Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
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Researching, Equipping, and Resourcing the Asian American Church
How do we allow the gospel to permeate and transform every aspect of who we are? Students at Fuller’s Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry—or Asian American Center (AAC)—are equipped with a contextualized gospel that enables them to more wisely and fruitfully lead as an Asian American or in Asian American contexts. In a seminary environment of unmatched global diversity and academic resources, students learn to integrate biblical truth deeply with the complexities of the Asian American experience, identity, community, and mission.
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Campus Life
The Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry, in partnership with the Asian American Student Fellowship (AASF), holds events and hosts speakers for our students both in Pasadena and online throughout the year—including a welcome banquet, guest lectures, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, and a graduation banquet. These events, as well as other AASF social gatherings, offer natural points of connection and community for Asian American students, leading many to become friends and study partners and even lifelong ministry collaborators.
Course Offerings
Our foundational course, Asian American Identity and Ministry, provides an interdisciplinary framework that integrates psychology, sociology, culture studies, and critical race theory with theology. It is a must-take class for Asian American students, regardless of their calling, and for those looking to minister in Asian American or multiethnic contexts.
Other courses include:
Asian American Theologies
Family Systems Dynamics
Missional Leadership in Asian American Contexts
Transformational Preaching in Asian American Contexts
Library Resources
This libguide serves as a growing resource from the Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry. The guide is designed to aid you in discovering resources that might pertain to your areas of study and interest in Asian and Asian American Studies, Theology, Biblical Studies, Ministry, History, Sociology, and Psychology. For additional support, there are links that will help you navigate resources through the Fuller community and beyond.
Formation Groups and Mentoring
Those who wish to can participate in quarterly, faculty-led Spiritual Formation Groups—intimate cohorts of four to five Asian American students. By sharing their personal journeys in a safe, guided environment, students in these groups have the opportunity to work through their identity, calling, and relationship with Christ. Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry staff are available to support students in other ways as well: dealing with personal matters, looking for resources for a paper, or exploring questions of vocation and calling. We can also connect students with faculty on campus or other Asian American scholars around the country.
Featured Faculty
Our widely respected faculty combine decades of ministry experience with groundbreaking
work in church leadership, Pentecostal theology, psychology, and more.
Assistant Provost for the Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry and Assistant Professor of Theology and Asian American Ministry
Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Chair of the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
Director of the Center for Missiological Research and Professor of Theology and Mission
Testimonials
Upcoming Events
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Resources
Cultivating Cultural Humility
Storytelling deconstructs Jessica ChenFeng’s Tawainese American experience and gives her a tool to help others navigate diversity
Centering: The Asian American Podcast
Weekly conversations on Christ, the Christian life, and Asian American perspectives with host Pastor Kevin Doi, Professor Daniel Lee, and occasional guests.
Neighbor
As members of the Fuller community go on a pilgrimage, they’re confronted by the struggle to learn from—and love—our neighbors.
Centered
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PODCAST: Race vs. Ethnicity in Asian America
July 9, 2020
In this episode, Der and Melba share about the tension and unity between their ethnic (Hmong, Indian) and racial (Asian American) identities... Read More
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Centering Season 4: “Being Community”
July 2, 2020
For the first episode of the season, recorded during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Melba and Der look at the ways that Asian American commun... Read More
Staff
Daniel D. Lee
Assistant Provost
Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
Assistant Professor of Theology and Asian American Ministry
danieldlee@fuller.edu
Russell Yee
Asian American Formation Group Facilitator
Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
Adjunct Professor of Worship
russellyee@fuller.edu
Jessica ChenFeng
Contextual Identity Formation Advisor
Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
jchenfeng@fuller.edu
Kevin Doi
Church Leadership Advisor
Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
Chaplain
kevindoi@fuller.edu
Jason G. L. Chu
Program Coordinator
Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry
jasonchu@fuller.edu
Office Location
460 Ford Place
1st Floor
Pasadena, CA 91101
Mailing Address
135 N. Oakland Ave
Box M
Pasadena, CA 91182