Suffering Wives and Children

James tell us that undefiled religion is to "visit orphans and widows in their distress." ICC takes this seriously, especially in regard to the persecuted church. The wives and children of church workers are barely able to care for themselves after a husband or father is imprisoned or martyred. We believe it is the duty of the Church to help them.

The Persecuted

Since the Communist takeover of Vietnam, Christians have been targeted for their supposedly “anti-government” faith in Christ. Many are harassed for years, beaten, imprisoned, and tortured before finally fleeing the country with what little they can carry. In 2010, one Christian was tortured to death and many more were imprisoned after a violent clash with Vietnamese police in what became known as the Con Dau Massacre.

How We Helped

Thanks to ICC donors, eight families of imprisoned Christians, including the widow of the man tortured to death after the Con Dau Massacre, received aid over the course of seven months. The support allowed them to buy food while their loved ones were locked away and to hire an attorney to fight on their behalf. By 2012, many of the victims that ICC supported had been released and had fled Vietnam after facing unending attacks from the authorities. ICC was recently able to visit many of them in a nearby country as they began to build a new life. They expressed not only their gratitude to ICC donors for the crucial support, but that even now they remain willing, if necessary, to die for their faith.

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Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles. James 1:27