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Grab your calculator – China’s leaders are at it again!
To usher in the Year of the Sheep, President Xi Jinping has placed his indelible stamp on Chinese history by unveiling the Four Comprehensives.
傅邦寧博士是華源協作的創辦人,並擔任首任總裁,直至 2019 年卸任。
傅邦寧博士曾於 1995 年至 2000 年擔任惠頓學院(Wheaton College)中國研究所執行主任;1987 年至 1995 年擔任中國福音會(China Ministries International)美國分會創會主任;1985 年至 1986 年則任職於香港中國教會研究中心,負責英文出版物的編輯工作。
傅邦寧博士擁有南加州大學(University of Southern California)政治學碩士及博士學位,以及彌賽亞學院(Messiah College)廣播、電視與電影學士學位。
傅邦寧博士長期關注中國發展,對中國教會及中國社會與政治現象有深入研究,並廣泛撰文及授課。他著有 China’s Urban Christians: A Light That Cannot Be Hidden,並與 Luis Bush 合著 China’s Next Generation: New China, New Church, New World。
2006 年至 2017 年間,傅邦寧博士與妻子 Jasmine 居住於香港,目前定居美國加州北部。
傅邦寧博士目前負責協調一個宣教士關顧專業人員網絡,為從中國差派至海外的宣教士提供支援。他也為其他機構提供諮詢,協助他們理解中國宗教政策所帶來的影響。
Grab your calculator – China’s leaders are at it again!
To usher in the Year of the Sheep, President Xi Jinping has placed his indelible stamp on Chinese history by unveiling the Four Comprehensives.
Christians throughout history have seen themselves engaged in a battle that is ultimately spiritual in nature. Forces arrayed against them, political or otherwise, are physical manifestations of this unseen battle, which will ultimately conclude with the return of Christ.
For first-generation urban Christians in China, social expectations regarding marriage present difficult dilemmas as they seek to remain faithful to biblical teaching regarding the family.
With a plethora of Christian leader development programs on offer in China, it is difficult to know which are appropriate, not to mention which will ultimately prove effective.
The forced removal of crosses from literally hundreds of churches in the Wenzhou area during the past year has called attention not only to the local government’s heavy-handed approach toward the church, but also to the phenomenon of the church buildings themselves.
The development of leadership training within China’s unregistered church has followed a trajectory that roughly parallels that of the larger society as it has experienced major advances in education, a rising standard of living, and massive urbanization.
An introduction to the 2014 winter issue by the editor of the ChinaSource Quarterly.
What a difference a decade makes! Over the last ten years the nation of China and the Chinese church have changed significantly; so has…
Given the relatively opaque nature of China's church, international organizations have often found it difficult to know where to connect. Chinese representation at several high-profile international conferences in recent years has, in some ways, been a welcome breakthrough. These events have ostensibly helped to bring together a wide spectrum of leaders from within China with those from abroad who are seeking to partner with them.
In Mobilized Merchants - Patriotic Martyrs, Dr. Timothy Conkling sheds much-needed light on the relationship between China's unregistered church and the Chinese Party-State. The dissertation research that forms the basis for the book set out to answer the question of why Chinese Christians are persecuted and how they respond to this persecution.
In past decades, China's church had much less of a public presence. The gospel message was conveyed primarily through clandestine small group meetings or personal relationships.
In a recent ChinaSource Quarterly article entitled, "Five Profound Mentoring Needs in China," Eric Lee notes that the most common requests from Chinese church leaders during the past three decades have been for Bibles, spiritual literature, and training. Now, however, they are asking for cross-cultural missionary training and mentoring.