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Equipping the Equippers
Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity
(ISAAC)www.isaacweb.org
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Who are Asian Americans?
• 13 million in the U.S.
• Immigrants from East, South, and Southeast Asia
• Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
• American-born• Multi-race familes• 43% are Christian!
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Who are the Equippers?• Pastors• Denominational leaders
• College & Theological educators
• Scholars• Para-church organization leaders
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• Resources• Teaching materials
How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…
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Forthcoming resources• The Yin-Yang of Leadership: Biblical Characters according to Asian American Women
• Asian American Christianity Reader
• SANACS Journal• Bay Area Chinese Churches Report• Documentary History of Asian American Christianity
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• Equipping and Resource Center– Contextualized training
– Inter-generational
– Inter-cultural
How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…
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• Encourages scholarship through SANACS• Religion in Asian America lectures• See www.sanacs.org
How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…
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• ecumenically-minded evangelicals• integrating biblical faith with Asian American realities
• Kingdom-centered social justice for all
Our Core Values