Canadian Asian Missional Podcast

Episode 33 - Breaking Free From Cultural Captivity & Ideologies (feat. Soong-Chan Rah) How have we become captive to cultural ideologies in our faith and the church and not even realized it? What are the narratives that informs our understanding of God and His mission? Join the CAMP team as they have a illuminating conversation with acclaimed writer and prophetic voice, Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah, unpacking the subtle, but toxic, influences to our churches and embracing a new paradigm. -------------------------- Soong-Chan Rah at North Park University Soong-Chan Rah on Twitter Books: The Next Evangelicalism; Many Colors; and Prophetic Lament -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Creative Engagements #5 - Pantry & Partnerships: How Loving & Serving Our Neighbours Transforms & Brings Us Together (feat. The Community Connections Team) We're launching a brand new series for the summer focusing on creative ways to approach mission, community, and discipleship. Members from the Community Connections Team (Andrew Au, Austin Moore, Sandia Webster, and Steve Webster) join us to share about how a common passion for serving their neighbourhood led their churches to partner together to mutually use their gifting and resources to be a presence in their area. Through starting a food bank and serving meals to those in need, they have grown in their own walk with Christ and experienced creative ways to be a witness and build relationships with those living around them. Shout out to Anne Hung, the missing member of the team, whose contributions were felt in the experiences and insights shared! Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discus

Creative Engagements #4 - Shooting Hoops & Forming Intentional Culture: A Conversation On Sports Ministry (feat. Justus Au & Timothy Ma) We're launching a brand new series for the summer focusing on creative ways to approach mission, community, and discipleship. In our fourth episode, we have a great conversation with Justus Au & Timothy Ma about how coming together to play sports can open up space to form an intentional culture of community, care, and discipleship. As we continue to explore how we engage our neighbourhoods and cities on God's mission, how can we have the have the correct posture in our ministries and be attentive towards those around us? Also, you'll hear how little Jon actually knows about basketball... Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights R

Creative Engagements #3 - Hobbies: The Rhythms of Re-Creation (feat. Kevin Lee) We're launching a brand new series for the summer focusing on creative ways to approach mission, community, and discipleship. In our third episode, we have a great conversation with Kevin Lee about the importance of hobbies and how we join God's work in re-creating and renewal, both personally and outwardly! How can activities, such as gardening and photography, be experiences of sacred and divine union with God and help us to understand His heart and mission? Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – Love Shine © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

BONUS: Re:Finable (Wing Nip) – From Chemical Reactions To Christ Transformation Hear the story of a first generation Chinese Canadian who has been in the country for over 50 years as Jon interviews his dad, Wing Nip, on his faith journey, growing as a disciple, and moving from a self-centered way of life to a God-centered way of living on mission. Also, he recounts some of the challenges of being in an Asian church and what he learned from those experiences. A deeply personal story! Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – Love Shine © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Creative Engagements #2 - Being A Light In The Digital World (feat. Roxine Kee) We're launching a brand new series for the summer focusing on creative ways to approach mission, community, and discipleship. In our second episode, we chat with Roxine Kee about finding our identity and worth in Christ as it relates to content creation, extending God's presence in the way we interact online, and focusing on the signals, while resisting the noise. Very insightful!! -------------------------- Find the Creator Maker Life Podcast at: Roxine's Main Page Spotify iTunes / Apple Podcasts Check out more of Roxine's work at www.roxinekee.com -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – Love Shine © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission  

Creative Engagements #1 - Community & Discipleship Around The Table(top) (feat. Elvin Wong) We're launching a brand new series for the summer focusing on creative ways to approach mission, community, and discipleship. In our first episode, Shu and Jon talk with the games master himself, Elvin Wong, about the unique opportunities in which board/video games can naturally bring people together, the parallels between discipleship and recommending a title & teaching a person to play, and the barriers that forms of gaming can help remove. A super fun episode!   Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – Love Shine © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

BONUS: Spotlight on South Asian Canadian Churches (feat. https://www.sim.ca/ -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 32 - The Sent People: Who We Are & What We Do (feat. Bob Morris & Bosco Tung) What does it mean to be the people whom Jesus has sent into the world? How does that become an integral part of our identity and shape the way we engage locally and globally? Bosco Tung from SIM Canada and Bob Morris from Interserve Canada join us to share their insights about how the central calling of the church is wrapped up around the loving and sending nature of God. -------------------------- Get connected with Interserve Canada: http://interservecanada.org/ Get connected with SIM Canada: https://www.sim.ca/ -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 31 - Knowing Our Cultural Lenses (feat. Lisa Pak) Whether we are aware of it or not, we all approach life and faith from a specific cultural lens. How does it affect how we read Scripture, our perspective of the church, and even our journey with Christ? What are ways in which we can recognize how our cultural lenses can enrich us or can hinder us? Lisa Pak is BACK on C.A.M.P. for a fun conversation on knowing ourselves, the ways in which God has made all people with unique cultures, and how being aware of our lenses shape the way in which we connect and engage others. -------------------------- Find out more about Canadian Bible Society at biblesociety.ca Connect with Lisa Pak at LPak@biblesociety.ca -------------------------- Check out episodes of See, Hear, Love at seehearlove.com Lisa Pak's bio at See, Hear, Love at seehearlove.com/meet-the-team/lisa-pak/ -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things rel

