In the Trenches
Vietnamese Christians cruelly targeted
When Pastor Du was summoned to his local police station in southern Vietnam, he knew he was in for an ordeal. But he didn’t imagine the torment would begin even before he arrived.
As he rode his motorbike to the police station, officers stopped him in the street and chained his hands together. Tying the chain onto the back of the motorbike, the policemen forced Du to run behind as they drove it along. Pastor Du fell to the ground many times as he was dragged along the road, yet he was beaten and forced to continue running. Since his ordeal, Du has remained in prison, refusing to bow to pressure to renounce his faith.
Elsewhere in Vietnam, a recent convert and his family have been hounded out of their home and forced into hiding.
Shortly after coming to know Christ, a believer named Sung Cua Po faced arrest, physical abuse, and the confiscation of his motorbike. Most recently, after refusing to pay homage to his ancestral spirits, Po’s neighbors confiscated the family’s one-year supply of rice and then tore down their home. Po and his wife had no option but to flee into the forest with their three children.
Po and his family, together with Pastor Du, desperately need your prayers at this time. Please lift their needs to the Lord, asking Him to strengthen them, comfort them, and provide all they need in the coming weeks and months.
[All names changed for security reasons.]
