English Ministry in the 19th Century
The challenge of establishing an effective English Ministry in Chinese churches is neither new nor unique. I have frequently heard of similar issues faced by…
ABC/OBC Age Distribution in the 2000 Census
I spent a little more time with the U.S. Census Data Ferret, and came up with an interesting comparison of the age distribution of ABCs…
ABC Age Structure and English Ministry
One question that I explored in working on my dissertation was the age structure of the ABC population. Since turning in my final draft, I…
Presentation on Reaching the Next Generations
In April I did a 2 hour presentation of a summary of my dissertation research on Reaching the Next Generations in Bilingual Chinese Churches. The…
Resources for Immigrant Asian Churches
DJ Chuang over at his L2 Foundation Blog has two interesting posts related to Asian churches. In Advantages of an immigrant Asian church he sums…
Reflections on a Series
This will be the last post in the series “30 Days on the Chinese Church,” but it won’t be the last time I have something…
Advice to an OBC Senior Pastor
It’s already June, but since I took a break for a few days for Memorial Day Weekend I want to finish up this series with…
Advice to a Young ABC Pastor
I’ve learned some important lessons over the years serving in Chinese churches both here in California and in Taiwan. I’ve also met my share of…
What about Asian American Churches?
An increasing number of ABCs are being attracted to English only Asian American churches instead of bilingual Chinese churches. What should we make of this…
Culture and Biblical Truth
When a missionary goes to another culture with the Gospel, he or she must learn to distinguish between biblical truth, which has authority over every…
Caring for Co-workers
The most precious resource of any church is its lay leaders and co-workers. Yet all to often churches take these people for granted and fail…
The Power of Vision
When people are looking for a new church (or deciding whether to stay at their old church), they want to know not merely what the…