HT to @djchuang for this video of Ed Stetzer talking with Ray Chang. I met Ray a few months back in Chicago, but didn’t get much of a chance to speak to him. There’s been talk that he might come visit Atlanta soon, and if he does, I’ll be waiting. 
Ray Chang Talks About AA Churches
September 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
what the Gospel looks like in Taiwan
September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Missiologist and researcher Ed Stetzer (and a group of pastors) are on a Taiwan vision trip. They’ve observed several things that make the Gospel obviously and visibly different than what the Gospel looks like in a typical mostly-Caucasian majority-culture American evangelical context.
Ed blogs in Ancestor Worship and Taiwanese Christians about an interview with Robert Young in this video — Contextual Response to Ancestral Worship (7:37)
And, this video in blog entry, Meeting and Learning from Pastor Chen (6:18)
Does this suggest that the Gospel should look differently among Asian Americans?
In this blog post, I’m using the term “Gospel” broadly, in the sense of how the Gospel and its implications is lived out in particular contexts of an ethnic and/or racial grouping. And in so exploring and forming, even the language and terms used to explain the explicit and implicit theologies may need adaptation too.
Is Francis Chan…
September 4, 2009 By 8 Comments
… on his way to becoming the next Rob Bell? (Sorry, couldn’t resist tipping my hat to the last NG.AC post about Francis Chan. You know which one.)
Flannel, the folks behind the Nooma series (featuring Rob Bell) are launching another DVD series called We Are Church featuring Francis Chan. From their site (you can read the full post here, and watch a short clip of Francis talking about it):
…you might already know that Nooma was the beginning of a much bigger vision – a vision that encompassed working with many highly creative speakers to communicate the way of Jesus to the world.
Early last year, we committed to pursuing the larger vision and began a search for additional speakers to champion new projects. The search process included wonderful conversations with ministry and seminary leaders, publishers, Christians bookstore executives, authors, pastors, and more that helped us identify well over 100 candidates… in the end, we felt God leading us to Francis Chan.
I have enjoyed the Nooma series with Rob Bell – the content, aesthetic, communication style and length (seriously, let’s keep our Bible study DVDs under 30 minutes!) have been a good fit for our church community. I am looking forward to seeing what they do with Francis Chan, if they can capture the energy and passion of his live delivery. Francis’ short film Stop & Think has a similar vibe (and clocks in at a very reasonable 15 minutes!) — a good sign for the future of this partnership with Flannel. Stop and think for yourself below.
If this We Are Church series has a similar impact as the Nooma series, perhaps Francis Chan will become a household name in the way Rob Bell has. While I’m sure that’s not Francis’ goal — by all accounts, he is a genuinely humble follower of Jesus — I would love to see an Asian American find a platform like that to speak to both the church and our culture.
Replace the word "Navajo" with "Asian American"
September 3, 2009 By 5 Comments
This is really the missional mandate: Be as aware of yourself as the one to whom you are witnessing.
