Christian Social Philanthropist Daniel Bian: Once A Prodigal Son, God Took Me Home (1/2)

Daniel Bain
Daniel Bain (photo: Daniel Bian)
By Ruth WangMarch 30th, 2016

"Jade" could be the first impression when I saw Daniel. His appearance and temperament leaves people this kind of impression: Shanghai’s alleys of birth and growth, raised in Shanghai style culture. His appearance has handsome facial features, coupled with the internal feelings of accomplishment in pursuit, making it a "abdominal poetry" temperament. He speaks Mandarin with Shanghai dialect, which is a soft language of rhythm and delicate style, attitudes and words are gentle and sweet. He is showing a kind of natural and graceful, open-minded tolerance. 

However, when he was back from the legendary life of ups and downs you will find that "jade" is behind Daniel’s deep inside of distinct personality.

He graduated in 1993, decisively abandoning allocation to seek his own career life, from the bottom of the struggle to become Director of Human Resources Management of the China’s top 500. In 1999 it was proposed to promote "not job-hopping is a disgrace", "employment rights are human rights" and other concepts to China's human resource management with the overhaul.  After twenty years’ away from God, he again returned to become a Christian, and then see light to all the fame and fortune to promote the care ministry of HIV/AIDS patients to set up Shanghai AIDS care fund.

Some of his friends and family familiar with him would tell him, "You're a paranoid about what people can’t rest for a while." and this character can be said with a network hot words nowadays: "no zuo no die ".

Character determines destiny. Perhaps it is because of this character, Daniel has success in many fields: the executive vice chairman of Shanghai Charity Foundation Oriental HIV hotline, writer of Shanghai Writers’ association, senior human resources expert, CCTV China annual Employer jury members, Phoenix livelihood independent observers, chief strategist for Europe - China financial Research Center, director of China human resources development management committee, social critic.  

Daniel Bian knows that his character is behind the Work of God’s words. "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." The Proverbs verse is deeply at Daniel’s heart when he was a child in church. Therefore, he prays to God for courage, wisdom, health and smooth, from that moment into the workplace and society, so he knew that all his success is God's blessing. 

Unfortunately, smooth and brilliant career moved him farther and farther away from God, "I ran down from the cross," he summed up his once lost so prodigal. But God's grace hand staying at the lowest point of his life - career, family, marriages, are all broken - his return to the embrace of God, and became determined to follow Jesus Christ, to embrace and heal this era "lepers" - AIDS patients. 

Recently, Daniel Bian accepted ChinaChristianDaily’s interview request. He had talked about the fact that God led him through 30 years’ grace road, "he chose me, never allow I gave up the true meaning of life, because he loves me, never forsake me, he wanted me to go home, to win. I want to take this submarine road. " 

He was introduced at the age of 7, and is presently in the church at the age of 40, for he who loves the world would not be baptized 

"I went into the church at the age of seven." Daniel Bian believes in himself and Christianity starts when he was just sensible. 

It was in the late 1970s, Shanghai Christian church was restored soon. As an important one of the cradles of the Chinese protestant Christian, Shanghai faith background is relatively thicker than other places, At Daniel family’s living in Nongtang there are Christians, they are beautiful and good, and had planted many curious vision in 7-years Daniel’s heart. 

God is in such an atmosphere and soil fertilizing and watering. And the result is though grandparents are very opposed to 7 year old grandson baptized in the future, but his parents still support him. "My father has me at 40 years old, that time still is the patriarchal values, the grandson is assumed to serve parents while living and give paper burial after death. This is what my grandparents care, but I challenge the bottom line of their value of life.”

7-year-old just cannot understand those, interestingly, God gave him wisdom, "One time I told my grandmother: 'Grandma, you know, non-Christians miss ancestors a year only on the day of burning paper, I am a Christian, I pray for you every day, even if you are gone in the future, we are not separated, I’d like to let God choose you in heaven. Do you want me to remember you once in a year, or meet you every day? "Grandma was touched by his words. The parents decided that he could choose whether to be baptized when he was 18. 

However, until the age of 18, Daniel Bian had abandoned the choice.

To Be Contined.

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