{"id":8009,"date":"2006-02-13T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-13T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8009"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:30:09","slug":"asian-american-covenanters-contribute-to-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/02\/13\/asian-american-covenanters-contribute-to-new-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Covenanters Contribute to New Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (February 13, 2006)  &#8211; Several pioneering Asian American leaders in  the Evangelical Covenant Church are among the contributors to the new  book <em>Growing Healthy Asian American Churches.<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p>InterVarsity Press published the book, which was released in January and  features contributions from members of several denominations. It is  being produced in partnership with the Catalyst Leadership Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will prove to be a significant work for not just Asian American  ministries, but all those who are in multicultural contexts,&#8221; says Greg  Yee, the director of congregational and leadership development for the  Pacific Southwest Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Asian American leaders face the challenge of preserving a culture and  heritage while also reaching younger generations and the large number of  unchurched individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Covenant leaders who have contributed to the project are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Cha, a member of Libertyville Covenant Church in Libertyville,  Illinois, and a teacher at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.<\/li>\n<li>Soong-Chan Rah, the new professor of church growth and evangelism at  North Park Theological Seminary. He is finishing his pastorate at  Cambridge Community Covenant Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Wong, pastor of Grace Community Covenant Church in Palo Alto,  California.<\/li>\n<li>Helen Lee, a member of Parkwood Community Evangelical Covenant  Church and a former editor of <em>Christianity Today<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Sugikawa, formerly on staff at Newsong Covenant Church in  Irvine, California.<\/li>\n<li>Dave Gibbons, pastor of Newsong Covenant Church.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Kang, former founding co-pastor of Parkwood Community Covenant  Church in Lombard, Illinois, who now teaches at Gordon Conwell  Theological Seminary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=8009&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (February 13, 2006) &#8211; Several pioneering Asian American leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church are among the contributors to the new book Growing Healthy Asian American Churches. 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