Struck Down, but Not Destroyed: Twenty Years of Advocacy for the Church and for Religious Freedom in China

In this public lecture, co-sponsored by the Historical Division, the Center for Reconciliation, and the Asian House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, Rev. Dr. Bob Fu will share his personal journey from a student leader during the Tiananmen democracy movement of 1989 to an ambassador for Christ, and from a former prisoner of conscience to a fearless advocate for religious freedom. He will tell the story of how the church survived decades of persecution under communism and continues to flourish despite Xi Jinping’s war on religion in contemporary China. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

Dr. Fu, author of God's Double Agent (2013) and The Politics of Inclusive Pluralism (2021), is the founder and president of ChinaAid, an international non-profit Christian human rights organization committed to promoting religious freedom. He holds a Ph.D. from St. John’s College of the University of Durham. From 1993 to 1996, he was a faculty member at the Beijing [Chinese Communist] Party School. He and his wife, Bochun “Heidi” Cai, were imprisoned in 1996 for starting an illegal church and exiled to the U.S. in 1997.

Dr. Fu founded ChinaAid in Philadelphia in 2002 to promote religious freedom and the rule of law in China. A member of the Task Force on National Security and Foreign Policy, and of the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Fu regularly testifies for and briefs foreign policymakers and legislators on religious freedom, foreign policy, national security, and refugee issues. He is a recipient of the William Wilberforce Award by the Colson Center (2020-2021). He also serves as a senior fellow on international religious freedom at the Center for International Liberty of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and is editor-in-chief of the Chinese Law and Religion Monitor journal.

No registration is required for this event.