Stories tagged with: national asian american fellowship

• 2nd gen. ministry update at Asian American meeting

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, April 26, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by Samuelle Grove

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Chris Wong never considered himself a second-generation Peruvian American until he started working in ministry with the North American Mission Board (NAMB) to reach second-generation populations.

  Second generation is "more like a sociological term to describe that segment of the population," said Wong, NAMB's second generation national coordinator. He described himself to Baptist Press as "a white-looking guy that speaks Spanish and has a Chinese last name." His parents moved to the U.S. from Peru shortly before he was born. Read More

• Asian Americans can be 'missionary forces' in SBC

  by Morgan Collier, posted Friday, June 22, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Kathleen Murray

  DALLAS (BP) -- "We have a citizenship in heaven and we are true brothers and sisters in Christ," D. August Boto told attendees at the National Asian American Fellowship's June 11 meeting in Dallas.

  Boto, interim president of the SBC Executive Committee, said the EC is "available to enhance the way God has gifted you in and through the ministries of the Southern Baptist Convention."

  Paul Kim, the EC's Asian American relations consultant, presented Roger S. Oldham, EC vice president for convention communications and relations, and Ken Weathersby, vice president for convention advancement, with awards of appreciation for their continued support for the National Asian American Fellowship. Read More

• Asian Americans to honor SBC execs for ethnic inclusion

  by Diana Chandler , posted Friday, April 20, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  BP file photo by John Stroup

  DALLAS (BP) -- The National Asian American (NAA) Fellowship will honor two Southern Baptist Convention executives for speeding progress in ethnic diversity during its annual meeting June 11 in Dallas.

  "We have united together much, much more," Paul Kim, Asian American relations consultant of the SBC Executive Committee (EC), told Baptist Press. Read More

• Partnerships focus of NAA Fellowship

  by Myriah Snyder, posted Wednesday, June 21, 2017 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo by Madison Hyleman

  PHOENIX (BP) -- The National Asian American (NAA) Fellowship spotlighted the need for more partnerships with Southern Baptist seminaries and a desire to reach second-generation Asian Americans. The group met for its second annual meeting in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Phoenix.

  The group, made up of eight Asian fellowships, was formed in October 2016 in Dallas as a fellowship specifically for second-generation Asian Americans. More than 60 were in attendance for the June 12 meeting. Read More