Josh Gaudreau ;Hi, I'm Josh, the English #pastor of a Chinese #church in Winnipeg, Canada. Just checking out this #mastodon site and liking it so far. #introductions #welcome
djchuang@joshgaudreau greetings from Southern California. I like researching about Asian North American churches. Would love to learn more of your experiences at a #Chinese #church in #canada
@djchuang Hi DJ, thanks for reaching out! I'd love to tell you about them - perhaps some specific Q's would help me to know where to start, if there's a specific focus you're interested in?
(fun fact: I've followed you on Twitter for quite a while now!)
(fun fact: I've followed you on Twitter for quite a while now!)
@joshgaudreau Hi Josh, thanks for the quick reply; let's start w/ some basic Q's: how long have you ministered in Chinese church? does your church have monthly deacon board meetings you sit in on? what kind of cultural and contextualizing adjustments did you have to make? how is the health of the church? what is weekend attendance on average?
@djchuang Thankfully, each cong. has a decent measure of independence, but it still has a lot of frustrations. The English deacons are struggling through how to become a multi-cultural cong., but not ready for the implications of that yet (becoming independent while parallel or some such similar model). This was helpful for my thinking: https://www.amazon.ca/English-Ministry-Chinese-Canadian-Churches-ebook/dp/B00VUHCE9W/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FZMS7R6MXKZY6N4DGYAF