The Board for Becoming What God Intended Ministries 成為合神心意董事會成員
Pastored for 16 years. Former Dean and Executive Vice-President for Western Seminary in San Jose and Portland. He holds a B.A.(Philosophy), M.Th., M.Div., and Doctor of Philosophy (Hebrew Studies and Old Testament). He studied at Oxford University in England from 1982–1986 to work on his doctorate, and received his Ph.D. in Old Testament and Hebrew from Golden Gate Seminary.
Dr. Eckman was supervised by Professor James Barr at Oxford University. He is a contributor to the Thomas Nelson New King James Version Study Bible.
大衛·艾克曼博士曾牧會16年，隨後在聖何西和波特蘭市的西部神學院擔任院長兼副校長7年。他擁有哲學學士（B.A）、兩個碩士學位（M.Th和M.Div），以及希伯來文和舊約博士學位。
大衛·艾克曼博士著有多部書籍，是一位國際演講家和教育家，也是《新英皇詹姆斯研讀聖經》的撰稿人之一。
大衛·艾克曼來自於一個失能型不健康家庭。當他最終經歷父神的真實之愛後，他獲得了情感上的真自由。1997年，他與人共同創辦了成為合神心意事工(BWGI)，旨在幫助人們了解他們在基督裡的身份，以促進靈命轉變。
Stu is a FocalPoint Executive Business Coach located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He brings 20 years of experience working alongside the CIO and CXO suite for large, commercial and government clients as an Information Technology business executive. Overall, Stu has 39 years of business and information technology (IT) experience with Healthcare, Financial Services, Government services, High Tech and Automotive industries.
As a former VP at DXC/HPE/HP/GM/EDS, Stu has broad leadership experience in general management, delivery and sales. Over three decades on multiple continents.
Stu是一位位於舊金山灣區FocalPoint公司的行政業務教練。作為一名信息技術業務主管，他擁有為大型商業和政府客戶CIO和CXO套件服務20多年的工作經驗。總之，Stu在醫療保健、金融服務、政府服務、高科技和汽車行業擁有39年的商業和信息技術（IT）經驗。
Stu作為DXC/HPE/HP/GM/EDS的前副總裁，他在綜合管理、交付和銷售方面擁有廣泛的領導經驗。30多年來，Stu在世界不同國家與許多主要領導人建立了牢固的個人關係。Stu結婚34年，有三個成人兒子。
Dr. Merilyn Copland is an expert in Mediterranean archaeology particularly as it relates to the Bible and holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from UC Berkeley. She earned Master's Degrees in History from San Francisco State University and holds degrees in Hebrew language and Literature from Jerusalem University College.
Dr. Copland has co-authored a book for Christian touring in Greece and Israel as well as speaking on the Book of Revelations in TV appearances. She has taught at several colleges, universities, and seminaries in the US and abroad, and has retired as a professor of Bible, Theology, and Archaeology at William Jessup University in Sacramento, California. Dr. Copland is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, Biblical Archaeology Society, and Near Eastern Studies Society.
Merilyn Copland博士是地中海考古學專家，專長與聖經相關的考古學。她擁有加州大學伯克利分校古代歷史和地中海區域考古博士學位，在舊金山州立大學獲得歷史碩士學位，在耶路撒冷大學獲得希伯來文和文學學位。
Copland博士曾與人合著書籍幫助基督徒深入遊覽希臘和以色列，也曾多次出現在電視台講解《啓示錄》。退休前是加州薩克拉門托William Jessup University的聖經、神學和考古學教授。她是福音派神學協會、聖經考古學協會和近東研究會的成員。
Gayle graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and from the University of San Francisco for her M.B.A. in Management & Marketing. She began her career at ThermoFisher, formerly Applied Biosystems, working there for almost 20 years as an Operations Manager for the Services & Support Division of North America.
Gayle grew up in a Christian home and attended church all her life. She dedicated her free time serving in church ministries for 14 years but it was only after taking Dr. Eckman's BWGI Spiritual Life course at Western Seminary that she encountered the truth that she had been searching for all her life. In 2017, she left her career with ThermoFisher Scientific to serve as the Executive Director for BWGI. Gayle graduated in 2026 from Johns Hopkins University with an M.S. in Digital Age Learning and Educational Technology to strengthen BWGI's discipleship impact by designing pedagogically sound, technology-enabled learning experiences that scale Dr. Eckman's teaching to an international digital audience.
