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View the PDF document Title: Accomodation
Description: Short article about the question of giving donations to the local temple for various occasions.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Bangkok Conference and revivalism
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: Bears, Karen, & Noi Wong
Description: Short story about conversion of Noi Wong in north Thailand
Subject: Evangelism; Tribal
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Bibliography of Thai Christianity
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
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
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: Buddhism & Heathenism
Description: Short articles on Presbyterian missionary views on Buddhism at the end of the 19th century
Subject: Buddhism; Culture
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Catholic Church History in Thailand
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: Chao Kawilorot
Description: Short entry about the sixth Prince (chao luang) of Chiang Mai after Chiang Mai was freed from Burmese rule. He played a key role in the early history of the Loas Mission
Subject: Mission Organizations
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Chiang Mai Mission Press
Description: Short entry about the Chiang Mai Mission Press established by the Laos Mission in 1892
Subject: Mission Organizations
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Chiang Saen Church
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Evangelism; Tribal
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Church of Christ in Thailand
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
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: Dan Beach Bradley
Description: Short biography entry about Dan Beach Bradley
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Dancing to the Temple, Dancing in the Church: Reflections on Thai Local Theology
Description: Article about the Suwanduangrit Church located east of Chiang Mai in the community of Ban Dok Daeng and its participation in Buddhist celebrations and the subsequent participation of Buddhists in Christian celebrations.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Daniel McGilvary
Description: Short biography entry about Daniel McGilvary, founder of a new presbyterian mission, the Laos Mission
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Dodds Narrative: The State of the Northern Thai Church in 1887
Description: Article about the state of the northern Thai church from Rev. William Clifton Dodd's "Narrative for the Year ending Oct 1886." Such narratives, frequently entitled, "Narrative on the State of Religion in the Presbytery," were considered by many presbyteries in the United States to be annual reports of the condition of their churches. This particular narrative provides us with a unique look at the state of the northern Thai church after twenty years of missionary evangelism and church work. What follows in this essay is an informal commentary on the narrative, using it as a starting point for reflecting on the early history of the northern Thai church.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Easter & Songkran
Description: Short article about proposal to make Easter celebration coincide with Songkran
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Edict of Toleration
Description: Short explanation about the "Edict of Toleration" issued in 1878
Subject: Culture
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Edna S. Cole
Description: Short biography entry about Edna S. Cole
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Evander McGilvary
Description: Short biography entry about Evander McGilvary, son of Daniel McGilvary.
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand
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: Evangelism in a Bangkok Context
Description: 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.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: First Protestant Worship Service in Thai?
Description: Short article about what was probably the first public Christian worship service in Thai.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Getting Married Properly
Description: Few short articles about christian marriage
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Headwaters of Thai Revivalism & Pentecostalism
Description: Short article about Revivalism and Pentecostalism in Thailand particularly about Presbyterian sources of Thai revivalism.
Subject: Church History | 1900-1950
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Howard Campbell
Description: Short biography entry about Howard Campbell
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Indigenous Missionary Medicine
Description: Short articles about medicine and evangelism in north Thailand in the Laos Mission
Subject: Culture; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: John Sung
Description: Short biography entry about John Sung, a Chinese evangelist and revivalist who had a strong impact on a generation of Thai church leaders
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Karen Culture and the Karen Church, A Report on a Consultation on Karen Theology
Description: A report on a consultation held in Nov 2000 on Karen theology to explore themes and ideas in the development of Karen theologies, particularly with reference to the traditional Karen religious poetry known as "ta".
Subject: Tribal; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 5 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Karen Evangelists
Description: An account of the beginnings of the WEC mission work in the Central/North parts of Thailand, and the stories of those missionaries who took part.
Subject: Tribal; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Kawilorots Threat
Description: Article about the Prince of ChianhMai, Cao Kawilorot, who in 1869 uttered the threat to kill every one of his people who forsakes Buddhism for the religion of Jesus.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Laos Mission
Description: Short description of the Laos Mission, founded by McGilvary
Subject: Mission Organizations
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Laos Mission priorities
Description: Short article about Laos Mission priorities in 1903
Subject: Mission Organizations
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in Thailand
Description: Article about the Mormon mission in Thailand.
Subject: Church History | Cults
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Madam Yee Hube
Description: Short article about insights into Thai values through a Thai soap opera
Subject: Culture
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Marburger Background
Description: Few short articles about the Marburger Mission in Thailand as of 1950
Subject: Mission Organizations; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Mary Margaretta Campbell
Description: Short biography entry about Mary Margaretta Campbell
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Medicine & Mission
Description: Few short articles about the relationship between religion and medicine and how missionaries from the North Laos Mission saw Christian medical care.
