Posted in Announcement, asian american women in ministry, tagged empowerment, finding one's voice, role models on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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By Melanie Mar Chow
One of our strategies as campus ministers of AACF (Asian American Christian Fellowship) is to raise up men and women to serve God by serving their peers while they are in college. But after years of releasing students into life after college, I soon began to ask, What happens after they graduate? How do they continue in leadership, especially the women? (more…)
Posted in shared insights, tagged boldness, courage, finding one's voice on September 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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Shared by Maria Liu Wong
God has always pushed me to cross boundaries and go beyond my comfort zone. Prior to my doctoral program, I found that many of my circles were too limiting; I had too many Christians in my circles, and I began to feel convicted that I needed to have more hard conversations with non-Christians. But how can you be a witness and testimony if all the people around you are Christians? (more…)
Posted in spotlight, tagged community, finding one's voice, flourishing, raising a family, self-care, social justice, success-driven, sustainability, urban ministry on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Maria Liu Wong is the dean of City Seminary of New York, as well as a doctoral candidate of Teachers College at Columbia University. Her focus of study is Asian American, West Indian, African, and Asian women leaders in theological education. Maria is a mom of two kids with one on the way, and married to a great husband who supports her in all her endeavors.
What are your ministry passions?
My passion is for bridge-building and bringing resources to the under-resourced. I started out working in the Bronx with Teach for America, working in an inner city setting. Later, I worked in Ethiopia, and I am now part of a non-profit, humanitarian organization. Social justice issues are very critical for me, and working in the city brings all those things together. (more…)
Posted in Announcement, tagged courage, finding one's voice, mentorship on August 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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By Joy Wong
In an effort to expand the voices on our blog, we’ve been interviewing Asian American women leaders. In November 2010, we posted our first “spotlight interview” entry (and we’ve been posting one a month ever since). Then this past March, we interviewed for and posted our first “shared insights” entry, now also a regular entry on our blog. I’d now like to propose yet another addition: a “Question” entry. Let me explain why. (more…)
Posted in asian american women in ministry, women in leadership, women ministers, tagged family, finding one's voice, marginalization on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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Angel Wu is the expansion director of INHERITANCE magazine. She graduated Fuller Theological Seminary in 2010 with an MDiv in Worship, Theology and the Arts. Angel’s hobbies include photography, reading, window shopping and football, as well as writing and performing her own songs. She currently attends Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles.
Posted in spotlight, tagged acculturation, assimilation, Confucianism, culture, expectations, family, filial piety, finding one's voice, guilt, healing, parents, shame, submission, women's roles on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jessica Chen is a full-time doctoral student at Loma Linda in Marital & Family Therapy. She has an MFT degree from Fuller Theological Seminary as well as a BA in Design Media Arts from UCLA. Her favorite food is “niu rou mien” (translation: beef noodle soup), and her favorite hobbies include calligraphy and spending time with Madeleine, her miniature schnauzer.
What are your ministry passions? How did you discern these passions in your life?
While growing up in a Taiwanese American church, I started mentoring sisters and seeing a lot of things I didn’t know how to address from a purely biblical point of view. (more…)
Posted in Joy, tagged conflict resolution, culture gap, finding one's voice, generation gap, immigrant church, leadership, minimizing needs, not being a burden, speaking the truth on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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by Joy Wong
I recently suffered an offense in church about which I had to decide whether to speak up or stay silent. Normally, I would have remained silent, with the anger of injustice burning within me. In the past, I often chose to remain silent for the following reasons: 1) somehow I had come to believe that I was overly sensitive, so that if I was hurt for any reason, it was not the fault of the person who hurt me, but it was my fault, for being too sensitive, 2) without being sure of whether my wound was a fault of mine or of others, I felt it was safer to remain silent, so that I would be the only one who had to deal with the effects of my anger and pain, and 3) perhaps my Asian-ness decided that I would rather remain in silence than burden others with my problem. (more…)
Posted in Melanie, testimonies, tagged affirmation, community, finding one's voice, leadership, network, safety, sustainability, truth-telling on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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One “truth” I have struggled with for the past 30 years is why there are so many women absent from leadership positions in the church today. (more…)
Posted in Debbie, testimonies, tagged community, culture, empowerment, expectations, family, finding one's voice, healing, identity, integrity, Kingdom values, leadership, mentorship, parents, shame on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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by Debbie Gin
I used to question my integrity a lot. I felt twinges of shame whenever I interacted with people because I thought I wasn’t “the real me” in every context. I behaved one way with my peers, another way with my family, and yet another way with my professors. I thought of myself as a fraud, a chameleon, easily changed by the presenting situation. At times, I even wondered whether I was “prostituting” myself out, becoming whatever my context needed me to be.
I also felt pressure to find my own path but felt conflicted on several levels. On the one hand, I resented my parents’ strong influence and expectations; (more…)
