Government Religious Committee holds legal workshop for Presbyterian Church in Da Nang

07/21/2020

 The Government Committee for Religious Affairs (GCRA) held on July 16-17 a legal workshop in Da Nang city for guiding religious practices in accordance with the Law on Belief and Religion 2016 for key members of the Vietnam Presbyterian Church.  

The workshop saw the presence of Director of the GCRA’s Protestant Affairs Department Thiều Thị Hương, Chairman of the city religious committee Nguyễn Cao Cường, Pastor President of the Vietnam Presbyterian Church Điểu Bôi, and 200 dignitaries, deacons and heads of congregations under the Presbyterian Church.

The two-day workshops covered new contents of the Law on Belief and Religion and its guiding decree, and guidance for fulfill administrative procedures in seeking approval for the organization of the Church’s general congress, including the amended Charter and the proposed leading personnel of the Church.

The workshop participants also engaged in a discussion of practical issues relating to religious practices according to the new Law on Belief and Religion in the locality.

Overview of the workshop

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