VietNamNet Bridge – The Bible Theological Institute of the Southern Vietnam Federal Protestant Church will grant certificates to 37 students of its freshly-ended training course.

During the six-month course, the students, who are Protestant missionaries in Central Highlands Dak Nong Province, studied different subjects, including the church’s history and missionary work.

Sixty-seven year old M’ Nong ethnic student Y Pum Knul from Dak R’Lap District is the oldest student of the course while a 20-year-old Dao ethnic student from Krong No District is the youngest one in the class, said Pastor R’ma Loan, member of the Southern Vietnam Federal Protestant Church who is in charge of the Dak Nong Protestant Representative Board.

Dak Nong Province has so far organised two similar courses for 69 students, 15 of whom have met requirements to be nominated as pastors.

Pastor Pham Van Tin, who is in charge of the course, thanked relevant agencies and local authorities for their assistance and expressed his belief in the country’s religious freedom policy.

(Source: VNA)