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	<title>L2 Foundation Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Korean church launches a multiethnic church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This was spotted at ChristianDaily.com &#8212; Independent EM with Generous KM Support at First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland: Already changed into multiethnic ministry, set up board of elder :

The First Korean Presbyterian Church of Maryland greeting its 35th anniversary the English Ministry was set up independently. The English Ministry that began in 1989 [...]<br/>
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		<title>The Dragon Awakes at San Diego Asian American Leadership Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On April 4-5, 2008, a group of San Diego pastors and ministry leaders (mostly from the area&#8217;s InterVarsity chapters) hosted the San Diego Asian American Leadership Conference. What stood out about this conference for me was the level of creativity, contextualization, and going above-and-beyond to serve the attendees (and to bring glory to God). For [...]<br/>
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		<title>KCCD Report: The State of Korean American Marriages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD) recently announced key findings from its research in the &#8220;State of Korean American Marriages&#8221;. Nearly half (48.5%) admit that there is someone in their immediate family (parents, siblings, children, spouse) having serious marriage/family problems.
This excerpt is taken from the press release, KCCD Announces Findings from its Research on [...]<br/>
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		<title>Live chat on the State of Giving Tues 6/24 at 12 noon Eastern</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chronicles of Philanthropy is hosting a live chat discussion online tomorrow, Tuesday 6/24, at 12:00pm Eastern / 9:00am Pacific.
This will be an interactive and informative time, especially for all of us who are involved in the non-profit world. Answering questions and comments will be 3 guests on the live discussion: Melissa S. Brown, the managing [...]<br/>
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		<title>more research on Asian American Christianity needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In February 2008, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published its U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, resulting in a number of headlines:

U.S. religious landscape in flux: Poll finds Protestant churches in decline, unaffiliated ranks growing (MSNBC)
U.S. Religious Identity Appears Very Slippery (WaPo)
The New York Times starts its article, Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report [...]<br/>
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		<title>Chinese Americans showing more generosity in philanthropy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>djchuang</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Encouraging to see this kind of a news about Chinese American philanthropy in this Los Angeles Times article, &#8220;Chinese immigrants increase philanthropy in their new homeland: The rising force of ethnic Chinese giving is most apparent in major gifts, but lesser bequests are also funding projects on many levels.&#8221; Giving by Chinese Americans is getting [...]<br/>
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		<title>musings about Asian American ministry</title>
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		<comments>http://L2foundation.org/2008/musings-about-asian-american-ministry#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[PaLM&#8217;s Ekklesia ministry has a series of articles from John L. Ng&#8217;s reflections and thoughts on doing pastoral work in New York City:

A Diverse Asian Community as Context for Church Ministry                   
Thinking Through The Identity Issue Among [...]<br/>
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		<title>how to do English ministry in Chinese churches</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/L2Foundation/~3/315192765/how-to-do-english-ministry-in-chinese-churches</link>
		<comments>http://L2foundation.org/2008/how-to-do-english-ministry-in-chinese-churches#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[While it may be exciting to see new kinds of churches launched to reach the next generation, there are also good activities in ethnic Asian churches that reaches (some of) the next generation too. 2 resources came to my attention recently:
Pastor Kenneth P.Carlson (English Pastor at Chinese for Christ Church, Berkeley since 1994) had been [...]<br/>
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		<title>the future of religious charities</title>
		<link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/L2Foundation/~3/315192766/the-future-of-religious-charities</link>
		<comments>http://L2foundation.org/2008/the-future-of-religious-charities#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online discussion last month on the future of religious charities. These 3 panelists fielded questions:

William O’Keefe, the senior director of advocacy for Catholic Relief Services, in Baltimore, an organization that receives federal money to provide overseas development aid.
Paul Lichterman, an associate professor of sociology and religion at the University of [...]<br/>
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		<title>why God made you an Asian American</title>
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		<comments>http://L2foundation.org/2008/why-god-made-you-an-asian-american#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Russell Jeung (Associate Professor of Asian Studies at San Francisco State University) gave 4 talks at the first Asian American conference hosted by Bread of Life Church in Torrance, California, March 7-9. We recorded the first talk from Friday night. (Videos from all the talks may be made available later, but no guarantees.)

With permission from [...]<br/>
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