Vietnam Evangelical Covenant Church – In mid-2024, the Community Development Ministry walked alongside two highland communities of believers to improve places of worship for ethnic minority believers: building a toilet block for a house group of 128 Bru-Vân Kiều believers, and giving 100 plastic chairs to a Giẻ Triêng community of believers near the border.
See photos: photos of the projects on the Community Development Ministry fanpage
A Toilet Block for a House Group of 128 Believers
The meeting place of 128 Bru-Vân Kiều believers previously had no toilet for its services. With great joy, the believers began building a new toilet block for their meeting place. The project was carried out with the combined effort of all the believers in the group and support from the Community Development Ministry.
Before long, the project was completed, bringing convenience to believers who wholeheartedly serve God and faithfully come to worship. A toilet is a very basic need, but meeting it shows care and respect for each person’s health and dignity.
“And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’” (Matthew 25:40)
100 Chairs for a Giẻ Triêng Community
Giẻ Triêng believers live mostly in remote areas near the border, where living conditions are still very hard. For a long time, they stood or sat on the ground to worship God in a simple shelter of wooden boards. Even so, they lovingly called it a place set apart to meet God and one another.
The servant of God there prayed, and then heard about the Covenant Church and the Community Development Ministry. Through one of the church’s deacons, the house group’s need was shared, and God answered their prayer. One Sunday morning, while many of us were worshiping in air-conditioned rooms on sturdy chairs, our Giẻ Triêng brothers and sisters received 100 new plastic chairs from the ministry.
Blessings Multiplied, Love Spread
The chairs not only met a basic need during worship but also created a space for the whole community to meet, talk and bond. The believers felt cared for and remembered by brothers and sisters in the faith far away. That is the meaning of unity in the body of Christ.
“Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.” (Galatians 6:9–10)
God’s Word reminds us to do good to everyone, and especially to care for those in the same family of faith. These two small projects in 2024 are how the Covenant Church lives out that teaching, so that brothers and sisters in the highlands can worship God in better conditions.
Thank You to Every Generous Heart
The ministry sincerely thanks all the brothers and sisters who prayed and contributed. Your support and love are evidence of God’s presence among us. Thank God for His blessing and guidance in all this work.
Let Us Pray Together
- For highland communities of believers to grow ever stronger in faith and love.
- For those serving God in remote house groups to have health and wisdom.
- For the ministry to keep meeting the basic needs of house groups still in hardship.
Read more in Community Development and Church News. Contact the church office: 0942 248 688 (Zalo available).
