{"id":36221,"date":"2021-04-20T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T04:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/?p=36221"},"modified":"2021-04-20T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T05:03:40","slug":"vomk-report-151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/2021\/04\/20\/vomk-report-151\/","title":{"rendered":"VIETNAM: CHRISTIANS DENIED PUBLIC SERVICES, TOLD \u201cLET YOUR GOD SAVE YOU!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36204″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”81-year-old Sister \u2018D\u2019 (name withheld for security purposes) lives alone in a tiny hut on a remote mountain field in Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam. She previously lived with her family in a nearby village. But last summer when she became a Christian, she was rejected by her family, forced out of their home, and driven out of the village. Now, she has to rely on fellow Christians to remember her. Some travel to her hut to give her rice, vegetables, and firewood. She uses the provisions to prepare congee. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:1.2em|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal” el_class=”headline”][vc_column_text]According to Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R<\/span><\/span>epresentative Dr<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Hyun Sook Foley, Sister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>D<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>45\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Christian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>families living in four different areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in Vietnam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Voice of the Martyrs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has pledged to help with emergency aid<\/span><\/span>\u00a0due to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ongoing persecution<\/span><\/span>\u00a0resulting from their faith<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in our country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hear the word \u2018persecution\u2019, the<\/span><\/span>y think of Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span>ing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tortured or sent to prison. But one of the harshest and most common forms of persecution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faced by Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being denied basic services<\/span><\/span>, by the government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbors, and even\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>families<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cIn a Communist country like Vietnam, certain<\/span><\/span>\u00a0goods and services\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are available only through the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Several Christians report that as they are denied these things, officials and villagers have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taunted them by saying<\/span><\/span>, \u2018Let your god save you!\u2019 or \u2018Ask your pastor for help\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Representative Foley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted the case of Brother<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>, who became a Christian in 2019. He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serves as an evangelist in an ethnic minority community in the Vietnamese highlands. \u201c<\/span><\/span>In February, he was leading a gathering at which three new Christian families were present. Local police officers and community leaders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tried to force the three families to renounce their faith,\u201d says Representative Foley. \u201cBrother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and two sisters in the church\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stood up to protect the<\/span><\/span>\u00a0new families but were physically beaten. Ultimately the community leaders demanded that the Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be responsible for any death or loss\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anywhere\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in the community<\/span><\/span>, claiming that the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new faith\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span><\/span>badly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impact\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the whole community.<\/span><\/span>\u201d Representative Foley says that Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0was forced out of his home and has had to move in with a nearby pastor<\/span><\/span>\u00a0until the situation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>improves<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Presently, Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u2019s church is unable to meet<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36214″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Brother H had his motorbike confiscated by local authorities in Vietnam because he would not renounce his faith. Voice of the Martyrs has pledged emergency aid to 45 individuals or families in 4 areas in Vietnam who have recently experienced persecution.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Representative Foley says that even when Christians try to provide for themselves<\/span><\/span>\u00a0independently of<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Communist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government, they face obstacles. \u201c<\/span><\/span>In one recent case,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brother \u2018<\/span><\/span>D<\/span><\/span>\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had been working hard in the cultivation of cassava; he finally harvested his crop and was on the way to the local market to sell it. Before he arrived, his truck was stopped by the authorities who told him<\/span><\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he would only be allowed to proceed if he signed a written document renouncing his faith. He refused. As a result, his truck was confiscated and was not released back to him until the cassava had spoiled. Nothing was salvageable.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In another case noted by Representative Foley,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authorities seized\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>motorbike\u00a0<\/span><\/span>belonging to Brother \u2018H\u2019. \u201cThey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took away his driver\u2019s license, insurance, and ownership<\/span><\/span>\u00a0papers<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and warned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and his wife that their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>belongings would not be returned to them unless they renounced their faith<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cBrother H and his wife\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refused<\/span><\/span>, so t<\/span><\/span>he authorities forced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brother H\u2019s non-Christian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mother-in-law to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expel them from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Representative Foley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>says\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vietnamese Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>typically\u00a0<\/span><\/span>become family to each other when they are shut out of their own birth families, villages, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government distributions. \u201cIn the case of Brother \u2018H\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and his wife, they and their two children had to leave their home empty-handed. But<\/span><\/span>\u00a0a fellow believer, Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018D\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>H<\/span><\/span>\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/span>s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>family to stay with him.<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018D\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0is no stranger to persecution<\/span><\/span>, according to Representative Foley. H<\/span><\/span>e\u00a0<\/span><\/span>himself\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was recently discharged from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hospital after being beaten by the authorities.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\u201c<\/span><\/span>Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018D\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has a small piece of land next to his house<\/span><\/span>,\u201d says Representative Foley<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>giving it to Brother\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>H<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>build a house<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Voice of the Martyrs is planning to provide the funds for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>building materials<\/span><\/span>, as the Lord permits<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Representative Foley says that Voice of the Martyrs\u2019 goal is to assist all 45 Christians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who have been verified by the ministry as recently experiencing persecution.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”36209″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Brother C, an evangelist reaching an ethnic minority population in the Vietnamese highlands, was told by authorities that he and his church members must accept responsibility for any death or suffering in their village. ” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”36206″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Persecution for Vietnamese Christians now takes the form of expulsion from their homes and villages and being cut off from government-provided goods and services. They are told, \u201cLet your god save you!\u201d” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:13px|text_align:center|color:%230a0a0a|line_height:1.45em” google_fonts=”font_family:Noto%20Sans%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vietnamese authorities taunt the Christians, \u2018Let your god save you\u2019. We believe that<\/span><\/span>\u00a0God is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indeed saving these Vietnamese brothers and sisters who refuse to renounce his name<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0God is moving the heart of Vietnamese Christians to care for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>And as<\/span><\/span>\u00a0members of one body in Christ, Christians in our country should\u00a0<\/span><\/span>join in this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>care\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by providing emergency aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in this time of persecution.<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Representative Foley says that\u00a0<\/span>donations<\/span>\u00a0given\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>Voice of the Martyrs Korea\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>\u201cCommunism is Not Dead\u201d (CIND) fund\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>will be\u00a0<\/span>designated for\u00a0<\/span>emergency persecution relief in\u00a0<\/span>Vietnam<\/span>. Interested<\/span>\u00a0individuals can give at\u00a0<\/span>www.vomkorea.com\/en\/donation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or via electronic transfer to\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\uad6d\ubbfc\uc740\ud589<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(KB Bank)<\/span>\u00a0463501-01-243303<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc608\uae08\uc8fc<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Account Holder)<\/span>: (<\/span>\uc0ac<\/span>)<\/span>\uc21c\uad50\uc790\uc758\uc18c\ub9ac<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please include the name \u201c<\/span>CIND<\/span>\u201d on the donation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Voice of the Martyrs Korea classifies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vietnam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>s one of five remaining Communist nations in the world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>China, North Korea, Laos, and Cuba.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cEach of these nations, including Vietnam, maintains strict laws against religion,\u201d says Representative Foley. \u201cChristian persecution is not a thing of the past in the Communist world.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”36204″ img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”81-year-old Sister \u2018D\u2019 (name withheld for security purposes) lives alone in a tiny hut on a remote mountain field in Tuyen Quang province in northern Vietnam. She …","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":36202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[857,235,869,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-special","category-special-column","category-china-special","category-vomk-report"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en","zh","ru"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ru":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vomkorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}