The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School: Asian American Edition

The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School: Asian American Edition helps teens see the difference knowing Jesus makes in facing their unique challenges with identity, culture, and family.

Being a teenager is itself an overwhelming experience, but the struggles unique to Asian American teenagers can often lead us to wonder if anyone truly knows what we’re going through.  In this book, twelve authors will come alongside you to share their own high school experiences and to help us know that Jesus makes a difference in our unique struggles: He sees us and knows us fully. 

These testimonies of growing up Asian American include struggles with belonging, performance issues, fear of failure, living in an honor/shame culture, immigrant parents, eating disorders, sexual assault, and adoption. Each writer now walks faithfully with Jesus in all of their ethnic and cultural distinctions. These stories lift up the Asian American experience with dignity and give you the opportunity to find both representation and a sense of belonging and worth.

• Edited by Kevin Yi with a foreword by Cameron Cole, this book is a part of The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School series from Rooted Ministry.
• Each chapter includes discussion questions and is suitable for devotional reading, Sunday school, youth group, and one-on-one discipleship.
• For teenagers, their parents, pastors, and others who want to understand and apply the gospel to the Asian American youth experience.

AUTHOR

Rooted Ministry’s mission is to equip and empower churches and parents to faithfully disciple students toward lifelong faith in Jesus Christ. Rooted creates curriculum, podcasts, articles, books, and conferences to transform youth ministry so that every student receives grace-filled, gospel-centered, and Bible-saturated discipleship in the church and at home. Find out more at rootedministry.com.

Kevin Yi, MA, has pastored in the Asian American youth ministry church context for more than twenty years and currently serves college students and young adults. He served as a bi-vocational pastor for most of his career and has worked in the animation industry as an editor and producer for more than fifteen years. Kevin serves as the Video Producer at Rooted, helping to create content for the website and curriculum. He is the editor of The Jesus I Wish I Knew in High School: Asian American Edition. He is married to his incredible wife, Tracy, and they have three wonderful children.