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ISAAC is pleased to announce that “The Growth of the Chinese Churches in the Bay Area – 2008 report of the The Bay Area Chinese Churches Research Project, Phase II” will be available this November! This report, edited by Dr. James Chuck and Timothy Tseng, is a follow-up study of Dr. Chuck’s 1996 profile of the Chinese churches in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The report will include an updated profile of Bay Area Chinese churches along with essays that explore the demographics of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area, the history of Chinese Protestantism and Catholicism, reflections on ministry, and essays that highlight issues in Chinese American ministry. Here is the report’s table of contents:

• Chinese American Demographic Change in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1990-2000, by Russell Jeung and Dean Adachi
• The Growth of the Chinese Churches in the Bay Area, by James Chuck
• Report on the church consultations, by Donald Ng
• “Faith, Hope, and Love” – Themes in the History of Chinese Protestantism in the Bay Area, by Timothy Tseng
• A History of Chinese Catholics in San Francisco and the Bay Area, by Ricky Manalo CSP
• Patterns in Development of the English Ministry in a Chinese Church, by Ken Carlson
• Flourishing for More Than 3.8 Years in Ministry, by Johnson Chiu
• From Surgery to Acupuncture: An Alternative Approach to Managing Church Conflict from an Asian American Perspective, by Virstan B.Y. Choy
• The Search for Asian American Worship, by Russell Yee
• Issues in Asian Youth Ministry, by Victor Quon
• Bathsheba Transformed: From Silence to Voice, by Chloe Sun
• Ministry is Like a Marathon, by Steve Quen

Information about how to order the report will be provided on the ISAAC website soon. You can also find out by attending one of the three “Growth of Chinese Churches” half-day research report conferences in November 2008. - Tim Tseng