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Link: A Resources Blog
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Blog posts about various aspects of the history of Christianity and missions in Thailand, written by the former historian for the CCT archives in Chiang Mai
Subject: Church History
Type: Website


View the PDF document Title: Bangkok Conference and revivalism
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about a revival meeting in Bangkok and a short reflection on this meeting and revivalism in general in a Thai context.
Subject: Evangelism; Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Bibliography of Thai Christianity
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: The purpose of this bibliography is to provide an extensive list of English-language research materials useful for the study of Christianity in Thailand.
Subject: Church History; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 43 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Bibliography of Thai Christianity
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: The purpose of this bibliography is to provide an extensive list of English-language research materials useful for the study of Christianity in Thailand.
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 43 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Boon Mark Gittisarn
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short biography entry about Boon Mark Gittisarn
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Catholic Church History in Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short entry about the church history of the Catholic Church in Thailand
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Chinese Churches in Thailand
Author: Blanford, Carl Edwin
Description: A history of Chinese churches in Thailand up to 1975
Subject: Church History
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1975
Pages: 48 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Christian Approach to Buddhists in Thailand
Author: Chaiwan, Saad
Description: Historical study of the Christian approach to Buddhists in Thailand from the sixteenth century to the present.
Subject: Church History
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1975
Pages: 44 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Church of Christ in Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short entry about the history of the Church of Christ in Thailand
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Churchplanting model and leadership
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short articles about churchmodel within CCT in north Thailand and approach to leadership shift to local people.
Subject: Church Planting; Church History; Leadership
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Dawn Wind
Author: OMF Thailand
Description: This book gives the reader a proper understanding of the country, its culture and religion, which help to show the barriers of resistance that have been erected to the Gospel and ways in which these walls of resistance can be brought down. Even though it was written over 20 years ago it is just as applicable today as it was back then.
Subject: Church History; Culture; Church Planting
Type: Book
Year Published: 1980
Pages: 112 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: A Discipleship Model for Missionaires Establishing Churches in Thailand
Author: Lee, Yong Woong
Description: 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
Subject: Church Planting; Church History; Discipleship
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 137 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Early Protestant Missionaries and the Development of Thailands Hierarchy of Multilingualism
Author: Smalley, William A.
Description: This paper is about a few of Thailand's early Protestant Christian missionaries and events which contributed to the development of the Thailand hierarchy. These people often interacted with two of Thailand's kings. The missionaries contributed to the introduction and spread of English, the standardization of the Thai of the Bangkok court, and its establishment as a national language, doing so both independently of, and under the invitation and/or direction of, the kings or their officials!
Subject: Church History
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short description of the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The First Women Elders
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about the first elected women elders in Thailand.
Subject: Leadership; Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: God! If You Are Really God
Author: Eubank, L. Allan
Description: Is the first in a series of three books published about the lives and experiences of the Eubank's family over a period of 44 years in Thailand
Subject: Church History; Missionaries
Type: Book
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 198 Filesize:
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Link: herbswanson.com
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: The primary purpose of this website is to contribute to the study of Thai church history. Readers will also find material on northern Thai and Thai history, international church history, and other subjects related to the study of the past and the church's past and present in Thailand.
Subject: Church History
Type: Website
Year Published: 2011


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: History of the C&MA work in Thailand
Author: Ford, Norm
Description: This article gives a history of the work of the Christian & Missionary Alliance work starting in northeast Thailand in 1929. The history covers the work up to the year 2000
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 12 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: A History of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Thailand
Author: Hosack, Jim
Description: An article about the history of the Pentecostal Church in Thailand.
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 17 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Karen Beginnings
Author: Leming, Mike
Description: Article about Karen Baptist Churches in Thailand, daughter churches of Burmese Baptist Churches
Subject: Tribal; Church History; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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Link: The Making of a Sodality in Northeastern Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Gretchen
Description: The Center for Church Planting and Church Growth in Northeast Thailand and the Issaan Development Foundation are two Thai sodalities working together in a joint effort in Northeast Thailand. How did these organizations develop? What are they doing now? What missiological principles do they employ? These are just a few of the questions we will be exploring in this paper.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Church History
Type: Website
Year Published: 1993


View the PDF document Title: Nan Inta
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short biography entry about Nan Inta, the first baptized Christian convert in northern Thailand, baptized by the Rev. Daniel McGilvary of the Presbyterian Laos Mission
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: OMF Thailand Summary
Author: OMF Thailand
Description: Overview of the country of Thailand, followed by history of OMF work in Thailand and prayer points
Subject: Missions Organizations; Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 5 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: OMF Thailand Yesterday and Today
Author: Leighton, Mark
Description: A brief summary of the history of OMF in Thailand, from the 1950s to the 2012, with attention to indigeneous biblical church planting movements
Subject: Mission Organizations; Church History |
Type: Article
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Pentecostals in Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Few short articles about the history of the Pentecostal Movement in Thailand
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Religion and Community Formation in Northern Thailand: The Case of Christianity in Nan Province
Author: Chinawong, Kummool
Description: Paper studying trends in communal seperation for 18 Christian groups and communities in Nan Province over the course of the three periods of the founding, initial movement, and long-term development.
Subject: Church Planting; Church History
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 14 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Report on the 2011 Thai Congress 7.5
Author: Nicholson, Gregg
Description: A report describing the Thai Vision 2015 - "I will be one of a 100,000 to lead a million to Christ by 2015"
Subject: Church History ; Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Researching & Mapping to Reach a Nation - Thailand
Author: Nicholson, Gregg
Description: An article presented at Lausanne 2010 describing the work of the Thailand Evangelism Committe and what they are doing to reach the nation for Christ
Subject: Church History; Church Planting; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2010
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Sheep Stealing
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about (accusations of) sheep stealing between FFFM and CCT in Thailand.
Subject: Mission Organizations; Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: A Study of Christian Mission in Thailand
Author: Chaiwan, Saad
Description: 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.
Subject: Church History; Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1984
Pages: 13 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Summarizing Presbyterian Missions in Siam
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: This articles is a brief a summary of the history of Presbyterian missions in Siam/Thailand.
Subject: Church History; Mission Organizations
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Thai Church Denominations
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: A brief overview of the various church denominations that exist in Thailand
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Uttaradit Split
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about reasons why people left Thai Tawarntam Church, Mae Chuey, of Uttaradit Province to join a pentecostal group.
Subject: Church History
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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