Category: GENEROSITY

  • 28 learnings from a month of online fundraising

    The campaign known as February is Fundraising has ended. Here’s a list of 28 things I learned in making a daily video update about my online fundraising effort to support my work as a Strategy Consultant for Ambassador Network – a new church planting network of multiplying, multiethnic, missional churches. (This list is in no…

  • Tim Keller explains the systemic problem of white privilege

    Tim Keller explains the systemic problem of white privilege

    Back in March 2012, during an event titled “Race and the Christian” with John Piper, Tim Keller, and Anthony Bradley, they surfaced a number of the challenges and difficulties about the topic of race in the Christian ministry and church contexts.One particular segment during the Q&A portion was particularly poignant (and insightful, to me, so…

  • If I were half a billionaire

    If I were half a billionaire

    Today’s humongous $540 million jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery could really mess with someone’s or a group of someones’ finances. The odds are slightly better that several people will split the winning rather than one solitary person; even though it’s statistically impossible to win, someone does. And what if I were to win the…

  • Untapped potential of Asian Americans

    Untapped potential of Asian Americans

    Got tapped to weigh in on this informal survey on Facebook from Tom Lin: What are some gifts Asian Americans bring to the Church and missions? Scroll down to see all the responses that came in and add your response — Santa Ono: “A cultural perspective that often places community before self. A tendency to…

  • churches dying with dignity and recycling

    churches dying with dignity and recycling

    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…