405 resources
Study consisting of a synopsis of an M.A. thesis written at the School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth in 1970. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part One is analysis of the syncretistic nature of Thai Buddhism as practiced by the Thai peasant. Part two consists of the implications of this analysis for the growth of the Church in Thailand.
Leftover baggage from an animistic worldview and a superficial reading of Romans 10:13 contribute to a magical view of the effectiveness of getting someone to say the sinner's prayer in Thailand
Lessons about people who can be great examples for our lives. Including sheets with stories and questions to talk about.
Lessons about people who can be great examples for our lives. Including sheets with stories and questions to talk about.
Observations on communicating the Christian Faith in Thailand written by a former Buddhist priest.
A conversation with a Thai Chinese man highlights the centrality of Christ's resurrection in Christian faith and proclamation
The goal of this teaching programme is to give sufficient teaching necessary to help a group of people recently turned from animism, move through the embrionic church stage to the beginning of the emerging church stage. The Thai version of this programme is available on the ThaiCRC website.
A short article about the different types of Buddhism in Thailand. This article is paragraph 2.6.2. from Marten Visser, Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand, 2008.
A visit to a seminary and a Christian book publisher in Bangkok reveals the startling lack of resources available for the Thai church
This article explores the contours and intersections of thetwo sets of beliefs of Thai Christians and Thai non-Christians, and the way the differences are played out in talk ebout the supernatural, and in the practice of and responses to proselytization.
A brief overview of the various church denominations that exist in Thailand
One of the more interesting things that I have come across in Thailand is the church planting strategy of a group of zealous Asians (not Thai) who have been working to plant churches in the nation. They seem to be operating in a very different paradigm than most others, in that they build tremendous buildings and facilities from the ground up, but many times, don’t even have more than 50 believers to fill them.
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