Centering: The Asian American Christian Podcast

In 1996, Helen Lee called the trend of 2nd-generation Korean Americans leaving their ethnic churches a "silent exodus". This week, she joins us to discuss how many Asian Americans and their ethnic churches continue to wrestle with cultural, theological, and social tensions. (Ed. note: This podcast was prerecorded on 1/8/21)

In 1893, a group of White Americans forcibly overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. Today, the Hawaii Independence movement continues to resist US colonial occupation. Leon Siu, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ke Aupuni O Hawaii (the Hawaiian Kingdom) and Director of Christian Voice of Hawaii joins Centering to speak on faith and freedom in Hawaii.

South Asian Americans have a storied history of Christian faith: Apostle Thomas brought the gospel to the southwestern coast of India in AD 52, and the Mar Thoma church continues as a source of faith and tradition for many diasporic Indian communities. This week, Sam George, Catalyst of the Lausanne Movement and Director of Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College BGC, joins Jane and Tim to ta...

Since the 90s, Filipino Americans have been the 2nd largest Asian American population - but are often overlooked in the "Asian American" conversation. This week, Asian American scholar Dr. Melissa Borja joins Jane and Tim to speak on the distinctive history and religious life of Filipino Americans.

Many Vietnamese Americans did not make a choice to come to the US - they were forced to leave their country by US imperialism and its widescale displacement, destruction, and death. Dr. Phuong Nguyen joins Tim and Jane this week to speak about the experiences, identity, and faith of the Vietnamese community.

100 years ago, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee rode a horse through the streets of New York, fighting for women's right to vote. She was also a Christian leader who bought a Chinatown church and fought against racism and sexism in her denomination. Professor Grace May joins Tim and Jane to share about the life of this incredible Asian American Christian leader.

Bishop Roy Sano was incarcerated during World War II, led the fight for a distinct Asian American voice in the United Methodist Church, and directed the groundbreaking work of PACTS, the Pacific and Asian American Center for Theologies and Strategies. This week, he joins Tim and Jane to share his lived insights on Asian American Christian history.

Activist Yuri Kochiyama held Malcolm X as he died. She was a Sunday School teacher, American concentration camp survivor, and activist leader. Ethicist Dr. Grace Kao joins Jane and Tim this week to share how Yuri's Christian upbringing grounded her organizing, and can be a model for Asian American Christians engaging in racial justice.

We're back! This season, historians Dr. Tim Tseng and Professor Jane Hong guide us through our Asian American Christian history. This first episode, they start by answering the question: why should anyone - Asian Americans and/or Christians - care about such a specific field?

Minari, from director Lee Isaac Chung and A24 Films, is a haunting and rich sketch of a Korean American family in 1980s Arkansas. It won the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at 2020 Sundance. After a screening of the film co-hosted by Fuller Seminary's Reel Spirituality and Asian American Center, Eugene Suen interviewed Lee Isaac Chung and Harry Yoon, the film's editor, on questions...

In the final episode of their season, Der and Melba are joined by Hmong American pastor Second Yang to discuss the surprising and overlooked ways that language can have an impact on our faith, fellowship, and worshipping communities

Der and Melba listen and respond to diverse Asian American men's voices, describing their experiences of community. What do they look for, find, and lack in their communities, and how can churches and Christian communities do a better job of caring for them?

Dr. Daniel D. Lee of Fuller Seminary joins us this week to speak about ancestral religion, Christian faith, and syncretism: how can Asian American Christian communities relate to ancestral spirituality in a healthy and Gospel-centered way?

On this episode of Centering, Caroline Lancaster (Associate Director for Multiethnic Initiatives, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) joins Der and Melba to examine acculturation and internalized racism as it relates to belonging to a Christian community.

Today on Centering, Der and Melba speak with multiethnic ministry expert Kathy Moua (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) about the ways that Christian communities can specifically care for Asian American women.

In this episode, minister Larry Varghese joins Der and Melba to talk about the joys and challenges of building community in his Indian American Mar Thoma congregation. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, engineered by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito.

In Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Hmong American minister Der Lor and Indian American therapist Melba Mathew explore how our communities are nurtured, built, and supported. In this episode, Der and Melba share about the tension and unity between their ethnic (Hmong, Indian) and racial (Asian American) identities. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, engineered by Alexander Catedra...

In "Being Community", this new season of Centering, Hmong American minister Der Lor and Indian American therapist Melba Mathew dive into the many ways Asian American Christian communities can be nurtured, built, and supported. For the first episode of the season, recorded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Melba and Der look at the ways that Asian American community values are being challenged -...

Daniel D. Lee, Assistant Professor of Theology and Asian American Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, speaks on the theological imperative that Black Lives Matter for Asian American Christians.

InterVarsity Campus Minister Benita Isaac shares her thoughts on life under COVID-19. How is quarantine a little like daily life as a South Asian American Christian woman?

In our fourth and final Heritage Month devotional, Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, LMFT, Associate Director of Physician Vitality at Loma Linda University Health, speaks on the way that God's love for us can transform how Asian Americans see ourselves, our bodies, and our communities. For AAPI Heritage Month 2020, Centering is presenting devotionals from our friends in ministry and academia.

This AAPI Heritage Month, Centering is presenting devotionals from our friends in ministry and academia. In our third Heritage Month devotional, Linson Daniel, Associate Pastor at Metro Church in Dallas, TX and Senior Advisor and Consultant for InterVarsity, speaks on "Discipleship in South Asian Bodies".

This AAPI Heritage Month, Centering is presenting devotionals from our friends in ministry and academia. In our second Heritage Month devotional, Professor Jane Hong, PhD., a historian specializing in migration and race, shares about the history of anti-Asian exclusion and violence, and what faithful Christian discipleship can look like in Asian American bodies.

Historian, and pastor Tim Tseng, PhD., speaks about the roots of pan-ethnic Asian American identity and how we, as Asian American Christians, can understand our shared identity theologically and historically. This AAPI Heritage Month, several of our friends in ministry and academia will be sharing devotionals on Asian American Christian discipleship.

In October, Fuller's Asian American Center hosted a panel, "The State of Asian American Psychology: Invisibility, Microaggressions, and White Normativity". In the third talk of the evening, Jessica ChenFeng, PhD, LMFT, and author of the book "Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist", addressed the topic of "Psychology, Race, and Evangelicalism".