Asian Church Missions

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Asian churches are growing in number and depth across the Southern Baptist Convention, and our partnership is essential to fulfilling the Revelation 7:9 vision. Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Myanma/Burmese, Thai, and Vietnamese congregations represent the Asian faces of the SBC, and many are active partners in IMB’s work of taking the gospel to the nations.

Together, we are taking the good news of Jesus to every corner of the earth.

Event
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the work of the IMB.

Join us in celebrating what God has done through Asian Americans to deliver the gospel to the nations.

Asian American female missionary telling a story, sitting on cushions with children and mothers wearing hijabs
*Statistic from Open Doors International.
FEATURED RESOURCES

This year, we hear from Asian pastors on two important topics. First, the importance of raising up and entrusting NextGen Asians to serve the church locally and carry out the missionary task globally. And second, the importance of being a part of the SBC family and partnering with the IMB to reach the nations.

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2024

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NextGen in Local and Global Ministry

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SBC Partnerships and the IMB

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Fact Sheet (English)

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Fact Sheet (中文 / Chinese)

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Fact Sheet (한국어 / Korean)

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Fact Sheet (Tiếng Việt / Vietnamese)

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Asian Contributions for Kids

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Lough Fook Bio for Kids

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Word Search

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Word Search Solution

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Generations of Asian Americans in Missions

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Journeyman Missions — Asian American Heritage Month

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Basketball Leads to Discipleship

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Reciting the Great Commission

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Reji and Alice Hoshizaki

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Joo Chan and Bo Bae

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Lough Fook

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Ezra Bae portrait
LEADERSHIP

Ezra Bae
Asian Church Mobilization Strategist

Ezra Bae is IMB’s Asian Church Mobilization Strategist. In this role, Ezra is responsible for connecting with Asian American congregations for purposes of partnership and mobilization. Born in South Korea, Ezra studied theology in Virginia and North Carolina and served 14 years as senior pastor of a Korean Baptist church before relocating with his family to serve as a missionary in East Asia. Ezra and his wife, Heesoon, have two adult children.
 
Featured Story
Thai-American couple find, feed those with open hearts in Fukuoka

Jack Wattanawongsawang and his wife, Prinna Puakpong, watched the news on March 11, 2011, documenting the triple disaster unfolding in Japan — the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear power plant meltdown.

With no intention to go, the couple prayed and asked God to send someone who wasn’t them — they had lives, careers and ministries in Tennessee — to tell the Japanese they are loved by the God of the universe.

As the scenes of people with no hope and no god flashed on their TV screen, God asked Jack, “Were you not the same as them before you met me?”

Read the rest of Jack and Prinna’s story
*Statistic from Open Doors International.