Gayle出生在舊金山，在加州長大。她畢業於舊金山州立大學，獲得生物學士學位，後來在舊金山大學獲得管理與營銷MBA碩士學位。她曾就職於世界最大生物公司ThermoFisher，工作近20年，擔任北美服務與支持部門的業務經理職務。
Gayle生長在一個基督徒家庭，一直參加教會活動，成人後利用自己空暇時間服事教會14年。後來在西部神學院讀研究生時選修了艾克曼博士成為合神心意的課程，她發現了她一直在尋找的真理。2017年，她回應神對她的呼召，辭去工作崗位，全時間擔任了BWGI事工的行政管理主任。Gayle於2026年從約翰斯·霍普金斯大學取得數位時代學習與教育科技碩士學位，旨在透過設計具有教學理論基礎、科技輔助的學習體驗，將艾克曼博士的教導推廣至全球數位受眾，從而加深BWGI門訓事工的影響力。
Jimmy Lee grew up in Taiwan and came to the US for graduate study in 1978. He is a co-founder of Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI), a semiconductor company. He served as the Chairman and CEO of ISSI for many years and took the company public on NASDAQ. He is now the Executive Vice Chairman at ISSI after the company was acquired by a consortium of Chinese investors in 2015. Mr. Lee also served as a board director in several semiconductor companies including SMIC, the largest Semiconductor IC Foundry in China.
Jimmy has been an elder at Chinese Church in Christ in San Jose (CCIC-SJ) since 1977. He graduated from National Taiwan University and received an MS/EE degree from Texas Tech University. He studied at Western Seminary and graduated from Christian Leadership Institute with a Master Degree in Biblical and Theological Study. Jimmy is married and has two grown sons.
Jimmy在台灣出生長大，於1978年來美國讀研究生。他是半導體公司Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.（ISSI）的聯合創始人。他曾擔任ISSI董事長兼首席執行官多年，使公司在納斯達克上市。自2015年ISSI公司被中國投資者收購後，他現在擔任公司的副行政主席。Jimmy還曾在多家半導體公司擔任董事會成員，其中包括中國最大半導體IC鑄造廠中芯國際（SMIC）。
李先生自1977年以來，一直是聖何西基督徒會堂(CCIC-SJ)的長老。他的事工包括聖經教導、傳道、牧養會眾、輔導和門徒造就。李先生本科畢業於台灣國立大學，在德州理工大學獲得MS/EE學位，後從基督徒領導力學院獲得聖經和神學研究碩士學位。李先生已婚，有兩個成年兒子。
John graduated from Queen's College in Hong Kong, has a B.A. in Organic Chemistry from Brandeis University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
John has worked in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry for over 40 years developing breakthrough medicines for multiple therapeutics areas. Since retirement in 2016, John remained a consultant for the biotech industry.
John grew up in Hong Kong and came to the United States in 1972. He accepted the Lord in 2000 and now serves as an elder in Golden Gate Christian Church in the bay area as well as one of the founders of the San Francisco City Impact Chinese Ministry in the Tenderloin area. John has been a student of Dr. Eckman's teachings since 2006. John has been married for 40 years. He has a son, a daughter and two grandchildren.
John Ng博士在香港皇仁書院完成中學教育，在美國布蘭迪斯大學（Brandeis University）獲有機化學學士，在伊利諾伊大學厄巴納-香檳分校獲有機化學博士學位。
John在製藥和生物技術行業工作逾40年，致力研發多個治療領域的突破性藥物。2016年退休後，仍繼續擔任生物技術行業顧問。
John在香港長大，1972年來到美國。他於2000年信主，現為灣區金門基督教會長老，也是舊金山田德隆區華人事工的創辦人之一。他自2006年起一直是艾克曼博士教導的學生。John已婚40年，育有一子一女及兩個孫子。
Steve grew up in the East Bay of Northern California as a 4th generation Chinese American. Through the witness of high school friends at Bay Area Chinese Bible Church (BACBC), Steve came to follow Jesus as a Senior at Encinal High School.
He received a BS in EECS at UC Berkeley and worked as a Software Engineer for 11 years before following God into vocational ministry in 1988. He and his wife Esther met through the college fellowship at BACBC and married in 1979. They have 3 adult children, two of whom are married, and two grandsons. Steve enjoys running, chess and reading. He has a M.Div. from Liberty Seminary and a D.Min. from Talbot School of Theology.