Episode 30 - An Old New Way Of Mission: Breaking Out Of The Center (feat. Kevin Lee) As religious affiliations decline and the influence of the church in culture changes, it leads those who are living on God's mission to consider and reclaim ways of engaging those around them. What does it mean to be pushed to the margins and to operate from the outside? How can we lean into the diversity of the Kingdom and resist urges to form isolated communities? Join in for an insightful conversation with Kevin Lee as we discuss how we can be God's presence as the church from new angles! -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 29 - The Transformative Power Of Hospitality (feat. Bianca Armstrong & Lis Lam) Is hospitality just about being nice or do they open up relationally transformative spaces? As we consider how we are to live on mission and to engage with each other and our communities, the practice of welcoming one another reflects the heart of God and extends His presence into the world. We have a in depth and laugh-filled conversation with Lis Lam (from The Subversive Table) and Bianca Armstrong (from Youth Unlimited's Light Patrol) about the deep power of how hospitality and gathering around the table are God's design to shape both the guest and the host. -------------------------- Connect with Lis and check out The Subversive Table at https://thesubversivetable.com/ The Subversive Table on social media: Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thesubversivetable/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesubversivetable/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesubversivetable/ -------------------------- Con

Episode 28 - The Relationship Between Parachurch Ministries & The Local Church (feat. Letty Wong) What are parachurch organizations and where did they come from?! More importantly, how are they related to the local church? In the Asian context, with campus ministries, sports ministries, movements, and large conferences, what are some healthy and unhealthy perspectives on that relationship? Partnership or opposition? Join in for a fun conversation with our good friend Letty Wong as we imagine how that relationship can work together for God's Kingdom! -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 27 - "Coming Out" And Into The Conversation On Sexual Identities and Same-Sex Attraction (feat. Min Soo Kang) As the conversation is continuing to open up around the topics of sexual identity and same-sex attractions in our culture, how do we navigate through the complexities and be attentive to how God is working? Especially with the stigmas that arise out of Asian heritages, how do we learn to seek Christ out together with grace, to walk alongside each other, and to engage the world with a posture of humility, listening, and surrender to the Holy Spirit's work. An important conversation with our friend Min-Soo Kang about his surprising journey of encountering Jesus in unexpected ways and what that has taught him about what it means to walk alongside others who share the same experiences, both as part of the church and in the safe spaces of community. --------------------------   For more information on Journey Canada, please visit: www.journeycanada.org To get in touch with Min-Soo, please e-m

Episode 26 - Post-Secondary/Post-Grad Engagement and Disengagement (feat. Letty Wong) Many studies have shown that an increasing number of young adults have become disengaged from their faith and have left the church. How can we understand these alarming statistics and conclusions? What are some of the factors leading to this silent exodus? Are there areas of disconnect and barriers that make it difficult for transitions to happen? Join us on this important conversation with our good friend Letty Wong as we explore and discern how to respond and consider these findings!  -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 25 - Love As The Language Of Mission (feat. Dr. Gary Chapman) How is fostering deeper and intentional relationships at the core of how God is redeeming and restoring the world? What would it look like if our living out and sharing the gospel was wrapped up around loving one another? Join us for a fantastic conversation with Dr. Gary Chapman as we dive into how he formed his understanding of the different languages of love, what are some practical steps to break through cultural barriers that prevent us from closeness and intimacy, and how loving others go hand-in-hand with God's mission. -------------------------- Check out more resources, books, and DVDs at www.5lovelanguages.com To find out more about Dr. Gary Chapman, check out: www.5lovelanguages.com/gary-chapman -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do

Episode 24 - Family On Mission (feat. Martin & Ruth Ghent) What happens when our call to participate on God's mission and the rhythms and responsibilities of the family collide? Are these two parts of life in opposition to each other? OR has God always intended for the gospel to be lived out and for discipleship to happen in the context of families? We jump into the conversation with our friends Martin & Ruth as they share their experiences of raising their children on the mission field and practical ways in which to grow and serve together. Check it out! -------------------------- Get connected with OMF at OMF.ORG For more information about OMF's ministry in Japan, check out: omf.org/asia/japan/ -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights

BONUS: Outtakes with Lisa Pak (Canadian Bible Society: Engagement To All Peoples From Different Cultures) How can we engage people from different cultures and backgrounds with the gospel? One main way is to be able to meet them where they are at and provide access to Scripture in their own languages. Come and hear about the Canadian Bible Society and the passion they have for translating the Bible, making it available to every people group across Canada, and reaching all nations, whether native, immigrant, or displaced. There were so many great insights from our last conversation with Lisa that we weren't able to squeeze it all into our main episode (Episode 21), but we really thought they were worth sharing and wrestling through. -------------------------- Find out more about Canadian Bible Society at biblesociety.ca Connect with Lisa Pak at LPak@biblesociety.ca -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to

C.A.M.P. T-SHIRT GIVE AWAY!! Happy New Years everyone! We're doing a little contest to give away an exclusive limited edition Canadian Asian Missional Podcast T-Shirt. Here's how to enter: Find our page on Facebook or click this LINK. Like and follow our page! Find the post about the T-shirt give away contest. Reply by tagging a friend who isn't already listening to C.A.M.P. but might be interested and tell us what your favourite episode is so far. Easy!! 3 simple steps and you've got a chance to win. We will randomly choose a winner on January 15 and send them a T-Shirt! Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission

Episode 23 - Forming A Biblical Perspective Of Mission (feat. Dr. Christopher Wright) Kicking off the new year with a conversation with international missiologist and author Dr. Christopher Wright! Not only do we get to hear a bit about the journey of this brilliant thinker, but we get to unpack and explore the ways in which we have formed our view of the mission of God through Scripture, some of the pitfalls we may face in our reading and cultural influences, and how we are invited to participate in His story in our lives and ministries. LET'S DO THIS!!! -------------------------- Find out more about the Langham Partnership HERE! -------------------------- Please remember to subscribe to our podcast to join the conversation as we regularly discuss all things related to being Canadian, Asian, and missional. Leave us your comments and feedback and let's do this together! Music Credits: aKu – The Final Blow © 2018 aKu All Rights Reserved, Used With Permission