Religion
- Francis Chan is an American preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA, a Christian church he and his wife started in 1994.
- Bruce Reyes-Chow – First American-Born Asian American to be elected moderator of the 2.2 million member Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2008.
- Hae Jong Kim elected Bishop of United Methodist Church in 1992.
- Seyoon Kim is a biblical scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary.
- Julius Nam is an associate professor of religion at Loma Linda University School of Religion in California, and a commissioned minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- Sang Hyun Lee is a theologian at Princeton Theological Seminary.
- Andrew S. Park teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio.
- Peter C. Phan is an American Catholic theologian who is a native of Vietnam.
- Oscar A. Solis – First Filipino American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
- C. S. Song is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion and acting minister at the Formosan United Methodist Church in San Leandro, California.
- Ignatius C. Wang – First Chinese American to become a bishop in the Catholic Church.
- Amos Yong is a professor of systematic theology at Regent University.
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“I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.”
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