Bay Area Chinese Churches Project - Phase 2

To Pastoral Colleagues in East Bay Chinese Churches
From James Chuck, Th.D., Project Director

Dear Friends:

A couple of weeks ago, I sent out a mailing announcing a CONSULTATION FOR EAST BAY CHINESE CHURCHES, scheduled for Saturday, January 12, 2008, 9:30- 3:30 at the Bay Area Chinese Bible Church’s Alameda Campus. During the Consultation we want to share with you what we have found regarding the present situation of East Bay Chinese churches; and we want you to tell us what issues and challenges you local congregation. The results will be published in a report which will include all the churches in the Bay Area Counties. I hope that you will plan to come with a group of your church people.

Some churches have already sent back the short QUESTIONNAIRE enclosed with the mailing. If you have not, you can help me by doing so as soon as possible [click here to complete the short questionnaire on-line].

During the next few weeks, I will try to contact as many of you as I can on the phone to talk to you about your congregation. For those of you who do not know me, I served as pastor of the First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco for forty years (1951-1991) and for the past 16 years as Professor of Theology and Church Ministries at the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation, and have a truly wonderful Advent Season.

P. S. My colleague Dr. Timothy Tseng, Executive Director of the ISAAC (the Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity) will be sending out a more extended questionnaire covering evangelistic outreach, Christian education, worship, ethical and social issues, women in ministry, global missions, background of pastors, and Chinese Christians and diversity. This is an important component of our study, and we would appreciate your filling it out when it arrives. Thank you.

Questions? Email me or call me at (510) 655-5100