The Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North)

President: Rev. Bui Van San

STATISTICS (2021)

The church was first established in Da Nang in 1911, a port city in the center of Vietnam. From there, gospel was spread to the North and the South, and many churches were established. In 1915, Hanoi Evangelical church was set up. In 1916, churches were set up in Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen, Lang Son.

In 1954 The church was divided according to geography — North and South. Because of war, the country was divided into two parts, the North and the South, and the church also was divided into two regions. In the South, we established General Evangelical Church Management Board. In the North, Church Management Boarch was established. In the last years, the gospel had a strong growth in the South; however, in the North, it had a very slow growth. Until 1987, there were 15 official churches, in total, with the number of around 5,000 Christians in the North.

From 1988 to 2009, God has given the passion to his work in the North. The Bible Institute was set up in Hanoi. Many ethnic minority people got the chance to listen to the gospel via radio and  decided to follow Jesus. Many new churches were started, and training people to serve was focused. There have been many people participating in sharing Jesus’ love. Along with prosperity of the local churches, God sent many clergymen, preaching group from many places to help and coordinate to serve God in Vietnam like Korean church, who has prayed and coordinated for over ten years. Besides, there are ones from USA, Thailand, Japan who have prayed and coordinated to help churches in the North.