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GHAAC #8 – Gender Relations

February 19, 2008

Ch. 8: Gender Relations in Healthy Households By: Peter Cha and Grace May “A healthy congregation, as a household of God, provides a safe and nurturing place for all of its members to grow as sons and daughters of God.” (165) Culture-Shaped Gender Bias“As Asian Americans, we gratefully acknowledge the many positive traditions we have [...]

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GHAAC #7 – Multigenerational Households

February 19, 2008

Multigenerational Households By: Peter Cha, Paul Kim, & Dihan Lee Generational conflict is commonly experienced by most churches, yet this form of conflict is a growing challenge for the Asian American church. While many Asian American churches were pioneered as immigrant or 1st generation churches, there has been much tension between this generation and the [...]

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GHAAC #6 – Hospitality&Evangelism

February 15, 2008

Hospital Households: Evangelism By: Helen Lee One of the differences from the Asian American church from the dominant culture churches is their immigrant background or tradition. Evangelism was woven into the community as immigrants were drawn to the Asian American immigrant churches as critical ways to reconnect with community and preserve culture and traditions. These [...]

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GHAAC #5 – Trust&Change

February 15, 2008

Trusting Households: Openness to Change By: Jonathan Wu The author writes, “A sign of health in emerging Asian American churches is the willingness to embrace and to learn and grow through change.” (102) The author describes the dynamic of what they call “the silent exodus” where second and third generation Asian Americans are leaving the [...]

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GHAAC #4 – Leaders Pt. 2: Practices&Values

February 13, 2008

Healthy Leaders, Healthy Households 2: Practices & Values Peter Drucker – “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” (78) On Healthy teams Pastor Dihan Lee writes, ”…many of us come from a home context where there is not much vulnerability or opportunity to have your gifts appreciated and valued – [...]

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GHAAC #3 – Leadership Pt. 1: Challenges&Models

February 12, 2008

Healthy Leaders, Healthy Households 1:“Challenges and Models” By: Helen Lee “In Basic Christian Leadership John Stott writes, “Our model of leadership is often shaped by culture than by Christ. yet many cultural models of leadership are incompatible with the servant imagery taught and exhibited by the Lord Jesus.” This may be nowhere truer than in [...]

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GHAAC #2 – Truth

February 11, 2008

Chapter 2: Truth-Embodying Households By S. Steve Kang If grace is one side, then truth is the other side of the coin in order for there to be true growth and transformation for anyone, let alone a community at large, and in this context, the Asian-American community. The author writes, “…if grace-based ministry is to [...]

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Growing Healthy Asian American Churches (GHAAC) #1 – Grace

February 11, 2008

Growing Healthy Asian American ChurchesEdited by Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee As part of my new role in leadership development within EPIC, Campus Crusade’s Asian-American Campus Strategy, I’m doing a lot of reading on Asian American ministry and history. I’m going to begin a series of 9 posts specifically on this book [...]

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