The Asian Diaspora Missions: Similar Cultures and Worldviews

Juno Wang. According to reports by the International Organization
for Migration (IOM), the rising phenomenon of
intraregional1 and interregional2 Asian migration
represents an increasing missions opportunity for
Asian churches. The author is a member of the
Chinese diaspora residing in the U.S. Since 2009,
she has been reaching multi-ethnic diasporas—
predominantly of Asian origin—in California’s Silicon
Valley. She has found reaching the Asian diaspora
easier than reaching non-Asians because their cultures
and worldviews tend to be similar despite external
differences. The purpose of this paper is to discuss
leveraging this missional opportunity, focusing first
on the Asian diaspora and subsequently expanding
to non-Asians after gaining the experience necessary
to broaden the diverse Kingdom of God. This paper
constitutes a continuation of research on the subject of
Asian Diaspora Missions, and was originally written
for the 15th Triennial Convention of the Asia Missions
Association.

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