Research Reports
a portrait of asian american christianity
The State of Asian American Christianity is a series of reports looking at trends within the Asian American church based on research conducted by experts in the field. These reports serve as a jumping off point for churches, nonprofits, and individuals to begin having conversations on the state of Asian American Christianity. The hope of these reports is to raise awareness and to give leaders a greater understanding of what Asian American Christians might be experiencing to embolden them to respond to their needs with courage for the sake of the Kingdom of God. There are four major reports within The State of Asian American Christianity highlighting different areas of Asian American Christianity:
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Report 1 of The State of Asian American Christianity looks at the broad demographic characteristics of Asian American Christianity. This report will give a general overview of the shape of Asian American Christianity with its unique contours that give light to the reports to follow. These demographic characteristics include: the general distribution of Christianity among Asian Americans, religious distribution among Asian Americans, age group distribution, ethnic distribution, educational distribution, average household income, regional distribution, and nativity distribution (immigrant, 2nd/1.5 gen, 3rd gen).
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Report 2 of the research zooms in on the particular characteristics of religious life and religious belief and practice among Asian Americans. This report gives a picture of what Asian Americans think about religion and what their religious persuasions might look like. This includes religious affiliation, religious salience (how important is religion in your life?) religious beliefs, church attendance, racial composition of churches, and study done on the so called “silent exodus” (2nd generation immigrants who are leaving the church).
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Report 3 looks at how involved Asian American Christians are in American politics. In particular, this report looks at how the issue of race plays a role in the political engagement of Asian American Christians. This report includes research on perceptions of stereotypes about Asians, views of affirmative action policies, racial bias in law enforcement, race perceptions towards non-Asians, and Christian nationalism.
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Item descriptionReport 4 looks at the racial experiences and attitudes on race and policy. In the final report, The State of Asian American Christianity looks more particularly at attitudes towards race as it relates to public policy. Findings in this report include attitudes towards, individual discrimination, racial justice participation, and attitudes on race and policy.
We at AACC hope this research opens doors to conversation and dialogue as we seek to understand Asian American Christianity so that we can better serve this population for the sake of God’s Kingdom.
In this first report, The State of Asian American Christianity, we look at the broad demographic characteristics of Asian American Christianity. This report looks at multiple factors that shape the current landscape of Asian American Christianity. These factors include the general distribution of Asian Americans who identify as Christian, age distribution, composition across immigrant generations, the ethnic makeup of Asian American Christianity, and education and income distributions.
report 1: Demographics
Executive Report
A report intended for pastors and practitioners to be able to make meaning of the report. An alternative or supplement to the white paper that is aimed at application of the research for the Body of Christ.
Whitepaper Report
This whitepaper report is a more academic report with additional…