presentation made by DJ Chuang at The Gathering, Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles (Rosemead, CA) on September 26, 2007

2. Revitalizing Asian American Churches for New Generations DJ Chuang www.djchuang.com September 26, 2007

16. Four stages of organizational decline Cf. Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev pp.141-144 http://www.encounterthis.com/blog/?p=142

17. 5% of the US Population is Asian American (July 2004) http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006587.html

18. 14.4M Asian Americans in the US (July 2005)

19. 2000 U.S. Census, cf. wikipedia entry on “Asian American”

20. 33.4M Asian Americans by 2050 (projected)

21. 87% of Asian Americans are high school graduates (age 25 and older)

22. 49% of Asian Americans are college graduates (age 25 and older)

23. 20% of Asian Americans have graduate degrees (Masters, Ph.D., M.D.)

24. $61,094 Highest median household income of any racial group

25. 11.1% Poverty rate for single-race Asians (up from 9.8% in 2004)

26. 17.9% Without health insurance single-race Asians (up from 16.5% in 2004)

28. 56% Asian Americans unchurched http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=229

29. 26% Asian Americans under age 18

30. 69.7% Asian Americans who speak English “very well” derived from the Census 2000 report "Language Use and English-Speaking Ability" at http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf

31. Asian American Churches estimated numbers from online directories, CM&A, ISAAC

33. Four stages of organizational decline Cf. Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev pp.141-144 http://www.encounterthis.com/blog/?p=142

34. Revitalization: Window of opportunity

44. $50,000 Sarang Community Church’s annual fund for church planting by 2 nd Generation Koreans and other minorities http://blog.l2foundation.org/2007/08/29/multiethnic-church-planting-fund/

46. http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/139376081/ http://flickr.com/photos/sadaqah/426291086/

47. DJ Chuang www.djchuang.com L 2 Foundation www.L2Foundation.org Leadership Network www.LeadNet.org Q&A