Assemblies of God in Vietnam
- Assemblies of God in Vietnam
Assemblies of God in Vietnam is a Protestant denomination of Vietnam, belonging to the Renewal church movement. [ World Christian Encyclopedia 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2001), second volume, p. 806] The Vietnam's house-church movement began in 1988, when some pastors were expeled from the official churches for reported charismatic gifts and healings. The most uncompromising from them was Tran Dinh Ai, whose movement in 1997 reached 16,000 members in 165 churches. The movement proclaimed itself the Assemblies of God in Vietnam, followed the AG rules and was recognized by the AG worldwide. [ [http://www.fva.org/0297/pastors.htm FVA News] ] Tran Dinh Ai later left Vietnam for the United States and was considered to be "a modern day ". [ [http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/vietnam-underground-church-leader.html Worthy News Portal] ]
A 1994 registration attempt failed. [ World Christian Encyclopedia 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2001), second volume, p. 806] It is officially illegal, and its members have reported widespread human rights violations. [ World Christian Encyclopedia 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2001), second volume, p. 806]
In August 1997, three Vietnamese christians, belonging to the unregistered Assemblies of God house churches, were jailed for three years. Lo Van Hen, his cousin Lo Van Hoa, and Nguyen Van Vuong, who were pastors in unofficial "house" communes in Dien Bien Phu (northwest Vietnam), had been accused by local authorities of being "fake Christians" and of "illegally propagating their beliefs." [ [http://www.fva.org/0297/pastors.htm FVA News] ]
On May 7 1999, police raided an Assemblies of God meeting in a hotel in Hanoi, holding 20 people for several days.
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