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This is the fun part of this PhD journey. I hope I am enjoying it just as much 4 years from now. Ervin Media. Search for:. A couple observations from developing this timeline: The first full bible doctrine book was produced 20 years after the AG wrote its Statement of Fundamental truths. The first systematic theology was written nearly 40 years after the AG started.

Although there were many article about various doctrinal or bible truths in the Pentecostal Evangel, very little was produced as a comprehensive understanding of the theology of the AG.

Consequently, not much has been done in the second half of the century either. Works on eschatology were some of the first books produced by GPH. Frank Boyd was by far the most influential eschatological writer in the period of Horton carried the eschatological tradition forward from to the present. Since , despite the popularity of books on the End Times, there have only been five books on eschatology published by GPH and four of them were by Stanley Horton.

They brought in 14, chairs on flatbed trucks, and one of the trucks served as the stage. As a backdrop they had time only to put up a large red cross with a white border that, when lit, sources said, stood starkly and powerfully against the night sky.

Crews and volunteers worked feverishly erecting towers and installing sound and lighting systems. Christmas worshippers began arriving in large numbers at 5 p. The program began only 30 minutes later than the announced start time of 6 p. As they did last year, the Jackson family of six from the United States sang at the rally. The state-controlled media had earlier given ample coverage to the unique sight of the Christian group giving away their CDs in a busy downtown area.

Pastor Ho Tan Khoa was well into his evangelistic message when the lights went out, although sources said that, miraculously, the sound system was not affected. Thousands of people in the crowd opened their cell phones, lighting the darkness with their digital candles.

The failure — or cutting — of the electricity did affect the live video broadcast on www. After a song and prayer for healing, Pastor Pham Dinh Nhan asked those who wanted to follow Christ to come forward. Hundreds streamed up, and sources said those who arrived first rushed onto the flatbed truck serving as a stage and clung to the large cross. Organizers estimated 2, people indicated a first-time decision to follow Christ. Those who follow religion in Vietnam were puzzled that the government went to such lengths to hinder the gathering.

They cited the government lock-out of a scheduled Christmas celebration in Hanoi on Dec. One church leader told Compass of Directive No. Though no church leader has been shown the directive, an official considered to be sympathetic to Christians told a pastor that the directive orders strict adherence to the Decree on Religion This decree, the main law governing religion, forbids Christians in unregistered groups from any public gatherings, restricting their religious activity to single family worship in their household.

In practice, sources said, many house churches have experienced considerably more freedom than that. Last year many unregistered groups were allowed, though reluctantly, to hold large public Christmas gatherings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The unregistered house churches are becoming increasingly frustrated. Most have tried to register their congregations according to existing laws but have either been refused or ignored.

The freedoms that members of registered churches enjoy are not available for unregistered Christians, sources said, and unregistered Christians are unable to register. Whatever the reason, all concerned church leaders agreed that the efforts to stop the large Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Christmas events this year were ordered from the top level of government.

No leaders said they believe the obstacles resulted merely from disagreements and delays among government departments, as it was sometimes made to appear. A number of other events held in public venues by the registered Evangelical Church of Vietnam North and the Evangelical Church of Vietnam South went ahead peacefully. In some places, unregistered house church organizations held small Christmas events without difficulty. Karnataka — Hindu nationalists on Oct. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Pastor Mallappa Hanumanthappa Andrew of Samadhana Prayer House and his brother were walking on a village road when six area extremists waylaid them and began slapping the pastor, falsely accusing him of forcible conversion.

Cursing, the extremists then burned down the house used for worship. Baramasagara police arrested four extremists identified only as Manjunath, Parashuram, Ramanna and Devaraj, charged them with unlawful assembly and released them after two hours. The pastor and the nationalists met for talks the next day, only to have the extremists threaten to kill him if he continued to lead worship meetings.

At press time area Christian leaders were taking steps to resolve the conflict. Karnataka — Police detained a pastor identified only as Surendra for more than three hours on Oct. Bidra village, Chickmagalur district.

Police arrived at 9 p. When the Hindu extremists learned of it, they threatened them and expelled them from the village after the Christians continued to worship Christ. The Christians took shelter in different homes, and then went back to their village after receiving word by telephone that tensions had cooled. As soon as they returned, however, the extremists caught hold of them, beat them and confined them.

Haryana — Hindu extremists on Sept. A source said that the extremists showed up in a truck armed with guns and other implements of destruction at the Ingram Institute and broke a wall. The final church, in the coastal city of Vung Tau, was demolished last week. Pastor Lam asked that American churches pray for Christians in Vietnam, and especially members of the recently-destroyed church. This photo above shows the government-sponsored Tin Lanh church next door to the where the AOG church had stood.

People from this church tore down the Assembly of God building so that they could expand onto the property next door. To the left hand side of this picture you can see the rubble of the AOG church.

The site of the demolished church has been occupied by the government-sanctioned Tinh Lanh Church.