"A young Vietnamese couple who accepted Christ last month were threatened by officials and
beaten. Local authorities hit the wife in the face with a stick, according to a contact with Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), reports MNN.
Authorities threatened to take the couple's land and home if they don’t return to Buddhism and deny their new faith in Christ.
The couple survives through subsistence farming, and they have three boys aged 10, 12, and 14. The husband is afraid they will lose their land and have no way of supporting their family. The wife is afraid of further beatings. Their pastor is trying to help, but he lives in another village 15 miles away.
92% of Vietnamese people are Buddhist and only 1% are Christian, according to NationMaster.com. Christians in the communist state of Vietnam are seen as agents of the West and are regarded with suspicion. The government requires permits for larger gatherings--but will issue them last minute or not at all to make it difficult on churches."" ChristianTelegraph
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:18 HNV
Authorities threatened to take the couple's land and home if they don’t return to Buddhism and deny their new faith in Christ.
The couple survives through subsistence farming, and they have three boys aged 10, 12, and 14. The husband is afraid they will lose their land and have no way of supporting their family. The wife is afraid of further beatings. Their pastor is trying to help, but he lives in another village 15 miles away.
92% of Vietnamese people are Buddhist and only 1% are Christian, according to NationMaster.com. Christians in the communist state of Vietnam are seen as agents of the West and are regarded with suspicion. The government requires permits for larger gatherings--but will issue them last minute or not at all to make it difficult on churches."" ChristianTelegraph
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:18 HNV
