Comments on: English Ministry Pastor Shortage

By: PK

PK — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:31:13 +0000

I’m glad that you stopped by. There are some toxic churches, and of course many of them are not Chinese churches. But there are additional pressures involved in ministry in a bilingual, bicultural setting. I’m not sure how the turnover rate in Chinese churches compares to that in other churches. Maybe someone has studied that.

The main thing is for each of us to do whatever the Lord calls us to do. Even if it isn’t easy.

By: Kevin Sam

Kevin Sam — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:24:11 +0000

This is an interesting post. Although I’m late, I’ll just chime in my 2 cents.

As a ABC/CBC pastor myself, my family sort of discouraged me from seeking a position in a Chinese setting because he knew it might be toxic. I don’t think this is necessarily true but I do hear of many Chinese pastors having high turnover rates. Is this an issue of concern?

By: Rev.Dr.Prophet Naik

Rev.Dr.Prophet Naik — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:02:45 +0000

Dear Servant of God,

I am an English Pastor since 2007 and was also teaching and overseeing ministry activities in different organizations,bible colleges and Mission agencies respectively.I am now looking for English church in America or Canada. Please help me to find. I have completed B.Th,B.D,B.D(Quali),M.Div,D.Min and D.D. I have got 16 years ministry experience in above fields respectively.

Thank you.
rev.Dr.prophet Naik

By: Justin T

Justin T — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:51:36 +0000

Hi Rev. Jeff,
Yes, I saw your name at CCM USA’s website. I’m just underneath your ad. God bless your search and more importantly, where God leads you, He must go before you. I will go nowhere until the Lord God goes before me first, and He prepares the hearts of both the congregation and the pastor.

By: clifford leavitt

clifford leavitt — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:34:15 +0000

Hi,I’m a pastor here in the Philippines and I’m a church planter,I’m interested to pastor a Filipino congregation in the US. or in Canada if there’s an opening please contact me at my email

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:12:37 +0000

Hi, I am a bilingual Malaysian Chinese pastoring with my wife, with whom I have been pioneering a church for the last nine years. ( We have English and Chinese congregations ).

I lived in Australia for 4 years and did my theology degree there before returning to KL, Malaysia where we are pastoring.

I am looking for a pastoral ministry opening in Canada, especially in Vancouver or Australia or USA.

Please contact me at rev.jeffgoh@gmail.com

By: Justin T

Justin T — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:53:30 +0000

They like Western pastors a lot and the expectation on them is not as high. The automatic assumption is that if an ABC pastor was hired and serving, they would be expected to be raised with typical Confucius mentality of filial piety, subservience to the Senior Pastor and so forth. When they show themselves too “Americanized”, why not just hire a Western one since the Chinese one doesn’t fulfill the expectations placed on him culturally. He betrays his own cultural identity, so just invite in a Western guy to serve. Not much difference.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:43:46 +0000

Very interesting , if I were preaching , I’d gladly go to a Chinese church , as I’m learning mandarin . Can’t help but to wonder if there would be any in the Knoxville area .

By: Justin T

Justin T — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:26:41 +0000

I don’t mean to say that people should leave their posts and start one out of frustration – but to have a very clear vision from God and passion for shepherding His people, fully conscious of the needs of the Asian Americans/Canadians in this generation.

By: Justin T

Justin T — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:23:44 +0000

Perhaps a pastoral staff made up of ALL ABCs/CBCs reaching out to high schools/colleges will be effective. Still, it reaches to Koreans, Filipinos, Japanese, Vietnamese, and such a church will reflect the passion for God, as well as for reaching unsaved Asian Americans/Canadians. OBC pastors have a lot of life experience to share with us and wisdom that we rarely have; yet our styles don’t always concur; cultural styles are undebatedly different. Why not plant an ABC church – a community church and then branch out from there? I know of one in Houston. Any others?