Asian American Ministry

• Three Lessons Learned Serving Cross-Culturally in the Chinese Heritage Church by Taylor Birkhimer
• Christianity and Asian American Culture (Rooted Webinar)
• Serving Teenagers from Immigrant Families by Danny Kwon
• Ask Rooted: How Does the Gospel Help Teenagers Reconcile Their Asian American Cultural Heritage?
• Weakness and the God of Strength (The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School: Asian American Edition) by Ashley Kim
• Show Them the Gospel: Partnering with Parents in an Asian-American Church  by Terrence Shay
• It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: The Importance of Gospel Centrality in Asian American Youth Ministries  by Huey Lee
• A Word of Welcome to Fellow Asian Americans by Connie Leung Nelson
• What Youth Workers Need to Know About Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month by Danny Kwon
• Ask Rooted: How Do You Structure Your Youth Ministry in the Asian American Church? (Part II)
• Cultivating Spaces That Are Safe From Racism in Youth Ministry by Michelle Ami Reyes
• Contextualizing Intergenerational Integration: A Personal Narrative from the Immigrant Church by Clark Fobes
• Turning Red: Will It Be Okay If I’m Not Good Enough For My Parents? by Connie Leung Nelson
• Lessons On Youth Ministry in the Asian American Context; Asian American Preconference (Rooted 2020 Conference) by Rooted
• Learning Together: An Asian American Perspective On Racial Justice and Reconciliation by Clark Fobes and Kevin Yi

• The Sandwich Generation and How it Affects Parenting our Teenagers
• Onboarding and Offboarding Youth Leaders
• Parents as the Primary Disciplers 
• A Pastor’s Hope and Message for Asian American Parents for Faith and Academics with Jason Min
• Faith and Academics with Pastor Jason Min 
• Mentoring Asian American Boys to Men
• Faithfulness and Fruitfulness in Asian American Youth Ministry
• Responding When Your Teenagers Misbehave 
• How Do We Deal With Our Teenager’s Misbehavior?
• Long-Term Missions Partnerships
• Parenting Through Conflicts With Your Teenagers and Children
• Partnerships With Other Youth Ministries
• Parenting Through Anxiety
• Mentoring, Part 2
• Gospel-Centered Parenting and Asian American Faith: Raising the Next Generation and Academics
• Mentoring, Part One
• Youth Ministry & Dating in the Asian American Church / Part 2
• What is Gospel-Centered Parenting and Asian American Faith: Why Become A Doctor (and Cherished Memories from Teenage Years)
• Youth Ministry & Dating in the Asian American Church // Part 1
• Youth and Family Ministry: Equipping Opportunities & Resources
• Asian American Roundtable: Rooted Conference Recap
• Asian American Youth Ministry and Volunteers: Recruitment and Retention
• Asian American Youth Ministry Into the Future: Projections, Concerns, and Expectations
• What Makes Asian American Youth Ministry Challenging?
• What is Asian American Youth Ministry?
• Fear Factor: When Our Asian American Children Face Racism with Owen Lee, Tracy Yi and Kevin Yi
• Thanos to Theos Episode 21: Catching up with Shang-Chi
• Thanos to Theos Episode 17: Falcon, the Winter Soldier, and RJ Nakajima
• Asian Americans and Racial Reconciliation
• Rooted Podcast: Gospel Contextualization of Anxiety and Academic Pressure in Affluent Suburban and Asian American Contexts
• Podcast: On Discipling Your Asian-American Students
• Rooted 2017: Clark Fobes on Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry in the Asian Church
• Rooted 2016: Ben Shin on How Shame Affects Asian American Youth
• Peter Ong: The Distinct Latent Treasures and Dangers of Asian American Youth Ministry

Clark Fobes on the Challenges of Ministry in the Asian American Church

Peter Ong on Shame-Based Moralism 

Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures by Michelle Ami Reyes. Read Rooted’s review here. 

The Race-Wise Family: Ten Postures to Becoming Households of Healing and Hope by Michelle Ami Reyes. Read Rooted’s review here.

Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities in Asian American Life and Ministry by Ben Shin and Sheryl Silzer. “In Tapestry of Grace, Dr. Benjamin C. Shin and Dr. Sheryl Takagi Silzer apply their years of study and teaching to explain how the cultural complexities that occur between the different generations of the Asian American church can be untangled.”

Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials by Jayson Georges. “In Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures Jayson Georges and Mark Baker help us decode the cultural script of honor and shame and assist us in reading the Bible anew through the lens of honor and shame, often with startling turns.”

The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures by Jayson Georges. “Drawing from the author’s mission experience and research, The 3D Gospel is a practical guide explaining many aspects of guilt, shame, and fear cultures.”

The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity by Soong-Chan Rah. “This prophetic report casts a vision for a dynamic evangelicalism that fully embodies the cultural realities of the twenty-first century. “

Formulating a Theology of Asian American Youth Ministry Webinar 

Peter Ong, Clark Fobes, Kevin Yi: “Lessons On Youth Ministry in an Asian-American Context” 

• Turning Red_ Will It Be Okay If I’m Not Good Enough For My Parents
• What Youth Workers Need to Know About Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month
• A Word of Welcome to Fellow Asian Americans
• Ask Rooted_ How Do You Structure Your Youth Ministry in the Asian American Church
• Contextualizing Intergenerational Integration: A Personal Narrative from the Immigrant Church
• Cultivating Spaces That Are Safe From Racism in Youth Ministry
• Learning Together_ An Asian American Perspective On Racial Justice and Reconciliation
• Lessons On Youth Ministry in the Asian American Context; Asian American Preconference (Rooted 2020 Conference)