presented by DJ Chuang www.djchuang.com to ministry leaders on 9/26/07

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

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

19. 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

20. 14.4M Asian Americans in the US (July 2005)

21. 2000 U.S. Census, cf. wikipedia entry on “Asian American”

22. 33.4M Asian Americans by 2050 (projected)

23. 87% of Asian Americans are high school graduates (age 25 and older)

24. 49% of Asian Americans are college graduates (age 25 and older)

25. 20% of Asian Americans have graduate degrees (Masters, Ph.D., M.D.)

26. $61,094 Highest median household income of any racial group

27. 11.1% Poverty rate for single-race Asians (up from 9.8% in 2004)

28. 17.9% Without health insurance single-race Asians (up from 16.5% in 2004)

30. 75% of Koreans in North America are affiliated with a church (estimated) http://www.djchuang.com/2006/05/d1296

31. 56% Asian Americans unchurched http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=229

32. 26% Asian Americans under age 18

33. 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

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

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

38. Revitalization: Window of opportunity

48. $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/

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

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