Rev. Dr. Young Lee Hertig
The Asian American Congregational Leadership Survey
2024: The Asian American Congregational Leadership Survey project will focus on generating and analyzing urban Asian American church data taken from the “National Survey of Asian American (AA) Congregational Leadership Practices,” which started in 2022 and is on-going. This work is being done as a collaborative effort with Baylor University and Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center Global Diaspora Institute. A second point of action will be exploring a potential Phase II survey based on ISAAC’s 6,000-church database with a national working team of partners, and revising the survey questions based on the team’s set of questions and interests.
PastoraLab Alumnae Network for H.E.A.R.D.
2024-25: PastoraLab for Asian American Women Ministers provides an ecumenical / intergenerational learning space for AA women faith leaders to reflect on their experiences through a field-based hermeneutic that embraces their personal and social identities in the year 1 and learn organizational leadership in year 2. As we approach more than 100 Asian American women faith leaders, the desire of alumnae emerged for their continuous involvement with PastoraLab’s movement.
Faith and Leadership Wellbeing (PastoraLab alumnae curriculum)
2026: The “Faith and Leadership Wellbeing” project responds to a pressing leadership reality: AAPI women faith leaders are carrying layered responsibilities in a post-pandemic world, and they need formation that honors the whole person. Located across Boston, Atlanta, and PastoraLab’s broader network, the project has grown through pilot experimentation, grant-supported convenings, retreat-based communal discernment, and is grounded in the conviction that when leaders are spiritually rooted and emotionally, relationally, physically, and mentally healthy, they are better able to sustain faithful service over time, make wise decisions under pressure, and cultivate communities where others can thrive. The aim of this project is not simply to “feel better,” but to grow in whole-person faithfulness—integrating wellbeing practices with biblical truth so that leadership is strengthened from the inside out. Rather than pursuing dramatic, short-term overhauls, this project assumes that meaningful formation typically happens through small, consistent habits that align daily life with God’s purposes.
Young is a Co-founder and Executive Director of ISAAC and AAWOL (Asian American Women On Leadership) and Project Director of “Imagining A More Equal Pulpit” (2017-2020). She has been mentoring Asian American Christian women leaders in the academy and church. Young has taught courses on Spirituality, Sustainability, and Diversity. Her passion is healing of memories, environment, and civic engagement.
Congregations and Community grants provide support for urban pastors, churches, faith-based community organizations, and theological institutions to share resources, ideas, and practices for life-giving ministry in cities across North America. Typically, we invite those who have not previously had access to resources or grant funding.
Congregational and Community grants provide support for urban pastors, churches, faith-based community organizations, and theological institutions to share resources, ideas, and practices for life-giving ministry in cities across North America. Typically, we invite those who have not previously had access to resources or grant funding. This inaugural cohort of grantees included organizations working with children and youth, capacity building for a community. ministry, support for community healthcare, and research on congregational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congregations and Communities grants provide support for urban pastors, churches, faith-based community organizations, and theological institutions to share resources, ideas, and practices for life-giving ministry in cities across North America. We are truly inspired by the commitment of these churches, educational institutions, and community organizations.
