i've been contacted this summer by students who go to asian churches near emory looking to partner with us during the school year. i wanna get back to them and tell them what we're thinking, so i thought i'd throw it up here for us to talk about.
acf hasn't partnered with churches in a long time, from what i can remember. in fact, i think it's been a bit wary of doing so. but it may be time this year to start branching out and building some bridges. the person who contacted me was from crossroads church of atlanta (cca). here are some things i was thinking of regarding church partnerships (a mix of questions and thoughts):
- do we want to have one main/strong partnership with a designated church or a lot of loose ties with the various asian churches that acfers attend?
- church partnerships could be good so that we could be actively involved in helping plug acfers into churches
- would this compete for which community people are involved in?
- for a church to partner with an on campus fellowship (i mean really partner, not just like a joint welcome bbq in the fall and an ice cream social together in the spring), this would take considerable planning and maybe even restructuring of the church's college fellowship structure--will they be willing to do so?
- would acf be willing to make those changes, too?
- what is the end goal/purpose of acf and a church partnering? (this may seem duh, but still wanted to throw it out there)
- i feel like a partnership could both complicate things but also increase our reach, combine resources, and make acf less isolated.
i'm currently making my way through the irresistible revolution right now. i've been enjoying it. dude, where's everybody at these days?? what happened to colossians? i'm looking forward to when we can all reconnect. btw, this is a purely personal plug, but my roommate, lydia, and i are currently looking for a 3rd roommate. if you know someone (female, pref 3 or 4th yr, or graduated) looking for an apartment, gimme a holler. thanks.
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hi eunice.
i'm still here! good questions and thoughts. i'll probably be ruminating on this for a bit. although i think when it comes to making a decision, it should be when we're all gathered at emory...
hi tim. i'm glad you're still here. yeah, i posed those questions but i still have to think about them a lot.
i think if we can get started talking here, seeing how we feel about it, coming up with ideas, etc. so that when we get together, we can streamline the decision process. i'm starting to feel a bit more urgent with acf stuff, now that it's aug. 1.
i have to agree about feeling urgent with acf stuff. nso and whatnot is in ~3 week-ish?
mm, jane started a thread on LL about when everyone is getting back on campus so maybe we should shoot for a meeting sometime specific?
vincent's been mia this summer so i got in touch w/ him recently via facebook. he's not able to access the blog or read the book while at home in china because of gov't censorship. (call me ignorant, but i was shocked to hear that. wow, censorship...that's so foreign.) let's think of how we can keep in touch with him, help him feel connected, and get him up to speed when school rolls aroud (fyi, he said he's getting back aug. 27 but is currently trying to schedule an earlier flight.)
man, i'm still reeling about that censorship thing. man!
eunice, good questions. i think it would be good to partner with churches, but we need to have a clear policy... ...i'll talk with Brian & Glenn to see what IV has done in the past at Emory... ...also, when are you coming back to Emory?
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