Ken Fong on the task ahead for Asian-American churches.

Tonight at the Asian-American Caucus for the American Baptist Churches biennial convention, Pastor Ken Fong of Evergreen LA discussed the task ahead for our churches. While the event was in the context of the AA American Baptist churches, the challenge applies to all Asian-American churches. Pastor Ken laments that our churches are generally stagnant, struggling; or dying. What do we [...]

Ministering to the Model Minority.

So I’ve finally gotten around to reading Frank Wu’s book  Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White and it’s been a riveting read. I have heard criticisms about how Wu repeatedly plays off Asian-Americans as victims in his book and his writing is simply an angry tirade. But I applaud him for his courage [...]

Multi-ethnic Ministries and Intermarriage.

As I have been journeying towards my own upcoming marriage and interacting with more married folks,  I realize that my fiance and I share much of the same values. While much of that can be attributed to our similar churched upbringings, much can also be explained by our similar cultural experiences.
Mind you, my fiance’s Taiwanese-American [...]

Incarnational Evangelism and Asian-Americans.

Michael McKinley today posted a great quote from John Stott regarding the nature of evangelism at the 9Marks Blog.
You can read the post here:   Church Matters: The 9Marks Blog.
Stott writes,

Christians and non-Christians are often widely separated from one another by social sub-cultures and lifestyles as well as by different values, beliefs, and moral standards. Only [...]

Asian-American Ministry Needs: Reflection from today’s English Ministry Pastors’ Fellowship

This morning, over 50 pastors, seminary students, and leaders got together for an English Ministry Pastors’ Fellowship, focusing on English ministry to Asian-Americans. Formerly associated with Los Angeles-county based gatherings called Fellowship of American Chinese Evangelicals, this event was facilitated by retired pastor Wayland Wong and held at Chinese Evangelical Free Church in Monterey Park (a.k.a. [...]