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Kairos Series: Moving Toward Racial Justice in Asian American Churches

Welcome to the Kairos Series! In this series, “Kairos: Moving Toward Racial Justice in Asian American Churches,” we are asking the question: How can we better equip and empower Asian American churches to engage in activism and justice?

This series features Asian American leaders of different ethnic backgrounds and ministries along with reflection questions for both individual and group use. We hope that pastors and ministers alike can be encouraged and empowered by this video series and gain practical ideas and tools to implement both in their own lives and their churches moving forward.

A Conversation with Korean American Pastors and Ministers 

Join Raymond Chang along with Janette Ok, Owen Lee, and Steve Lee as they discuss this cultural moment and its impact on the Korean American Christian community. They discuss everything from their growing racial consciousness and the need for further cultural identity development within the Korean church to biblical foundations for justice and action steps they have committed to moving forward.

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A Conversation with Chinese and Taiwanese American Pastors and Ministers 

Join Jeff Liou along with Jeanette Yep, Jennifer Lin, and Joey Chen as they reflect on their experiences engaging racial justice as Chinese and Taiwanese American Christians and ministers. The panelists share some tender moments, as well as some heavy hitting insight about the challenges they face in their ministry contexts. We hope you’ll find their hope and suggestions for the future to be challenging and encouraging for yourselves and your ministry spaces.

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A Conversation with Filipino American Pastors and Ministers 

Join Jay Catanus along with EJ Ravago, Denise Peñacerrada Kruse and David John Perez as they reflect on the relationship between their faith, culture, history, and the pursuit of justice. They discuss everything from the continuing influence of Spanish and American colonialism within Filipino American churches to how they are growing in their cultural identity and learning to deconstruct their own anti-blackness. We hope that you will learn and be encouraged about the unique challenges and strengths of Filipino American Christians within the space of racial justice.

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A Conversation with Indian American Pastors and Ministers 

Join Michelle Reyes along with Joshua Joseph, Ruby Varghese, Joby Thomas, Jaison Koshy, Caroline Lancaster, and Linson Daniel as they discuss Indian American Christianity, their struggles as an IA community, but also their unique strengths in this cultural moment. The panelists discuss everything from the racial biases of the Indian American community and the gap between first-generation and second-generation Indians to how Indian American Christians can better hold Scripture in one hand and their rich Indian heritage in the other as they seek to pursue communal justice.

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Reflection Questions

  1. We are in a Kairos moment regarding race relations in the U.S.. Moments like these are pivotal in history as they alter our nation's course, but they also alter the courses of our churches. As an Asian American pastor/minister, how are you processing this current moment?

  2. Should Asian American pastors/ministers engage on issues of race? Why?

  3. What has made it difficult for you, as a pastor or minister, to engage in these issues? 

  4. What is one practical step you can take moving forward?