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Welcome to PaLM!
Rev. Howard Chan
Executive Director
PaLM is an acronym which stands for Pastoral and Laity Ministries. Our name reflects two important aspects of our service to God. First, our service involves two groups of people, Pastors and the Laity (i.e., lay people). God calls both groups to serve Him, but He calls each to serve a different community; pastors, the church and the laity, the marketplace.

Second, our service to God requires that both pastors and the laity to work together as one. In choosing to call ourselves Pastoral and Laity Ministries we strive to encourage and nurture a close working relationship between pastors and the laity.

PaLM’s mission is to serve as a ministry catalyst, co-ordinator, and resource for Asian American pastors and their churches and congregations - mainly in the New York Metropolitan area. We praise God for the honor and privilege to partner with you in this important ministry.

We welcome you to our website and trust that you will find it informative, helpful, and enlightening. May God bless our service to Him and use each of us to advance His Kingdom and bring Glory to His Name.

Howard

Recent News

On March 7, 2009 PaLM honored Lee Hearn for his faithful service to the New York Asian American Community. Here are the introductory remarks made by Howard Chan in that presentation...

One of my favorite movies is "It's A Wonderful Life." One reason I love that movie is because it's a story about an ordinary guy, who lives an ordinary life, only to discover - thanks to an angel - that his life wasn't really that ordinary after all.

The movie is about a family man named George Bailey. Generally, all goes well for George until his absent-minded Uncle Charlie loses a lar...


Since 2001 I have taken on the role of itinerant preacher, visiting and filling the pulpits of our Asian American churches in the New York/New Jersey Region. Thus, I have had seven opportunities to celebrate Christmas during the month of December with a variety of congregations and churches....mostly Chinese but also some Korean.

What I find most disturbing about these December services leading up to Christmas and Christmas Sunday itself, is that too many of our ABC (American Born Chinese) churches do NOT in any way prepare for, or celebrate Christmas. In fact, just this past ye...


Every year PaLM hosts an annual Christmas Luncheon for our Asian American (AA) pastors and other full-time Christian workers to express our thanks and appreciation for their hard work. At the end of the lunch PaLM gives a "snapshot" Report on Asian American Ministries in Our Region. That report included the following information:

In 2008 ten full-time pastors/youth pastors left their churches include:

01. Milton Eng from Brooklyn Chinese Christian Church
02. Joseph Feun from Chinese Conservative Baptist Church
03. Dan Ho from Queens Christian Alliance Churc...

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