Protestantism in Vietnam
Protestants in
Origin
Protestantism was introduced in 1911 at
By 1967 information, Protestant communities were represented mainly within South Vietnam. Those communities included the
Several Protestant church properties were confiscated during the communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975, including the seminaries in Nha Trang and Hanoi. Hundreds of Protestant churches were also destroyed in this period.[5]
All
Bible societies in Vietnam
Protestants made several Bible translations in 1926 and 1991, and translated separate books of Old Testament and New Testament into Vietnamese.[7]
The organized work of United Bible Societies in Vietnam began in 1890. In 1966 the Vietnamese Bible Society was established. The Bible societies distributed 53,170 Bible examples and 120,170 New Testament examples in Vietnamese within the country in 2005. Two years earlier, in 2003, 60,000 copies of Bible and 50,000 copies of New Testament (all in Vietnamese) were printed in Vietnam with the permission of local authorities. Same year, 10,000 copies of the Chinese language Bible were printed in Vietnam for the local Chinese community. 7,555 copies of them were sold in a few months.[8]
Early 2000s
In the early 2000s, more than half of the Protestants were part of evangelical
2020s
In 2020, the Government Committee for Religious Affairs reported that there were 1,120,000 Protestants in the country, across 100 organizations, 800 churches and 5,500 stations.[16]
There continue to be many reports of discrimination, harassment and detention, although this is more prevalent among unregistered churches, especially within ethnic minorities.[1][17][18] The government is keen to show tolerance and support of Protestant citizens.[19]
See also
- Christianity in Vietnam
- Evangelical Church of Vietnam – South
- Evangelical Church of Vietnam – North
- Mennonite Church in Vietnam
- Assemblies of God in Vietnam
- Montagnard (Vietnam)
References
- ^ a b US State Dept 2022 report
- ^ US State Dept 2017 report on Vietnam
- Sebastien Fath, "Des protestants au Vietnam?" Regardsprotestants.com, 1 June 2015 (in French)
- ^ Protestantism in South Vietnam, US Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Chaplains Division, 1967
- ^ a b Compass Direct (20 September 2002). "Vietnam Protestants Call Conference 'Miraculous'". Christianity Today. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
- ^ FVA News
- ^ History of the Vietnamese Bible, by Phuoc Nguyen, extracted from Linh Luc journal (January 1996), Vietnamese Baptist
- ^ United Bible Societies, Asia Pacific - Laos & Vietnam
- ^ a b "Vietnam". US State Department. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
- ^ "Minorities fleeing Vietnam to Cambodia". BBC. 4 May 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
- ^ Name Hidden (9 September 2002). "Vietnam's Hidden Tragedy". Christianity Today. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
- ^ "Religious Freedom in Vietnam". Voice of America. 27 September 2004. Archived from the original on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
- ^ Vietnam: Lawyers and internet writers Nguyễn Văn Đài and Le Thi Cong Nhan sentenced, The English Centre of International PEN, May 2007
- ^ "Encourage the Wife of Imprisoned Vietnamese Lawyer". Persecution blog. 25 April 2007.
- ^ a b "Hanoi officially recognises Baptists and Mennonites", Asia News, October 2007.
- ^ UCA News website, article dated April 29, 2022
- ^ UK Government website, 2022 report
- ^ Radio Free Asia
- ^ Vietnam Plus website, article dated May 08, 2021
External links
- Information on persecuted countries by International Christian Concern
- Vietnamese Christian Broadcast
- Tìm Hiểu Tin Lành
- Vietnamese Christian Broadcast from Australia
- VietChristian
- Bible in Vietnamese
- Vietnamese Evangelical Church in Australia
- The New Vietnamese Bible
- God's Sovereignty in Vietnam Tể trị của Đức Chúa Trời ở Việt Nam
- The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North)
- The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South)
- Hanoi Evangelical Church
- Vietnam Evangelical Covenant Church
- Word of Life Evangelical Church Vietnam
- Harvest Evangelical Church Vietnam