3rd Annual Bay Area Pastors’ Retreat for Asian American English Ministry leaders

Theme:  Renewal!
When:  Mon.-Tues. (Sept. 21-22, 2009)
Where:  San Damiano Retreat Center, Danville, CA
Guest Speaker:  Doug Stevens, Founder of The Renewal Project will be speaking on his favorite theme of renewal!
Cost:  $130/person

We’re excited about everyone getting together to learn and grow in a concentrated time together.  This year we will have Doug Stevens, the founder of The Renewal Project to share with us from his experience and life.  Doug has been a longtime friend and has been in pastoral ministry as well as parachurch ministry for more than 30 years.  Sensitive to the cultural and changing nature of our times, Doug lends a biblical and prophetic voice to what God is doing in and through his church. You can read more about Doug’s ministry here: http://www.renewalproject.org/ .

Please register by September 7 if you will be attending the Sept. 21-22 retreat as that will help us with planning, etc.

Blessings,

Johnson Chiu

To Register, clink this secure link and complete the on-line registration form: https://fs16.formsite.com/sanacs/form662985063/secure_index.html

Sam Tsang Seminars on the Bible

ISAAC is delighted to announce the following free Bible seminars to be given by Dr. Sam Tsang, Vice President of the Overseas Theological Seminary (San Jose, CA) and ISAAC partner:

April 14-16 (7.30-9.30 pm)
Seminar on Acts
25th Anniversary Celebration of the Far East Broadcasting, Canada
Vancouver Chinese Alliance Church Fraser Lands Branch,
3330 Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V5S 4R8
Contact numbers are: 604-717-8369×171 or 778-885-2731

June 6th (10 am)
Galatians – “Understanding Paul’s Gospel as the Way Forward for the Chinese Church?” [In Cantonese]
West Valley Chinese Alliance Church
400 Llewellyn Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008
Contact: 408-364-1388

Oct. 23 (7.30 pm) and Oct. 24 (9.30 am)
Revelation – “What does Revelation have to do with Silicon Valley?: The Message of Revelation for Our Time” [In Mandarin]
Sponsored by Worldwide Bible Society
Chinese Church In Christ -Cupertino
10455 Bandley Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014

Dr. Tsang is a blogger. His latest blog is about U2 and our faith. Check it out at
sacredsaga.org/sam-tsangs-blog

Also, Sam’s newest book (in Chinese) just came out. Here’s the book information:
http://www.mingdaopress.org/Common/Reader/Channel/ShowPage.jsp?Cid=17&Pid=13&Version=0&Charset=big5_hkscs&page=0

The Growth of the Chinese Churches in the Bay Area – 2008 report available in November!

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