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Topic: Chinese Churches

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Reflections on a Series

This entry is part 25 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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Advice to an OBC Senior Pastor

This entry is part 24 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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Advice to a Young ABC Pastor

This entry is part 23 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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What about Asian American Churches?

This entry is part 22 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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Culture and Biblical Truth

This entry is part 21 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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Caring for Co-workers

This entry is part 20 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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The Power of Vision

This entry is part 19 of 25 in the series 30 Days on the Chinese Church

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 …

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