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Future of Asian American Church
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Future for the Asian American Church
Ray Chang & DJ ChuangAmbassador Network
AmbassadorNet.org
“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
Immigration and Naturalization Services Act of 1965
Asian American Immigration increased since 1965
Ethnic Asian-American Churches
Estimated number of Ethnic Asian Churches in the United States
7,123
“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
2nd Generation Asian Americans
Next-Generation Multi-Asian Churches
Sarang Community Church’s annual fund for church planting by 2nd Generation Koreans and other minorities
$50,000
http://djchuang.com/ocr
Future for the Asian American Church
• Immigration will continue• Silent Exodus of Second-Generation • Population Growth and Diversity• Unchurched Post-Christian America• Mission field across the street and across the
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Pastor Ray ChangAmbassador Church & Ambassador NetworkAmbassadorNet.org | [email protected] 714-706-1106
DJ Chuangdjchuang.com | [email protected] 949-243-7260