South Asia : general introduction / J. Paul Rajashekar -- Diversity, poetry, and songs : stories of Lutherans in South India / Peter Vethanayagamony -- "Scheduled tribes" : stories of Lutherans in North India / Songram Basumatary -- Builders of the church : stories and songs of South Indian women / B.E. Bharathi Nuthalapati -- Southeast Asia : general introduction / Edmond Yee -- Church in the archieplago : stories of Lutherans in Indonesia / Fridz Pardamena Sihombing and Jubil Raplan Hutauruk -- Church in the land of Buddhism : stories of Lutherans in Indochina / Pongsak Limthongviratn -- Church by the sea : stories of Lutherans in the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia / Thomas P. Batong, Martin Yee, Wang Chee En, and J. Paul Rajashekar -- East Asia : general introduction / Edmond Yee -- Interrupted adventure : stories of Lutherans in China / Edmond Yee -- Interruption and continuity : stories of Lutherans in Hong Kong and Taiwan / Edmond Yee -- Church on the peninsula : stories of Lutherans in Korea / Hyun-Sub Um -- The small ones : stories of Lutherans in Japan / Yoshiro Ishida -- A mighty bamboo : stories of Asian Lutherans in diaspora / Edmond Yee and Lily R. Wu -- Epilogue: Thus is / Edmond Yee