The Bamboo Pastors Podcast

Jon & Jalon are taking a break for summer! Listen in as they wrap up the podcast and reflect on their second year podcasting together. They'll be back in Fall 2022 with brand new episodes. Thanks for listening!

We are joined this week by Dr. Frank Chan, Professor of Bible at Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary in New York, NY. Frank shares with us from his experience serving in the Chinese Heritage Church and preparing a new generation of pastors and ministry workers for the Kingdom.

This week we are joined by Catherine Liu, Youth Ministry Interim Pastor at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, CA. Catherine shares with us about her work with young people and her experience starting full time ministry at her church. Listen in as she shares her heart for seeing young people encounter Jesus!

We're back with part two of our conversation with Ethan Chan. Ethan is a staff worker with the Navigators in the Chicagoland area. Listen in as Ethan continues the conversation with us about discipling his own children!

We are joined this week by Ethan Chan, a staff worker with the Navigators in Chicago, IL. Ethan is a father of four boys and shares with us how he incorporates discipleship into his parenting. Listen in as he shares with us from his experience doing life and ministry in the Chicagoland area. 

We're back with a new episode of the Bamboo Pastors Podcast! This week we are joined by Calvin Chen, Pastor at Church on the Ave and campus minister for Graduate Christian Fellowship at the University of Washington both in Seattle, WA. Listen in as Calvin shares about his journey in the Chinese heritage church and serving alongside ethnic churches during his time as a campus staff worker.

This week we are joined by Josh Koh, English Congregation Pastor of Fraser Lands Church in Vancouver, BC. Josh shares with us from his experience pastoring his church through conversations about race, culture, and power. Listen in as Josh also shares some of the similarities and differences in pastoring in the United States and Canada.

We are joined this week by Chuck Carter, Next Generation and English Pastor at Greater Lafayette Chinese Alliance Church in West Lafayette, IN. Chuck shares with us from his years of experience in the Chinese Heritage Church. Listen in as we discuss his ministry and how he is uniquely positioned to bridge cultures in his church. 

This week we have the second half of our episode with Raj Christodoss. Raj is the Senior Associate Pastor of English Ministries at Cornerstone Chinese Church in Villa Park, IL. Listen in as we conclude our conversation with Raj and learn from his 20 years of experience serving in the Chinese Heritage Church!

This week we are joined by Raj Christodoss, Senior Associate Pastor of English Ministries at Cornerstone Chinese Church in Villa Park, IL. Listen in as Raj shares with us from his 20 years of experience serving in the Chinese Heritage Church! This week's episode is part one of a two part episode! 

We are joined this week by Tony Chon, Lead English Pastor at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, CA! Tony returns to the podcast to give us an update on his ministry in California and launching a new congregation called New Wave at ROLCC. Listen in as Tony talks with us about the challenges of merging two congregations together and starting something new!

We are joined this week by Mike Gin, English Pastor at Twin Cities Chinese Christian Church in Roseville, MN. Mike has served at T4C for the last twenty years and shares with us about his partnership with the lay elders at his church. Listen in as we discuss the value of a united leadership in the Chinese heritage church!

We are joined this week by Joshua Chang, Youth & Young Adult Pastor at Grace Chinese Alliance Church in Concord, CA! Josh is a part of the Bamboo Pastors Podcast team and a returning guest. Listen in as we talk about Josh's new responsibilities in leading his governing board as the only pastor on his church staff at the moment!

Take a listen to this week's very special episode featuring Ray Lam & Justin Mann, lay leaders at Chinese Christian Union Church in Chicago, IL. Justin & Ray recorded this episode with us all the way back at the beginning as a test episode before the launch of our podcast! Listen in as they share about their experience attending and serving at a Chinese heritage church!

We are joined this week by Ted Kang on our 50th episode of the podcast! Ted is the Lead/English Pastor at San Jose Christian Alliance Church in San Jose, CA. Listen in as we discuss the topic of spiritual leadership together and learn from Ted's experience in leading a Chinese heritage church! 

We are joined this week by Chris Hui, a 3rd year Master of Theology student at Dallas Theological Seminary. Chris attends Asian American Baptist Church in Richardson, TX and has served in ministries in Texas and Illinois. Listen in as he shares with us about his experience as a seminary student and the benefits and challenges of seminary especially as they pertain to the Chinese heritage church!

