What do boulders, batman and Bruce Lee have to do with Asian Australian Ministry? Rev. Ying Yee chats with CAC about the challenges and triumphs of his work in pastoral ministry and his passion for training up the next generation of Asian Australian leaders.https://youtu.be/lZACAnZ94Rs
Category: Centre for Asian Christianity
Book Summary – Cultural Intelligence and The Chinese Church
Pastor Grace LungDirector of Centre for Asian Christianity In this book, Rev. Dr. Michael Chu tackles the problem of 1st and 2nd generation relations in the Chinese churches of Sydney through the lens of cultural intelligence. Dr. Chu is a former senior pastor of a Chinese church in Sydney. He...
Book Summary – Beyond Colorblind
Let’s be real. Australians are terrible at having conversations about race and ethnicity. One reason is that unlike our brothers and sisters from the U.S. who have had to deal with much more intense matters of racial division, we in Australia often lack the language, categories and nuance for intercultural...
Should Asian Australian Christians pursue upward mobility?
East Asians in Australia are commonly associated with upward mobility. But the Bible often teaches downward mobility, as we consider Jesus and the original context of the Roman church. How do these two ideas work together for those to whom suffering is now a far away concept? New Testament scholar,...
Imagine going into the mission field without studying the field…
This is the reality for many of us. Maybe you took a subject, one assignment, one workshop, or a once-off lecture… Would that equip you to serve effectively where God has sent you? Too often, leaders in ethnic churches go into ethnic church ministry unprepared. We are unprepared because we...
Meet The New Director
I’m incredibly thankful to the BST board for appointing me to this role and for their commitment to supporting this work. As a pastor of a local church in Brisbane, I’ve observed that Asian Australian practitioners in the past have sought to develop their ministries but are fairly limited in energy...
Your CAC Winter Wrap-Up
I am currently reading through the book of Acts and have just reached chapter 12. Here we find Peter in prison and the early church earnestly in prayer for him (v5). We aren’t told what they prayed, but it doesn’t appear that it was for him to be released (v15)....
Your CAC Spring Wrap-Up
The past few months for our Centre have been fruitful and encouraging as we have pursued our vision to be an Australian hub for the acceleration of gospel growth in the Asian Church. With Dr Samuel Goh and myself having recently returned from Makassar, Indonesia, to visit the work there,...
Your CAC Autumn Wrap-Up
The past few months for our Centre have been fruitful and encouraging as we have pursued our vision to be an Australian hub for the acceleration of gospel growth in the Asian Church. Let me highlight some significant events so as to encourage your hearts and fuel your prayers.CAC fundraising...