Future for the
Asian American
Church
Ray Chang & DJ Chuang
ReGenerant Network
ReGenerant.org

Which Nation Will be the Largest
Christian Nation in 10 Years?

“Asian Americans are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing
racial group in the U.S, with Asians now making up the largest share of
recent immigrants.” – Pew Research’s Rise of Asian Americans, August 2012

Immigration and Naturalization Services Act of 1965

Asian American Immigration increased since 1965

Asian American Population
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M
3.5M
.98M 1.5M
.255M .321M
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Ethnic Asian-American Churches
7,123
Estimated number of
Ethnic Asian Churches
in the United States

Chinese
Filipino
Indian
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese
Churched Asian Americans
1,737,433
1,706,822
1,304,286
3,416,840
3,183,063
4,010,114
Population % Christian
31%
89%
18%
36%
71%
38%

• More Asian Americans in college campus
ministries indicates a future trajectory for the
American church. Asian culture's value for
education translates into larger numbers of
Asian Americans attending U.S. colleges and
universities, as noted in the 2006 Christianity
Today article,

• The Tiger in the Academy: Asian Americans
populate America's elite colleges more than
ever—and campus ministries even more than
that. At the recent Urbana 2012 triennial student
missions conference, 39% of the 16,000
attendees were Asians & Asian Americans, up
from 24.4% at the previous Urbana 2009. Both
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Cru's Epic
Movement are intentionally contextualizing
ministries for Asian Americans, by Asian
Americans.

“Silent Exodus” of the Second-Generations
“Parents assumed that if you just sent the kids to
church through high school, they’d come out being
good Christians. We all thought our kids would go
to church in college. That was a very naïve
thought.”
Rev. Daniel Lee (1st gen, Global Mission Church, Maryland), quoted in
“Silent Exodus,” Christianity Today, 1996.

2nd Generation
Asian Americans

Asian American Population (Projected)
40.5M
34.5M
28.5M
22.6M
17.3M
11.9M
6.9M
3.5M
.255M .321M .98M 1.5M
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

246
Next-Generation Multi-Asian Churches
227
150
79
40
17
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013

$50,000
Sarang Community
Church’s annual fund for
church planting by 2nd
Generation Koreans and
other minorities

http://djchuang.com/ocr

Future for the Asian American Church
• Immigration will continue
• Silent Exodus of Second-Generation
• Population Growth and Diversity
• Unchurched Post-Christian America
• Mission field across the street and across the
seas

Pastor Ray Chang
Ambassador Church & Regenerant Network
ReGenerant.org | Ambassador Church
ray@regenerant.org 714-706-1106
DJ Chuang
djchuang.com | SocialMediaChurch.net |
Regenerant
email@djchuang.com 949-243-7260