We have compiled information from a variety of resources to provide a Viet Nam 2016 Digital Assessment. You may read the full document here or scroll through some highlights in the info-graphic below. … [Read more...]
Future face
After having been slowly traveling up through the country for the past few weeks, it's been great to fly back down to Saigon for these last couple weeks of my time in Viet Nam. As my first stop in and last stop out this has become a bit like home … [Read more...]
Home and Global
Reaching the world without leaving home - great story from IMB Connecting about the International Community Church in Richmond, VA. The ICC is a collection of house churches reaching internationals in the U.S. and through their testimony reaching … [Read more...]
Around the Rong
I'm traveling this week in the Central Highlands area of Viet Nam, sometimes referred to as the Western Highlands. The Bana (or Bahnar) are an indigenous hill tribe native to this area. The colonial French named the people here the 'Montagnards' … [Read more...]
The 9 or the 9,000?
Where did I spend my time this past week? Where did you spend yours? If there's any indication from the facebook postings, tweets, headlines from Christian papers and general chatter - much of the church has spent the last week focused on the … [Read more...]
184 Counties
Of the 3,141 counties in the U.S., 184 have Vietnamese populations of more than 1,000 ppl. Church, what will b ur Great Commission response?— Southeast Asia (@seasianpeoples) April 8, 2013 … [Read more...]
The Vietnamese Family Next Door . . . .
Do you have a Vietnamese family living next door? How about in your city or state? The 2010 U.S. census showed that the Vietnamese population living in the U.S. had risen 37% over the previous census to a new total of 1,548,449. Most are … [Read more...]
The Cost of Infidelity
"My Dad moved out of our house and is living with his mistress." said Hai* rather matter-of-factly. My friend had dropped out of school a couple of months ago, has been unable to keep a steady job, and now this. It was painful for me to hear but … [Read more...]
Cham peoples celebrate Ramadan and Ramuwan
The Cham peoples of Vietnam are part of the remnants of the former Champa kingdom found throughout Southeast Asia. Differing reports of this group show their population in Vietnam as between 100,000 and 160,000. The Joshua Project lists two … [Read more...]
How’s the Vietnamese American Population Doing?
An interesting article here about the population of Vietnamese living in the United States based on the recent release of census data. The graphic here represents the regional dispersion of Vietnamese within the U.S. Two other statistics that … [Read more...]
