Thesis Topic

I finally have a tentative thesis topic... This is what I submitted:

So far, my thesis topic (or research question) is: "What role do 2nd and 3rd generation Asian-American Christians have in evangelizing to Asian immigrants in America?" The Asian-American demographic actually consists of many ethnic groups, so I will be focusing on people of Chinese descent. I think this is an important topic because as Asian-Americans continue to grow in affluence and are the fastest growing ethnic group in the US, there is also an increasing number of Asian-American Christians. So the purpose of this research is to consider how this group of Asian-American believers, who are more fluent in Western culture, can participate in bringing the Gospel to Asian immigrants, who may never have heard of Jesus Christ.

In the course of my research, I plan to look at Paul's missionary journeys and the epistles (Biblical Studies) to see how the apostles went about preaching the Gospel to areas where there is a mixture of cultures. It might also be interesting to look at Timothy, whose father was Greek and mother was Jewish. Secondly, I would see what the Bible as a whole says about spreading the Gospel to other cultures (Systematic Theology?). And finally, looking at the Church's history, I will examine if other cultures have had similar situations, and also, how the Gospel has already made inroads into the Asian immigrant population in the past.