The future of the immigrant church is one that all Christians should care about. Even as Asian Americans begin planting their own churches, many first-generation immigrants, including our parents, continue to attend immigrant churches. In addition, many Asian American churches continue to operate on the same campus or are even part of a larger first-generation church. 

So John J. Oh’s essay on the “Silent Divergence” of the Korean immigrant church struck a chord with many of our readers. He argued that the Korean immigrant church was no longer the center of immigrant life but was now part of the margins. Rather than despairing, he called on the Korean church to rediscover her identity as a sojourner and exile to “live out the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ.” 

To gain more of his expertise and to further discuss the topic, SOLA Editorial Board member Daniel K. Eng interviewed John J. Oh. John Oh talks about what the data shows and his thoughts on the future of the immigrant church.  

Read the transcript of this conversation:

https://sola.network/article/the-present-and-future-of-the-immigrant-church-interview

Shownotes:

From “Silent Exodus” to “Silent Divergence”: How Immigration is Changing the Unchanging Immigrant Church

https://sola.network/article/from-silent-exodus-to-silent-divergence/

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