Speaking to a live audience at our Fall 2022 SOLA Leaders’ Dialogue, Pastor Steve Chang spoke about The Potential Perils of an Immigrant-Led Church. His hope was to help pastors to better guard their hearts and navigate some of the cultural nuances in an immigrant-led church.
At the same event, Pastors Ben Pun, Will Chang, and Daniel Low spoke on The Potential of Working with the Asian Immigrant Church, sharing stories of how their churches uniquely partnered with the immigrant church for the sake of the Gospel and the glory of God.
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Articles From Around The Web
1. Isabel Ong: ‘Two Taels of Bread’ and Other East Asian Heresies
“Misconceptions about Jesus, Scripture, and salvation prevail.”
2. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra and Jennifer Su McIntyre: Trouble in Taiwan
“Taiwan needs missionaries. Even though the situation is hard—and uncertain—we need people with grit to pray and to go.”
3. Tim Challies: Christian, Do You Expect to Face Persecution?
“If we live as citizens of the kingdom of heaven—which is to say, if we live like Jesus—we will be out-of-step with the values of the kingdom of this world and people will hate us for it.”
Happy Pastor’s Appreciation Month! Check out a new Pastor Appreciation Collection I curated featuring 9 articles from our website.
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
1. Crossway: The Dehumanizing Habits That Social Media Has Normalized (Paul Tripp)
Paul Tripp discusses how we as God’s people should think about the reactive culture in which we live and how to make sure we’re not part of the problem.
2. Asian American Worship Leaders: Jesus at the Center (Tapestry Church)
No One But You (NewStory Church) / O Great God (Savior Community Church) / I Surrender All (Christ Central Presbyterian Church) / Jesus at the Center (Tapestry Church)
3. Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book Reviews: Heart. Soul. Mind. Strength. By Andrew T. Le Peau and Linda Doll, From Prisoner to Prince by Samuel Emadi, Ministers of a New Medium by Kirk D. Farney, A Supreme Love by William Edgar. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
View our Asian American Leadership Conference videos on YouTube! Share with your pastors to equip and encourage.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
1. Ben Pun, Will Chang, Daniel Low: The Potential of Working with the Asian Immigrant Church
3 Asian American pastors share stories of how their churches uniquely partnered with the immigrant church for the sake of the Gospel and the glory of God.
2. Larry Lin: The Difference Between Replacement and Recalibration
The message of the gospel is that Jesus finds those who are lost. Those whom religious leaders cast out, Jesus will never cast out.
3. Heidi Wong: Being Still, Knowing God
To be still and take in the weight of the I AM should not be reserved for quiet Saturday mornings, coffee and journal in hand, or for the retreat weekend at a secluded location. No, it is in the midst of chaos and confusion, when we can barely make sense of what’s going on that we must be still, and know that I am God.
4. Steve S. Chang: The Potential Perils of an Immigrant-Led Church
1) The problem of competing issues, 2) the problem of uneven relationships, and 3) the problem of mismatched callings.
5. TGIF: Roundup for September 30, 2022
Type A and Christian / Do Chinese Worship Songs Sound Too Much Like Pop Hits? / Shaken to Bear Fruit: What Has Come from Losing a Son / On the Reasons We Started Missions Talk
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