Subject: Buddhism; Church History | 1800-1900; Culture; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Musical Indigenization
Description: Short article about a first attempt in CCT to musical indigenization
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Nan Inta
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: Overview Of Northern Thai Church History
Description: Very short overview of northern Thai Church History starting with Rev. Daniel McGilvary and Sophia Bradley McGilvary arriving in 1867.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Church History | 1900-1950
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Pa Wan, Training School, Night School
Description: Article about Pa Wan, a christian woman and the first student at the Laos Mission Theological Training School
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Leadership
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Padroado, Propagande Fide, Catholic evangelism
Description: 3 short articles about Catholic church history in Thailand speaking about Padroado (patronage), Propagande Fide (catholic mission agency) and Catholic evangelism.
Subject: Church History | Before 1800
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Pastoral Care
Description: Few short articles about pastoral counseling in the CCT, the CCT's struggle with pastoral care and self-support for churches and rural groups.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Church History | 1900-1950; Leadership; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Pauls Methods & Northern Thai Church History
Description: Short article comparing Paul's method with methods used by presbyterian missionaries in Northern Thailand
Subject: Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Pentecostals in Thailand
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: Persecution
Description: Three short artciles about religious persecution of Christians in Thailand both in 19th century and during 2nd World War
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Church History | 1900-1950
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Perspectives on Evangelism
Description: Article about factors for successful evangelistic work among northern Thais.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Robert Irwin
Description: Short biography entry about Robert Irwin a Presbyterian missionary who served with the Laos Mission
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Samuel Reynolds House
Description: Short biography entry about Samuel Reynolds House a pioneer and leading member of the Siam Mission of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Sarah Blachly Bradley
Description: Short biography entry about Sarah Blachly Bradley
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Sheep Stealing
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: Sophia Bradley McGilvary
Description: Short biography entry about Sophia Bradley McGilvary the first woman missionary to serve in the Laos Mission
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Student Papers: Church Split
Description: Article about pentecostal influence and churchsplit in the Christian Thai Namphai Church located in Uttaradit Province .
Subject: Church History | 1980s
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Summarizing Presbyterian Missions in Siam
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: The Finnish Free Foreign Mission and the Origins of Pentecostalism in Thailand, 1946-1960
Description: Article about the Finnish Free Foreign Mission (FFFM) in and the Origins of Pentecostalism in Thailand in the period 1946-1960. Article also speaks about FFFM working together with Ajarn Boonmark Kittisarn.
Subject: Mission Organizations; Church History | 1900-1950; Church History | 1950s ; Church History | 1960s; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 9 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The First Women Elders
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: The Political & Diplomatic Setting of Northern Thai Church & Missionary History in the "Era of Resistance," 1867-1882
Description: Article about the political and diplomatic setting of Northern Thai Church and Missionary History in the "Era of Resistance," 1867-1882, the early years of the protestant Laos Mission.
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 16 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Poor Lost Sheep at Phrae Revisited
Description: Article about a church in Northern Thailand and the Laos Mission around the leadership and governance in that church.
Subject: Church History | 1900-1950
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 7 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Presbyterian Bishop of Chiang Mai
Description: Article about the influence of Rev. Daniel McGilvary in the Laos Mission and how some others in the mission viewed him.
Subject: Mission Organizations; Missionaries
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Search for Sincere & Pure Conversions
Description: Short article about approach to assure the purity of conversion in presbyterian churches in the North.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: The Wiang Pa Pao Consultation on Evangelism in the Northern Thai Context
Description: This paper reports on a consultation held on Friday and Saturday, 21-22 February 2003, with a group of northern Thai evangelists, which consultation focused on the question of evangelism in the northern Thai Buddhist context.
Subject: Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 13 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Theses Topics at McGilvary
Description: Article about thesis topics at McGilvary Faculty of Theology between 1965-2002
Subject: Leadership
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Truly Christian, Truly Thai
Description: Article about a Christian "bone gathering ceremony" that blends certain Buddhist forms, northern Thai attitudes, and a Western Christian heritage.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Uttaradit Split
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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View the PDF document Title: What Does Seoul Have to do with Bangkok? Church Growth in Korea & Thailand
Description: This articles anaylses difference in church growth between Korea and Thailand using external factors, like differences in geo-political, religious, and missiological conditions, but also internal factors like the relationship between Christians and culture.
Subject: Evangelism; Syncretism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: William P. Buell
Description: Short biography entry about William P. Buell
Subject: Missionaries
Type: Article
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: A Church Health Survey of the CCT’s District Four
Description: 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.
Subject: Church History | 2000s
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 10 Filesize:
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View the PDF document Title: Religion and Community Formation in Northern Thailand: The Case of Christianity in Nan Province
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: Remaking the Sapha: Demographic Change and the Church of Christ in Thailand 1982-2001
Description: Paper about the numercial growth of membership in Christ Church Thailand between 1982 and 2001 and about the denominational shifts within CCT.
Subject: Evangelism; Statistics & Maps
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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Link: A Resources Blog
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


Link: herbswanson.com
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