D.J. Chuang > Quotes

“The underlying trait that is inherent for many Asian Americans brings together valuable cultural elements from both East and West, that is, the group-oriented collective mentality and being concerned for the whole group without having to explicitly say it out loud. This bonds the next generation Asian Americans with non-Asian millennials.”
― D.J. Chuang, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World

“Even when that connection is not explicitly stated, a Vietnamese-American, for example, will intuitively and subconsciously recognize differences between one church with Korean-American lineage versus another church with Japanese-American lineage. In other words, having an English-speaking church doesn’t mean that all Asian Americans from different ethnic backgrounds will easily come together.”
― D.J. Chuang, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World

“when their small groups outreach as a team, as a missional community, it was more inviting and effective. A typical American church would exhort its members to be evangelistic by being a missionary to invite friends, neighbors, and co-workers to church events, which is a more individualistic mindset.”
― D.J. Chuang, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World

“The priority leadership value in an American church is vision, while the priority value in an Asian church is family”
― D.J. Chuang, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World

“For churches with Chinese-American or Japanese-American roots, the worship music may be softer, slower, and more meditative. For churches with Korean-American roots, the worship music will be comparatively louder and sung expressively and more passionately.”
― D.J. Chuang, MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World