We are back with a brand new episode with John Tung, English Pastor at Chinese Bible Church of Maryland in Rockville, MD! John represents a unique perspective in Chinese Heritage Church ministries having served as a pastor for 30 years in one church. Listen in as he shares with us from his experience and the value of serving long seasons in the same place!

This week we're joined by Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Wong on the podcast! Dr. Wong is an itinerant preacher who previously pastored Chinese heritage churches in Canada and was the Associate Professor of Christian Ministries at Tyndale University in Toronto. Dr. Wong co-authored the book Finding Our Voice: A Vision For Asian North American Preaching and joins us to discuss the need for culturally relevant preaching in the Chinese Heritage Church. You can find his book here: Finding Our Voice: A Vision For Asian North American Preaching   This is our last episode of 2021! We hope you have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thanks for supporting our podcast and see you in 2022!

We are joined by Anson Ng, Director of Leadership Development for the Metro District of the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Anson works with Alliance pastors and churches in Metro New York and New Jersey to provide ongoing spiritual and leadership development to ministry leaders. Listen in as we talk with Anson about his time serving in the Chinese Heritage Church and the importance of developing leaders in our churches! 

We are joined by a very special guest this week, Jenny Chan, the Coordinator of Health Services at Christian Heritage Academy. Jenny joins us to share about being a pastor's wife and the unique role she plays in serving alongside Jalon at Chinese Christian Fellowship Church in Wilmette, IL. Listen in as we talk together about calling and the ministries of pastors' wives in the Chinese Heritage Church. 

Something a little different this week on the podcast! A few weeks ago Jon had the opportunity to join Zach Meerkreebs of Envision for a Facebook live interview. Envision is a ministry of the Christian & Missionary Alliance (Jon's denomination) which seeks to develop missional leaders though short-term trips, internships and ministry opportunities in the Alliance family. Listen in to Jon & Zach's conversation about serving in multicultural ministries and developing leaders in the Chinese Heritage Church! Check out Envision at www.weareenvision.com

This week we are joined by Tommy Lee, president of Resource Global, a ministry that seeks to mobilize a global movement of engaged next generation leaders who are having a transformative Gospel impact on their local communities and workplaces. Tommy shares about how God called him into this ministry and how the Chinese Heritage Church has impacted him along the way.

Our guest this week is Dorothy Lau, Assistant Youth Director at Chinese Bible Church of Maryland in Rockville, MD! Listen in as Dorothy shares with us about her role in discipling young people and some of the joys and challenges of serving in a new church context.

We are joined this week by Ben Pun, lead pastor at Anchor Community Church in Walnut, CA! Listen in as Ben shares his unique story of church planting from the 1st generation Chinese Heritage Church and how their story could be a model for future church plants.

We made it to episode 40! Listen in as we wrap up our conversation with Tony Chon, Associate Director of English Ministries at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, CA. Tony joins us to discuss finishing well and stepping into new ministry positions!

We are joined by Tony Chon, Associate Director of English Ministries at River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, CA. Listen in to the first half of our conversation with Tony as we discuss finishing well and moving positions!

We are joined this week by Andrew Lee, Associate Director of the Global Diaspora Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Centre in Wheaton, IL. Listen in as Rev. Lee shares with us from his experience pastoring in the largest Chinese heritage churches in Chicago and New York City.

We are joined this week by Daniel K. Eng, Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Western Seminary in Portland, OR! Listen in as Daniel shares about the impact of higher education on Chinese church ministry and the need to contextualize discipleship in the Chinese heritage church.

We are joined this episode by Sandy Kang, Staff Director and Director of Donor Engagement at Healing Grove Health Center in San Jose, CA! Listen in as Sandy shares about the work that Healing Grove is doing in the community and how the Chinese heritage church has a role to play in serving communities in need.   https://healinggrove.org/

Part 2 of our episode with Pearson Lau, English pastor at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park, IL. Listen is as we continue the conversation on ministry sabbaticals.

We're back after our summer break with brand new episodes of the Bamboo Pastors Podcast! This week we are joined by Pearson Lau, English Pastor at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park, IL. Listen in to part one of our lively discussion about the value of ministry sabbaticals.

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 of counseling as a resource for the local church.

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.org/www.worldrelief.org The Evangelical Immigration Table - https://evangelicalimmigrationtable.com/ Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate by Matthew Soerens & Jenny Yang

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.