Two weeks from today, Asian American Christians from across the country will gather—both in Indianapolis and online—for a unique opportunity to learn from one another’s stories of faith, migration, and hope.
🗓️Dates: August 7–8, 2026
📍In-Person Location: Falam Baptist Church of Indiana in Indianapolis, IN
💻Virtual Attendance: Airmeet
The story of Asian American Christianity is richly diverse. Every community carries its own history of migration, resilience, and God’s faithfulness. This conference invites us to listen to the experiences of the Burma Christian diaspora—including Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, and related communities—and to consider what these stories can teach the wider Church.
Powerful plenary sessions on migration, refugee resettlement, biblical theology of the diaspora, and healing from trauma — featuring scholars and leaders like Pum Za Mang, Hrang Hlei, Tansy Kadoe, and Lun Kham Pieper
Workshops on topics like addiction and family healing, intergenerational dialogue, and immigration/legal literacy
Panels bringing together voices from across the Asian American Christian community, including Pan-Asian closing reflections
Worship, lament, and the Lord’s Table — a space for both joy and honest grief
Community meals, fellowship, and discussion throughout
In-Person: $60 (Student rate: $30) — closes Monday, August 3!
Virtual: $5 (fee waivers available)
Group discounts available (10–25% off for groups of 3+)
This gathering is a chance to honor the testimonies of first-generation refugees and migrants, uplift the next generation of leaders, and build bridges across our diverse Asian American Christian communities.
The Burma diaspora is a unique group within Asian America, often underrepresented in conversations around the Asian American Church. Many Burma Christians arrive in the United States with particularly acute experiences of war, oppression, displacement, and separation. They have also experienced the faithfulness of God throughout their journeys, successfully putting down roots, creating tight-knit communities, and navigating the intergenerational challenges characteristic of immigrant communities everywhere. The stories of Burma Christians demonstrate the power of the Church to cultivate deep community and raise its people up to survive and thrive. The Asian American Christian story is incomplete without stories from the Burma Diaspora.
From David Chao’s Gathering the Scattered Part II:
The broader Asian American church has things to learn from this community. There are stories capacious enough to hold these differences. There are refugee churches that need support and that already offer theological insight, missionary vitality, institutional creativity, and hard-won wisdom about survival. There are pastors carrying burdens that many seminaries have not trained them to carry. There are young people whose identities are being formed across several languages, histories, and geographies. There is a faith that feeds people, gathers people, sends people, counsels people, buries people, teaches children, remembers the dead, supports the displaced, and prays for peace. To recognize what is here is the first task.
We will be holding a panel session featuring ministry leaders from various Asian American contexts. Hear from one of our panelists, Joshua Joseph here:
Roots in Exile
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Jul 23
By Ma May Si, OSOF Fellow and Vice President for the Matu Affairs Organization USA.
"For the church to grow and continue to be a place where both the older and younger generations can worship together, we cannot merely preach the teachings of Jesus, we must live them... Today, there are many Chin-Burmese youth who no longer attend their parent church or church in general due to differing political views than that of the pastor on the pulpit. While differences are bound to exist among generations growing up with different values, I believe these differences must be combatted through Christ’ teachings of love and compassion, not shame."
Virtual tickets are $5 or less per person, and fee waivers are available upon request—we want this gathering to be accessible to all. Groups get discounts of 10%–25%, so invite your friends and colleagues and register together!
Register as a group to access 10%–25% off the regular price of $60 per ticket. All you need is your group members’ email addresses to reserve their spots—each group member must confirm their registration by filling out their information!
In-person tickets include 2 lunches and 1 dinner.
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