PastoraLab Alumnae Network for H.E.A.R.D.
2024-25: PastoraLab Alumnae Network for H.E.A.R.D.
PastoraLab for Asian American Women Ministers provides an ecumenical / intergenerational learning space for AA women faith leaders to reflect on their
experiences through a field-based hermeneutic that embraces their personal and social identities in the year 1 and learn organizational leadership in year 2. As we approach more than 100 Asian American women faith leaders, the desire of alumnae emerged for their continuous involvement with PastoraLab’s movement.
2024: The Asian American Congregational Leadership Survey
The Asian American Congregational Leadership Survey project will focus on
generating and analyzing urban Asian American church data taken from the “National
Survey of Asian American (AA) Congregational Leadership Practices,” which started in
2022 and is on-going. This work is being done as a collaborative effort with Baylor
University and Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center Global Diaspora Institute. A
second point of action will be exploring a potential Phase II survey based on ISAAC’s
6,000-church database with a national working team of partners, and revising the
survey questions based on the team’s set of questions and interests.
Young is a Co-founder and Executive Director of ISAAC and AAWOL (Asian American Women On Leadership) and Project Director of “Imagining A More Equal Pulpit” (2017-2020). She has been mentoring Asian American Christian women leaders in the academy and church. Young has taught courses on Spirituality, Sustainability, and Diversity. Her passion is healing of memories, environment, and civic engagement.
Congregations and Community grants provide support for urban pastors, churches, faith-based community organizations, and theological institutions to share resources, ideas, and practices for life-giving ministry in cities across North America. Typically, we invite those who have not previously had access to resources or grant funding.
Congregational and Community grants provide support for urban pastors, churches, faith-based community organizations, and theological institutions to share resources, ideas, and practices for life-giving ministry in cities across North America. Typically, we invite those who have not previously had access to resources or grant funding. This inaugural cohort of grantees included organizations working with children and youth, capacity building for a community. ministry, support for community healthcare, and research on congregational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
