越南民族与宗教事务部长在 Charlotte 会见 Franklin Graham 承诺推进宗教自由
Charlotte——葛培理布道团（Billy Graham Evangelistic Association，BGEA）10月15日发布消息，越南民族与宗教事务部长 Nguyễn Đình Khang 率高级代表团本周到访北卡罗来纳州，与 BGEA 及撒马利亚救援会（Samaritan's Purse）总裁兼首席执行官 Franklin Graham 会面。代表团向 Graham 表示，越南政府将保护国内宗教自由；福音派基督徒约占越南人口的1%至2%。
据 BGEA 介绍，代表团由九名政府官员与三名福音派教会领袖组成，10月13日（周二）抵达位于 Charlotte 的 BGEA 总部，参观了葛培理图书馆（Billy Graham Library）；10月14日（周三）前往 North Wilkesboro，察看撒马利亚救援会为国际赈灾集结物资的运作。Nguyễn Đình Khang 表示：「未来数年，越南各级政府致力于推进宗教自由。」他介绍了政府设立的沟通渠道，包括数字平台、直接对话与信函，供对限制有顾虑的宗教少数群体提出想法、建议与需求。
Graham 过去25年曾七次到访越南、三次在当地讲道：河内（2017年）、Ho Chi Minh City（2023年）与 Can Tho（2024年）——BGEA 称，这是越南政府首次准许外国讲员在宗教节期以外举行布道活动。Graham 感谢越方准许他2027年春季在河内举行第四次布道活动；名为「爱的季节」（Season of Love Festival）的活动定于2027年3月在河内举行。随团的越南福音教会（北方）会长 Nguyễn Hữu Mạc 牧师表示，越南教会正在增长，现有1,400多间教会、约22万名信徒，同时承认部分地方仍有限制。撒马利亚救援会已在越南工作30年。代表团此行还将前往华盛顿与德州，会见美国政府及宗教自由相关人士。会面结束时，Nguyễn Đình Khang 向 Graham 赠送了一幅政府委托创作的越南稻田丰收画作。
（来源：葛培理布道团（BGEA）官方新闻稿整理）
Vietnam's Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Meets Franklin Graham in Charlotte, Commits to Promoting Religious Freedom
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A delegation of high-ranking Vietnamese officials led by Minister of Ethnic and Religious Affairs Nguyễn Đình Khang traveled to North Carolina this week to meet Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan's Purse, the BGEA announced on October 15. The officials told Graham they will protect religious freedom in Vietnam, where evangelical Christians comprise just 1 to 2 percent of the population.
The delegation, which included nine government officials and three evangelical church leaders, arrived at BGEA's headquarters in Charlotte on Tuesday, October 13, where they toured the Billy Graham Library. On Wednesday, October 14, the group traveled to North Wilkesboro to see how Samaritan's Purse stages relief supplies for international disaster responses. 'In the years to come, the government of Vietnam, at all levels of administration, is committed to promote religious freedom,' Minister Khang said, describing open channels the government has established, including digital platforms, direct dialogues and letters, where religious minorities concerned about limitations can share ideas, recommendations and needs.
Graham, who has visited Vietnam seven times in the past 25 years and preached there three times — in Hanoi in 2017, Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 and Can Tho in 2024, the first times the government permitted an evangelistic outreach with a foreign speaker outside a religious holiday — thanked the minister and noted he has been allowed to schedule a fourth evangelistic event in Hanoi in spring 2027; the Season of Love Festival is scheduled for Hanoi in March 2027. Pastor Nguyễn Hữu Mạc, president of the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North), said the church in Vietnam is growing, with more than 1,400 churches and roughly 220,000 believers, while acknowledging limitations remain in some places. Samaritan's Purse has worked in Vietnam for 30 years. The delegation will also meet U.S. government and religious freedom stakeholders in Washington, D.C., and Texas. At the end of the meetings, Minister Khang presented Graham with a government-commissioned painting depicting a rice harvest in Vietnam.
Source: Compiled from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) press release, October 15.
来源：葛培理布道团（BGEA）官方
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图片来源：图：位于 Charlotte 的葛培理图书馆（资料图）。图片来源：葛培理布道团官网（billygraham.org）。Photo: The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte (file photo). Image: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association official website.
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