DAIQING YUAN, SENIOR PASTOR
   
  Dr. Daiqing Yuan (pronounced “di-ching you-won”, meaning “a green tree on a high mountain (Mt. Tai in eastern China, where emperors worshipped “heaven”/God), Son of the maker of the great Ark (Noah)” was born and grew up in Beijing, China and was taught under the Communist educational system.  From youth he desired to seek for the truth, and was not satisfied with literature, history, philosophy, natural and social sciences, until he read the Bible and was found by God.

  Dr. Yuan studied physics at Peking University (BS, MS 1987) and at the University of North Texas (MS, PhD 1996), where he became a Christian in 1990.  After being discipled by Denton Bible Church and Campus Crusade for Christ, he served as a missionary and pastor for thirteen years before becoming the senior pastor of Abilene Bible Church.  He studied at Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM 2006), majoring in Bible exposition and pastoral ministry.  He is married to his high-school best friend Xiaofeng (Rose) and they have four daughters.

  Dr. Yuan loves to study the Bible and teach it in its historical context, with the Old Testament and the New Testament linked together.  He specializes in Biblical chronology and apologetics. He calls himself theologically fundamental, evangelical, Calvinist, dispen-sational, and non-Charismatic.  He is committed to be a disciple of Christ, and works to make more disciples for Him.  He suggests two mottos for Abilene Bible Church:  “Teach His Word; Love Our Neighbor.”