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.
Bearing witness to the dignity of image-bearers is not a political position. It is a theological one. It is what it means to follow a Lord who crossed every boundary and died in the most public, humiliating way possible so that no one would ever be beyond the reach of His love.

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.
If you’ve ever felt out of place in ministry, take heart. Jesus sees you, values you, and wants to use you.
Whether you are similarly serving in a cultural heritage church setting as someone not from that culture, or you’re serving cross-culturally in a different context, I pray these three exhortations will be helpful in your ministry.
Our Savior calls us to love all our neighbors, whatever their culture and wherever their native home.
In light of the gospel, there’s no shame or condemnation for those in Christ (Rom. 8:1), and the Lord opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6).
In my teens and twenties, I wrestled with my need and longing to be known and loved by my parents in ways I could comprehend. With a language barrier in the home, it was a challenge just to communicate about superficial matters, never mind the deep things.