Brave faith | Open Doors Youth

Vietnam: ‘As persecution became worse, the church became stronger’

Meet Ngoc*, a courageous Vietnamese Pastor who has lived through intense persecution from government, but still leads a thriving church…

Meet the courageous 20 year old Poh who chose to openly share his new faith in Jesus, and faced the consequences…

Beaten up and threatened by his own brothers, Khan is choosing to stay to show his family and community what Jesus is like…

‘The church could have just helped their own believers. They didn’t have to help us, but they did. Why did we do so much against them?’…

“From that day to this, I have never left the church…” Read how Issam came to know Jesus…

“For a long time, I didn’t know any other Yemeni Christians. Now I know many, and there are many more like us.”

“I… had nothing to do inside but pray and pray and pray that everyone would believe and accept Jesus.”

“You must make a choice: it is us or Jesus. Do you want your family, or do you want your new faith?”

Christian convert Mary has been sentenced for speaking out against the government, despite no evidence against her being provided…

“Jesus is like oxygen, because without oxygen you cannot breathe. If Jesus were not in my life, I wouldn’t be here today, I would not be alive.”