east meets west: intersection of asian american church planting
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EAST MEETS WESTINTERSECTION OF ASIAN AMERICAN
CHURCH PLANTING
Ray Chang & DJ Chuang ReGenerant Network
ReGenerant.org
MyStory
PersonalJourney
• Culture Closely Tied the Faith • Culture More Important than
Gospel (Preservation of Ethnic Identity)
• Conflict in Church was Norm • Lack of Mentoring/Discipleship
MinistryJourney(Ping-Pong)• Ethnic Church • White Evangelical Experience – Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa • Ethnic Church Youth Pastor • White Evangelical – First Evangelical Free Church of America • Ethnic English Ministry Pastor
What is the Future for the Asian Americas?
Global Trend
WhichNa9onWillbetheLargestChris9anNa9onin10Years?
NATIONAL TRENDS
SociologicalReality
SociologicalReality
“AsianAmericansarethehighest-income,best-educatedandfastest-growingracialgroupintheU.S,withAsiansnowmakingupthelargestshareofrecentimmigrants.”–PewResearch’sRiseofAsianAmericans,August2012
NEW ASIAN REALITY
Immigration and Naturalization Services Act of 1965
Asian American Immigration increased since 1965
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M
3.5M
1.5M.98M.321M.255M
Asian American Population
Ethnic Asian-American Churches
Es9matednumberofEthnicAsianChurchesintheUnitedStates
7,123
Chinese
Filipino
Indian
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese1,304,286
1,706,822
1,737,433
3,183,063
3,416,840
4,010,114
Population % Christian
Churched Asian Americans
31%
89%
18%
36%
71%
38%
“Parents assumed that if you just sent the kids to church through high school, they’d come out being good Christians. We all thought our kids would go to church in college. That was a very naïve thought.” !!Rev. Daniel Lee (1st gen, Global Mission Church, Maryland), quoted in “Silent Exodus,” Christianity Today, 1996.
“Silent Exodus” of the Second-Generations
2nd Generation Asian Americans
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
40.5M
34.5M
28.5M
22.6M
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M3.5M
1.5M.98M.321M.255M
Asian American Population (Projected)
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013
246227
150
7940
17
Next-Generation Multi-Asian Churches
SarangCommunityChurch’sannualfundforchurchplan9ngby2ndGenera9onandotherminori9es
$50,000
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Transi9ontoMul9-Ethnic
• LeadershipisKey• UnderstandYourContext&Culture• StateYourVision• StaffYourVision• StageYourVision
ChallengesforSecondGenera9on
• EstablishedversusEmerging• Mono-culturalversusMul9-cultural• ImmigrantchurchesversusMissionalchurches• Assimila9onversusMarginaliza9on
WayForward
• Movingfrommono-ethnictomul9-ethnicchurches
• Reviewmissionalfocus• Otherwaystopassonheritage• Incarna9onandTransforma9on
FuturefortheEthnicSecondGen
• Immigra9onwillcon9nue• SilentExodusofSecond-Genera9on• Popula9onGrowthandDiversity• UnchurchedPost-Chris9anAmerica• Missionfieldacrossthestreetandacrosstheseas
Models
NEXT GENERATIONCASE STUDIES
Q & A
Pastor Ray Chang Ambassador Church & Regenerant Network ReGenerant.org | Ambassador Church [email protected] 714-706-1106 DJ Chuang djchuang.com | SocialMediaChurch.net | Regenerant [email protected] 949-243-7260