Not All Asian American Teenagers Are The Same
With any teenager, Asian American or otherwise, we should seek to know them for who they are. We should learn about their lives as we ultimately seek to share the gospel and disciple them in it.
We ought to care about what we are teaching and making accessible—where it’s from, why we’re choosing it, and what it will produce. We cannot control the “eating habits” of our church families, but we can take care with what we serve.

With any teenager, Asian American or otherwise, we should seek to know them for who they are. We should learn about their lives as we ultimately seek to share the gospel and disciple them in it.
As youth pastors, we desire to help shepherd students’ hearts to love the Lord and believe in Jesus. Spiritual highs are not our enemy, but a means by which we can disciple our students.
Your students need to know that when they face challenges, God is still worthy of their trust. He’s still in control, and he’s still working. (Is. 46:10; Rom. 8:28).
We need to to encourage our students to trust God’s plans for their lives by modeling surrender and trust as we lay down our desires for our ministry and our lives.
Jesus is faithful: He will carry you, your ministry, and the results because salvation is the work of God.
Our students not only need to hear the gospel; they need to experience and receive it.