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| 84,000,000 |
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| 30% |
of the Vietnam population are under the age of 14 years. |
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| 75% |
of the Vietname population live in rural areas. |
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| 85% |
of the population are Vietnamese and the remaining 15% are made up of 53 ethnic minority groups. |
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| 95% |
of the population are literate. The Vietnamese are avid readers. |
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| Over 1,500 |
| students have completed the GCI program. |
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| 10,000 copies |
| of 365 Bible Stories by Lion Publishing, officially printed. |
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| Over 300,000 |
| tracts printed. |
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| Vietnam |
Winning Asians for Christ ∙ Asians Winning for Christ
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Background:
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Vietnam is a one-party communist state that has one of south-east Asia's fastestgrowing economies. Its goal is to become a developed nation by 2020. Historically Vietnam has not been free from conflict for 22 centuries; first fighting off invasion from the Chinese then in the last century fighting for independence from the French and Japanese. In 1954 Vietnam became a divided nation. Ho Chi Minh's communist government ruled the North from Hanoi and the regime in the South was supported by the United States. In 1975 the communists took over the whole nation and Vietnam became closed to the outside world. Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled to countries of refuge as ‘boat people.’ Many found Christ and have returned to Vietnam with a vision to reach their nation.
In 1990 Asian Outreach sent a team to Vietnam to pray. By divine appointment they met with local church leaders. The heart cry of the church was for Bibles and training. Asian Outreach sent teams to courier Bibles through the borders to the waiting Christians in Vietnam. In 1995 the GCI program was launched and continues to be a strong focus of the ministry in Vietnam today training pastors and church planters. Today there are Asian Outreach teams based in the South and in the North. |
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Serving the Community:
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Serving the church:
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Student Scholarships – 30 Vietnamese students and 10 tribal students are supported in their schooling.
Livelihood projects – 39 livelihood projects have been established in North Vietnam supporting church planters through small businesses or agriculture ventures.
Wells – 90 wells have been dug providing clean water in poor rural tribal villages.
Street children ministry – 500 children are ministered to through the street children program in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring districts |
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Church planting – the heart of the work in Vietnam.
Literature work – 100,000 tracts printed and distributed in the past year in the North.
Schools – 25 classrooms built, the children study there during the day and the church meet there every night
Education – 200 students enrolled in the International School of Ministry (ISOM) Bible training program in North Vietnam. Most of these students have had very little opportunity for formal education in the past. |
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Our 2006-2008 goals :
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Teach 24 GCI subjects in one year across a network of 30 areas from the South to Central region.
Officially print 4,000 copies of 365 Bible Stories
Officially print 1,000 copies of the New Bible Dictionary
Officially print 1,000 copies of Christian Theology by Erikson
Christmas 2006 outreach to 700 street children and orphans |
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