books

• Asian American Youth Ministry ~ published by L² Foundation, edited by DJ Chuang; read what people are saying >>
• CONVERSATIONS: Asian American Evangelical Theologies in Formation ~ published by L² Foundation, edited by DJ Chuang and Timothy Tseng; Read more >>
• Everything I’m finding about Asian Americans in my public Google Notebook >>

Quick start to Asian American ministry::

• Growing Healthy Asian American Churches ~ edited by Peter Cha, Steve Kang, Helen Lee (cf. publisher’s description, book introduction, bonus chapter “Preparing for Asian American Church Leadership” (500Kb PDF) — not in book, list of contributors include pioneering leaders like Ken Fong, David Gibbons, Grace May, Wayne Ogimachi, Steve Wong, Nancy Sugikawa and Soong-Chan Rah; also see my blog series based on this book, Mark Noll’s brief book review).
• Invitation to Lead: Guidance for Emerging Asian American Leaders by Paul Tokunaga (March 2003; IVP Preview)
• Pursuing the Pearl : A Comprehensive Resource for Multi-Asian Ministry by Kenneth Uyeda Fong. (November 1999; Judson Press)
• Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents by Jeanette Yep, coordinator, with Peter Cha, Susan Cho Van Riesen, Greg Jao, and Paul Tokunaga (March 1998; IVP preview)

Other great books::

• More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership And Faith by Nikki Toyama, Tracey Gee, Kathy Khang, Christie Heller de Leon, Asifa Dean; cf. blog
• Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians by Jane Hyun of Crossroads Careers
• Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches by Russell Jeung – great exploration of how and why Asian American churches are formed, based on research of over 50 Asian American churches [November 2004]
• Asian American Religions: The Making and Remaking of Borders and Boundaries, edited by Tony Carnes and Fenggang Yang — great research on Asian American religions from a social science perspective [May 2004]
• Chinese Christians in America : Conversion, Assimilation, and Adhesive Identities by Fenggang Yang
• my big list of Asian American books

culture

• Census: Mix of success, struggle — Asian-Americans’ incomes fall at ends of the spectrum, more like an hourglass on its side, with many rich and many poor
• Giant Robot is touted as the magazine for Asian American pop culture
• Hyphen Magazine: Asian America Unabridged
• KoreAm Journal English-language magazine for the Korean American community

features

• Developing Asian American Leaders in IVCF, Third Edition (2001) ~ 152 page handbook
• Great ExpectAsians, cf. article in Miami Herald, “New Line of Greeting Cards Aims to Showcase Images of Asian Americans”
• Asian American Christian Groups Flock to Gibson’s “Passion” — Asian American Christians are among those caught up in the emotional roller coaster of this controversial movie. [streaming Real audio, 2/26/04 on KQED's Pacific Time]
• Asian-American Children Are Members of a Diverse and Urban Population
• Hyphen Magazine Bridges the Gap: The Next Generation of Asian American Media — an all-volunteer non-profit effort

ministries

• djchuang.com’s a directory of Asian American churches + ministries
• Asian American church plants wiki (autonomous churches less than 10 years old)
• Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity
• Pastoral and Laity Ministries – aka PaLM (Fresh Meadows, NY)
• Iwa (Glendale CA)
  a ministry to discover & develop resources for evangelism, leadership,
  church growth, church planting, and spiritual renewal among Japanese, Japanese Americans, and Asian Americans
• Asian American Ministry at Logos Evangelical Seminary (El Monte, CA)
• Asian American Ministry and Mission Center at Union-PSCE
  Many Asian American churches struggle to remain meaningful and relevant to younger members. While the growth of Asian American churches has been spectacular, many are losing younger members at an alarming rate. The new Center will conduct and disseminate groundbreaking research that will help churches successfully adapt to the changing needs of second- and third-generation Asian Americans
• Asian American Christian Counseling Service (AACCS)
• Apokata. Psychological Services
• Ministry for English Speaking Asians (MESA)
• AA Church Consulting
  – church planting ministry of Robert Goette
• VisionQuest Ministries (VQ)
• Asian Christians Reachout
• Catalyst
• The Exodus – worship CD by Asian Americans

articles

• Asian American Covenanters Contribute to New Book (Covenant News, 2/13/06)
• Asian American Experts Share How to Grow a ‘Healthy Church’: Through the expertise of Asian American Christian leaders, congregations who face the challenge of reaching out to the Asian American community will be given eight principles in a new book on how to grow a healthy Asian American church (from Gospel Herald, January 2006)
• Where are My People? – my commentary on Asian Americans [written in 2003; was published at phuture magazine]
• “Asian evangelicals blend faith, culture” [cache 1 2] and “Young evangelicals flock to Sunnyvale, rocking out for faith” [cache] (from Mercury News; March 2005)
• Yahoo! News: Full Coverage – Asian Americans
• Stark Contrasts Found Among Asian Americans (LA Times) [12/16/04]
• UMass study details Asian-American diversity: Challenges facing community defy simple fixes [05/27/04]
• Asian population surging across America (Associated Press article, also at detnews.com, wjla.com, ncvaonline.org, hollandsentinel.com) [04/30/04]
• For Asian-American Churches, Integration Proves Complicated – watershed article by Michael Luo [01/2001]
• Silent No More – article on Asian American Christians in New Man magazine [05/1997]
• Reconsidering Rickshaw Rally — the on-going saga about a new VBS curriculum published by Lifeway that may be unintentionally stereotyping Asian Americans (and official clip art downloads)… and in November/December 2003, SBC decides to not modify the material, to the chagrin of offending many — buzz spreading to: LifeWay Consults Culture Experts to Quash Critics’ Quarrels with VBS Curriculum (Apr 5, 2004); BGCT (Baptist General Convention of Texas) ends relationship with Lifeway (Mar 4, 2004); Christianity Today, “Vacation Bible School Wars” (Feb 27, 2004); NPR affiliate KQED’s Pacific Time picks up on this (RealAudio segment); Jason Whong’s blog + email to Lifeway (1/12/04), MetaFilter comments [aka MeFi] (1/9/04), Petitioners seek withdrawal of VBS curriculum (Fort Worth), Baptist Bible school curriculum offends some Asian-Americans in The Victoria Advocate (12/20/03), Comics not only source to tickle your funny bone (KY), Petitioners Seek Withdrawal of Bible School Curriculum (12/17/03), Monterey County Herald, Baptist Press, Tennessean,
  Associated Baptist Press, Dallas Baptist Standard, EthicsDaily.com and its earlier article which lists offenses and suggestions for improvement, Tri-Valley Herald (CA), Observer-Reporter (PA), Jackson Sun News (TN); 2003 Resolutions as stated by Baptist Convention of New England, see Resolution #5, which does acknowledge Lifeway’s financial investment // and a blog entry supporting the VBS, and Lifeway’s official responses: A Message from Jimmy Draper, Response to Resolution Passed by Baptist Convention of New England, VBS 2004 Frequently Asked Questions, Principles for Vacation Bible School