Leaders of Asian American Campus Ministries Respond
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Today I learned from Tommy Dyo (our National Director for the Epic Movement) that he, along with other Asian American campus leaders wrote a thank you note to the authors and publisher of Deadly Viper. Since I didn’t know about this, I figured many others wouldn’t as well. So here it is:
December 1, 2009
To Mike Foster, Jud Wilhite, and the leaders of Zondervan Publishing,
We know that there has been much discussion — both gracious and divisive — about Deadly Vipers Character Assassins. We don’t have much to add, but we felt compelled to write a brief note of thanks. We can only assume that the decision to remove the books from distribution was a costly one, given the time, creativity and expense that went into the project.
But as leaders in the Asian American Christian community, we are also grateful that you would take such a speedy and decisive step to reconcile with another part of Christ’s body, as well as redeem our witness to the wider world.
Please let us know if we can be of any help to you in the future, and may God continue to bless your ministries.
Gratefully,
James Choung, national director, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Asian American Ministries
Melanie Mar Chow, campus minister/leadership team/campus and staff administration, Asian American Christian Fellowship
Tommy Dyo, national director, Epic Movement (Campus Crusade for Christ’s Asian American Ministries)
Kenji Kobayashi, campus minister/leadership team, Asian American Christian Fellowship
Ken Kong, director, Southeast Asian Committee; director, The Navigator’s Southeast Asian Ministries
Victor Quon, campus minister/leadership team/student & staff leadership development, Asian American Christian Fellowship
Tom Steers, national co-director, The Navigators’ Asian American Ministries
Margaret Yu, national director of leadership development, Epic Movement (Campus Crusade for Christ’s Asian American Ministries)
