The incident occurred on July 18.
According to a story by Compass Direct news, the youth smashed the walls of the home and caused chaos inside. They complained about evangelist Mang Vuong for being a Christian and for building his home as a house church, the sources said.
The sources noted that on the night of June 10 the same local youth, encouraged by local authorities, broke into Vuong's home in Xuan Lanh Commune, Dong Xuan district, stole more than $3,000 and destroyed household furnishings, utensils and books.
Since then this same gang has been harassing and threatening Vuong, Compass reported sources said. The pastor reported death threats.
Vuong, of the Hroi ethnic minority, is a worker for the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South), or ECVN(S), Vietnam's largest government-registered denomination. When the Hroi church at Soi Nga nearly four miles away became full, leaders decided to start a congregation in Xi Thoai village where a number of Hroi Christians lived.
In Vietnam, Compass said, a common approach for church expansion is to build a comfortably sized home for an evangelist to also serve as a meeting place. The evangelist's house in Xi Thoai was nearly completed when it was first attacked last month.
Source: Assist News | Jeremy Reynalds
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