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by Elizabeth Tenety
Washington Post\u2019s
On Faith<\/p>\n

For the next several days, Rhetoric Race and Religion will post articles that focus on New York Knick sensation Jeremy Lin and the role of religion plays in creating his persona. Enjoy<\/p>\n

Stephen Chen is head pastor of the English-language ministry at Redeemer Bible Fellowship in Mountain View, Calif. Among the longtime members of his 300-person, largely Chinese American immigrant church is basketball\u2019s latter-day wunderkind, the Knicks\u2019 Jeremy Lin.<\/p>\n

Chen has known Lin since the basketball phenom was 13, when Chen worked with him as a youth counselor at their church. Chen never played basketball until Jeremy and his brother, Josh, taught him. \u201cThey said, \u2018we\u2019ll listen to what you have to say about the Bible and you have to listen to what we have to say about basketball.\u2019\u201d
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