sides of the aisle, faith and non-faith, Christian or not, vigorously protest the injustices of the American government. (then there are people who are making it worse…

  • Naive pastors don’t know psychology and sociology

    Naive pastors don’t know psychology and sociology

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    Pastoring and leading is primarily about people. It’s not only about people. It is so much more. And as much as we study the Bible or go thru years of seminary training, to prepare for Gospel ministry, that’s not the half of it. The Bible is Not Enough I was naïve enough to think that…

  • A History of Asian American Christianity from 2003 to 2019

    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…

  • Watch Videos from Hope for Mental Health Community

    Watch Videos from Hope for Mental Health Community

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    Hope for Mental Health community happens monthly at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Its videos are livestreamed and recorded for on-demand viewing.

  • Naive Pastors Don’t Understand Power

    Naive Pastors Don’t Understand Power

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    I’d like to believe that a majority of people go into pastoral ministry with sincerity to help people and good intentions. Many of them with a sense of calling from God as far as they understand. The reality with pastoring involves a ton more than sincerity. Seminary doesn’t prepare you for it. Even life itself…

  • Mental Health at Orange County Churches

    Mental Health 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…

  • Naive Pastors, Here is How Leadership Really Works

    Naive Pastors, Here is How Leadership Really Works

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    I’ve been stewing on this topic in recent months, especially when it’s surfaced in my conversations with pastors and church leaders. The topic revolves around the dissonance between what’s taught about leadership versus what it actually takes to become a better leader. I’ve heard many accomplished pastors, those who write the books and talk about…

  • Asian American Pastor Louis Lee

    Asian American Pastor Louis Lee

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    One of the pastors that pioneered Christian church ministries for English-speaking Asian Americans is Rev. Louis Lee, most prominently in the 1990s and 2000s. I got to reconnect with Louis over an informal lunch fellowship, his very words, during this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I reflected upon how his life and ministry…

  • Find Speaker for Resilience, Suicide Prevention and Self Harm

    Find Speaker for Resilience, Suicide Prevention and Self Harm

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    Isolation and shame are at an all time high. The challenges of mental illness and everyday life can be overwhelming for people you care about. David Dicken, of Make Someone Great Today, is a crisis counselor, and he’s now available as a speaker and presenter to address life’s challenges. This promotional video explains what David…

  • a list of millennial pastors under 40

    a list of millennial pastors under 40

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    Who 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…