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View the PDF document Title: Allowing Jesus to be Reborn at Funerals
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture: funeral ceremonies.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 9 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Christians without a church
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: A trip through Isaan leads the author to many isolated Christians, highlighting the need for more church planters
Subject: Church Planting; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Communication Strategies for Christian Witness Among The Lowland Lao
Author: Bailey, Stephen
Description: This research was undertaken with the purpose of understanding Lao worldview in order to suggest more effective strategies of communication for Christian witness in Laos.
Subject: Evangelism; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 474 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Development of a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Contexualization in Northeast Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: This thesis describes the development of a multi-dimensional approach to contextualization in Northeast Thailand by the Evangelical Covenant Church Thailand Mission.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 85 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Difference Between Religion and The Gospel
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Isaan; Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Importance of Ceremony in Isaan
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar by Ajarn Tangpon Prometta about the importance of ceremonies and about the use of ceromonies to communicate the gospel in Isaan.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Isaan Wedding
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: First-hand description of attending a wedding in Isaan
Subject: Culture; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Jesus Must Be Reborn
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Lecture on Contextualization of Christianity in Thailand given by Rev. Tongpan Promeeta
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Hours two and three of a lecture given at Isaan Congress II on the contextualization of Christianity in Isaan
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 34 Filesize:
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Link: The Making of a Sodality in Northeastern Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Gretchen
Description: The Center for Church Planting and Church Growth in Northeast Thailand and the Issaan Development Foundation are two Thai sodalities working together in a joint effort in Northeast Thailand. How did these organizations develop? What are they doing now? What missiological principles do they employ? These are just a few of the questions we will be exploring in this paper.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Church History
Type: Website
Year Published: 1993


View the PDF document Title: Methods of Church Planting and Means of Promoting Church Growth in a Buddhist Society
Author: Harwood, Alan
Description: A Comparative Study of the Mission Work of South Laos and Northeast Thailand
Subject: Church Planting; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1973
Pages: 80 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Significance of Phra See Ahn for Northeastern Thai Buddhists
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Article about the Buddhist prophecy of Phra See Ahn and the coming of Jesus
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Story of My Early Life with Missionaries
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Promettatranslated by Paul H. DeNeui talking his early experiences with missionaries and linking those stories to contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Missionaries; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 7 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: STRINGS: MEDIA FOR GOSPEL COMMUNICATION IN NORTHEAST THAILAND
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: This article reflects upon the contextualization potential and use of the string-tying sukhwan ceremonies of the Isaan culture as a media for use in conveying the gospel within this culture.
Subject: Isaan; Evangelism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 14 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: String-Tying Ritual as Christian Communication in Northeast Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: The purpose of this research is to present missiological insights from a study of the deep level meaning and communication effects of STR as practiced by Isaan followers of Jesus in northeast Thailand. These insights are derived from a descriptive analysis of Isaan worldview themes viewed from the historic perspective, the biblical and theological perspectives, and observation, interview, and survey data.
Subject: Contextualization; Culture; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 363 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: A Study of the Belief Systems and Decision Making of the Isan People of Northeast Thailand with a View Towards Making Use of These Insights in Christian Evangelism
Author: Saiyasak, Chansamone
Description: The study presents eight characteristics of the Isan society which have proved to be obstacles, hindrances, or barriers for the penetration of the the gospel to the Isan. Finally, twelve missiological implications of the study are presented as suggested approaches for those working with the Isan people of the Northeast and other groups with a similar culture and way of life.
Subject: Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2007
Pages: 374 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Total Population and Percent Church Members in Northeast Thailand by District
Author: Bicksler, R.K.
Description: This map based upon 2009 data shows the distribution of church members in Northeast Thailand broken down by district (Amphur).
Subject: Statistics & Maps|Northeast; Isaan
Type: Map
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Total Population and Percent Church Members in Northeast Thailand by Tambon
Author: Bicksler, R.K.
Description: This map based upon 2009 data shows the distribution of Church members in Northeast Thailand broken down by Tambon.
Subject: Statistics & Maps|Northeast; Isaan
Type: Map
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Transformation in context - combining church and local development
Author: Batchelor, Simon
Description: Case study looking into how both christian life and social action can be set in the context of the local culture to make the gospel relevant to specific communities, by Integrated Holistic Development. Development in that it seeks to transform people from what they are to what they are meant to be in Christ. Holistic in the sense that it deals with the whole person and all areas of life. Integrated in that all aspects of the ministry are tied together and could not exist or function independently. the case study shows how one organisation has attempted live in a relevant way, to see Christ in the local culture and to have "dialogue with encounter".
Subject: Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 21 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: What Happened When Grandma Danced
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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