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Second Generation Ethnic Church Planting
Transcript of Second Generation Ethnic Church Planting
Second Generation Ethnic Church Planting
RaymondY.ChangBA,MDiv,ThM,DMin
MyStory
PersonalJourney
• Culture Closely Tied the Faith • Culture More Important than
Gospel (Preservation of Ethnic Identity)
• Conflict in Church was Norm • Lack of Mentoring/Discipleship
MinistryJourney(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
What is the Future for the Ethnic America?
SociologicalReality
SociologicalReality
“AsianAmericansarethehighest-income,best-educatedandfastest-growingracialgroupintheU.S,withAsiansnowmakingupthelargestshareofrecentimmigrants.”–PewResearch’sRiseofAsianAmericans,August2012
Models
“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
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Next-Generation Multi-Asian Churches
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TransiMontoMulM-Ethnic
• LeadershipisKey• UnderstandYourContext&Culture• StateYourVision• StaffYourVision• StageYourVision
ChallengesforSecondGeneraMon
• EstablishedversusEmerging• Mono-culturalversusMulM-cultural• ImmigrantchurchesversusMissionalchurches• AssimilaMonversusMarginalizaMon
WayForward
• Movingfrommono-ethnictomulM-ethnicchurches
• Reviewmissionalfocus• Otherwaystopassonheritage• IncarnaMonandTransformaMon
FuturefortheEthnicSecondGen
• ImmigraMonwillconMnue• SilentExodusofSecond-GeneraMon• PopulaMonGrowthandDiversity• UnchurchedPost-ChrisManAmerica• Missionfieldacrossthestreetandacrosstheseas
Pastor Ray Chang Ambassador Church & Regenerant Network ReGenerant.org | Ambassador Church [email protected] 714-706-1106