Thailand

Field Office Information

C&MA Field Entry in 1929

Field Director:

Steve Strong

Mailing Address:

28/2 Pradipat Rd Soi 13
Bangkok 10400, THAILAND

Phone:

011-66-2-618-3596

Email:

office@siammission.com

Website:

National Church

The Gospel Church of Thailand: 90 organized churches, 22 unorganized groups, 18 ordained ministers, 3,965 baptized members, and 5,331 inclusive members

Team Initiatives

• Plant reproducing national missionary churches using a variety of methods.
• Train national leadership, both formally and informally, to plant churches and to lead them to maturity in Christ.
• Assist the C&MA national church in becoming self-supporting, church-planting, and missionary-sending.
• Partner with the C&MA national church to demonstrate the love of Christ wholistically and to respond to specific social needs, resulting in healthy churches, effective evangelism, and dynamic church planting.
• Develop an exit strategy that identifies criteria to be met for U.S. mission personnel to be redeployed to other ministries in Thailand and around the world. Acquire local and global prayer support for these objectives.

Occupied by Jesus

2006-04-07 12:51:27.0

Recently, there has been unprecedented openness to the gospel in northeast Thailand. “It is a real movement of the Holy Spirit!” said Alliance workers Ed and Sue Danneker. In one village, there are scores of new Christians, who need to be taught and discipled. “Before this move of God started, the people in this village were under bondage to evil spirits,” Ed and Sue added. “Now the believers are being set free in the Lord Jesus!” People from neighboring villages also are responding to the good news. 

One woman who accepted the Lord was challenged to abandon her former occult practices. At designated times, she would be called upon to “take care” of an evil spirit. This involved letting the spirit occupy her body and participating in appeasement ceremonies. Although the believer did not wish to continue these practices, she feared that the demon would retaliate if she refused. As she was preparing for the ritual, the Alliance pastor and his team arrived for their weekly visit, and they were able to explain the power Jesus has over evil spirits. After the team prayed for her, the woman stood her ground and did not participate in the rituals. Pray that she and other believers will grow in their faith and stand firm against persecution.

Demographics

Population

Population--65,444,371 Infant mortality rate--20.5/1,000 Life expectancy--71.6

Capital City

Bangkok (8,838,500) pop.

Geography

A little more than twice the size of Wyoming, Thailand (198,455 sq. mi.) has a plateau in the northeast, a fertile river valley in the center, and rain forests in the south.

Languages

Thai, English, ethnic/regional dialects

Ethnicity/Race

Thai--75%; Chinese--14%; other--11%

Economy

Per capita income--$8,100 Inflation--2.8% Unemployment--1.5% Literacy rate--96% (2003 est.)

Government/Political Climate

Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. Thailand is currently facing armed violence in its three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces.

Religion

Buddhist--95%; Muslim--3.8%; Christian--0.5%; Hindu--0.1%; other--0.6%