Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship

The Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship is a banned fundamentalist Christian group in Vietnam, led by Phạm Đình Nhân. As of 2007, it is not listed as a national member of the World Evangelical Alliance (Formerly World Evangelical Fellowship), but appears to be based on their philosophy.[1]

Their legal committee was headed by Nguyen Hong Quang, General Secretary of the Mennonite Church in Vietnam, who was sentenced to 3 years in prison in 2004 for attacking two undercover government operatives.[2]

The VEF's headquarters are in Ho Chi Minh City.

## 2004 Ordinance on Religion[edit]

On the June 18, 2004, the Vietnamese National Assembly issued an ordinance on religion. The Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship opposed this law, claiming "it is likely to permanently outlaw our house church organizations, none of which have been recognized since 1975. Many articles in this Ordinance will also provide a legal basis for local authorities to hinder and persecute the church." The VEF called for monthly fasting to get the Vietnamese government to "recognize God’s sovereignty" over Vietnam.[3]

In this year, the United States of America's government added Vietnam to the list of "Countries of Particular Concern" regarding religion, giving it the option of pursuing 14 kinds of political and economic sanctions against Vietnam.

The Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship opposes sanctions against Vietnam, on the grounds it would hurt the Vietnamese people, with Phạm Đình Nhân saying "As a Christian leader I don’t want anything to make my people in the country suffer,".[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "WEA - World Evangelical Alliance Est 1846". www.worldevangelicalalliance.com. Archived from the original on 2005-07-03.
2. ^ http://old.worldevangelicalalliance.com/persecute/persec_vietnam_15nov04.html[dead link]
3. ^ "International Christian Response - ICR". www.christianresponse.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
4. ^ "Action for Democracy in Viet Nam". www.queme.net. Archived from the original on 2004-11-13.

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Christianity in Vietnam

Catholic Church|

Catholic Church in Vietnam

Orthodox Church|

* Eastern Orthodoxy in Vietnam

Protestantism|

* Protestantism in Vietnam
* Evangelical Church of Vietnam
* Vietnam Evangelical Fellowship
* Assemblies of God in Vietnam
* Mennonite Church in Vietnam

Missionaries|

* Society of Jesus
* Francesco Buzomi
* Francisco de Pina
* Christoforo Borri
* Alexandre de Rhodes
* Girolamo Maiorica
* Giovanni Filippo de Marini
* João de Loureiro

Foreign Missions Society
* Pierre Lambert de la Motte
* François Pallu
* Pierre Pigneau de Behaine
* Jacques-Benjamin Longer
* Théophane Vénard
* Léopold Michel Cadière

Dominican Order
* Juan de Santa Cruz
* Raimondo Lezzoli
* Ignacio Clemente Delgado Cebrián
* Jerónimo Hermosilla
* Valentín Faustino Berrio Ochoa

Franciscan Order
* José García
* Discalced Augustinian Order
* Hilario di Jesu Costa

Christian and Missionary Alliance
* William Cadman

Adherents|

Catholics:

* Bishops
* Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng
* Dominic Hồ Ngọc Cẩn
* Thaddeus Lê Hữu Từ
* Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê
* Paul Nguyễn Văn Bình
* Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền
* Francis Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận

Priests
* Vinh Sơn Phạm Hiếu Liêm
* Anrê Dũng Lạc
* Philípphê Phan Văn Minh
* Gioakim Đặng Đức Tuấn
* Phêrô Trần Lục
* Cao Văn Luận
* Thanh Lãng

Laity
* Anê Lê Thị Thành
* Nguyễn Trường Tộ
* Trương Vĩnh Ký
* Huỳnh Tịnh Của
* Nguyễn Hữu Bài
* Mai Lão Bạng
* Gilbert Trần Chánh Chiếu
* Empress Nam Phương
* Ngô Đình Diệm
* Ngô Tử Hạ
* Vũ Đình Tụng
* Nguyễn Mạnh Hà
* Nguyễn Đình Đầu

Evangelicals:

* Hoàng Trọng Thừa

See also|

* Bible translations into Vietnamese
* Vietnamese Martyrs

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