People of Faith, People of Jeong (Qing) () von Nam Soon Song

This book, People of Faith, People of Jeong (Qing), seeks to reveal and understand the current state and the future prospective of Asian Canadian immigrant churches (ACIC), including Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean churches. Starting with a brief chronicle of ACIC history, this book shares the journeys and the stories of current members of lay and clergy from various ACIC. The chapters attempt to explain the influence and the impact that jeong and faith have on these churches, to envisage the future of ACIC, and to draw relevant implications for the betterment of these churches going into the future. This book reflects the real voices and sentiments of the first- and the second-generation members of these ethnic Asian immigrant churches in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It is original, authentic, comprehensive, and inclusive in its perspectives--the first book of its kind on Asian immigrant churches in Canada. The book will serve as an inspiration and a practical guide for immigrant churches in cross-cultural and cross-generational transitions. It offers laypeople, church leaders, and clergies a critical reference as they navigate through the future of churches in North America and beyond.

Nam Soon Song is Ewart Professor of Christian Education at Knox College, University of Toronto in Canada. She is the author of Demythologizing the Silent Exodus: Asian-Canadian Protestant Young Adults, published in theJournal of Youth Ministry(2019).

Ben C. H. Kuo is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Windsor, Canada, and a licensed psychologist. His areas of expertise include research and mental health interventions with immigrant and refugee populations.

Dong-Ha Kim is the director of basic degree studies and the director of the Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry at the Knox College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. Dong-Ha is also an Ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament within the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

In Kee Kim is senior minister at St. Timothy Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Canada.