"Silent Exodus – Can the East Asian church in America reverse flight of its next generation?" by Helen Lee
Seminal 1996 article from Christianity Today reporting the crisis of faith facing many Asian-Americans. A decade and a half later, it still rings true.
"Asian churches in the United States are discovering that despite their spectacular growth they are simultaneously losing their children. At an alarming rate, many young believers who have grown up in these Asian congregations are now choosing to leave not only their home churches, but possibly their Christian faith as well.
"In many respects, the Asian church in the United States has been hugely successful since the mid-1960s, when immigration restrictions were dramatically relaxed.
"The surge in Asian
immigration led to an explosion of new churches. But the flip side of this success story has
been a silent exodus of church-raised young people who find their immigrant
churches irrelevant, culturally stifling, and ill equipped to develop them
spiritually for life in the multicultural 1990s."
Theophilus
Co-op of Portland-based Asian-American youth leaders reaching local Asian-Am youth. Meets monthly and changing the world! See their Facebook page.
30 Days on the Chinese Church
Good stuff from Pastor Ken Carlson's CyberPastor blog:- New Series: 30 Days on the Chinese Church
- The CFC Story: Developmental Stages of a Chinese Church
- The CFC Story: Moving toward Maturity
- The Resource Pyramid
- Why Translated Services Don’t Work
- Growing Pains
- Models of Ministry in Chinese Churches
- A Tale of Two Mailboxes
- Unity and Diversity in a Chinese Church
- Why we don’t have a Senior Pastor
- Maintaining Unity in a Chinese Church
- Why Leadership Training is Job #1
- How to Equip Spiritual Leaders
- Leadership and Culture
- Leadership and Culture (Part 2)
- The Jerusalem Council: Consensus Decision Making in Acts 15
- English Ministry Pastor Shortage
- Reaching Young Adults: The Importance of Ownership
- The Power of Vision
- Caring for Co-workers
- Culture and Biblical Truth
- What about Asian American Churches?
- Advice to a Young ABC Pastor
- Advice to an OBC Senior Pastor
- Reflections on a Series
(His talks from our October 2010 retreat were adapted from this series.)
| Life Together: Christian Community and the World 1 Peter 2:9 | Ken Carlson | MP3 -- Notes | |
| Life Together: Relationships in Community John 13:34-35 | Ken Carlson | MP3 -- Notes | |
| Life Together: The Prerequisites for Community --- | Ken Carlson | MP3 -- Notes | |
| Life Together: The Basis of Community Eph. 2:11-22 | Ken Carlson | MP3 -- Notes | |
| Life Together: Our Need for Community Acts 4:32-35 | Ken Carlson | MP3 -- Notes |
