Christian Church in Vietnam

Trip Start Jul 09, 2008
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Trip End Jul 26, 2008


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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Today we went to an evangelical church in Saigon for morning service. They run 3 services on Sunday, a gospel service on Thursday night, and some worship services on Friday and Saturday nights. The service was very similar to an American church, complete with projection screens for scripture and hymns, a worship leader, announcements, prayer requests, memory verses for the week (Psalm 103: 1-2 this week). The church was packed! They run a video camera and project the service onto screens on the third floor as there is not room for everyone in the main room. The main room has seating for about 230 people, and the back corner has seating for English speakers, complete with headphone jacks in the pews so we can listen to the English translation via the provided headphones. Bottom floor has 7 rooms, some were being used for Sunday School, I saw at least 4 in use..about 15+ kids in each. One of the pastors mentioned during the service that there are over 100 young people in the church (assuming meant teens, young adults).
 
I recognized at least 3 tunes of hymns, one was "Blessed be the Lord, God Almighty".  It  brought tears to my eyes to witness the Lord's name being worshipped and proclaimed clearly in this nation. The gospel was clear and 4 new believers were welcomed and prayed for this week.

The topic of the main sermon was Manna with Thematic Verse: "Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat" Exodus 16:15b." The pastor focused on how precious God's word should remain to us even now that millions of Bibles are permitted to be printed. We need daily spiritual feeding to stay close to God and value His teachings.

After the service I was able to talk to one of the pastors and he told me about the family in the church. The authority figures in the church do alot of traveling, even attending conferences in the US. The more mature, bigger brothers make sure to have a presence in each church and make sure to meet foreigners and keep an eye on their well-being as they travel, especially making sure they don't lose any of their documents in public. It is good to know this to avoid any travel problems.
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handokogani
handokogani on Jul 27, 2008 at 02:18AM

Where is the location
Hi there,

am looking for english speaking church in ho chi minh. kindly give me the address of church you've visited here.

philly427
philly427 on Jul 27, 2008 at 09:24AM

Church address
Hey I'll have to look it up, will try to post by tomorrow night.

evo_lance
evo_lance on Sep 24, 2008 at 03:21AM

hi Philly
Hi Philly,

can you give me the church's address you went to? i have been searching for long time for english services church in HCM city.it will be great if you can email it to me, evo_lance@hotmail.com

GBU
Lance

vn1967
vn1967 on Nov 1, 2008 at 07:59PM

Re: hi Philly
Do you have the name of the church and address. I am currently in SAigon looking for a church.
It is Sunday morning as we speak.

vn1967
vn1967 on Nov 1, 2008 at 08:00PM

Re: hi Philly
Do you have the name of the church and address. I am currently in SAigon looking for a church.
It is Sunday morning as we speak.

joronda
joronda on Jan 3, 2009 at 07:11AM

church in ho chi minh city
Phil-we're in the city and want to attend the mentioned church in the morning here, can you please send me address and or meeting times-thanks so much.
jojonorthcutt@aol.com

joronda
joronda on Jan 3, 2009 at 07:11AM

church in ho chi minh city
Phil-we're in the city and want to attend the mentioned church in the morning here, can you please send me address and or meeting times-thanks so much.
jojonorthcutt@aol.com

saigon
saigon on Mar 28, 2009 at 09:17AM

The church in Saigon
I attended the services at this church a few weeks ago and I felt very welcome. That church is beautiful and the congregation reminded me of the ones back home here in the states. I have also attended several other places in Vietnam and felt the same warmth. Vietnam is changing so rapidly, it's unbelievable. Christ is getting the Word out all over Vietnam! Doors are being broken down.

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