http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23419/house-church-vietnam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23419/house-church-vietnam#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:55:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23419 In what religious freedom advocates regarded as a breakthrough in Vietnam, authorities granted rare permission to unregistered house church groups to hold a large, public Easter-related service here last night.

More than 15,000 people gathered at Tao Dan Stadium.

Leaders of the celebration and religious freedom advocates in Vietnam said the event was significant in that unregistered house churches were allowed to hold a large public celebration. They added that authorities must have felt enough pressure to consider the event less harmful than possible negative publicity from denying permission. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23419/house-church-vietnam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16932/protestant-sects-receive-certificates-of-religious-practice http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16932/protestant-sects-receive-certificates-of-religious-practice#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:04:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16932/protestant-sects-receive-certificates-of-religious-practice http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16932/protestant-sects-receive-certificates-of-religious-practice/feed 0