Raymond Chang
raymondchang.bsky.social
Raymond Chang
@raymondchang.bsky.social
President, Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC)

Executive Director, TENx10 Collaboration, Fuller Seminary
I am so not looking forward to the days when my baby doesn’t want to have anything to do with me…

Is it inevitable?

Is there anything I can do to avoid it
March 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted by Raymond Chang
Today marks the anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. Methodist pastor Shigeo Shimada offered these words to his congregation before they were sent to incarceration camps:
February 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I hit my head and my baby immediately turned to me and says, “Pray?”

I love that she thought to pray as a response to me expressing pain. ❤️
February 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Diversity isn’t hard if you don’t care.

Those who are opposed to DEI are basically showing their cards.
February 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Christians should be critical of their own party - Raymond Chang, President of AACC. @raymondchang.bsky.social

Pastors and scholars from our Faith and Politics Forum in Washington D.C. shared their thoughts and wisdom on Christians engaging in the public sphere.
February 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Privilege is the ability to look away at injustice because you aren’t personally impacted by it.
February 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We are going to find prices increasing for 2 reasons that emerge from these tariffs:

1) Tariffs are imposed at the port of entry, not departure. This means that the people who are paying the tariffs are usually the ones importing goods into the U.S. - which are often U.S. based and owned companies.
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Most people who are up in arms about undocumented immigrants have never actually engaged with them.
January 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It’s wild to think that the files regarding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy Sr. are going to be declassified.

What will we learn? Will we learn anything new?
January 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
You don’t always need eyes to see.

Being led in worship by someone who is physically blind, but who has profound spiritually sight has been a blessing.
January 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I think more appropriate is a church that is willing to challenge all political parties.
This way I get in trouble with everyone.
January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The danger of a church that attempts to be politically neutral and a church for all political persuasions is that it often doesn’t engage in anything that is perceived as politically contentious.
January 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

MLK Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“We’ve been in the mountain of war. We’ve been in the mountain of violence. We’ve been in the mountain of hatred long enough. It is necessary to move on now, but only by moving out of this mountain can we move to the promised land of justice and brotherhood and the Kingdom of God…
January 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tik Tok has been banned.

Gen Zers are freaking out.

Meta is going to dominate with a monopoly.
January 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I don’t remember my New Year’s Resolution.

It’s already halfway through January.

I’m guessing I’m either succeeding or failing with the resolution.
January 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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January 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How active do I need to be on social media for it to be worth it…
January 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I broke down in tears today singing “Christ alone, cornerstone. Weak made strong in the savior’s love. Through the storm, he is Lord, Lord of all.”

Something about knowing God is a strong cornerstone that can hold the weight of the world wrecked me today.
January 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have zero motivation for social media, but know I need to be online…
January 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
How is everyone doing towards the end of the year?

What is one hope, one prayer, one wish you have as this year comes to a close?
December 31, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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This is an important fact.
Thank you President Jimmy Carter.

He was one of the last prominent evangelicals in the public square before evangelicalism was fully co-opted to become an extension of the far right wing politic.
December 30, 2024 at 2:01 AM
In Orange County, CA, there were around 400 Korean American churches before Covid.

After Covid, there are around 250.

That’s a massive drop, which adds to my concerns that around 1/3 of Asian American churches closed during the pandemic throughout the nation.
December 30, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Thank you President Jimmy Carter.

He was one of the last prominent evangelicals in the public square before evangelicalism was fully co-opted to become an extension of the far right wing politic.
December 30, 2024 at 12:35 AM