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Chiang Saen Church by Swanson, Herb

Communication Strategies for Christian Witness Among The Lowland Lao by Bailey, Stephen

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.

Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand by Visser, Marten

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.

Conversion: Discovering the conversion of Thai Buddhists towards Christianity by De Bruijne, Jurjen

This study is about the religious conversion of Buddhists from Thailand who converted to Christianity in the last eight years (2002-2010)

Effective Communication of the Gospel to Thai Buddhists by Understanding Thai Buddhists World View by Kim, Ju Man

An examination of the main points of the Thai Buddhist world view and a proposal for effective gospel communication to Thai Buddhists

Empowering Every Day Local Believers by Lambert, John

Insights from a study on conversion are applied to the role of missionaries in empowering lay Christians in doing evangelism

Evangelism in a Bangkok Context by Swanson, Herb

Article about the reflections of Dr. Wirachai Kowae, pastor of the Rom Yen Church in Bangkok, and the leading figure in the founding of the Thailand Assemblies of God, on evangelism in Bangkok.

Exploring Social Barriers To Conversion Among The Thai by Johnson, Alan

This article is about barriers to conversion for Thai people that are not religious, doctrinal, or philosophical, but rather are social in the sense that they have to do with the dynamics that grow out of our interrelationships with other people.

Finding the Real Reason Thai People Become “Christians” by Dahlfred, Karl

When new believers disappear from church and seemingly give up the Christian faith, it is often a disillusioning and discouraging time for those who introduced them to the Gospel, and perhaps even led them in saying the sinnerʼs prayer together. Great expectations and high hopes are dashed. Why do people seem to come in and come out of the faith so easily? The author reflects on some observations on conversion from Thai pastor Wan Petchsongkram

Finishing the Task Among the Thai: A Proposal for Fulfilling the Great Commission in Thailand by Johnson, Alan

One of the least evangelized people groups of our world continues to be the Thai. In this paper the author develops a possible proposal for how God’s people can make a serious attempt at finishing the Great Commission task among the Thai peoples of Thailand.

How to Reach an Educated Buddhist With the Gospel by Petchsongkram, Wan

Lecture given by a Thai pastor on his thoughts on how to effectively communicate the Gospel to Thai Buddhists

Illustrating the Gospel from Thai History by Dahlfred, Karl

Because the concept of substitution is largely absent from Buddhist thinking, there are a couple of illustrations from Thai history that I will often use to explain to people how Jesus could die on the cross, not for his own sin (which he didnʼt have) but in order to save others. I take no credit discovering or coming up with either example, but I have found them useful and hope that anyone else doing evangelism among Buddhists, particularly Thai Buddhists, might find them useful.