Steve是第四代美籍華人，在北加州東灣長大。跟著一些高中同學去灣區華人聖經教會（BACBC），在Encinal高中畢業那年，決志跟隨了耶穌。
他在加州大學伯克利分校獲得電子電腦學士學位（EECS），在一家公司作了11年軟件工程師後，1988年他參加了全職服事。他和他的妻子Esther在教會大學生團契裡認識，於1979年結婚。他們育有三個成年子女，其中兩個已結婚，並有兩個孫子。Steve喜歡跑步、下棋和讀書。他在自由神學院（Liberty Seminary）獲得M.Div.，從塔爾伯特神學院（Talbot School of Theology）獲得D.Min.學位。
Tim Papa has been connected to BWGI Ministries for over 20 years. Tim has worked for Chevron in Human Resources for 25 years and is currently the General Manager of Compensation. He has held numerous leadership roles in Chevron over his career, including the Secretary to the Board Management Compensation Committee. His tenure has included regional responsibilities for Africa, North America, and South America, international assignments to Nigeria and Venezuela, and extensive multi-national collaboration experience and worldwide travel.
Tim has a BA in History and an MBA from Texas A&M University. He has also served in the US Army infantry and as a police officer in Bryan, Texas. He currently lives in Houston, TX with his wife and identical twin daughters.
Tim Papa與成為合神心意事工 (BWGI）有20餘年的合作關係。Tim在雪佛龍公司(Chevron)的人力資源部門工作25年，目前是薪酬總經理。在長達25年的職業生涯中，他在雪佛龍公司擔任過許多重要領導職務，包括公司董事會管理薪酬委員會秘書長。任職期間他曾負責非洲、北美洲和南美洲等區域的項目，並受委任去尼日利亞和委內瑞拉執行國際任務。
Tim獲有德克薩斯州農工大學的歷史學學士和工商管理（MBA）學位。他還曾在美國陸軍步兵隊服役，並在德克薩斯州的Bryan市擔任過警官。目前他與妻子和兩個雙胞胎女兒居住在德州休斯頓市。
Dr. Yang Shao is the Council Member & Vice Mayor for the city of Fremont. He is also the Founder & President of Pacific Translingual Express, Inc. and Adjunct Professor at De Anza College, Cupertino, California. Dr. Yang has a M.A. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.
Dr. Yang translated at his home church, River of Life, for Dr. Eckman while he taught the 5-Course Discipleship Concentration for their Pastoral Leadership Institute. As he translated, the courses made a significant impact on his life.
Dr. Yang Shao是弗里蒙特市（Fremont）市議員兼副市長，也是太平洋翻譯快遞公司（Pacific Translingual Express, Inc.）的創始人兼總裁，以及加州丘珀蒂諾市德安薩學院（De Anza College）的兼職教授。Dr. Yang Shao擁有哈佛大學化學碩士和博士學位。
Dr. Yang Shao曾在他的教會「生命之河」為艾克曼博士擔任翻譯，艾克曼博士在他們的牧師領導力學院教授5門門訓課程。在翻譯的過程中，這些課程對他的生命產生了重大影響。
Yvonne has been a CPA for over 30 years in CPA firms, Public and Private Industries. She grew up in Hong Kong and Hawaii and is the very first Christian in her family. Yvonne is enthusiastic about God's words and is a graduate of the BSF Fellowship.
Before she met Dr. Eckman, she had never heard "God not only loves you — God likes you." The teaching changed her entire Christian life. She is convinced of God's total acceptance and delight due to his teaching in Luke 15 on Fatherly love. Yvonne has served at BWGI for over 10 years. She is married and has two grown children.
Yvonne出生在香港，在香港和夏威夷長大。她是家裡的第一個基督徒，與丈夫和兩個成年孩子住在北加州。她擁有超過30年執照的會計師（CPA），也是查經班（BSF）的畢業生。
在認識艾克曼博士之前，她從未聽過「神不只愛你，神也喜歡你」。這個教導改變了她整個基督徒生命。透過艾克曼博士在路加福音15章有關父神之愛的教導，她深信神完全接納並喜悅她。Yvonne在BWGI事工服事逾10年，已婚，育有兩個成年子女。
Jim Toms, a graduate of Duke University School of Law, provides strategic advice for the ministry. Jim and his wife Susan's friendship with Dr. and Mrs. Eckman extends back almost fifty years, when Jim was a young Naval officer in San Francisco, and Dr. Eckman, then a seminary student, was their Sunday School teacher. The Toms have two daughters.
Jim畢業於杜克大學法學院，為我們事工提供策略性法律服務。Jim和他的妻子Susan與艾克曼夫婦的友情可以追溯到約50年前，當時Jim是駐紮在舊金山的一名年輕海軍軍官；艾克曼博士——當時是一名神學院學生，擔任Jim的主日學老師。Jim有兩個成年女兒。