Bringing Academia to the Local Church: the Compass Cohort
Nov 8, 2024
Prior to joining the Trinity faculty, Dr. Cha was involved in a number of different ministries, including youth and young adult ministry in Korean American churches, campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, church planting and pastoring a multiethnic Asian American congregation. He has also served as a board member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA, a member of the Committee on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and currently serves as a board member of the Louisville Institute.
과목: 건강한 교회 공동체 문화의 개발
트리니티에서 1997년도부터 교수사역을 시작한 피터 차 박사는 다양한 사역을 해 왔습니다. 한인이민교회에서 청소년, 청년 사역을 이끌었고, 수년동안 IVF 캠퍼스 전임간사로 중서부의 여러 대학들을 섬겼습니다. 새로운 교회 개척에 참여한 바 있고, 다문화 교회를 목회 했습니다. 미국 IVF의 이사, 북미신학협회 (ATS)의 인종 및 종족 위원회의 위원, Louiville Institute의 이사로도 섬겼습니다.
BA, University of Chicago
MDiv, ThM, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
PhD, Northwestern University
2017-19 Received Lilly Foundation’s $1.5 million grant on Young Adult Initiative
2014-16 Served as a mentoring leader of the Wabash Center’s Workshop for Pre-tenure Theological School Faculty.
2012 Received Faculty-led Initiatives grant from the Carl F. H. Henry Center to organize and coordinate the Hispanic – Asian North American (HANA) Theology and Ministry Consultation (May 2013)
2006-08 Selected to be one of four participants in The Lexington Seminar’s ”Mentoring Project on Academic Leadership”
Association for Asian American Studies
American Academy of Religion
“Towards A Gospel-Centered Intercultural Approach.” In Christian Higher Education: Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition, ed. David Dockery. Wheaton: Crossway Publishing, 2018.
“Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Student Formation.” In Teaching for a Culturally Diverse and Racially Just World, ed. Eleazar Fernandez. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014.
“Forming Graceful Pastors.” In Honoring the Generations: Learning with Asian American Congregations, eds. Sydney Park, Soong Chan Rah and Al Tizon. Elgin, IL: Judson Press, 2012.
“Constructing New Intergenerational Ties.” In This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith. Eds. Robert Priest and Alvaro Nieves. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Growing Healthy Asian American Churches. Co-edited with Steve Kang and Helen Lee. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2006.
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