Comments on: What Needs to Happen Before We Go "Multicultural" http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/01/20/what-needs-to-happen-before-we-go-multicultural/ the collision of faith and Asian American culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/01/20/what-needs-to-happen-before-we-go-multicultural/comment-page-1/#comment-86 john Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:03:36 +0000 http://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/01/20/what-needs-to-happen-before-we-go-multicultural/#comment-86 What is lost and what is gained. By nature, a lot of Asian cultures defer. Deference is given to, for whatever reason, particular individuals, for decisions. There is an acceptance of this, to a certain degree, or at times people fighting with each other, for this control or power, in different camps. But still these camps employ these certain individuals to which power deference is given. That practice, in "Western" orientated or "multicultural" churches, is not so clandestine, subtle, powerful, nor accepted. Once an "Asian" orientated church opens up to all members, the ones coming in, start to cry foul over these Asian practices. Then the Asians lose the church, and a home of their culture, comfort zone, a place they want to go to to worship. What is lost and what is gained. By nature, a lot of Asian cultures defer. Deference is given to, for whatever reason, particular individuals, for decisions. There is an acceptance of this, to a certain degree, or at times people fighting with each other, for this control or power, in different camps. But still these camps employ these certain individuals to which power deference is given.
That practice, in “Western” orientated or “multicultural” churches, is not so clandestine, subtle, powerful, nor accepted. Once an “Asian” orientated church opens up to all members, the ones coming in, start to cry foul over these Asian practices. Then the Asians lose the church, and a home of their culture, comfort zone, a place they want to go to to worship.

]]> By: djchuang.com http://nextgenerasianchurch.com/2006/01/20/what-needs-to-happen-before-we-go-multicultural/comment-page-1/#comment-85 djchuang.com Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:49:07 +0000 http://dpark.wordpress.com/2006/01/20/what-needs-to-happen-before-we-go-multicultural/#comment-85 <strong>practical practitioners practicum</strong> Taking a brief break from my hunkered down editing mode to surface for a blog entry. We’ve finished one round of editing. One more round trip, and then I’ll do the layout and circulate among a handful of trusted readers for feedback. Glad t... practical practitioners practicum

Taking a brief break from my hunkered down editing mode to surface for a blog entry. We’ve finished one round of editing. One more round trip, and then I’ll do the layout and circulate among a handful of trusted readers for feedback. Glad t…

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