List of Asian Americans - Religion

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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