Reaching the Next Generation

Reaching the Next Generation 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 the next generation

statistics

structures

stories

summary

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

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

5% of the US Population is Asian American (July 2004) http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006587.html

14.4M Asian Americans in the US (July 2005)

33.4M Asian Americans by 2050 (projected)

49% of Asian Americans are college graduates (age 25 and older)

20% of Asian Americans have graduate degrees (Masters, Ph.D., M.D.)

$61,094 Highest median household income of any racial group

11.1% Poverty rate for single-race Asians (up from 9.8% in 2004)

17.9% without health insurance: single-race Asians (up from 16.5% in 2004)

2000 U.S. Census, cf. wikipedia entry on “Asian American”

80,000 in San Jose 140,000 in Orange County Vietnamese Americans

36% Vietnamese Americans born in the USA cf. wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_American

10,552 in Bay area 20,000 in MA 17,396 in Long Beach 12,391 in Seattle 70,232 in CA Cambodian Americans U.S. Census 2000 http://www.hmongstudies.org/USCambodianResidentialDistribution.html

8,686 in MI 49,200 in MN 38,949 in WI 71,244 in CA Hmong Americans 2006 American Community Survey http://www.hmongstudies.org/SEA2006ACS.html

19.1 median age of Hmong-Americans (2006) from http://www.hmongstudies.org/SEA2006ACS.html

12,717 in MN 13,174 in TX 11,331 in WA 65,874 in CA Lao Americans 2006 American Community Survey http://www.hmongstudies.org/SEA2006ACS.html

6,233 in FL 6,658 in NY 7,384 in TX 5,833 in IL 36,525 in CA Thai Americans 2000 Census http://media.premierstudios.com/nazarene/docs/USCensusThai.pdf

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 “ one big happy family” http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnar/402574248/

duplex “ two ministries under one roof” http://flickr.com/photos/sidereal/111616256/

townhouse “ two churches on one campus” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohadby/151741368/

mansion “ many peoples as one family”

hotel “ many ministries under one brand” http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/94025957/

multiplex “ multiple venues, one management” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckyuan/1004839506/

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/

Grace Covenant Church (Philadelphia)

some characteristics

spirituality

creativity

inspiring worship

social justice

leadership

excellence

100+

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

$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/