The document discusses the past, present, and future of Asian American church planting. It notes that earlier Asian American churches often focused more on preserving ethnic identity than spreading the gospel. However, immigration trends have led to a growing multi-ethnic Asian American population. Many second generation Asian Americans are leaving established ethnic churches, creating a need for new multi-ethnic churches that can engage both immigrants and native-born groups. The document advocates for church leaders to transition established churches to a multi-ethnic model and plant new multi-ethnic, missionally-focused churches to reach increasingly diverse Asian American communities.

2. EAST MEETS WEST
INTERSECTION OF
ASIAN AMERICAN
CHURCH PLANTING
Ray Chang & DJ Chuang
ReGenerant Network
ReGenerant.org

3. My Story

4. Personal Journey
• Culture Closely Tied the Faith
• Culture More Important than
Gospel (Preservation of Ethnic
Identity)
• Conflict in Church was Norm
• Lack of Mentoring/Discipleship

5. Ministry Journey (Ping-Pong)
• Ethnic Church
• White Evangelical Experience
– Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
• Ethnic Church Youth Pastor
• White Evangelical
– First Evangelical Free Church of America
• Ethnic English Ministry Pastor

7. What is the Future for the
Asian Americas?

8. Global Trend

9. Which Na9on Will be the Largest
Chris9an Na9on in 10 Years?

10. NATIONAL TRENDS

12. Sociological Reality

13. Sociological Reality

15. “Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-
growing racial group in the U.S, with Asians now making up the largest share
of recent immigrants.” – Pew Research’s Rise of Asian Americans, August
2012

16. NEW ASIAN
REALITY

17. Immigration and Naturalization Services Act of 1965

18. Asian American Immigration increased since 1965

19. 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M
3.5M
1.5M.98M
.321M.255M
Asian American Population

23. Ethnic Asian-American Churches
Es9mated number of
Ethnic Asian Churches
in the United States
7,123

24. Chinese
Filipino
Indian
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese
1,304,286
1,706,822
1,737,433
3,183,063
3,416,840
4,010,114
Population % Christian
Churched Asian Americans
31%
89%
18%
36%
71%
38%

25. “Parents assumed that if you just sent the kids
to church through high school, they’d come out
being good Christians. We all thought our kids
would go to church in college. That was a very
naïve thought.” !
!
Rev. Daniel Lee (1st gen, Global Mission Church, Maryland), quoted in
“Silent Exodus,” Christianity Today, 1996.
“Silent Exodus” of the Second-Generations

26. 2nd Generation
Asian Americans

27. 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
40.5M
34.5M
28.5M
22.6M
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M
3.5M
1.5M.98M.321M.255M
Asian American Population (Projected)

28. 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013
246
227
150
79
40
17
Next-Generation Multi-Asian Churches

29. Sarang Community
Church’s annual fund for
church plan9ng by 2nd
Genera9on and other
minori9es
$50,000

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32. Transi9on to Mul9-Ethnic
• Leadership is Key
• Understand Your Context & Culture
• State Your Vision
• Staff Your Vision
• Stage Your Vision

33. Challenges for Second Genera9on
• Established versus Emerging
• Mono-cultural versus Mul9-cultural
• Immigrant churches versus Missional churches
• Assimila9on versus Marginaliza9on

34. Way Forward
• Moving from mono-ethnic to mul9-ethnic
churches
• Review missional focus
• Other ways to pass on heritage
• Incarna9on and Transforma9on

35. Future for the Ethnic Second Gen
• Immigra9on will con9nue
• Silent Exodus of Second-Genera9on
• Popula9on Growth and Diversity
• Unchurched Post-Chris9an America
• Mission field across the street and across the
seas

37. Models

45. NEXT GENERATION
CASE STUDIES

46. Q & A

48. Pastor Ray Chang
Ambassador Church & Regenerant Network
ReGenerant.org | Ambassador Church
ray@regenerant.org 714-706-1106
DJ Chuang
djchuang.com | SocialMediaChurch.net |
Regenerant
email@djchuang.com 949-243-7260