community. 7,555 copies of them were sold in a few months. Present time Currently, more than half of the Protestants are part of evangelical house churches. Growth of the faith has been most dramatic among ethnic minority peoples (Montagnards) such as the Mnong, E De, Jarai, and Bahnar. Pressure was reportedly put on Protestants in several northwestern villages to recant their faith in 2005, though there are fewer reports than in years past. Unsanctioned church meetings are routinely broken up and its members detained and harassed. In April 2001, the government gave official recognition to the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam. In 2005, hundreds of house churches that had been ordered to shut down in 2001, were quietly allowed to reopen. Over 100 refugees fled to Cambodia in the wake of a crackdown over large protests against land confiscation and a lack of religious freedom. In 2001, a historic Protestant church built in 1936 which was being petitioned for return to the local Christian community, was demolished. At least 54 people remain imprisoned due to their faith, including some Protestants. The New Life Fellowship, which has been seeking official recognition for eight years, was denied access in 2005 from meeting in Ho Chi Minh City. A Protestant pastor was forced to spend 12 months in psychiatric hospital on the disputed reason that he is delusional. In March 2007, a member of the main Hanoi congregation of the legally recognized Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) Nguyễn Văn Đài was arrested for accusations relating to his defense of religious freedom, including disseminating alleged "infractions" of religious liberty. Baptist and Mennonite movements were officially recognized by Hanoi in October 2007, which was estimated as some improvement of religious freedom in the country. By words of the Baptist Church Pastor Nguyen Thong, since 1989 his Church has attracted more than 18,400 followers with 500 ministers, practising in 135 congregations in 23 cities and provinces around the country. See also Christianity in Vietnam Evangelical Church of Vietnam – South Evangelical Church of Vietnam – North Mennonite Church in Vietnam Assemblies of God in Vietnam Montagnard (Vietnam) References External links Information on persecuted countries by International Christian Concern Vietnamese Christian Broadcast Tìm Hiểu Tin Lành Vietnamese Christian Broadcast from Australia VietChristian Bible in Vietnamese Vietnamese Evangelical Church in Australia The New Vietnamese Bible God's Sovereignty in Vietnam Tể trị của Đức Chúa Trời ở Việt Nam