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A Look at Asian American Churches
DJ Chuang Executive DirectorL2 Foundationwww.L2Foundation.org
L2 Foundation
Developing leadership and legacy for Asian Americans• bless & empower the next generation• connecting leaders for innovation and
healthy leadership development• mobilizing legacy partners to invest in the
next generation
2 print-on-demand books
• Asian American Youth Ministry• Conversations: Asian American Evangelical
Theologies in Formation
Asian American Christian Reader
www.aacreader.com
When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’, and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
Matthew 16:2-3
5%
of the US Population is Asian American(July 2004)
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006587.html
42%
Asian Americans born in the USA
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/18/invisible-minority-more-american-than-first-glance-suggests/
69.7%
Asian Americans who speak English “very well”
derived from the Census 2000 report "Language Use and English-Speaking Ability" athttp://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf
450M
native English speakersaround the world
From “Why Asians Speak English” http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/29/why-asians-speak-english/
$61,094
Highest median household income of any racial group
What ministry opportunities do you see?
15.2MAsian Americans in the US
(July 2007)
2000 U.S. Census, cf. wikipedia entry on “Asian American”
56%
Asian Americans unchurched
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=229
33.4M
Asian Americans by 2050(projected)
49%
of Asian Americans are college graduates
(age 25 and older)
20%
of Asian Americans have graduate degrees
(Masters, Ph.D., M.D.)
100+English-speaking Asian-led churches
less than 10 years old
Vox Veniae (Austin)
some characteristics
• spirituality• creativity• inspiring worship• social justice• leadership• excellence
Evergreen LA
Open Door Presbyterian Church (Herndon, Virginia)
Alliance Fellowship Church + Harvest Community Church(Chicago)
What other churches Inspire you?
Four stages of organizational decline
Cf. Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev pp.141-144 http://www.encounterthis.com/blog/?p=142
window of opportunity
time
vitality
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
Matthew 9:17
house“one big happy family”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnar/402574248/
duplex“two ministries under one roof”
http://flickr.com/photos/sidereal/111616256/
townhouse“two churches on one campus”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohadby/151741368/
hotel“many ministries under one brand”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/94025957/
multiplex“multiple venues, one management”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckyuan/1004839506/
Which model works best in your context?
Options for English Ministry
• Co-exist peacefully• Small changes over a long time• 2 churches 1 campus• Launched out as a church plant• Church split• Move to a new ministry
Based on discussions from metro DC area English pastors fellowship 2006-2007
$50,000Sarang Community
Church’s annual fund for church planting by 2nd Generation Koreans and
other minorities
http://blog.l2foundation.org/2007/08/29/multiethnic-church-planting-fund/
empowering next generation
• evangelizing in new ways• cultivating creativity• raising up young leaders• restructuring for more effective
ministry• supporting church planting
with prayer, people, and funds
How can wekeep our children?
How can wereach more people?
http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/139376081/
http://flickr.com/photos/sadaqah/426291086/
