Rev Dang Pham
I grew up during the Vietnam war and my parents were ancestor worshipers. In 1966 I began to study Law, before training as a jet fighter pilot, and flying on active service. I got married at the end of 1973, and my wife was a Christian while I was a non-Christian.
I heard the gospel but was callous. After the fall of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1975 I was sent to a re-educational camp under the Communist regime.
In mid 1980 my family escaped to Malaysia by boat. In the refugee camp I again heard the gospel. After three months we were sponsored by the Wangaratta Baptist Church, who helped us adjust to a new life. My family attended church and took part in fellowship parties. The Pastor, Rev. Peter Jenkin was very helpful and he shared the Gospel regularly. His conduct and the love of the church moved me and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior publicly in 1981. A short while later my family moved to Sydney.
In Sydney we attended the Vietnamese Baptist Church in Bankstown and then Hurlstone Park Baptist Church. I worked for NSW State Rail Authority, resigning in 1999 to enrol in Morling Theological College.
After graduation God called me as Assistant Pastor in the Vietnamese Kingsgrove and Bonnyrigg churches. I was involved in music in worship services, preaching, leading home groups and teaching new Christians.
We are now ministering in Cambodia. We have spent some time learning the Khmer language and are involved in preaching, leadership training, Bible teaching, evangelism, visitation, and weekly prayer meetings in local Vietnamese churches.
I look forward to one day sharing the Gospel in Vietnam but for now God has given us opportunity to bring the Gospel to more than 1.5 million Vietnamese living in Cambodia.
‘For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do’ (Ephesians 2: 10).