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What is Epic?

Written by: Ginny Yan, Sheldon Chu, Christian K. Kim, Andrew Ondy Pagan And the Focus Fox of Focusing Contrary to popular belief, EPIC is not an acronym. It does not stand for: Educated People In College, Ethnic People In Christ, Every Person Is Chinese (or Canadian…), or even EPIC People Inspired aCronyms. In its simplest […]

What If…?

This is a video from Epic intern Natalie Poon used before a “Day of Faith” outreach in the city. It’s a resource you can use before going out on campus, or in small groups or teams to discuss fears and hopes. Discussion Questions: What does it mean for you to step out of your comfort […]

Building Missional Communities

This resource written by Jonathan Le, Epic Staff at UT Austin, practically defines some strategies to form a missional community small group (or “agape group”). One can envision forming a missional community small group that decides to attend another club’s meetings on a monthly basis, as part of the “DNA” of their small group. Please […]

Fear And Spiritual Conversations

Part 1: Assumptions About Evangelism In part 1 of this resource, Steve Hong, Epic Leadership Development Team, shares a Sunday sermon regarding assumptions we make in evangelism, focusing specifically on the Richmond District of San Francisco (which is a primarily Chinese-American district). Steve shares how especially in an Asian context, we must look at the assumptions […]

Epic Fortune

It’s not exactly Asian. It’s not really American either. And when people see it, they often think of stereotypes and clichés before they even look inside. That’s right, we’re talking about a fortune cookie. But what if the messages inside helped to challenge stereotypes, and explore deeper issues of our cultural identity and past? What […]

Oikos – Missional Learning Exercise

By Whitney Chen To download this resource as a pdf, please click here. This resource will help you to discover who is already in your “Oikos,” and to connect and share the Gospel with those people in natural, intentional, and missional ways. This exercise can be used in a small group or partner/mentorship study where […]

Expanding The Circle Of Fellowship

In this article written for Inheritance Magazine, Epic Leadership Development team member Adrian Pei shares about what it means to “expand” our social and ideological circles. The article covers painful experiences from his past, along with some practical examples of bold and cutting-edge communities within Epic (featuring stories of Epic staff and students in California, […]

What Is A Man?

By Simon, Epic staff To download this resource as a pdf, please click here. This outreach was designed to spur discussion among non-Christians regarding the definition of authentic manhood and help point them to the person of Jesus and his radical definition of what it means to be a man. It facilitates verbalization of one’s […]