The Bamboo Pastors Podcast

We are wrapping up the first year of our podcast this week! Join us for this last episode before we take a break for summer.

We are joined this week by William Wu, youth pastor at Chicago Northwest Suburban Chinese Christian Church (CNSCCC) in Rolling Meadows, IL. Listen in as William shares a bit of his journey, his call to ministry, and serving young people at his church.

We are joined this week by James Lee, Youth Pastor at Wellspring Alliance Church in Wheaton, IL. Listen in as James shares about building partnerships and his experience serving alongside Jon when they were both youth pastors in Wheaton. 

Our 30th episode! We are joined this week by Jenn Carver, youth director at Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church. Listen in as we discuss Jenn's passion for the arts in faith formation & ministry.

Part 2 of our episode with Enoch Liao, English Pastor at Boston Chinese Evangelical Church. Listen in as we continue our conversation about Chinese Heritage Churches and where we are headed.

Part 1 of our conversation with Enoch Liao, English pastor at Boston Chinese Evangelical Church in Boston's Chinatown. Join us as we discuss with Enoch the term "Chinese Heritage Church" and how it accurately describes who we are.

We're back with a new episode featuring Bob Wong, English Pastor at Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago, IL. Bob had previously served at CCUC over a decade ago, left the church, the state, and even the country only for God to bring him back this year during a pandemic. Listen in as Bob shares a bit of his story and some ministry insights he's picked up along the way.

This week we are joined by DJ Chuang, author of MultiAsian. Church and host of the podcast Erasing Shame. Listen in as we discuss ministry in the Asian American context together and how the MultiAsian Church is engaging a new generation of Jesus followers.  You can check out DJ's ministry, book and podcast with the links below: djchuang.com multiasian.church erasingshame.com

We are joined this week by Keone Pang, English pastor at Los Angeles Chinese Alliance Church in Alhambra, CA. Listen in as Keone shares from his ministry journey and lessons he's learned as a pastor serving in an intergenerational church.

We are joined this week by Chris Lung, English pastor at Brisbane Chinese Alliance Church. Listen in as Chris, our first international guest, shares about his experience pastoring in the Land Down Under.

We are joined this week by Dan Boal, Youth Ministries Director for the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Dan oversees youth ministries in the Alliance across the United States and shares with us some of the national trends in youth ministry and some observations from his interaction with youth workers from the Chinese church.

We are joined this week by Luke Tillett. Luke is a licensed professional counselor with LifePlace Counseling (Libertyville, IL) and a counseling instructor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL). Prior to entering the professional counseling world, Luke served for seven years as the English Pastor at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park. Listen in as Luke shares with us the value...

We are joined this week by recently retired pastor and church planter David Wong. David planted Wheaton Chinese Alliance Church, Gaithersburg Chinese Alliance Church and Washington International Church. Listen in as David shares a bit of his journey and stories from his various ministry stops.

Liz Dong joins us on the podcast this week! Liz previously worked full time in immigration advocacy with World Relief and the Evangelical Immigration Table. She shares with us the Biblical call for God's people to care for strangers and how churches can participate in that work in their own communities. Some of the resources shared with us during this episode: World Relief - https://worldrelief.or...

We are joined this week by Daniel Lui, InterVarsity Area Director for California's Steinbeck Area. Daniel oversees campus ministries at schools from Santa Cruz to Monterey. Join us as we discuss ministry to college students and some of the unique challenges students face today.

We are joined this week by Barry Gin, English Pastor at Living Water Evangelical Church in Naperville, IL. Barry shares with us his call to ministry and some of the wisdom and insight he's gleaned in his time as an English pastor. 

We are joined this week by Win Tse, Youth Pastor at Portland Chinese C&MA Church in Portland, OR. We discuss youth ministry in the midst of a pandemic and how young people navigate the tension between multiple cultures.

Join us as Jalon and Jon share their own stories and discuss pastoral calling with guest host Pearson Lau. Pearson is the English pastor at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park, IL. 

No new episode this week just a brief message from Jalon & Jon and a reminder of some of the encouragement from our guests so far! Merry Christmas everyone!

We are joined this week by Leonora Taylor, children's minister at San Jose Christian Alliance Church. Listen in as Leonora shares about her passion to minister to parents and help them disciple their children.

We are joined this week by Tim Haas, youth minister at Twin Cities Chinese Christian Church in Roseville, Minnesota. Listen in as Tim shares about how he and his church have processed and responded to the events surrounding the death of George Floyd this summer.

We're back this week with Joey Chen, Lead Pastor at Sunset Church in San Francisco, CA. Joey goes way back with Jon and Jalon having attended a summer church retreat together during high school. Listen in as we discuss stepping into lead roles and developing other leaders as a part of growing a healthy ministry. 

No new episode this week just a little bit of what Jalon and Jon are thankful for in this season. Leave us a note on social media with what you're thankful for too!

Another first for the podcast! We are joined this week by Mark Chan, lead pastor at Urban Voice Community Church in Chicago, IL. and Mark is the first Chinese ministry pastor to come on with us. Listen in as he shares some of his first generation perspective and how 1st generation pastors can build into 2nd generation leaders while working together.

We are joined this week by Jessica Ng-Lam! Jessica is the youth ministry coordinator at Queens Herald Church in Flushing, NY. Listen in as Jessica talks about the role of mentoring in her own life and how she seeks to mentor young people at her church.