View the PDF document Title: Beyond anti-syncretism: Gospel, context and authority in the New Testament and in Thai conversions to Christianity
Author: Zehner, Edwin
Description: Chapter from the book "Power and identity in the Global Church" using material from the study of Thai Christians and Thai Bhuddist conversions to Christianity in light of the apostle Paul's missiological and theological struggles in his own context, to suggest some of the difficulties in distinguishing between contextualization and syncretism and to argue that missionaries need to avoid being overly directive in the attempt to shape the contextualization of local churches.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Book
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 29 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Buddhas Footprint
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: The author finally finds an answer to the question of why the Buddha's footprint at a local temple is four feet long when the Buddha himself was a man of normal proportions
Subject: Buddhism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Christianity in Thailand
Author: Martin, Tim
Description: Map showing where the Christians are located in Thailand at the end of 2008
Subject: Statistics & Maps|National
Type: Map
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: This thesis is a must read for every missionary who wants to understand the Body of Christ in Thailand. It is the most comprehensive overview of the Thai church written since Alex Smith published "Siamese Gold: the Church in Thailand" in 1982. This study is a statistical analysis of hypotheses about conversion and church growth, and therefore takes the study of church growth one step further than is usually done in missiological studies.
Subject: Statistics & Maps; Evangelism; Church Planting
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 311 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: Thesis investigating what factors are conducive for church growth through conversion in Protestant churches in Thailand.
Subject: Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 311 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Ethnic Groups in Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: Statistics and brief description of the various ethnic groups in Thailand. (This article is paragraph 2.3. in: Marten Visser, Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand, 2008.)
Subject: Statistics & Maps; Tribal
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: History of Thailand
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: A brief political history of Thailand (This article is paragraph 2.2. of Marten Visser, Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand, 2008.)
Subject: Church History; Culture
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Light of Christ in Thailand
Author: Martin, Tim
Description: This is a "heat" map of where the churches are located in Thailand. Areas where churches are located go from light green, to yellow to dark red. Areas without churches are shown in dark blue.
Subject: Statistics & Maps|National
Type: Map
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Location of Thai and Tribal Christians
Author: Martin, Tim
Description: Map of Thailand showing where the majority of Christians are tribal and Thai
Subject: Statistics & Maps|National
Type: Map
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Official Statement: Hope of Bangkok Church / Hope of Thai People Foundation
Author: Suwannapong, Rubinaa
Description: Official statement from the president of the "Hope of Thai People" Foundation, detailing the inappropriate actions of founding pastor Dr. Kriengsak Jarernwongsak and subsequent events which lead to a major church split and splintering of the "Hope of Bangkok" association of churches.
Subject: Church History | 2000s
Type: Article
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 12 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Thai Buddhism
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: 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.
Subject: Buddhism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Thai Culture
Author: Visser, Marten
Description: A short article about the nature of Thai culture, focusing on the Suntaree Komin's study of the values of the Thai people. (This article is paragraph 2.5 from Marten Visser, Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand, 2008.)
Subject: Culture
Type: Article
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Thailand Field Guide
Author: Mann, Greg Mann
Description: An overall guide describe customs and tradtitions in Thailand. It is good document to give people new to this country or coming on a short term trip
Subject: Culture
Type: Handbook
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 22 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Welcome to Thailand
Author: Vik, Debbie
Description: A short article covering customs in Thailand. It is especially helpful for new missionaries or short them teams
Subject: Culture
Type: Article
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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