"My Hope Thailand" Evangelistic Project
A critical assessment of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's "My Hope" evangelistic campaign in Thailand
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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 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 Study of Christian Mission in Thailand
Investigates the trends of theology of mission and their contributions to the church and society. The importance of mission work in the field of education which might have rendered some Christian ideals and values to Thai culture.
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
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.
A Typology of Thai Conversions to Evangelical Christianity
This article focuses on typologies of Thai conversions to evangelicalism and is part of Chapter Three of Ed Zehner's doctoral dissertation, which contributes to understanding why people convert to such an apparently alien religion for Thais as evangelical Christianity.
Allowing Jesus to be Reborn at Funerals
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.
Bangkok Conference and revivalism
Short article about a revival meeting in Bangkok and a short reflection on this meeting and revivalism in general in a Thai context.
Barriers to Christian Faith in Thailand
Few short aticles on a small research project about the various barriers to becoming, or remaining, a Christian in Thailand.
Bears, Karen, & Noi Wong
Short story about conversion of Noi Wong in north Thailand
Becoming a Christian in Thailand
Short summary of factors that influences and don't influence Thai people to become Christians (drawn from Marten Visser's dissertation "Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand")