Asian American Leadership Center

In mid-March, an email will be sent to church pastors, which will contain a link to the online survey. Pastors can then forward that email onto their church leaders and members, who can take the survey in complete anonymity.
The online survey will be available from now through Friday, April 8, 2011.

The online survey is designed to be taken by both Asians & non-Asians who attend California churches that have a large majority of English-speaking Asian American members. Churches that are eligible to participate in the online survey are churches that (1) facilitate all weekly worship services in English only, and (2) where at least 2/3 of the total attendees in all weekly worship services are of East Asian descent (Chinese, Japanese, and/or Korean).

If you would like your church to participate, simply email Winsome Wu to let him know.

Description:

The purpose of this study is to survey leaders and members of English-speaking, Asian American churches, to discover how acculturation impacts the leadership qualities that Asian Americans desire of their pastoral leaders.

The primary goal of this study is to develop a list of culturally appropriate leadership values which can be used to guide the intentional development of leaders in Asian American churches and communities.

The findings from this study will help us answers questions such as:
1. What leadership qualities are common among many Asian Americans pastors?
2. What biblical and organizational leadership qualities resonate well with Asian Americans?
3. What impact does acculturation have on the leadership qualities that Asians look for in their leaders?

The coordinator for this study is Winsome Wu, a pastor and doctoral student who is serving in partnership with faculty members from Fuller Theological Seminary and numerous Asian American church leaders and scholars, to make an online survey available to churches in California that have a large majority of English-speaking Asian American members. The findings from this study will contribute to Winsome Wu's Ph.D. dissertation at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Other Optional Ways to Participate:
		Pastors may participate on the Research Advisory Team. For more info. Note: This is OPTIONAL, and is not required for a church to take the survey. Research Advisory Team members will meet as a focus group: (1) once in early March, to provide input into the design of the survey, and (2) once in late April, to provide input into the analysis of the data collected.