HEALING OF MEMORIES: MINISTERING TO THE ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY

Co-sponsored by ISAAC/Fuller Theological Seminary

March 19–20, 2012  

Pasadena, CA

“Blessed are those who mourn, they will be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4

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DESCRIPTION:

The third Asian American Equipping Symposium will address the crucial yet often overlooked issue of Asian American family systems. To bring “healing of memories,” several concerns will be dealt with during this symposium. Both external and internal push and pull factors inflict conflict and wounds. The external factors include immigration, worldview conflict, and cultural dislocation. The internal factors include lopsided power dynamics in family relationships: between husband and wife and between parents and children. Yet, the essential needs of healing for families and churches are hijacked by exhausting tasks and demands for numerical “success” in ministry. Therefore, the objective of the third AAES is to create space for healing by uncovering wounded memories to re-member them. Program includes understanding the impact of traditional Asian traditional values on family systems and the conflicts between eastern and western values. Workshops, facilitated by experienced Asian American therapists, will serve as an integral component in personal healing of ministry leaders.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To understand Asian traditional values and their impact on Asian American families and their churches
2. To unpack the dynamics between Asian traditional values and Christianity
3. To experience healing as a means to offering healing for others

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