Bob Fu
Chinese American pastor (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bob Fu (Chinese: 傅希秋; pinyin: Fù Xīqiū) is a Chinese-American pastor.[1] In 2002, he founded ChinaAid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then.[2] Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng University in the 1980s. He converted to Christianity after an American teacher gave him a biography of a Chinese Christian convert.[3] After his studies, Fu taught English at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing while participating in the house church movement.[4] In 1996, Bob Fu and his family emigrated to Hong Kong and then the United States, after his wife became pregnant without government permission to have a child.[5][dead link][dubious – discuss] Fu founded the China Aid Association in Philadelphia in 2002, but moved its headquarters to Midland, Texas, in 2004.[2] Fu is also known for his role in helping negotiate barefoot lawyer Chen Guangcheng's immigration to the United States. In this sense, he has been described as a "liaison" between oppressed groups in China and foreign governments or media that can help them.[3]
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Fu Xiqiu 傅希秋 | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Shandong, China |
Nationality | United States |
Education | Liaocheng University Westminster Theological Seminary |
Occupation(s) | Pastor, activist |
Spouse | Heidi Fu (Bochun Cai) |
Children | 3 |
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Chinese | 傅希秋 | ||||||||||
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