Book Review: Growing Healthy Asian American Churches, edited by Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee

Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee, eds., Growing Healthy Asian American Churches. InterVarsity Press, 2006. 221 pages.

 

The dilemma for ethnic churches is a familiar one: immigrants move to a foreign country in search of opportunities. They are drawn to other immigrants who share the same language and culture, and thus plant churches together so that they can worship in their native language and cultural context. They raise their families in these churches. But difficulties emerge in the next generation as their children begin losing the traditional culture, replacing it with the local culture. Even as the ethnic church continues to provide a familiar community for new immigrants, it becomes decreasingly relevant for upcoming generations.

How can the church deal with these two increasingly different groups under one roof?  How can the church ensure that it is built on biblical truth, rather than a particular culture? How does an ethnic church fit into the bigger picture of what God is doing? These and many other difficulties face Asian American churches today.

HEALTHY ASIAN AMERICAN CHURCHES

Growing Healthy Asian American Churches (GHAAC), edited by Peter Cha, S. Steve Kang, and Helen Lee, attempts to address these challenges by

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