 | Sharing Christ Is Risky Business by Katey Hearth Mission Network News |
"Religious freedom remains spotty in Vietnam. Many churches eschew registration because of the controls and interference it brings, and officials have been slow to register others that do apply. Worshiping “illegally” becomes one pretext for imprisonment; Su knows of 68 Christians in northern Vietnam in hard-labor camps because of their faith, and he also has been imprisoned at various times.
“'He’s been through all that himself,” said one team member. “He got malaria, he got eczema from head to toe, he was beaten from head to toe in a high security prison with no light.”
"Su was imprisoned for proclaiming Christ, as the government associated it with subversion from abroad.
“'It was only because he was talking about the Gospel,” one of Su’s team members said. “The gospel was considered American religion, so it was assumed that if you brought it into the country, you supported America and worked for the CIA.
“'The authorities began killing prisoners. There were seven cells, and he was in the seventh cell. They went in order: one, two, three, four, five, six, each one getting shot and killed. But for some reason they stopped at his cell. Somehow God saved his life.”
"Continual persecution is only strengthening Su’s faith..."
“'He’s been through all that himself,” said one team member. “He got malaria, he got eczema from head to toe, he was beaten from head to toe in a high security prison with no light.”
"Su was imprisoned for proclaiming Christ, as the government associated it with subversion from abroad.
“'It was only because he was talking about the Gospel,” one of Su’s team members said. “The gospel was considered American religion, so it was assumed that if you brought it into the country, you supported America and worked for the CIA.
“'The authorities began killing prisoners. There were seven cells, and he was in the seventh cell. They went in order: one, two, three, four, five, six, each one getting shot and killed. But for some reason they stopped at his cell. Somehow God saved his life.”
"Continual persecution is only strengthening Su’s faith..."
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