社評0621 狄生牧師之輝煌人生
狄生牧師之輝煌人生
今天走進狄生牧師之教堂,令我大吃一驚, 超過上千座位的輝煌教堂, 隱藏了狄生牧師不平凡的人生經歷。
認識他是因為國會議員格林之介紹, 我們正動員非裔、 拉丁裔及華亞裔共組族裔文化聯合陣線為少數族裔發聲, 由于他的積極應作和參與, 是我們成功之重要因素。
狄生牧師經常講述一個感恩的故事, 三十多年前他草創時所購買之土地, 是得到華裔亞美銀行在沒有任何抵押之情形下取得貸款, 更是他發展到目前擁有五千多位教友之大教堂之根源, 因此他經常在各種塲合中大談華人對社區之極大貢獻。
在狄生牧師之倡議下, 他所主持之非營利社區組織將和美南傳媒集團合作, 從今年八月份起, 由他親自主持一個電視談話節目, 主要是針對社區目前面臨之諸多問題 透過電視及社群媒體大量傳播, 並將其內容編印成平面媒體及每年出版名人錄, 將全面向社會各界推廣。
狄生牧師目前也被赫里斯郡及市政府任命為體育委員會主席, 在主導本地區之體育賽事, 其中包括後年舉辦之世界杯足球賽。
Bishop Dixon’s Brilliant Life
Today when I walked into Bishop Dixon’s church, a glorious stone building with more than one thousand seats represented his extraordinary life experience.
I met Bishop Dixon through an introduction by Congressman Al Green. We are now mobilizing the African American, Latino and Asian communities to form a first-ever cultural and political coalition. Bishop Dixon's active participation and strong belief in our cause has been important factors for our success.
Bishop Dixon often told a story about how a Chinese American banker gave him a loan without really enough credit and he used the funds topurchase the very first real estate for his church.
Later, he and I agreed to produce a TV show where we would talk about our society's problems and we would interview community leaders. We also planned to use this content to publish a newspaper, and later, a yearly Who’s Who publication.
I totally agreed with Bishop Dixon’s idea. We need to make our community more aware to explore and learn more about our society.
Bishop Dixon also was appointed by Harris County as the Chairman of the Houston Sports Authority to oversee the sport activities in this area.