Reaching Next Gen Asian Americans, Jan 2009 ver

Reaching the next generations of Asian Americans DJ Chuang Executive Director L 2 Foundation www.L2Foundation.org

L 2 Foundation
Developing leadership and legacy for Asian Americans
bless & empower the next generation
connecting leaders for innovation and healthy leadership development
mobilizing legacy partners to invest in the next generation

2 print-on-demand books
Asian American Youth Ministry
Conversations: Asian American Evangelical Theologies in Formation

reaching next gen Asian Americans
signs
statistics
structures
stories

When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’, and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. Matthew 16:2-3

50+
U.S. churches close each week
from http://www.newchurchinitiatives.org/morechurches/index.htm

80%
U.S. churches plateaued or declining
from http://www.newchurchinitiatives.org/morechurches/index.htm

4 stages of organizational decline Cf. Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev pp.141-144 http://www.encounterthis.com/blog/?p=142

5% of the US Population is Asian American (July 2006) Population estimates <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010048.html>

14.9M Asian Americans in the US (July 2006) Population estimates <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/010048.html>

33.4M Asian Americans by 2050 (projected) Population projections <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html>

2042 when there will be no racial majority in the USA (projected) http://www.newgeography.com/content/00189-gazing-into-a-post-ethnic-future

86% of Asian Americans are high school graduates (age 25 and older) 2006 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

49% of Asian Americans are college graduates (age 25 and older) 2006 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

20% of Asian Americans have graduate degrees (Masters, Ph.D., M.D.) 2006 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>

$64,238 Highest median household income of any racial group 2006 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html

10.3% Poverty rate for single-race Asians (up from 9.8% in 2004) 2006 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html>

15.5% without health insurance: single-race Asians 2006 <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html>

the “browning” of Asian America

56% Asian Americans unchurched http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=229

25.5% Asian Americans under age 18 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates

42% Asian Americans born in the USA http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/18/invisible-minority-more-american-than-first-glance-suggests/

69.7% Asian Americans who speak English “very well” derived from the Census 2000 report "Language Use and English-Speaking Ability" at http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf

450M native English speakers around the world From “Why Asians Speak English” http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/29/why-asians-speak-english/

Four stages of organizational decline Cf. Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev pp.141-144 http://www.encounterthis.com/blog/?p=142

window of opportunity

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation , he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed.
Acts 13:36

house http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnar/402574248/

duplex http://flickr.com/photos/sidereal/111616256/

townhouse http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohadby/151741368/

mansion

hotel http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/94025957/

multiplex http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckyuan/1004839506/

ethnic church structures
Multi-lingual
Multi-department
Multi-organization
Multi-Asian
Multi-ethnic
Multiplying: church planting

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved . Matthew 9:17

Evergreen LA

NewSong (Irvine + NOC + LA + Bangkok + more)

Quest Church (Seattle)
photo credits: BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER / The Seattle Times, http://flickr.com/photos/54896089@N00/487696832/

10 things about Asian American youth
Many feel excluded and misunderstood
Mixed race kids are proudly identifying as Hapa, supplanting terms like Ameriarian, biracial, and blasian
Secret fans of “easy listening” adult contemporary music
“ Hero gap” being filled by activists from other cultures
Report from SnapDragon consultants, http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2008/12/23/ten-things-to-know-about-asian-american-youth/

Most refer to white people as “white people” as African-Americans do
Underage gambling is huge. Power obsession is nothing new.
Want an end to the hyper-nerdy images and want to see more punked-out skater and graffiti DJ images, i.e. craving more street credibility
Universally hate the question, “where are you from”

All things Koreans are hot and getting hotter. Korea is the new Japan.
The 15-minutes of seemingly benign American Idol fame for William Hung had a surprisingly negative effect… Hung perpetuated the worst stereotypes… and gave non-Asians permission to indulge in 2 years of racial stereotyping and mocking

Lakeview Church (Chicago)

Grace Covenant Church (Philadelphia)

Vox Veniae (Austin, Texas)
http://flickr.com/photos/speedye/1305243195

100+
English-speaking Asian-led churches less than 10 years old

some characteristics
spirituality
creativity
inspiring worship
social justice
leadership
excellence

$50,000 Sarang Community Church’s annual fund for church planting by 2 nd Generation Koreans and other minorities http://blog.l2foundation.org/2007/08/29/multiethnic-church-planting-fund/

what existing churches can do
evangelizing in new ways
cultivating creativity
raising up young leaders
supporting church planting with prayer, people, and funds
“ To reach people no one is reaching, do things no one else is doing.” (Craig Groeschel)

options for English ministry?
Co-exist peacefully with status quo
Small changes over a long time
2 churches 1 campus
Launch out as a church plant
Church split
Move to a new ministry
Based on discussions from metro DC area English pastors fellowship, 2006-2007

http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/139376081/ http://flickr.com/photos/sadaqah/426291086/

these slides + more @ http://blog.L2Foundation.org DJ Chuang L 2 Foundation www.L2Foundation.org [email_address] 949-870-5726

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