HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — In an unprecedented move, representatives of Vietnam’s house church fellowships delivered a petition in Hanoi Sept. 27, appealing to Vietnam’s Communist Party leadership to allow for greater religious freedom in Vietnam.
Pastors and leaders from more than 50 house churches and indigenous missions organizations signed the petition on behalf of thousands of Protestant Christians throughout the country.
“We are people who have put our whole trust in the living God,” the document states. “It is because of this true faith in God that millions of Vietnamese lives have been transformed to become better, and have contributed significantly to the social and spiritual life of our homeland.”
The petition appeals to the government to protect the constitutional rights of Christians, to stop discrimination against house church believers and to create favorable conditions for house church networks to do religious practices according to the dictates of their faith.
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