Equipping the Equippers

Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity

(ISAAC)www.isaacweb.org

Who are Asian Americans?

• 13 million in the U.S.

• Immigrants from East, South, and Southeast Asia

• Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

• American-born• Multi-race familes• 43% are Christian!

Who are the Equippers?• Pastors• Denominational leaders

• College & Theological educators

• Scholars• Para-church organization leaders

• Resources• Teaching materials

How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…

Forthcoming resources• The Yin-Yang of Leadership: Biblical Characters according to Asian American Women

• Asian American Christianity Reader

• SANACS Journal• Bay Area Chinese Churches Report• Documentary History of Asian American Christianity

• Equipping and Resource Center– Contextualized training

– Inter-generational

– Inter-cultural

How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…

• Encourages scholarship through SANACS• Religion in Asian America lectures• See www.sanacs.org

How ISAAC Equips the Equippers…

• ecumenically-minded evangelicals• integrating biblical faith with Asian American realities

• Kingdom-centered social justice for all

Our Core Values