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God is moving in Vietnam

The State of Missions in Vietnam

The Gospel opportunity in Vietnam is inseparable from a fast-growing Southeast Asian nation where evangelical churches remain a minority under communist regulation and many ethnic peoples remain unreached. 69 unreached people groups remain, representing about 9,349,300 people; Tay is the largest listed community. Practical service often intersects with rural minority communities and migrant workers.

  • 101M POPULATION
  • 9.2% CHRISTIANS
  • 94.5% LITERACY
  • 69 UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS
  • Tay LARGEST UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP
  • 9.3M UNREACHED POPULATION
  • Hanoi CAPITAL CITY
  • Ho Chi Minh City Hanoi Da Nang LARGEST CITIES
  • Vietnamese Đồng CURRENCY
  • Tropical monsoon climate, with humid summers, regional dry seasons, typhoons, and cooler winters in the. CLIMATE
  • Vietnamese PRIMARY LANGUAGES
  • Ethnic LARGEST UNREACHED RELIGION

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Bible Translation Bible ministry in Vietnam should make Vietnamese Scripture meaningful for Vietnamese Buddhists, secular youth.
Church Planting Vietnam needs local pastors able to build durable churches among Vietnamese Buddhists, secular youth.
Disaster Relief Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Education Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Gospel Access About 9,349,300 unreached people span Vietnam's 69 UPGs, led by Tay.
Human Trafficking Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Medical Missions Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Orphans & Vulnerable Children Church planting remains urgent among Somali, coastal Muslim.
Persecuted Church Vietnam's believers need courage and wisdom where registered churches have legal space.
Poverty & Justice Vietnam's compassion ministries can protect dignity while serving rural minority communities.
Unreached People Groups Millions still have little or no access to the gospel in their language and culture.

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A History of God's Faithfulness in Vietnam

Christian and Missionary Alliance workers began sustained evangelical mission in 1911; Vietnamese churches grew despite war, communist restrictions, and periods of persecution, especially among ethnic minorities. Today’s strongest path is deeper indigenous leadership rather than permanent dependence on outside workers. That history matters because today’s churches must serve Vietnamese Buddhists, secular youth, and minority peoples such as Tay and Hmong with greater local ownership.

  1. Early Beginnings

    Christian and Missionary Alliance workers began sustained evangelical mission in 1911.

  2. 1900s

    Vietnamese churches grew despite war, communist restrictions, and periods of persecution, especially among ethnic minorities.

  3. Independence Era

    In Vietnam, leadership now has to emerge from a church shaped by a fast-growing Southeast Asian nation where evangelical churches remain a minority under communist regulation and many ethnic peoples remain unreached; national pastors and lay believers are best positioned to disciple Vietnamese Buddhists, secular youth, and minority peoples such as Tay and Hmong.

  4. Modern Movement

    Contemporary ministry in Vietnam now intersects with rural minority communities and migrant workers and remote ethnic-minority and mountain communities. Churches also need practical readiness for typhoons, floods, landslides, and drought.

  5. Today

    Reaching Tay remains part of Vietnam's mission challenge, but churches also face typhoons, floods, landslides, and drought and must serve rural minority communities and migrant workers faithfully.

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