A Brief Survey of Thai Bible Translations
A survey of the available Thai Bible translations and an evaluation of their relative merits
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A Chick Tract Contextualized for Thailand?
In the Chick tract, “The Tycoon,” (read here), a wealthy Thai Buddhist businessman is commended for his large donations to the temple. Periodically through his life, Christians try to tell him the Gospel but don’t get very far because they are quickly ejected from his presence, or he himself ridicules them. He dies in a car wreck and is condemned before God’s judgment throne. Is this tract contextualized well for Thai Buddhists?
A Church Health Survey of the CCT’s District Four
A Church Health Survey of the CCT’s District Four as a way to go beyond opinions based personal observations to discover the actual health of local churches and worshipping communities in 2004.
A Discipleship Model for Missionaires Establishing Churches in Thailand
Written by a Korean missionary in Thailand. Gives an excellent background on the history of the Thai church and advocates the need for discipleship traning among Thai church members to further advance the Gospel in Thailand
A Good Neighbor – A Helper in Your Time of Need! (Pre-Intermediate)
Story of the good Samaritan (Pre-Intermediate)
A Half Century Among the Siamese and Lao: An Autobiography
An autobiography of Daniel McGilvary who was the father of missions in Northern Thailand, whose ministry spanned over 50 years from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. McGilvary interweaves into his first hand account many stories about the people and places that he knew, all the way from the rural Thai countryside to the royal palace in Bangkok.
A History of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Thailand
An article about the history of the Pentecostal Church in Thailand.
A Modern Apostle of Siam: A Sketch of the Life and Work of the Rev. Eugene P. Dunlap, D.D.
While missionaries in Bangkok at the end of 19th century were lamenting how hard it was to reach people, Eugene Dunlap was out there doing it. In his schooner, “The Kalamazoo,” Dunlap sailed up and down the Thai coast, stopping at islands, and sailing up rivers sharing the Gospel. In this brief biographical sketch, Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board Secretary Arthur J. Brown draws upon Dunlap's journals and first-hand experience to give the reader an insightful and inspiring portrait of the life and ministry of this little known missionary pioneer.
A New Hope for Understanding: Adapting the Buddhist Paradigm of Merit Transference to Explain the Substitutionary Sacrifice of Christ
This paper aims to examine the implications, benefits, and challenges of using the Buddhist concept of merit transference to explain the redemptive work of Christ to those with a karmic worldview, with particular attention to the Theravada Buddhist context. The first part of the paper will examine the nature of karma, merit, and merit transference as they exist in the minds of Buddhists, particularly Theravada Buddhists. The second part of the paper will deal with adapting the merit transference paradigm to explain the cross of Christ, followed by an analysis of the potentially positive and negative consequences of presenting the Gospel in this way.
A Night to Remember!
Lessons about people who can be great examples for our lives. Including sheets with stories and questions to talk about.
A PROLEGOMENA FOR THE THAI CONTEXT: A Starting Point for Thai Theology (Article)
The article explores the statement why "Thai are not interested in systematic theology’. The reason is most theology taught in Thailand is Western in origin. The problem is that the thought processes and epistemology of the Thai have generally not developed along Western lines. They hold different presuppositions and world view to that of the West. Furthermore, ‘local theologies which are directly applicable to the Thai mind and culture have not yet emerged’. The gospel of Jesus Christ can not yet be said to have become rooted in the Thai mind. This article discusses the necessity for develop of a Thai systematic theology.
A PROLEGOMENA FOR THE THAI CONTEXT: A Starting Point for Thai Theology (Thesis)
The heart of the research is an extensive study of the Thai context in particular the Thai thought structure, philosophy, epistemology and system of belief. Data was drawn from materials already available and six interviews with prominent Thai thinkers. A method of approaching theology in the Thai context is proposed.