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。
Decades of overseas involvement in equipping Chinese church leaders have shown that training involves much more than unloading knowledge on a classroom of eager students. In discussions with dozens of experienced trainers over the course of several years, the following have emerged as essential factors for effective training.
Reports of Christians being detained, harassed, fined or otherwise hindered from living out their faith have led many to conclude that persecution is the norm in China. Yet while such incidences do occur, a much larger number of Christians engages seemingly unhindered in a wide variety of activities on a daily basis.
"Shiba Da," the 18th Party Congress, concluded last week with the seven (not nine!) members of the reconstituted Politburo Standing Committee appearing together for the first time on the red carpet in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Many have asked what implications the Congress has for Christians in China. While it is known that religious policy was on the agenda this year, only time will tell how the closed-door discussions on this topic will play out in terms of actual policy.
A recent and still ongoing ChinaSource survey of Chinese Christians, who have experience in working together with foreign partners, provides insight for those seeking to partner with and serve the church in China.
Editor's Note: This editorial originally appeared in "Passing the Baton" (CS Quarterly, 2012 Autumn).
Amidst the rapid and relentless change taking place in China today, three dynamics in particular are profoundly affecting the role of traditional nonprofit efforts in the country. This raises the question of what sort of entities will allow for sustainable engagement in the future.
With the explosion of private schools in China has come an emerging opportunity for the faith-based community to offer an alternative to the current lopsided system. By taking a holistic approach to education, these schools can prepare students for life, not simply the next exams, and can also equip parents to fulfill their vital role in the academic, emotional, social, and spiritual development of their children. Variations on the traditional home schooling model developed in the West are also being pursued in China by believing parents who choose not to send their children to public schools.
For the fourth straight year in row, the number of college hopefuls taking the national university entrance exam, or gaokao, has dropped. Analysts trace the decline to a corresponding drop in the number of children born at the beginning of the last decade due to China's one-child policy. However, the decrease also suggests two realities facing young people in China today.
As of this year, China officially has more people living in cities than in the countryside. Returning recently to one of China's sprawling megacities, I was again brought face to face with the human reality underlying the most massive migration in the history of the world.
I sat across from a Chinese Christian in the lobby of a Beijing hotel as he rearranged the cups and plates on the coffee table between us. Having cleared a space at the center of the table, he pointed to a cup sitting at the edge, near one corner.
China's comeback as a world power is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary stories of our time.
Equally extraordinary is the comeback of China's church. Both numerically and in terms of its growing influence in society, the church has experienced phenomenal growth during the past three decades.
The church in China is growing and diverse, but its story cannot be reduced to a single statistic or label. Brent Fulton explains why the facts are real, yet often more complicated than they first appear.