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Building the Asian American Church and The Next Generation
Come to Christianity Next: The Future of the Asian North American Church sponsored by ISAAC, MESA, and Healthy Church Leaders Initiative. Visit: facebook.com/events/981721495278812/
> Asian North American Christians today are continuing the trend towards affiliating with multicultural and megachurches and their franchises. What does this tell us about the future of ANA Christianity? In this forum, we will first explore the impact of theological education and colorblind theology and spirituality on the future of ANA Christians and their faith communities. The forum will not pitch ethnic churches against multicultural megachurches. Rather, we will stress, as did the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3, that Gods people need to be familiar with what they discard and retain for the sake of the advancement of the gospel. Second, taking into account how stories shape how we view reality and how we respond to life, we will explore ways to transmit ANA stories and ANA Christian legacies to the next generation. We seek to share stories of healthy practices and cultures of intergenerational ethnic immigrant churches in order to balance widely disseminated stories of dysfunction. In the end, we want to address how our ANA Christian legacy can speak into our future.
*** Dinner forum Theme: Stories of a Hopeful Future
Monday, September 26, 6:30pm-8:30pm (Redwood Chapel in Castro Valley).
- Chris Otani: Pastor, SF Evangelical Free Church, keynote preacher.
- Louis Lee: Founder of MESA (Ministries for English Speaking Asians), Moderator
- Joshua Lee: Chinese for Christ Church, Hayward, Ministering to a non-Chinese community"
- Danny Fong: Pastor, Redeemer Community Church of SF and Founder, Dayspring Technologies, Church-based Social Entrepreneurship
- Kwee Thay Lar Say: Pastor, Karen Christian Fellowship Church, Ministries to Refugee Families
*** Lunch forum Theme: Trends and New Frameworks"
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 10:30 am-1:00 pm (Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church).
- Young Lee Hertig: Co-Founder/Executive Director of ISAAC (Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity/AAWOL (Asian American Women on Leadership), moderator
- Russell Jeung: Professor of Asian American Studies, SFSU, "The Worldview of Non-Religious, Asian American Millennials
- Tim Tseng: Pastor, Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church, The Promise of Asian American Historical Theology
- Katie Choy-Wong: Senior Pastor, New Life, Her story Asian American to Multiethnic?
- Betsy Wang: Pastor, Missio Dei, Making Disciples Amongst Unchurched Urban (Asian American) Poor
- Brian Hui: Pastor, GrX Church, respondent
$20/person suggested donation per forum.
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LocationRedwood Chapel (9/26) & Canaan Taiwanese Christian Church (9/27) (View)
19300 Redwood Rd
Castro Valley, CA 94546
United States
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