Five Minutes with Curtis Chang

Curtis Chang is the founding executive director of Redeeming Babel, a nonprofit that produces content to promote a reformation in how Christians engage the wider world. This is the second in a series of interviews with speakers at the Midwinter conference in January.

Curtis Chang is the founding executive director of Redeeming Babel, a nonprofit that produces content to promote a reformation in how Christians engage the wider world. He also hosts the Good Faith podcast where he discusses how Christian faith intersects with culture, law, and politics. His biblical insights are enriched by his own secular career, which includes founding a White House award winning nonprofit consulting firm and teaching strategic planning as a faculty at American University’s School of International Service. Curtis graduated from Harvard University and is a former Rockefeller Fellow. Curtis will be speaking on Thursday morning at the Midwinter Conference.

Hometown

San Jose, California

What are you reading? 

The Lonesome Dove series, by Larry McMurty

What do you hope pastors and ministry leaders who attend Midwinter will take away from your talk? 

There is a hopeful path for them to seize the 2024 election season as an opportunity for discipleship.

What does the Midwinter theme, “Immeasurably More,” mean to you in your life and ministry context?

It means that we can have hope even in the midst of daunting challenges.

What would Midwinter attendees be surprised to learn about you? 

I’m a former pastor of an Evangelical Covenant Church in California.

What did you want to be when you grew up? 

The Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger was my model since like me, he too was an immigrant and couldn’t run for president.)

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