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 […]