Chapter 6 of this book focuses on some complications that erupt when trying to create Protestant churches in Chinatown. Particularly, Fuzhounese Protestant churches. The chapter begins by discussing the split in the Church of Grace. The congregation there began to resent the growing Fuzhounese immigrants in the congregation. They were afraid the Fuzhounese immigrants would dominate the congregation. This resentment was linked to ethnic stereotypes of Fuzhounese people. This caused the congregations to split in two. The congregations also had different views in how the church should be run.
What’s sad is that the concerns of the Fuzhounese congregation within the church was ignored. For example, many Fuzhounese leaders felt that their concerns were not taken into account withthe Board of Deacons on how the church should be run.
