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Asian American women gathering in Seattle
Just got word of this one-day event for Asian American women on Saturday, October 18th:
More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women Sharing the Journey
Date & Time: Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM (PT)
Location: Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
More than Serving Tea is a one day gathering for Asian American […]
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Group Life Conference on October 16-18
Passing along this email from Dave Treat about an upcoming conference for churches with small groups, which will have live Korean translation. Get discounted registration before September 9th. Scroll down to listen/ download a free audio from last year’s workshop about small groups in Asian American culture. Here’s the invitation::
[You’re invited to] the 2008 Group […]
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Confucianism’s influence on Asian American Christianity
Andrew Hong put together these observations about aspects of Confucianism and possible implications for Chinese churches. Confucianism may also be influential on Korean and Japanese cultures and their respective churches as well.
If you want to read more about Confucianism, you can access translations of the Analects of Confucius yourself here. The Analects is a […]
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projected Asian American population in 2050
CNN’s “Minorities expected to be majority in 2050” reports on highlights from the U.S. Census report released last week:
The Asian-American population is expected to increase from 15.5 million to 40.6 million, or from 5.1 percent to 9.2 percent of the population.
… The United States is projected to reach the 400 million population milestone in […]
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future of an intergenerational ethnic Asian Church
This article from MyCentralJersey.com Chinese Christian Church in Franklin finds unity in diversity describes the forward thinking of this Chinese church that isn’t all that common among intergenerational ethnic Asian churches:
Celia and David Liu of Montgomery attend the 10 a.m. Cantonese service on Sundays at the township’s 250-member Chinese Christian Church, but their grown American-born […]
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interracial marriages and churches
This Asians in America post titled “Culture: Still a Deciding Factor for Dating?” prompted a question for me — how will the increasing number of interracial marriages affect the Asian American church?
With interracial relationships on the rise in the United States, the subject of interracial dating within the Asian or South Asian community is not […]
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20 traits of an Entrepreneur
While leadership and entrepreneurship are not identical, there are many characteristics and traits that are common between an entrepreneur and a leader.
Ken Blanchard has developed a great online tool to help assess one’s entrepreneur traits. The free E-strengths Assessment is free online through August 31, 2008 (retail value $49.95). This assessment is an excellent tool […]
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Stories of an Asian American faith
Steve Hong spoke at the Epic East Coast Conference in February 2008. Steve’s talks keenly addressed the areas of Christian faith, Asian American culture, and emotions & personal identity. The 3 talks’ audios are online, courtesy of www.xanga.com/wcs (in MP3 format.)
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An Epic Story for an Epic Thirst
Our Story: Coming […]
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Ministry opportunities for Asian American pastors
I often meet pastors and/or churches looking for a connection. Either it’s a church looking for an English pastor, or it’s a pastor looking for a ministry position. There are 3 great websites that have current job listings for Asian American ministry leaders:
ISAAC Opportunities – maintained by Institute for the Study for Asian American Christianity
positions […]
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How to transition into a multi-ethnic church? Ask anything.
To more effectively reach the next generation that’s growing up in an American society that’s more ethnically and racially diverse than ever, many churches are beginning to explore how an existing church that’s mostly homogeneous into one that’s multi-ethnic/ multi-cultural.I recently got this email from Art Lucero, and with his permission, I’m sharing it with you. Now, you (and your friends) can ask your burning questions about how to transition that kind of a transition:
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