The key is building a positive, trusting relationships between different groups and leaders in a church or organization.

1. Creating Bridging
Cultures
Timothy Tseng, PhD
Institute for the Study of
Asian American Christianity
Sunday, March 1, 2009

2. Pastor Peter Chen
Sunday, March 1, 2009

3. Pastor Peter Chen
Developing English Organizational
Ministry Models
✦ OBC plant church ✦ Father-son
✦ English Sunday School ✦ Parallel
✦ English worship ✦ Partnership
✦ English responsibility
✦ Equal partnership
Sunday, March 1, 2009

4. Dr. Alan McMahan
Sunday, March 1, 2009

5. Dr. Alan McMahan
Leadership Organizational
Models
✦ Are our churches only
✦ Tri-Generational
cultivating
“transactional”
✦ Similar to Chinese
leaders?
concept of “4
✦ How to develop generations under
“transformational” one roof”?
leaders?
Sunday, March 1, 2009

6. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Sunday, March 1, 2009

7. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Absence of Trust
Sunday, March 1, 2009

8. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Absence of Trust
Fear of Conflict
Sunday, March 1, 2009

9. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Absence of Trust
Fear of Conflict
Lack of Commitment
Sunday, March 1, 2009

10. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Absence of Trust
Fear of Conflict
Lack of Commitment
Avoidance of Accountability
Sunday, March 1, 2009

11. Five Dysfunctions of a
Team by Pat Lencioni
Absence of Trust
Fear of Conflict
Lack of Commitment
Avoidance of Accountability
Inattention to Results
Sunday, March 1, 2009

12. Exercise
Sunday, March 1, 2009

13. Exercise
1. Remembering your entire experience at our church, when
were you most alive, most motivated and excited about your
involvement? What made it exciting? Who else was
involved? What happened? What was your part? Describe
what you felt.
Sunday, March 1, 2009

14. Exercise
1. Remembering your entire experience at our church, when
were you most alive, most motivated and excited about your
involvement? What made it exciting? Who else was
involved? What happened? What was your part? Describe
what you felt.
2. What do you value most about other language ministries?
about your language ministry? The church overall? What
activities or ingredients or ways of life are most
important? What are the best features of this church?
Sunday, March 1, 2009

15. Exercise
1. Remembering your entire experience at our church, when
were you most alive, most motivated and excited about your
involvement? What made it exciting? Who else was
involved? What happened? What was your part? Describe
what you felt.
2. What do you value most about other language ministries?
about your language ministry? The church overall? What
activities or ingredients or ways of life are most
important? What are the best features of this church?
3. Make three wishes for the future of the church.
Sunday, March 1, 2009

16. Comparisons
Sunday, March 1, 2009

17. Comparisons
Sunday, March 1, 2009

18. Comparisons
Problem Solving Appreciative Inquiry
“Felt Need”
Identification of Initiate
Problem
Analysis of Causes Inquire
Analysis of Possible
Imagine
Solutions
Action Plan/Treatment Innovate
Sunday, March 1, 2009

19. Comparisons
Problem Solving Appreciative Inquiry
“Felt Need”
Identification of Initiate
Problem
Analysis of Causes Inquire
Analysis of Possible
Imagine
Solutions
Action Plan/Treatment Innovate
Sunday, March 1, 2009

20. Strengths Finder
Sunday, March 1, 2009

21. Strengths Finder
Strength - ability to provide consistent, near
perfect performance in a given activity
(combination of talent, skill, and knowledge)
Sunday, March 1, 2009

22. Strengths Finder
Strength - ability to provide consistent, near
perfect performance in a given activity
(combination of talent, skill, and knowledge)
Talents - naturally recurring pattern of thoughts,
feeling, or behavior within you
Sunday, March 1, 2009

23. Strengths Finder
Strength - ability to provide consistent, near
perfect performance in a given activity
(combination of talent, skill, and knowledge)
Talents - naturally recurring pattern of thoughts,
feeling, or behavior within you
Skills - basic abilities to move through a task - can
be trained
Sunday, March 1, 2009

24. Strengths Finder
Strength - ability to provide consistent, near
perfect performance in a given activity
(combination of talent, skill, and knowledge)
Talents - naturally recurring pattern of thoughts,
feeling, or behavior within you
Skills - basic abilities to move through a task - can
be trained
Knowledge - what you know - can be acquired
Sunday, March 1, 2009

25. 34 Strengths
Achiever Context Intellection
Activator Deliberative Learner
Adaptability Developer Maximizer
Analytical Discipline Positivity
Arranger Empathy Relator
Belief Focus Responsibility
Command Futuristic Restorative
Communication Harmony Self-Assurance
Connectedness Ideation Significance
Competition Includer Woo
Connectedness Individualization
Consistency Input
Sunday, March 1, 2009

26. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is
honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever
is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any
excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise,
think about these things. Phil. 4:8 (NRSV)
Sunday, March 1, 2009

27. Further Reading
Branson, Mark Lau. Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry and
Congregational Change. Alban Institute, 2004.
Choy, Virstan B.Y “From Surgery to Acupuncture: An Alternative Approach to Managing
.
Church Conflict from an Asian American Perspective, In Conflict Management in Congregations
”
edited by David Lott. Alban Institute, 2001 (pp 141-148).
Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Jossey-Bass, 2002
Olsen, Roger E., The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity.
InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Sittser, Gerald R., Love One Another: Becoming the Church Jesus Longs For InterVarsity Press,
2008
Tseng, Timothy, et. al. Asian American Religious Leadership: A Preliminary Inquiry Pulpit and
Pew, 2005. [http://isaacweb.org/a/resources.htm]
Tseng, Timothy. “Protestantism in Twentieth Century Chinese America: The Impact of
Transnationalism in the Chinese Diaspora” Journal of American-East Asian Relations Vol. 13
(2004-2006).
Winseman, Albert L., Donald O. Clifton, and Curt Liesveld. Living Your Strengths: Discover Your
God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community. Gallup Press, 2004.
Sunday, March 1, 2009